Pressing Pause - se.01 tr.13
In an accelerated world consumed in crisis and knee-jerk outrage, it is possible to press pause and refrain before judgment? Jian ponders the chances of gaining perspective when moderation has become ...
26 Juni 20175min
Iran vs. Eye-ran - se.01 tr.12
WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer has been heard to say "Eye-ran" and "Eye-ranians" when speaking of Iran. Is this is just an innocent alternative pronunciation or are there social and political implicat...
19 Juni 20176min
Attention Span: The Album - se.01 tr.11
How do our dwindling attention spans affect the way we experience music? On its 50th anniversary, the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is widely considered to be a classic. But would we h...
12 Juni 20176min
Muslims, Trump and Metonymy - se.01 tr.10
A metonymy is a word that stands in for another word that it is associated with. But what happens in our current era of shorthand, when a metonymy is used to stand in for the caricatured traits and ac...
5 Juni 20176min
Fear Of Missing Out - se.01 tr.09
Can we break our smartphone addiction? And what happens if we don't? On the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, we are a society addicted to social media and our smartphones - and it's messing with our h...
29 Maj 20175min
Yearning for Predictable - se.01 tr.07
In the movies, predictable is boring. In real life, a lack of consistency at the highest levels of a super power is daunting. Jian explores the chaotic and fast-paced nature of the new Trump world and...
16 Maj 20175min
Fear Is Infectious - se.01 tr.06
How scared should we be? We live in a new age of anxiety where multifaceted global industries benefit from fearmongering. But there are also dangers too significant to assume exaggeration. Jian explor...
9 Maj 20175min
