MIT economics professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo join us to talk about building a more humane world through rethinking the exchange of goods and services.
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We Can See The Future – So Why Do We Fail To Plan?
Bina Venkataraman joins us to talk about why we’re so bad at developing foresight – and what we can do about it.
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We Need To Update Our Definition Of ‘War’
Tanisha M. Fazal, associate professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, joins us to talk about how a belief that modern war is tapering off is a dangerous falsehood.
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What Indigenous Cultures Can Teach Climate Scientists
Ecologist Alejandro Frid joins us to talk about integrating Western science with ancient traditions.
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How Reading And Writing Saved A Lost Girl
Jaquira Diaz joins us to talk about overcoming her struggles with sexual assault and depression, growing up in Puerto Rican housing projects, and more.
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What Happened To All Those Migrant Children?
Frontline investigative producer and correspondent Daffodil Altan joins us to talk about what happens to migrant children once they’re in federal custody.
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How Religion, Violence And Greed Shaped Latin America
Marie Arana, literary director of the National Book Festival, joins us to talk about how exploitation, violence and religion have combined to make the region the place it is today.
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How President Bush Made The Call On The 2007 Iraq Surge
Jeffrey A. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, and Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin, join us to talk about the behind-the-scenes White House strategy that led to the Iraq troop surge.
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Why We Should Bring Back The Draft
Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine, and he joins us to discuss why, he says, we’re writing blank checks for protracted conflicts with an all-volunteer military.
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Why You Should Fear Volcanoes More Than Ebola
Journalist Bryan Walsh joins us to talk about the many probabilities of world-ending catastrophic events, reported with humor and backed up by hard science.
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What Does Jeff Bezos Want?
Staff writer for The Atlantic, Franklin Foer joins us to talk about his research into Amazon and what happens when Big Tech takes on not just the nuts-and-bolts of government but our planet too.
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Travel Writer Paul Theroux On Life And Death In Mexico
Paul Theroux joins us to discuss his journey from the impoverished Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas to the Arizona border.
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