How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics | Liz Kleinrock
When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth-grade students said the unthinkable at the start of a class on race, she knew it was far too important a teachable moment to miss. But where to start? Learn how Klei...
20 Feb 201912min
What if all US health care costs were transparent? | Jeanne Pinder
In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinde...
20 Feb 20197min
What is the meaning of work? | Roy Bahat and Bryn Freedman
Roy Bahat was worried. His company invests in new technology like AI to make businesses more efficient -- but, he wondered, what was AI doing to the people whose jobs might change, go away or become l...
19 Feb 201911min
Lessons from past presidents | Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about what we can learn from American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Then she shares a moving memory of her own father, and of their sha...
18 Feb 201918min
The age of genetic wonder | Juan Enriquez
Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. But this raises some pressing questions: If we can generate new species from scratch, what should we build? Shou...
15 Feb 201918min
3 ways to practice civility | Steven Petrow
What does it mean to be civil? JournalistStevenPetrow looks for answers in the original meaning of the word, showing why civility shouldn't be dismissed as conversation-stifling political correctness ...
13 Feb 201914min
How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit) | P.J. Parmar
Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to serve the poor and still have...
12 Feb 201910min
Why noise is bad for your health -- and what you can do about it | Mathias Basner
Silence is a rare commodity these days. There's traffic, construction, air-conditioning, your neighbor's lawnmower ... and all this unwanted sound can have a surprising impact on your health, says noi...
12 Feb 201910min
