Episode List

Episode 37

Why Some Nations Prosper and Others Fail, with James Robinson

Why some nations prosper and others fail

Ruins

Why some nations prosper and others fail

Episode 36

The Hunt for Alien Life and Exoplanets, with David Charbonneau

The hunt for alien life and exoplanets

Artist illustration of large exoplanet with a star in the distance

The hunt for alien life and exoplanets

Episode 35

Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back, With Lauren Berlant

Why chasing the good life is holding us back

Family on vacation

Why chasing the good life is holding us back

Episode 34

Saving Our Cities By Studying A Million Neighborhoods With Luis Bettencourt

Saving our cities by studying a million neighborhoods

Digital city

Saving our cities by studying a million neighborhoods

Episode 33

Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier with Nicholas Epley

Why talking to strangers will make you happier

Strangers talk on a bus

Why talking to strangers will make you happier

Episode 32

Leading Presidential Scholar Analyzes Trump Impeachment with William Howell

What’s at stake with a Trump impeachment

Secret service watches Marine One

What’s at stake with a Trump impeachment

Episode 31

The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods

The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods 

Persian relief

The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods 

Episode 30

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Her Favorite Dissent

Justice Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Dissent

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Dissent

Episode 29

Why Your Social Life is a Matter of Life and Death with Linda Waite

Why your social life is a matter of life and death with Linda Waite

Illustration of crowd walking

Why your social life is a matter of life and death with Linda Waite

Episode 28

How John List Revolutionized Economics by Studying People in the Real World

How field experiments revolutionized economics with John List

Crowds

How field experiments revolutionized economics with John List

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