How Contrapoints Reinvented Philosophy for YouTube with Natalie Wynn
Since 2016, Natalie Wynn has been making wildly popular video essays on YouTube under the name ContraPoints. Her videos, which cover everything from politics, to gender, to society's obsession with th...
26 Kesä 20241h 22min
Your Brain is Hardwired to Love Games with Kelly Clancy
Games often get a bad rap as mere distractions, the frivolous filler between so-called "important things." But research into the connection between people and games reveals that they’re not just benef...
19 Kesä 20241h 4min
Your Houseplants Can Think with Zoë Schlanger
Our understanding of intelligence is always growing, but recent research has thrown a fascinating curveball: we're discovering that plants are intelligent too. Though they might not look like creature...
12 Kesä 20241h 5min
The Human Cost of Banning Abortion with Shefali Luthra
Abortion is not just a political story; it's a personal one. In the two years since Roe was struck down by the Supreme Court in the Dobbs decision, a host of challenges has arisen for women, trans, an...
5 Kesä 20241h 4min
How Capitalism Murdered Journalism with Margot Susca
We’ve been discussing the slow death of journalism for a long time, but what if it didn’t just “die”? This week, Adam speaks with Margot Susca, a professor at American University and author of Hedged:...
29 Touko 202458min
How Google RUINED the Internet
(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we to start sh...
27 Touko 202419min
Why Billionaires Should Be Banned with Ingrid Robeyns
This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FACTUALLY and get on your way to being your best self.We're happy to have conversations about eliminating pove...
22 Touko 20241h 7min
Can Unions Make a Comeback? with Hamilton Nolan
The labor movement is in a state of flux. Support for unions is the highest it's been in decades, including the explict support of the Biden administration, yet actual union membership has plummeted t...
15 Touko 20241h 13min
