Prof. Daniel Bessner joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss if the U.S. should continue to try to rule the world through force – or if recent history suggests it’s time to back off.
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Prof. Daniel Bessner joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss if the U.S. should continue to try to rule the world through force – or if recent history suggests it’s time to back off.
Read moreAri Wallach is a futurist and he joins us to discuss his methods for teaching people to think far into the future in order to connect to what really matters.
Read moreProfessor William MacAskill discusses why we must make long-term thinking a priority if we truly care about the descendants we’ll never meet.
Read moreBob Keefe discusses why the business world is concerned about the economic impact of climate change, and why capitalism might be the key to breaking gridlock on climate action.
Read moreAmy Maxmen, a science journalist at Nature Magazine discusses how a large percentage of all available vaccines have been purchased by wealthy countries.
Read moreWriter Phil Klay talks bout why we’ve felt the need to make guns even more deadly, and explains the technology that has allowed guns to evolve from single shooters to automatic weapons.
Read moreEd Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer on staff at The Atlantic, discusses what seems like animal magic powers – from magnetic fields and sonar to complex vision and heightened smell.
Read moreNew Yorker contributor Eren Orbey discusses how the global pandemic shut down the testing process – and the many ways The College Board is trying to work around not only changes in test administration but pushback on the test itself.
Read moreBrian Klaas is professor of global politics at University College London, and joins us to discuss the temptations and trappings of power, why we pick the leaders we do, and lessons we can learn from bad actors.
Read moreWest Point English professor Elizabeth D. Samet talks about the picture of American exceptionalism that emerged post-World War II, the ways it has shaped domestic and foreign policy, and the myths it created.
Read moreFrancis Fukuyama joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the pushback against classical thoughts about individual rights, rule of law and equality, and what he sees as the decaying of American institutions.
Read moreHost Krys Body talks with three people who’ve dedicated their careers to election integrity about what goes into securing elections and efforts to restore faith in them ahead of the midterms.
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