44. Douglas Rushkoff (Media Theorist) – Hack the $ystem
"The problem with our time is that we look at people for their utility value.", says Douglas Rushkoff, author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus. Since the late Middle Ages, Rushkoff argues, money a...
30 Apr 201636min
43. Michael Puett (Harvard Chinese Philosophy Scholar) – Freedom Through Ritual
Michael Puett teaches one of three most popular undergraduate courses at Harvard, on ancient Chinese philosophy and ethics: Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Moism, and more. What keeps students coming ...
23 Apr 201634min
42. Joshua Cohen (Novelist) – Scrupulously Messy, by Which I Mean Human
In this week's episode Joshua Cohen, author of the "great American internet novel" Book of Numbers, says that if a cliché sticks around long enough it can become a prayer. In conversation with host Ja...
16 Apr 201634min
41. Sarah Kay (Poet) – Kids See Right Through That
"Authenticity is something that cannot be fabricated." – Sarah Kay On this week's episode, poet Sarah Kay, whose 2011 TED talk "If I Should Have a Daughter" has been viewed over 9 million times, shar...
9 Apr 201634min
40. Nikhil Goyal (Education Activist) – Mind in a Box
Put 8 year old Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders together in a progressive 2nd grade classroom. What would happen? Since the dawn of compulsory schooling America has been experimentin...
2 Apr 201635min
39. Maria Popova (Writer, Editor of Brain Pickings) – The Absurdity of Not Writing Poems
"I’m always pulled toward anything that helps me figure out how to live a meaningful and substantive life." – Maria Popova What does real friendship look like? How can something written a thousand yea...
26 Mar 201639min
38. Amanda Palmer (Musician, Author) – Privacy Is Weird
"As human beings we all have this flaw, which is to think that there’s a right way of doing things. And it’s just bullshit." – Amanda Palmer on Think Again Artist Amanda Palmer is a practitioner of r...
19 Mar 201634min
37. Cory Booker (US Senator) – Cynicism: a Refuge for Cowards
“We all have so much power that we don’t use. And I think it’s because of cynicism, which is a toxic spiritual state. Cynicism is a refuge for cowards.” –– Cory Booker Why do so many of us choose to ...
12 Mar 201625min
