584. How to Pave the Road to Hell
So you want to help people? That’s great — but beware the law of unintended consequences. Three...
43:59
584. How to Pave the Road to Hell
So you want to help people? That’s great — but beware the law of unintended consequences. Three...
43:59
Extra: The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution (Update)
The psychologist Daniel Kahneman — a Nobel laureate and the author of Thinking, Fast and Slow —...
36:24
Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses? (Update)
People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We...
51:45
583. Are We Living Through the Most Revolutionary Period in History?
Fareed Zakaria says yes. But it’s not just political revolution — it’s economic, technological,...
01:04:47
Extra: How Much Do You Know About Immigration?
The political debates over immigration can generate a lot of fuzzy facts. We wanted to test...
29:12
582. Why Is Everyone Moving to Canada?
As the U.S. tries to fix its messy immigration system, our neighbor to the north is scooping up...
51:51
581. What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration
The U.S. immigration system is a massively complicated machine, with a lot of worn-out parts. How...
57:54
Extra: Madeleine Albright’s Warning on Immigration
She arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee, then rose to become Secretary of State. Her...
30:37
580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System
How did a nation of immigrants come to hate immigration? We start at the beginning, sort through...
57:40
579. Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap?
Economists have discovered an odd phenomenon: many people who use social media (even you, maybe?)...
42:16
Extra: What Is Sportswashing — and Does It Work? (Update)
In ancient Rome, it was bread and circuses. Today, it’s a World Cup, an Olympics, and a new...
01:05:45
578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think
What surprises lurk in our sewage? How did racist city planners end up saving Black lives? Why...
52:14
Is Google Getting Worse? (Update)
It used to feel like magic. Now it can feel like a set of cheap tricks. Is the problem with...
56:53
Extra: Mr. Feynman Takes a Trip — But Doesn’t Fall
A wide-open conversation with three women who guided Richard Feynman through some big adventures...
50:05
In his final years, Richard Feynman's curiosity took him to some surprising places. We hear from...
01:03:36
What happens when an existentially depressed and recently widowed young physicist from Queens...
52:42
How the San Francisco 49ers Stopped Being Losers (Update)
They’re heading to the Super Bowl for the second time in five years. But back in 2018, they were...
01:05:51
From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist Richard Feynman loved...
01:03:24
574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education”
Michael Roth of Wesleyan University doesn’t hang out with other university presidents. He also...
51:01
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)
We all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep...
53:22
Wellness Wednesday: Urgency Culture
Episodio
La question du jour
Episodio
Happy birthday paige
Episodio
What is it with the feet ladies
Episodio
Nine a question for you sir
Episodio
The unluckiest man who ever lived
Episodio
Ask the Expert: EV's
Episodio