Catherine A. Sanderson, Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences at Amherst College, joins us to talk about the psychology of groupthink and how to become a leader.
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Will COVID-19 Spell the End of International Cooperation
Abraham Newman joins us to talk about how smoothing out all the bumps in our international supply chains created an unexpected shock in the system.
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Is America Out Of Ideas?
Ross Douthat joins us to talk about what he reads in the nation’s tea leaves for the trajectory of future innovation.
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Who’s Still Listening To America?
Graham Allison joins us to talk about how this tricky balance of power is maintained – and about what happens when one superpower steps into another’s turf.
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It’s Not Too Late To Stave Off A Depression
Matthrew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox Media and co-host of The Weeds podcast, joins us to argue we don’t have to head into a Great Depression if we act boldly now.
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During Social Distancing, We’re All In This Together
NYU sociology professor Eric M. Klinenberg joins us to talk about how making it through Covid-19 will require buy-in from everyone.
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To Work Better, Work Less
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a visiting scholar at Stanford and Oxford, joins us to talk about redesigning the workday.
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Why There’s Not Enough Public Transit
Aaron W. Gordon, senior writer for Motherboard, joins us to talk about why public transportation is broken and how, especially now, it’s time to rethink how people get places.
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The Role Of Animals In Human Pandemics
Science writer David Quammen joins us to talk about why an animal-to-human zoonotic transmission happens and what the risk is, now and in the future.
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How Covid-19 Attacks Our Immune System
New York Times reporter Matt Richtel joins us to talk about our complicated immune system, which is capable of both healing the body and turning on it.
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To Improve Healthcare, Cut Costs
Jay Shambaugh, director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, joins us to talk about why health care prices are so high and how we can improve future outcomes.
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Should Incarcerated People Be Allowed To Vote?
Daniel A. Gross of The New Yorker joins us to talk about why we deny prisoners the right to vote and if we should restore that privilege.
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