A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Changing Your Brain with Dr. Richard Davidson
Your brain is changing all the time, whether you realize it or not. Everything from your hobbies and chores to the media you consume can physically shape it. So how can…
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Welcome to “The Spill,” Our New Weekly Newscast
Amy Westervelt, Nina Lakhani and Alleen Brown on the world on fire, how the media is covering the climate crisis, what’s happening with the industry as a whole, and how…
Talent, Time and Money: The Curse of General Magic
It’s 1990. A new company called General Magic is going to build its vision of the future: the smart phone. They have talent, almost unlimited cash, and a 15 year…
Can a Robot Kill Fish Humanely?
The fish we eat usually die slowly, suffocating after they’re pulled out of the water. Saif Khawaja is the co-founder and CEO of a company called Shinkei. Saif’s problem is…
The Fines
How did some remains of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks end up in what was once the world’s largest landfill? In this episode: the battle that continues…
Ken Jennings on Carrying the Jeopardy! Legacy
The interview opens with Kamau welcoming Ken Jennings and reflecting on how they first met at a Seattle Bumbershoot festival through comedian Doug Benson’s podcast. They bond over the classic…
The Battle of Fort Frick and the Anarchist Assassin
Concluding our story of Andrew Carnegie’s effort to break the unions at his Homestead steel factory, we look at how the plant boss Henry Clay Frick enlisted a private army…
Trailer: The Backfire Effect
In 1986, a man named Scott Macklem was killed in broad daylight. Eight days later, a suspect was arrested. But now, almost 40 years later, reporter Josie Duffy Rice is…
Tom Morello
Tom Morello arrived in Los Angeles from Libertyville, Illinois, in the mid-1980s with a Harvard political science degree in his pocket and a guitar slung across his back, determined to…
What a Therapist Learned in Therapy
Psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb built her career helping people question the stories they tell themselves. But when an unexpected heartbreak left her reeling, she found herself sitting in the patient’s seat…
Decoding Intermittent Fasting with Dr. Chris Rhodes
How can the research behind intermittent fasting help us rethink the way we approach our nutrition and our daily habits? Dr. Chris Rhodes has spent much of his career studying…
Episode 3: The Story of a Decade-Long Investigation
Alleen could only put together a story like this because she’s stayed on the beat for a decade, building relationships and hunting for documents. At the 10-year anniversary of the…
