Pressing Pause - se.01 tr.13
In an accelerated world consumed in crisis and knee-jerk outrage, it is possible to press pause and refrain before judgment? Jian ponders the chances of gaining perspective when moderation has become ...
26 Kesä 20175min
Iran vs. Eye-ran - se.01 tr.12
WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer has been heard to say "Eye-ran" and "Eye-ranians" when speaking of Iran. Is this is just an innocent alternative pronunciation or are there social and political implicat...
19 Kesä 20176min
Attention Span: The Album - se.01 tr.11
How do our dwindling attention spans affect the way we experience music? On its 50th anniversary, the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is widely considered to be a classic. But would we h...
12 Kesä 20176min
Muslims, Trump and Metonymy - se.01 tr.10
A metonymy is a word that stands in for another word that it is associated with. But what happens in our current era of shorthand, when a metonymy is used to stand in for the caricatured traits and ac...
5 Kesä 20176min
Fear Of Missing Out - se.01 tr.09
Can we break our smartphone addiction? And what happens if we don't? On the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, we are a society addicted to social media and our smartphones - and it's messing with our h...
29 Touko 20175min
Yoda, The Elder - se.01 tr.08
We all know Yoda as a little green fountain of genius and accumulated knowledge. And we accept that his wisdom comes with his advanced age. And yet, we don't always treat elders in the real world with...
22 Touko 20175min
Yearning for Predictable - se.01 tr.07
In the movies, predictable is boring. In real life, a lack of consistency at the highest levels of a super power is daunting. Jian explores the chaotic and fast-paced nature of the new Trump world and...
16 Touko 20175min
Fear Is Infectious - se.01 tr.06
How scared should we be? We live in a new age of anxiety where multifaceted global industries benefit from fearmongering. But there are also dangers too significant to assume exaggeration. Jian explor...
9 Touko 20175min
