Live Episode: Noah Feldman and Malcolm Gladwell
Noah Feldman speaks to author and Pushkin co-founder Malcolm Gladwell about his new book “Talking to Strangers” in Boston, MA, at an event organized by the Harvard Bookstore. They discuss…
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Bonus: Malcolm Gladwell on Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations
Malcolm Gladwell speaks with Oprah Winfrey about his new book Talking to Strangers, the one mystery he hopes might be resolved in our lifetimes, and the ways we could all…
Trump’s ‘Dangerous’ Iran Policy
Is Donald Trump leading the US into war with Iran? Middle East scholar Vali Nasr says it definitely seems like it.
You Can Change
You can make yourself happier today. Your life circumstances and personality aren’t nearly as important as you think in deciding how happy you can be. Dr. Laurie Santos explains how…
Electricity for the Developing World is Solvable
Anne Applebaum talks with Ashvin Dayal about creating worldwide access to electricity.
A Solution for Algorithmic Bias
Algorithms can determine everything from what ads you see on the internet to the interest rates on your loan. And they aren’t always exactly fair. Nicol Turner Lee, a fellow…
Global Poverty is Solvable
Malcolm Gladwell talks with Dr. Shashi Buluswar about fighting global poverty with the Institute for Transformative Technologies.
Affirmative Action Isn’t Enough
This year, only seven black students were accepted to Stuyvesant, one of New York’s most prestigious public high schools. Harvard Law Professor Randy Kennedy says that to address the racial…
The Queen of Cuba
On February 24, 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two small planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an organization in Florida that tried to spot refugees fleeing Cuba in…
Conflict is Solvable
Jacob Weisberg talks to Victor Ochen, Founder and Executive Director for African Youth Initiative Network, about building peace in Africa.
The Party of Ideas
The Republican party used to tout itself as the party of ideas. Now it seems to be the party of Donald Trump. Conservative thinker Peter Wehner explains what he thinks…