Cynt Marshall: From the Bay Area Projects to CEO of the Dallas Mavericks
Cynt Marshall made NBA history when she became CEO of the Dallas Mavericks — she was the first Black woman to lead an NBA team. In this episode, Cynt takes…
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Deep Cover Live with Emily Bazelon
In this special episode of Deep Cover, recorded live at Littlefield in Brooklyn, host Jake Halpern and his friend and fellow journalist Emily Bazelon (of New York Times Magazine and…
How to Build Empathy and Avoid Burnout
For a long time, scientists believed our capacity for empathy remains more or less fixed throughout our lives. But research by Jamil Zaki, a psychology professor at Stanford, shows that…
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Sikhism and How We’re All Connected
Educator and author Simran Jeet Singh is Sikh. Most of his fellow Americans have no idea what Sikhism is – causing some to treat Simran with suspicion and hostility. But…
Actor Bob Odenkirk: The King of (Dark) Comedy
Today, we sit with legendary actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk! At the top, we discuss his new AMC series Lucky Hank (6:10), the parallels between his character Hank Devereaux and…
America’s Mata Hari? The Double Life of Esther Reed
Cautionary Conversation: When a small-town detective gets a tip about a missing woman, he believes he’s uncovered a highly-trained chameleon: a foreign spy. Soon, Esther Reed is on the FBI’s…
How the Buy Nothing Movement Imploded
In 2013, two women started a Facebook group called “Buy Nothing” for their local community on Bainbridge Island to swap unwanted items for free. But their small group quickly grew,…
Tiny Chips, Giant Stakes
Microchips are the most important driver of technological progress in the modern world, and governments are fighting over who gets to make them. Right now, most cutting-edge chips are made…
The Jeffersons vs. Sanford & Son
Ben and Khalil throw it back to the 1970s to talk about the TV shows they loved growing up – two of the greatest and most important sit-coms: Sanford &…
Tori Dunlap, Finfluencer who wants to make women rich
She started her money education business as a side hustle, but spoiler: Tori Dunlap now makes millions. The Her First 100k founder and CEO talks about the income (and stress)…
Graham Nash, Part 1
At 81 years-old, Graham Nash describes his life as, “a magic story from beginning to end.” Graham’s career began in 1962 as a singer/songwriter in the British pop band The…
Mei Xu: How To Build a $75 Million Candle Business with No Production Experience
Entrepreneur Mei Xu started out life in China training to be a foreign diplomat. But the effects of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident derailed her plans and she found herself…
