The Dark Side of the Internet's Obsession With Anxiety
We’ve done several shows on America’s anxiety crisis. This one asks several questions that might get me in trouble. Have we overcorrected from an era when mental health was shameful to talk about to a...
13 Helmi 202446min
Can Solar Power and Battery Tech Save the World From Climate Change?
You could make the argument that last year was the worst year in human history for climate change. The Earth experienced its hottest day on record over and over and over again. Air surface temperature...
9 Helmi 202459min
The Gender War Within Gen Z
Something mysterious is happening in the politics of young men and women. Gen Z women—those in their 20s and younger—have become sharply more liberal in the past few years, while young men are shiftin...
6 Helmi 202456min
What’s the Best Diet for Planet Earth?
If you love food and also consider yourself a good person, you probably care about where your food comes from, how it’s grown, and whether it's part of a system that is destroying the planet. After al...
30 Tammi 202459min
Why Did Stanley Water Bottles Suddenly Become a Cultural Phenomenon?
It's just a steel tumbler with a straw and side handle. But the Stanley cup is a social media phenomenon and an incredible business success story. How did this thing come out of nowhere? What lessons ...
26 Tammi 202438min
Why the U.S. Media Industry Is in Meltdown
Sports Illustrated layoffs. The demise of independent Pitchfork. Hundreds of millions of dollars in losses at major newspapers like the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. The state of the U.S....
23 Tammi 202442min
World on Fire, Part 3: How Did America's Border Crisis Get So Bad?
Today is the third and final episode in our miniseries on this unique moment in global war and conflict. In the first episode, we looked at the turmoil in the Middle East. In the second episode, we of...
19 Tammi 202450min
World on Fire, Part 2: Global Conflict Has Surged to an 80-Year High. Why?
This is the second episode in "World on Fire," a series on the historic levels of global violence and conflict in the Middle East, the Americas, and beyond. Listen to Part 1 here: "World on Fire, Part...
16 Tammi 202453min
