Rethinking Higher Ed with Harvard’s Former President
Last week I found myself in Sun Valley, Idaho, at a conference with a lot of big wigs. Among them was Larry Summers—an economist, the Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton, and a former preside...
21 Jul 202343min
Are We Living Through 'End Times'?
Peter Turchin is not like most historians. For starters, he has an unusual background as an evolutionary biologist studying lemmings and mice. He says that analyzing the complexities of the natural w...
19 Jul 20231h 14min
When Ideology Corrupts Medicine—and How One Reporter Exposed It
Last month, Britain’s National Health Service made major news when they announced that they were banning the use of puberty blockers for children, except for those enrolled in a tightly regulated clin...
12 Jul 20231h 10min
Affirmative Action, Gay Rights, and Free Speech: What The Supreme Court's Rulings Mean for America
Last week, the Supreme Court handed down, as they usually do as the term comes to an end, a flurry of highly anticipated major decisions. Two of them made a lot of news: one effectively ended affirmat...
7 Jul 20231h 41min
Chris Christie Endorsed Trump Twice. Now He Wants To Eliminate Him.
In 2016, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was one of 17 Republicans in a crowded field trying to beat Donald Trump. We know how that movie ended. One of the hard won lessons of that primary, ...
29 Jun 20231h 3min
RFK Jr. Is Striking a Nerve. He Explains Why.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. is the rare Kennedy who hasn’t yet joined the family business. But at age 69—after a long career as an environmental lawyer and activist, and many years advocating against l...
21 Jun 20231h 30min
How To Dad in 2023: A Roundtable With Our Favorite Fathers
Happy Father's Day! For today's episode, a conversation about fatherhood with three dads who have thought a lot about parenthood, masculinity and being a dad in a world stripped of convention. Richard...
16 Jun 20231h 1min
What Jordan Neely’s Death Tells Us About Mental Illness and Vigilantism
On May 1, 2023, a 30-year-old homeless man named Jordan Neely boarded the F train in New York City. Neely appeared to be in the midst of some kind of mental health crisis, as witnesses describe him ac...
7 Jun 202358min
