444. How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?

Corporations and rich people donate billions to their favorite think tanks and foundations. Should we be grateful for their generosity — or suspicious of their motives? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWiz...

2 Nov 201738min

Academic studies are nice, and so are Nobel Prizes. But to truly prove the value of a new idea, you have to unleash it to the masses. That's what a dream team of social scientists is doing — and we sa...

26 Okt 201744min

Celiac disease is thought to affect roughly one percent of the population. The good news: it can be treated by quitting gluten. The bad news: many celiac patients haven't been diagnosed. The weird new...

19 Okt 201743min

Smart government policies, good industrial relations, and high-end products have helped German manufacturing beat back the threats of globalization. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...

12 Okt 201757min

Stephen J. Dubner hosts an episode full of the world's most renowned behavior change experts, including Colin Camerer, Ayelet Fishbach, David Laibson, Max Bazerman, Katy Milkman, and Kevin Volpp. Ange...

1 Okt 201754min

He's been U.S. Treasury Secretary, a chief economist for the Obama White House and the World Bank, and president of Harvard. He's one of the most brilliant economists of his generation (and perhaps th...

28 Sep 201750min

A language invented in the 19th century, and meant to be universal, it never really caught on. So why does a group of Esperantists from around the world gather once a year to celebrate their bond? Hos...

26 Sep 201730min

We explore votes for English, Indonesian, and … Esperanto! The search for a common language goes back millennia, but so much still gets lost in translation. Will technology finally solve that? Hosted ...

21 Sep 201741min