
How Belonging Shapes Democracy (Yascha Mounk)
Yascha is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, the Founder of Persuasion and the host of The Good Fight podcast, known for his work on democracy, identity, and polarization. In this conversation w...
23 Syys 202558min

Old School: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Dr. Kari Nixon)
Welcome to Old School, where we revisit some of our best episodes from previous years with some current reflections on why these episodes are still fascinating. In this “Old School” episode, Dr. Kari ...
19 Syys 20251h 1min

Ask Amanda Anything - TV Portrayal, Italian Fluency , Han Solo or Indiana Jones
This week on Ask Amanda Anything: How it feels to watch your own life turned into television. Why false confessions still shape the way justice fails. How a flood of letters — from Harry Potter fan fi...
18 Syys 202538min

How to Drink Your Way Sober (Katie Herzog)
Katie Herzog is a journalist, podcaster, and author of Drink Your Way Sober, a candid and science-based look at alternative paths to recovery. In this discussion with Amanda they uncover answers to so...
16 Syys 20251h 3min

Ask Amanda Anything - Betrayals, Storytellers, and Balance
This week on Ask Amanda Anything: Why do betrayals from old friends still cut so deep, even years later? How can a lie about something small spiral into a wrongful conviction? Why does our justice sys...
11 Syys 202543min

How Sugar Dating Complicates Consent, Power, and Perception (Brook Urick)
Brook Urick became the public face of Seeking Arrangement, the dating site that brought sugar babies and sugar daddies into the mainstream—and into a media firestorm. In this episode, she and Amanda u...
9 Syys 20251h 14min

Old School: A Religious Conviction in Aliens (Michael Shermer)
Welcome to Old School, where we revisit some of our best episodes from previous years with some current reflections on why these episodes are still fascinating. In this “Old School” episode, Dr. Micha...
5 Syys 20251h 3min

Ask Amanda Anything - Public Judgement, Surveillance Culture, and Empathy
This week Amanda responds to your questions and reflects on how public judgment can shape your identity, why dramatization can spark empathy, how wrongful convictions often stem from human error, and ...
4 Syys 202548min




















