Why the "Need for Chaos" Is Eating American Politics
Today’s episode is about one of the most interesting pieces of research I’ve read in the past year. It's an idea called "need for chaos," and the truth is that I literally cannot stop thinking about i...
1 Mar 202435min
Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out—and Why It Matters
Today’s episode is about the extraordinary decline in face-to-face socializing in America—and the real stakes of the country’s hanging-out crisis. From 2003 to 2022, American adults reduced their aver...
27 Feb 20241h 10min
"We’re Seeing a Fundamental Reorganization of Work in America"
Today’s episode is about arguably the most important economic statistic out there: real (or inflation-adjusted) wage growth. For much of the last few years, many people's real wages have declined. But...
23 Feb 202438min
How to Have the Hardest Conversations—in Marriage, Politics, and Life
Life is a series of conversations. Our relationships, friendships, marriages, breakups, makeups, hirings, promotions, and firings are mostly the story of two people talking. And many of these conversa...
20 Feb 202440min
Would You Buy a Drug to Extend Your Dog’s Life?
Today’s episode is about the science of slowing down the aging process … and why one biotech company has found some success with dogs. Last November, the New York Times reported that a company called ...
16 Feb 202454min
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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 202456min
