The joy of taking out the trash | Aparna Nancherla
Comedian Aparna Nancherla loves to take out the trash. In this funny and sharp meditation on garbage -- "the stuff that our modern, consumerist, carbon-powered culture makes us buy endlessly, and ofte...
29 Dec 20204min
The fight for civil rights and freedom | John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson
Civil rights leader and longtime US congressman John Lewis spent his life fighting for freedom and justice for everyone. In this illuminating conversation with lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson, Lew...
28 Dec 202023min
An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru | Far Flung
Meet Liberato Kani, a hip hop artist in Lima, Peru—or as he says, “the Andean Bronx”. At his concerts, a typical call and response you hear is "Quechua es resistencia": Quechua is resistance. Though Q...
25 Dec 202046min
The shadow pandemic of domestic violence during COVID-19 | Kemi DaSilva-Ibru
Mandatory lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders meant to contain COVID-19 have created a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse, says physician Kemi DaSilva-Ibru. Sharing alarming statistics o...
24 Dec 20206min
Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans | Kelsey Leonard
Water is essential to life. Yet in the eyes of the law, it remains largely unprotected -- leaving many communities without access to safe drinking water, says legal scholar Kelsey Leonard. In this pow...
23 Dec 202013min
How to practice effectively...for just about anything | Annie Bosler and Don Greene
Mastering any physical skill takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. But what does practice...
22 Dec 20205min
Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they? | Myles Allen
The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they're waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen...
21 Dec 202011min
6 big ethical questions about the future of AI | Genevieve Bell
Artificial intelligence is all around us ... and the future will only bring more of it. How can we ensure the AI systems we build are responsible, safe and sustainable? Ethical AI expert Genevieve Bel...
18 Dec 202015min
