Never Go To Vegas
All social classes have unspoken rules. From A-list celebrities to teachers, doctors, lawyers, and journalists — there are social norms that govern us, whether we realize it or not. This week on Hidde...
18 Mar 201948min
Unreal Sex
From stone statues to silicone works of art, we have long sought solace and sex from inanimate objects. Time and technology have perfected the artificial lover: today we have life-size silicone love d...
11 Mar 201927min
For Sale, By Owner
You own your body. So should you be able to sell parts of it? This week, we explore the concept of "repugnant transactions" with the man who coined the term, Nobel Prize- winning economist Al Roth. He...
4 Mar 201931min
Radio Replay: Playing The Gender Card
Annie Duke was about to win $2 million. It was 2004, and she was at the final hand of the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. But as a woman at a table full of men, she wasn't sure she dese...
1 Mar 201949min
Better Than Cash
Our modern world is saturated with awards. From elementary school classrooms to Hollywood to the hallways of academia, there's no shortage of prizes. But — do they work? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWi...
25 Feb 201926min
Emma, Carrie, Vivian
The eugenicists were utopians, convinced that they were doing hard but necessary things. And that included making decisions about who could have children. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...
18 Feb 201939min
Close Enough
Today, more and more of us are living through the people on our screens and in our headphones. It's not real, but for many of us, it's close enough. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...
11 Feb 201948min
One Head, Two Brains
This week, we search for the answer to a deceptively simple question: why is the brain divided? Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist explains why popular distinctions between the "left brain" and "right brai...
4 Feb 201948min
