Interviews

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  • 1

    There Will be Peace in the Middle East

    When Feminists Rule the World

    34:58 | Dec 18th, 2019

    2 recommendations

    There is only one surefire way to create lasting peace: include women in the process. This week host Martha Chaves is talking to British-Syrian humanitarian, doctor and founder of CanDo, Rola Hallam, ...Show More

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    Women should always have a seat at the table because feminism can help bring lasting peace in the world! 💪

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    Work as identity, burnout as lifestyle

    The Gray Area with Sean Illing

    1:24:45 | Apr 22nd, 2019

    17 recommendations

    In the past few months, two essays on America’s changing relationship to work caught my eye. The first was Anne Helen Petersen’s viral BuzzFeed piece defining, and describing, “millennial burnout.” Th...Show More

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    This is a terrific episode on workism and burnout. Is workism caused by capitalism or driven by the individual or both? What's the solution to workism? Is productivity also workism? Is "finding your p...Show More

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    On happiness—notes from prison

    All In The Mind

    29:07 | Jan 12th, 2020

    4 recommendations

    Picture this—an Australian journalist sitting near a squat toilet under the only light in the prison cell he shares with 140 others, writing pages of notes about happiness. After 15 months in a notori...Show More

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    Lovely episode that gives you a different view on life and happiness. An Australian journalist was accused of being a spy in Cambodia and locked up in jail for six years where he had less than 1m x 1m...Show More

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    Golden Arches in Black America

    A Taste of the Past

    34:41 | Feb 25th, 2020

    1 recommendation

    Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s have long symbolised capitalism’s villainous effects on our nation’s most vulnera...Show More

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    “Capitalism does not erase the issues of race.” “People’s choice of food is influenced by context.” Fantastic episode about McDonald’s in Black communities in America and the complexities of the fast...Show More

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    You know Malcolm Gladwell's “10,000-Hour Rule.” But did you know that, according to David Epstein, it doesn't work? That's what Epstein argues in his new book, “Range: Why Generalists Triumph In A Spe...Show More

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    This was a fascinating episode about specialist and generalists. When are specialists successful vs generalists? It depends on whether it's an wicked/open problem (i.e. starting a business) or a close...Show More

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    #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn

    The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

    1:33:38 | Apr 10th, 2018

    7 recommendations

    Just when I start to think I’m using my time well and getting a lot done in my life, I meet someone like Barbara Oakley. Barbara is a true polymath. She was a captain in the U.S. Army, a Russian trans...Show More

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    Learning is a super power! Once you learn how to learn, you can learn everything! Dr. Barbara Oakley who is a prof on learning lets you in on some of her learning secrets. You can also take her full c...Show More

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    Dr. Gabor Maté is a world-renowned trauma expert who can (and will) deconstruct your happy childhood in a matter of minutes. At least, that’s what he did to our host, Stephanie. We start this episode ...Show More

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    “Every sibling was born in a different home to different parents.” Such a powerful observation by Dr. Gabor Maté on how our childhoods shape who we are and how no child’s upbringing is the same even i...Show More

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    Rebecca Lavoie, host of Crime Writers On..., speaks with four distinguished podcasters who work with true crime: Justin Ling, host of Uncover: The Village, Connie Walker, host of Missing & Murdered, N...Show More

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    Superb episode from some of the top true crime podcasters like Connie Walker of "Finding Cleo" on how to make true crime pods ethically. They get into the nuances of "unscheduled interviews", working ...Show More

  • 9

    Do Vitamins Even Do Anything?

    Science Rules! with Bill Nye

    45:32 | Dec 12th, 2019

    2 recommendations

    When it comes to vitamins and health supplements, we’re often told that the more we take, the healthier we’ll be, but journalists Elah Feder & Annie Minoff find that the research tells a different sto...Show More

  • 10

    Bassem Youssef: Comedian

    Al Empire

    46:37 | Oct 3rd, 2019

    4 recommendations

    Bassem reflects on the moments that inspired him to leave behind 19 years in medicine for political satire, a show that was watched by 40 million people every week. Now, he tells us about what it’s li...Show More

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    This was a touching and candid reflection of Bassem’s life and career from being a doctor to his rise of fame as a satirical political commentator on YouTube and TV to being a popular salsa teacher an...Show More

  • 11

    Our Season 10 Premiere features Neil deGrasse Tyson’s interview with Anthony Bourdain, recorded before his death in 2018. With co-host Sasheer Zamata, food scientist Guy Crosby, Natalia Reagan, hot sa...Show More

  • 12

    Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist

    Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

    1:01:36 | Jun 3rd, 2020

    3 recommendations

    I'm talking with professor Ibram Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and the Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. We talk about...Show More

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