Journalism is Collapsing with Matt Pearce
The profession of journalism is facing a crisis. Recent years have brought devastating layoffs to nearly every major news outlet, with local newspapers shuttering daily. As these institutions crumble,...
13 Maalis 20241h 16min
How the Algorithm Warps Our Culture with Kyle Chayka
The internet once felt novel and exciting, with new mysteries waiting to be discovered around every corner. These days there's a different mystery: who is actually deciding everything that you end up ...
6 Maalis 20241h 10min
Why Big Tech is Ruining Our Lives with Brian Merchant
Express skepticism about technology and you might be labeled a "Luddite." However, the true story of the historical Luddites offers a fascinating perspective on the relationship between workers and te...
28 Helmi 20241h
How to Grow from Trauma with Dr. Edith Shiro
The conversation about trauma is everywhere, and it seems like our culture is finally grappling with the concept openly. But here's the thing: if we don't get what trauma really is, on a psychological...
21 Helmi 20241h 1min
Free Will Absolutely Does Exist with Dr. Kevin Mitchell
Is free will a scientific fact? Dr. Kevin Mitchell, neuroscientist and the author of Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will, certainly thinks so. While some, like recent guest Robert Sapolsky, a...
14 Helmi 20241h 19min
Capitalism Has Mutated Into Something Worse with Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism has changed. A century ago, capitalists amassed untold wealth by building and manufacturing goods, but today, our economy appears to be dominated by massive tech corporations that don't act...
7 Helmi 20241h 8min
Free Will Does Not Exist with Robert Sapolsky
Does free will truly exist, or are we merely sophisticated meat machines running our biochemical programming with sentience as a byproduct? Stanford University neurologist Robert Sapolsky, having exte...
31 Tammi 20241h 13min
Comedy Censorship Used to be WORSE with Kliph Nesteroff
For as long as there's been comedy, there have been people lamenting that "you can't do comedy anymore". This sentiment feels more prevalent than ever, but is it actual censorship or a shift in our cu...
24 Tammi 20241h 8min
