
Fifty Words for Snow
Amanda Knox is a multi-linguist and self-described word nerd. In this essay she explores the fascinating world of untranslatable words, the ones that exist in some languages but not others, and what t...
9 Jun 15min

Old School: The Canceling of the American Mind (Greg Lukianoff)
Greg Lukianoff is one of our nation's foremost defenders of free speech, co-author of "The Canceling of the American Mind," and president of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. ...
2 Jun 53min

Married to the Work
What happens when your creative partner is also your spouse? Amanda and Chris dive into the messy, rewarding world of creative collaboration,from co-writing a book of love poems to navigating the high...
26 Mai 1h 9min

How To Be A Woman in Public (Sophie Gilbert)
What happens when a culture decides that visibility is power and then punishes women for being visible? Amanda sits down with Sophie Gilbert, staff writer at The Atlantic, and author of Girl on Girl: ...
19 Mai 1h

Walkie Talkies
In this monthly Hard Knox essay Amanda explores the "third way of being": not alone, not truly together, but that warm middle state where you want someone near without the obligation of actually meeti...
12 Mai 15min

Old School: Monsters (Claire Dederer)
We are now routinely faced with a dilemma: News breaks hat an artist beloved has done something horrible. How does that change our experience of their art? There’s no one better to help us explore thi...
5 Mai 59min

The Myth of Confrontation
What happens when confronting the person who hurt you doesn’t bring the closure you hoped for? In this episode, Amanda responds to a listener wrestling with whether to confront an abusive family memb...
28 Apr 44min

Why Men Need a Tribe (Elliott Ackerman)
Elliot Ackerman is a decorated combat veteran, CIA paramilitary officer, and New York Times bestselling novelist. In this episode, he joins Amanda Knox to talk about what happens when the chapter clos...
21 Apr 1h 6min




















