Barkha Dutt on the Nuances of Indian Life
Growing up, Barkha Dutt was totally rootless. She spoke English, not her parent's Punjabi. She devoured Enid Blyton and studied English literature during college, but read few Indian novelists. She di...
29 Jun 202251min
Marc Andreessen on Learning to Love the Humanities
Like the frontier characters from Deadwood, his favorite TV show, Marc Andreessen has discovered that the real challenge to building in new territory is not in the practicalities of learning a trade, ...
15 Jun 202251min
Jamal Greene on Reconceiving Rights
What does it mean to uphold disability rights, or the right to economic liberty? What framework should be used when rights appear to conflict? Constitutional law expert Jamal Greene contends that the ...
1 Jun 202248min
Tyler and Daniel Gross Talk Talent
If Tyler and Daniel's latest book can be boiled down into a single message, it would be that the world is currently failing at identifying talent, and that getting better at it would have enormous ben...
18 Mai 202248min
Chris Blattman on War and Centralized Power
What causes war? Many scholars have spent their careers attempting to study the psychology of leaders to understand what incentivizes them to undertake the human and financial costs of conflict, but e...
4 Mai 202248min
Thomas Piketty on the Politics of Equality
When it comes to the enormous reduction of income inequality during the 20th century, Thomas Piketty sees politics everywhere. In his new book, A Brief History of Equality, he argues the rising equal...
20 Apr 202253min
Roy Foster on Ireland's Many Unmade Futures
"The best history," says Roy Foster, "is written when we realize that people acted in expectation of a future that was never going to happen." While this is the case for many countries, it's especiall...
6 Apr 202259min
Lydia Davis on Language and Literature
A prolific translator, author, and former professor of creative writing, Lydia Davis's motivation for her life's work is jarringly simple: she just loves language. She loves short, sparkling sentences...
23 Mar 202240min
