Steven Strogatz Says You Can Understand Math
Steven Strogatz possesses a special ability to see into the unseen. How does he do it? Steve is a world class mathematician, who sees through the window of math. But, lucky for us, he’s also a world c...
26 Mar 201945min
Steven Strogatz Bonus - What to Do When Things Keep Changing!
Alan Alda wanted to get off the island quickly. Steven Strogatz explains how an 18th century British clergyman could have helped. In this short bonus episode, Steven helps Alan understand something t...
26 Mar 201917min
Jonathan Haidt on Why We're So Divided and What to Do About It
How do we get beyond Right versus Left, "Us" versus "Them," and even "Me" versus "You"? Jonathan Haidt has a few theories about this all too-familiar tribalism and the seemingly endless culture wars o...
19 Mar 201946min
Michael Tomasello On the Surprising Origins of Communication and Cooperation
How do we actually learn to communicate? How is it different from how other animals learn it? Michael Tomasello explores what may be at the very heart of relating and communicating: shared attention. ...
12 Mar 201937min
Sarah Vowell on Writing with Clarity (and Shenanigans)
Sarah Vowell is not short on facets. She’s writer, a historian, a satirist, a radio star and an actor. While he writing voice can be satirical, you might recognize her speaking voice as that of Violet...
5 Mar 201946min
Sherry Turkle on How We're Losing Touch With One Another and What We Can Do About It
Sherry Turkle is an expert on both our cultural and personal well-being. She's a professor at MIT, an author, a licensed clinical psychologist, and someone who's deeply concerned about how people conn...
26 Feb 201946min
Stephen Fry On How Our Myths Help Us Know Who We Are
Stephen Fry loves words. But he does more than love them. He puts them together in ways that so delight readers, that a blog or a tweet by him can get hundreds of thousands of people hanging on his ev...
19 Feb 201944min
Dr. Ruth on Communicating Under the Covers and Above
Her name is Ruth Westheimer, but we all know her as Dr. Ruth, the helpful lady who’s spoken to us for decades about sex. She's always direct, to the point, and bubbling with insight about ourselves an...
12 Feb 201945min
