Gene Sperling, Chief Economic Advisor to Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, joins us to talk about reimagining contemporary capitalism.
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The Truth Is: Conspiracy Theories Are Dangerous
Adrienne LaFrance, executive editor of The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to talk specifically about QAnon, whose adherents believe in a “deep state” plot against President Trump.
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Who Gets Rich In The Cocaine Trade
Toby Muse joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his 15 years living in Colombia observing how the drug trade there operates from the top down.
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The Do’s And Don’t’s Of Debt
Atif Mian, John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School, joins us to talk about the short and long-term ramifications of debt on nations and individuals.
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In An Italian ER, A Doctor Soldiers On
Filmmaker Sasha Achilli joins us to tell the story of one ER doctor in Nothern Italy and her battle to save a daily swarm of incoming patients inside a besieged hospital.
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The Year Our World Became Global
Yale historian Valerie Hansen joins us to talk about the long, winding path to this modern life.
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You’re More Resilient Than You Think
Noam Shpancer, a professor of psychology at Otterbein University, joins us to talk specifically about the roadblocks that stand in the way of developing resilience in anxious children – and how to overcome them.
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Rethinking Our Relationship With The Natural World
This hour, we’ll talk about how people’s relationship to the natural world has evolved over time.
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Lawrence Wright Predicted This Would Happen
Lawrence Wright joins us to talk about his fiction focused on a pandemic upending the world, written months and months before our current crisis.
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What The Oil Bust Means For The Economy
Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute, joins us to talk about the collapse of oil futures, what happened to demand, and how problems in the energy sector affect the larger economy.
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Finding Our Way To The New Normal
Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong joins us to explain why instead of asking “when will life get back to normal?”, we should focus our energies on incremental steps to a more livable future.
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The Man Who Revolutionized The Way The World Grows Food
Rob Rapley joins us to talk about Norman E. Borlaug, who won praise for his work on disease resistance crops – which also came with unintended consequences.
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