The Urban-Rural Divide Is Smaller Than You Think
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, a public policy professor at USC, has spent years studying small-town America. What she's learned may surprise you. 📕 The Overlooked Americans 📬 Check out our daily Substac...
21 Nov 20249min
How Economics Explains the World
Andrew Leigh, a former professor of economics and current member of Australia's parliament, shares key insights from his timely new book How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity.
20 Nov 202413min
A Brief History of the Female Body
In "A Brief History of the Female Body," Dr. Deena Emera draws on her vast expertise as a biologist, her experience as a mother, and her love of teaching to look far into our evolutionary past, illumi...
19 Nov 202413min
How to Achieve Financial Freedom Without Sacrificing What Matters Most
Most entrepreneurs start a business seeking freedom but end up in a prison of hundred-hour workweeks isolated from their loved ones. Today: a guide for how to do entrepreneurship differently — letting...
18 Nov 202414min
Is Technology the World's Most Powerful Religion?
Today, we're joined by Greg Epstein, Harvard and MIT's humanist chaplain, who shares a few key insights from his new book Tech Agnostic.
15 Nov 202413min
Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future
Award-winning journalist Jeremy Kahn shares his advice for staying on the right side of the AI revolution.
14 Nov 202416min
Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society. 📖 A Theory of Everyone by Michael Muthukrishna
13 Nov 202415min
A Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine
As an assistant professor, practicing psychiatrist, university wellness leader, and regular media expert, Jessi Gold was used to constant busyness. But when mental exhaustion led her to commit an unth...
12 Nov 20249min
