The 10 Best Think Again – a Big Think Podcast Episodes
1) 180. Benjamin Dreyer (copy chief of Random House) – Really actually truly great English
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who don’t give a damn about grammar, style, or syntax, and those who write aggrieved letters to publishing houses about split infinitives. My guest...Show More
2) 214. Liz Plank (journalist) – men, masculinity, and the unfinished conversation
In the past half century or so feminism has had its hands plenty full dealing with the abuse and inequality women suffer at the hands of horribly behaved men and the systems they build. Too full to wo...Show More
3) 194. Jared Diamond (Historian) – Look inward, Nation
Imagine yourself a German citizen the day after the end of World War II. Much of your city is bombed to ruins. A good part of the population is dead. The Nazi ideology that has dominated your nation f...Show More
4) 225. Jad Abumrad (Radiolab, Dolly Parton's America) – American Multiverse
If you’d told me a couple months ago that a podcast about Dolly Parton could move me deeply and raise all kinds of questions that go straight to the wounded heart of America today, I guess I would hav...Show More
5) 178. Douglas Rushkoff (freelance intellectual) – It's not the technology's fault
For me, the very best Onion article of 2018 was this one about Jeff Bezos revealing Amazon’s new headquarters to be the entire Earth, as an Amazon-branded glass sphere clicked into place, encasing for...Show More
6) 89. George Saunders (Author) – Self-Googling In Hell
“If I died right now, I’d still be self-Googling in hell.” – George Saunders, in this episode. George Saunders' new book - his first novel, after many acclaimed collections of short stories including...Show More
7) 70. Margaret Atwood (Author) - The Good, The Bad, and The Stupid
Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpe...Show More
70. Margaret Atwood (Author) - The Good, The Bad, and The Stupid
44:16 | Oct 29th, 2016
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8) 98. Lawrence Krauss (Physicist) – Lux Ex Machina
Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpe...Show More
9) 198. Barbara Tversky (cognitive psychologist) – World makes mind
You’re a body in the world. From the moment you’re born, from that very first gasp of air, you’re taking in sensations, trying to get a handle on things and the relationships between them. There’s a l...Show More
10) 235. Neil Gaiman (Jason Plays Favorites #7) – and then it gets darker
[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be revisiting favorite past episodes. Jason's new show, starting May 12th, is Clever Creature with Jason Gots.] Adul...Show More
235. Neil Gaiman (Jason Plays Favorites #7) – and then it gets darker
1:00:14 | Mar 22nd, 2020
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