188. Frans de Waal (primatologist) – You're such a social animal
When I was a kid, there used to be a TV commercial for this series of animal videos you could order that were basically nothing but killing and sex. The tagline was “Find out why we call them . . . AN...
30 Mar 201951min
187. Aml Ameen (actor) - how the world teaches you who you are
They say Confucius said “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” I did the research. Confucius probably didn’t say that. But whoever said it was right—revenge bites back. Victor He...
23 Mar 201955min
186. Josh Clark (podcaster) - It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
I like to think. If I didn’t, this would be the wrong job for me. But I realize that as open-minded as I like to consider myself, I’ve taken a thick, black sharpie to certain areas of the philosophica...
16 Mar 20191h
185. Martin Hägglund (philosopher) – What happens to freedom when time is money
What gets a wolf or a pigeon up in the morning? No offense to wolves or to pigeons, but it’s probably not the desire to make the world a better place. As far as we know, humans are unique in the freed...
9 Mar 201952min
184. Mitchell S. Jackson (writer) – Notes from the other America
We’re all living inside concentric circles of private and public, inner and outer. From the time we’re small we start to understand that these circles aren’t always friendly to one another. There’s fr...
2 Mar 201955min
183. Will Hunt (explorer) – into the Earth: the mysteries and meanings of underground spaces
The first time I attempted to play Minecraft with my then-seven-year-old son, we immediately dug ourselves into a pit deep in the Earth and could not get out. In spite of the crappy 8-bit graphics, al...
23 Feb 201950min
182. Ha Jin (writer) – the wild and tragic life of China's greatest poet, Li Bai
Let’s start with a very old poem : On the bank of Caishi River is Li Bai’s grave Surrounded by wild grass that stretches to clouds. How sad that the bones buried deep in here Used to have writings ...
16 Feb 201948min
181. Marlon James (writer) – don’t get too comfortable
At this point, it’s very rare to read something and find myself thinking: This is something new. This is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It doesn’t have to be written in hieroglyphs or be some ...
9 Feb 201954min
