The tech we need to end the pandemic and restart the economy | Danielle Allen
As COVID-19 continues to spread, the world is facing two existential threats at once: a public health emergency and an economic crisis. Political theorist Danielle Allen describes how we can ethically...
9 Apr 202024min
How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen
To understand what makes marriages work, we need to talk about why they sometimes end, says family law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen. Follow along as she lays out three ways that thinking about marital...
8 Apr 202011min
It's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next | Elizabeth Gilbert
If you're feeling anxious or fearful during the coronavirus pandemic, you're not alone. Offering hope and understanding, author Elizabeth Gilbert reflects on how to stay present, accept grief when it ...
7 Apr 202027min
In uncertain times, think like a mother | Yifat Susskind
There's a simple and powerful way to confront the world's most pressing crises, says women's rights activist Yifat Susskind: think like a mother. As she puts it: "When you think like a mother, you pri...
6 Apr 202010min
The intangible effects of walls | Alexandra Auer
More barriers exist now than at the end of World War II, says designer Alexandra Auer. And when you erect one wall, you unwittingly create a second -- an "us" versus "them" partition in the mind that ...
3 Apr 202011min
What it's really like to have autism | Ethan Lisi
"Autism is not a disease; it's just another way of thinking," says Ethan Lisi. Offering a glimpse into the way he experiences the world, Lisi breaks down misleading stereotypes about autism, shares in...
3 Apr 20209min
Indigenous wisdom should be at the heart of climate activism | Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. In this engaging talk, she shares how her nomadic commun...
2 Apr 202012min
How you can help save the monarch butterfly -- and the planet | Mary Ellen Hannibal
Monarch butterflies are dying at an alarming rate around the world -- a looming extinction that could also put human life at risk. But we have just the thing to help save these insects, says author Ma...
1 Apr 202010min
