AI, Trade Wars, Degrowth: What's Next for the Global Economy?
Amid rising concerns about AI, inequality, trade wars, and globalization, New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist John Cassidy takes a bold approach: he tells the story of capitalism throu...
12 Touko 20251h 11min
Is Modern Life Making Us Miserable? What's Fueling the Mental Health Crisis & What Can Help?
What does your diet have to do with your mood? Is mercury in fish really dangerous? Psychiatrist Dr. Drew Ramsey joins Michael Shermer to discuss the science behind nutritional psychiatry and how food...
10 Touko 20251h 23min
Free Speech Under Fire? From Campus Protests to Deportations
Jacob Mchangama, author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, joins Michael to examine the evolving landscape of free expression amid rising political and cultural tensions. They di...
6 Touko 20251h 17min
Is It Possible to Change Your Entire Personality?
Is it really possible to change your entire personality in a year? An award-winning journalist experiments with her own personality to find out—and reveals the science behind lasting change. Research ...
3 Touko 20251h 19min
The Trouble with Economic Data: Flawed Metrics, Flawed Decisions
The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. Diane Coyle argues that the ...
29 Huhti 202554min
Did Shutting Down Schools Help or Hurt? A COVID-19 Postmortem
David Zweig's new book An Abundance of Caution (MIT Press) is an account of the decision-making process behind the extended closures of public schools during the pandemic. In fascinating and meticulou...
26 Huhti 202555min
What's Holding You Back? Scott Barry Kaufman on Resilience in the Age of Fragility
It's tempting to see ourselves as damaged or powerless—defined by past traumas, overwhelming emotions, and daily struggles. But is that really the most helpful way to understand ourselves? Does seeing...
22 Huhti 20251h 42min
Why We Follow Orders: The Neuroscience of Compliance and Control
Why do ordinary people carry out extraordinary harm when simply told to do so? From the Holocaust to the genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Cambodia, history shows how obedience to authority can lead to...
19 Huhti 20251h 31min
