Jacob Goldstein, co-host of NPR’s “Planet Money,” joins us to talk about how our world goes ‘round in large part because we’ve all swallowed hard and agreed to not ask too much about the real value of currency.
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Bye, Bye Business Casual: The Pandemic And The Fashion Industry
Dana Thomas joins us to talk about how the pandemic is reshaping our shopping habits and forcing the fashion industry to figure out how to survive on selling baggy tees.
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How Inventions Change Families
Harvard Business School professor Debora L. Spar joins us to talk about how technological advancement has reshaped the nuclear family.
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Junk: The Billion Dollar Industry
Adam Minter joins us to talk about people who find treasure in our trash — and why, with all our stuff, we continue to buy new things.
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The Roadmap For Texas’ Economic Recovery
Robert S. Kaplan and Marvin Odum join us to explore how the energy, banking, and other important industries in the state might bounce back – and how everyday Texans can get back on their feet.
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The Future Of DACA
In this collaboration between Think and The Texas Newsroom, we’ll explore why Congress has been unwilling to create legislation that addresses DACA, share the stories of DACA recipients as they go about their lives unable to plan for their futures, and talk to Janet Napolitano, who initiated the program as President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.
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In Defense Of The Suburbs
Ian Bogost, contributing writer at The Atlantic and the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins us to talk about ditching the urban core for peace — and distance.
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A Business Approach To Fixing Politics
Katherine M. Gehl, founder of the Institute for Political Innovation, joins us to talk about lessons from the business world that could fix our political system.
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The Argument For Increasing The National Debt
Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University and former Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, talks to us about using the national debt as a tool in service of a higher standard of living for all Americans.
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How The Economy Survived The 1918 Flu
Stanford professor Walter Scheidel joins us to talk about how the 1918 flu took many lives but in the end spared the economy.
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When The Buzz From Buying Stuff Is Gone
Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News, joins us to talk about a history of American messaging that has always promoted “buy, buy, buy” to buoy the economy, and why that isn’t working now.
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Poor And Pregnant In Texas? You Might Want To Move
ProPublica reporter Nina Martin joins us to talk about the critical links between maternal mortality and Medicaid and why limited to no access means pregnant and new mothers are dying at an alarming rate.
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