How to support witnesses of harassment and build healthier workplaces | Julia Shaw
What makes you speak up -- or not -- when you see something you know is wrong? Memory scientist Julia Shaw explains the psychology of those who witness workplace discrimination and harassment -- and s...
4 Kesä 202011min
The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw
Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersecti...
3 Kesä 202019min
The true cost of financial dependence | Estelle Gibson
Giving up control of your finances -- voluntarily or otherwise -- can leave you powerless and, in some cases, confined to a cycle of abuse. In this personal talk, accountant Estelle Gibson shares her ...
1 Kesä 20208min
My story of love and loss as a transracial adoptee | Sara Jones
A mysterious tattoo on her forearm was all that linked Sara Jones, who was adopted as a child by white parents, to her South Korean origins. Searching for her birth family taught her that transracial ...
30 Touko 202013min
Let's make the world wild again | Kristine Tompkins
Earth, humanity and nature are inextricably interconnected. To restore us all back to health, we need to "rewild" the world, says environmental activist Kristine Tompkins. Tracing her life from Patago...
29 Touko 202016min
Autofocusing reading glasses of the future | Nitish Padmanaban
As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes -- a phenomenon as old as humanity itself -- leading to a reliance on bifocals, contacts and procedures like LASIK surgery. Electrical e...
28 Touko 20207min
The secret weapon against pandemics | Georges C. Benjamin
The coronavirus pandemic won't be the last crisis to test public health systems worldwide, says physician and health policy leader Georges C. Benjamin. He details what's needed to lead us out of the p...
27 Touko 202021min
A COVID-19 “exit” strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy | Uri Alon
How can we return to work without spurring a second surge of coronavirus infection? Biologist Uri Alon shares a thought-provoking strategy: four days at work followed by 10 days of lockdown, a cycle t...
26 Touko 202012min
