The Arik Korman Show Podcast
1) Selfhood in the Digital Age
Award-winning tech journalist Vauhini Vara discusses whether tech companies are delivering on their promises, how AI chatbots manipulate us into giving them data, and how we can circumvent bias baked ...Show More
2) Robert Macfarlane on Whether Rivers Are Alive
Internationally renowned nature writer Robert Macfarlane discusses how rivers used to play a bigger role in human culture, how rivers influenced our personal life journeys, and how rivers help us reim...Show More
3) William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Universe Is Absurd
Cultural icon William Shatner and renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson discuss Bill's experience in space, whether Neil would travel beyond Earth, and how to instill a lifelong sense of cur...Show More
4) How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships
Scientific expert Nathan H. Lents discusses what human relationships looked like before marriage was invented, how animal sexuality compares to human sexuality, and how we can help human society stop ...Show More
5) The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
Cassidy Randall, an award-winning writer who tells stories on the environment, adventure, and people who expand human potential, discusses what cultural barriers women adventurers had to endure in the...Show More
6) Sameer Pandya on Our Beautiful Boys
Acclaimed author Sameer Pandya, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, discusses how we should listen to our teens when they try to speak to us, ...Show More
7) Tyler and JJ Williams on Kiona Vineyards and Taste Washington
Tyler Williams and JJ Williams, brothers who are the third generation head winemaker and general manager of Kiona Vineyards, a family-owned winery in eastern Washington’s Red Mountain American Viticul...Show More
8) The Science of Racism
Dr. Keon West, a social psychologist at the University of London, discusses which scientific studies demonstrate the effects of racism in society, what the science says are effective ways to respond t...Show More
9) The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents
Betsy Wills, co-founder of YouScience, a national online psychometric-assessment service, and Alex Ellison, founder of Throughline Guidance, a college and career counseling practice, discuss next step...Show More
10) The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation
John Kaag, a professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, discusses whether the Blood family members are people to emulate or a cautionary tale, where the Bloods are now, and how...Show More