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Air Dates:
- May 26, 2018
- September 30, 2017
Why do we have schools? To build a workforce? To create democratic citizens? Read more
Air Dates:
- February 23, 2019
- March 24, 2018
- April 09, 2017
Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe it’s something more. But analog is back in style.Read more
Air Dates:
- August 25, 2018
- September 23, 2017
- March 05, 2017
Psychedelic science is back — and they could help heal people with addictions, PTSD and end-of-life anxiety.Read more
Air Dates:
- August 25, 2018
- February 05, 2017
- September 16, 2017
A garden, a tree, an apple and a serpent. The story of Adam and Eve is as old as sin. But it’s a lot more than a Bible story.Read more
Air Dates:
- September 16, 2017
If everyone’s a critic online, does it mean that cultural criticism doesn’t matter anymore?Read more
Air Dates:
- December 13, 2015
- September 09, 2017
Armed conflicts. Insurgencies. Civil Wars. Invasions. Syria. Iraq. Afghanistan. Nigeria. Ukraine. South Sudan. Gaza. Yemen. The world is at war. Why?Read more
Air Dates:
- December 08, 2018
- March 31, 2018
- September 09, 2017
As terrible as it sounds, most of us will go through something traumatic at some point in our lives. The experience can be deeply isolating and crushing, but it doesn't have to be. Read more
Air Dates:
- September 01, 2018
- September 02, 2017
- November 29, 2015
Automated machines are taking over our lives. They're not the scary robots you see in movies, but more and more of today's technology — from smart phones to airplanes — is automated. But do we want to give machines so much control?Read more
Air Dates:
- October 13, 2018
- February 17, 2018
- September 02, 2017
Do you love your laptop? Feel affection for your phone? Some of us spend more time with our devices than our families. How deep do those attachments go?Read more
Air Dates:
- November 03, 2018
- August 26, 2017
- October 30, 2016
How do we put the fairness and the fun back in American elections? In this hour, we present a few simple ideas for how to remake the electoral process.Read more
Air Dates:
- April 07, 2018
- August 26, 2017
- March 19, 2017
Why do women have to put up with this? And how do they fight back?Read more
Air Dates:
- May 26, 2018
- August 26, 2017
- May 17, 2015
It doesn't matter whether you grew up going to Coney Island, Six Flags, or Pacific Park — to a kid, all amusement parks are magical. This hour we take a trip to the land of funnel cake, freak shows and fast rides.Read more
Air Dates:
- November 08, 2015
- August 19, 2017
- March 10, 2018
Short stories can be harder to write than novels, but just as great.Read more
Air Dates:
- August 18, 2018
- August 19, 2017
From our narrow vantage point on Earth, how can we see what's out there, beyond our skies?
Air Dates:
- December 20, 2015
- August 12, 2017
- March 17, 2018
When was the last time you said something so mortifying that all you wanted to do was crawl under a rock and hide? From teenage angst to cringe comedy, we're setting aside the shame and reveling in all things awkward.Read more
Air Dates:
- November 24, 2018
- February 10, 2018
- August 12, 2017
“The climate crisis is a crisis of culture and thus of imagination,” says writer Amitav Ghosh. So what changes in our conversation about global warming when we tap into the imaginative worlds of novelists and artists?Read more
Air Dates:
- February 02, 2019
- January 27, 2018
- August 06, 2017
While their domesticated cousins sleep on our beds, Congress debates wild wolves’ survival. This hour, we’ll explore our complicated relationship with our canine cousins, and the feelings they evoke – fear, hatred, and also love. Read more
Air Dates:
- May 19, 2018
- August 05, 2017
- December 04, 2016
We’re living through a period of mass human migration, with people on the move all over the planet. What does it take to take an unfamiliar place and make it yours?Read more
Air Dates:
- October 27, 2018
- January 20, 2018
- July 30, 2017
How can someone be a monster — a brutal dictator, a mass murderer, a serial killer — and up close seem like a decent, caring person? What happens when you find yourself liking someone who’s done terrible things?Read more
Air Dates:
- December 22, 2018
- January 13, 2018
- July 29, 2017
Psychologists say telling a good life story can make you happier. But do we also create an inauthentic version of ourselves if we turn everything into a narrative?Read more
Air Dates:
- September 08, 2018
- July 23, 2017
- October 18, 2015
Checking someone else’s privilege can be a form of hostility. Checking your own can be an act of humility. Does anyone actually benefit from talking about privilege? This hour, the benefits and drawbacks of talking about privilege.Read more
Air Dates:
- November 10, 2018
- January 20, 2018
- July 22, 2017
Social media has brought us all closer together. Sometimes that's a good thing. But when it comes to online shaming, it's a bad thing. Read more
Air Dates:
- October 06, 2018
- July 15, 2017
- December 16, 2017
Do you ever wish you could reinvent yourself? This hour, we hear from four noted artists who experienced pivotal turns in their own lives: artist Rashid Johnson, writer/photographer Teju Cole, singer Nikka Costa, and musician Michael Nesmith.Read more
Air Dates:
- July 07, 2018
- July 09, 2017
We take road trips and endless highways for granted, but there are other countries where people can pay a heavy price just for getting behind a wheel.Read more
Air Dates:
- June 26, 2016
- July 08, 2017
When you don't have a voice, when you feel like lawmakers just won't listen to you, protest is one way of capturing the world's attention. But does it work? Read more
Air Dates:
- July 02, 2017
Everyone in your Facebook feed is falling for fake news–sharing it even when there's no way it can be true. But not you, right? You can tell the difference. Or can you?Read more
Air Dates:
- February 03, 2018
- July 02, 2017
- October 09, 2016
This hour, we explore our obsession with time travel. Why is such a recurring them in movies and TV shows? And what can time travel teach us about ourselves?Read more
Air Dates:
- January 19, 2019
- April 28, 2018
- June 24, 2017
Most of us will never know what really happens behind bars. Prisons are generally off limits to the public and press, but several new investigations are drawing attention to the conditions in many of our nation's jails. This hour, what should a prison be?...Read more