Best Christakis Podcasts (2024)

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ETHAN ROUEN: QUANTIFYING HUMAN CAPITAL 51:14

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How do successful businesses value their people? In today's data-driven world, this isn't a question that competitive business leaders can afford to leave un-quantified. Today's guest is one of the world's leading thinkers on the subject. Harvard Business School professor Ethan Rouen has just published a game-changing paper called "The Stock Market…

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ARIEL EKBLAW: TURNING SCI-FI INTO REALITY 39:05

1y ago39:05

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If you're running out of earthly investment ideas, perhaps you're simply not aiming high enough. Look to the Low Earth Orbit, says Dr. Ariel Ekblaw, Founder and CEO of the Aurelia Institute, and one of the most brilliant young thinkers we've ever had on THE Q FACTOR. Ekblaw joins host Gregg Fisher for a mindblowing conversation about the extraordin…

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AJ MEYER: UNPACKING THE FUTURE WITH ROBOTICS 54:38

1y ago54:38

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The future may be dreamed in leaps and bounds, but it's built in small, well-considered steps. Today's guest is AJ Meyer, CEO of the delightfully-named Pickle Robot. They have one product: a robot that unloads trucks. And by focusing on one small slice of the supply-chain problem, Meyer and his team have built the foundation for the future, one in …

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JOSEPH FULLER: THE FUTURE OF WORK 44:39

1+ y ago44:39

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The pandemic didn't change everything, but it certainly hit the accelerator. The future of work has arrived. Or has it? What are the trends worth paying attention to, and investing in, as we navigate this once-in-a-generation, or perhaps, once-in-a-century transition, to a fully-automated, work-from-home, semi-virtual, wholly-digital work life? Que…

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NIR BARZILAI: CAN DATA CURE AGING? 46:22

2y ago46:22

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Thanks to the application of data and scientific rigor, remarkable gains are being made against one of mankind’s most formidable foes: aging. Today's guest is Dr. Nir Barzilai, the founding director for the Institute of Aging Research. In his conversation with host Gregg Fisher, Barzilai breaks down the latest insights in our treatment of the human…

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46. PANDEMICS, VACCINES, & COVID-19 with Nicholas Christakis 58:49

2+ y ago58:49

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Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, Ph.D., MPH, is a sociologist and physician who conducts research in the areas of social networks and biosocial science. He directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale University. He is the NYT bestselling author of Connected, Blueprint, and Apollo's Arrow. Nicholas Christakis Book Recommendations: The Illiad - Homer The Last Da…

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45. The THREAT of CHINA with Amelia Pang 53:47

2+ y ago53:47

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Amelia Pang is an award-winning, investigative journalist of Uyghur and Chinese descent. Her work has been published in The New Republic, Mother Jones, and The New York Times Sunday Review, among other publications. She is currently an editor at EdTech Magazine. Her most recent book, which I highly recommend is called Made in China: A Prisoner, an …

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44. IMPACT of the COLD WAR on the WORLD with Louis Menand 55:00

2+ y ago55:00

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Louis Menand is the Lee Simpkins Family Professor of Arts and Sciences and the Anne T. and Robert M.Bass Professor of English at Harvard University. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker Magazine and has served as an associate editor at The New Republic and a contributing editor at The New York Review of Books. His book The Metaphysical Club earne…

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43. GREAT SOCIETY and AMERICAN CONSERVATISM with Amity Shlaes 37:18

2+ y ago37:18

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Amity Shlaes is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, Coolidge, The Forgotten Man, The Forgotten Man/Graphic, and The Greedy Hand. Miss Shlaes chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation. She chairs the Hayek Prize, a prize for free market books given by the Manhattan Institute. She is a presidential scholar at Kings Co…

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42. GENERATION MYTH with Bobby Duffy 45:50

2+ y ago45:50

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Bobby Duffy is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London. He has worked across most public policy areas in his career of nearly 30 years in policy research and evaluation, including being seconded to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. His most recent book The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matt…

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ERIC ADAMSON: THE FUTURE OF FARMING 52:42

2+ y ago52:42

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Farms. They may seem old-fashioned. But the technological marvel known as the farm remains the centerpiece of human food consumption, and the $1 trillion category that is agriculture. How is agri-business adapting to the massive changes coming down the pike, from automation to global warming? How is artificial intelligence changing the way you and …

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41. IMPORTANCE of AMERICAN HISTORY with H.W. Brands 1:05:26

2+ y ago1:05:26

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Henry William Brands Jr. is an American historian. He holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his Ph.D. in history in 1985. He has authored 30 books on U.S. history. His works have twice been selected as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book is called "Our First Civil War…

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40. POPULATION DECLINE: DANGER or NORMAL? with Darrell Bricker 1:00:09

2+ y ago1:00:09

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Dr. Darrell Bricker holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Carleton University, where he was a Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellow, and a BA and MA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Bricker is the current Global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, polling, research, marketing, and analysis company. He is the author of 6 books, m…

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39. STATE of POLITICS: Past and Present? with Sidney Blumenthal 1:05:03

2+ y ago1:05:03

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Sidney Blumenthal is the former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He was a national staff reporter for The Washington Post and Washington editor and writer for The New Yorker. He is the author of numerous bestselling books including "The Clinton Wars", "The Rise of the Counter Establishmen…

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38. POLARIZATION, POLITICS, and AFGHANISTAN with Jordan Blashek 1:13:00

2+ y ago1:13:00

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This is one of my favorite conversations so far. So grateful to be able to share this with all of you. Jordan Blashek is a Republican, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and an aspiring business leader. After graduating from Princeton University in 2009, he spent five years in the Marines as an infantry officer and was awarded two Navy and Marine Corps A…

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37. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK with Thomas Dyja 56:29

2+ y ago56:29

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Thomas Dyja worked in publishing for more than a decade before becoming a writer. He is the author of 6 books including The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream and most recently the wonderful new book New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation. Thomas Dyja Book Recommendations: The Summer Book -…

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DOMINIQUE HANSSENS: THE SCIENCE OF MARKETING 51:05

2+ y ago51:05

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The most brilliant business in the world will fail...if nobody hears about it. As we search for the best investments, we must search not only for great products, services, and leaders, but also for superb marketing as well. In this episode, Gregg's guest is one of the world's foremost experts on the subject of marketing. Prof. Dominique Hanssens of…

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36. DON'T CENSOR THIS PODCAST with Eric Berkowitz 55:12

2+ y ago55:12

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Eric Berkowitz is a writer, lawyer, and journalist. He has a degree in print journalism from the University of Southern California (USC) and has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Weekly, and for the Associated Press. He was an editor of the West Coast’s premier daily legal publication, The Los Angeles Daily Journal. He lives i…

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35. ECONOMICS: Past and Present with Nicholas Wapshott 1:00:11

2+ y ago1:00:11

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Nicholas Wapshott is an author, journalist, and biographer who has written for The Scotsman, The Times, The Observer, and The Sunday Telegraph. He was the national and foreign editor of the New York Sun and was part of the launch team for The Daily Beast. Lastly, he was an editorial director of Oprah Winfrey's website oprah.com and International Ed…

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34. DEMYSTIFYING the COURT with Judge Jon O. Newman 1:04:22

2+ y ago1:04:22

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Jon O. Newman is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He assumed senior status in 1997. At the time of his appointment in 1979, he was a United States District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut. Judge Newman was Chief Judge from 1993 to 1997. Judge Newman was also considered for the Supreme Co…

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33. BIG CITIES after COVID with Edward Glaeser 1:16:48

2+ y ago1:16:48

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Edward Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smar…

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32. HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE, and ORDINARY MEN with Christopher Browning 1:09:41

2+ y ago1:09:41

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Christopher Browning is the Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He specializes in the history of the Holocaust, the implementation of the Final Solution, the behavior of those implementing the policies, and the use of survivor testimony. He is the author of nine books, includin…

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31. HUMAN CONNECTION and DEEP WORK with Ashley Pallathra and Edward Brodkin 1:02:17

2+ y ago1:02:17

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Ashley Pallathra, MA, is a clinical researcher and therapist. She completed her bachelor's degree with Distinction in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. She has a Master's Degree in Psychology and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She writes and researches …

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30. The DEATH and LIFE of the GREAT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 1:28:49

2+ y ago1:28:49

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John Sexton is the fifteenth President of New York University. He joined NYU's School of Law faculty in 1981 and was named the dean in 1988. He became the president of the University in 2002. He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Warren Burger on the US Supreme Court and to Judges David Bazelon and Harold Leventhal of the United States Court of…

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29. SCALIA, LAW, and ORIGINALISM with Edward Whelan 58:52

2+ y ago58:52

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Edward Whelan is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and holds EPPC’s Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies. He is the longest-serving President in EPPC’s history, having held that position from March 2004 through January 2021. He is also the co-author of Scalia Speaks, On Faith, and The Essential Scalia. E…

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BARUCH LEV: THE END OF ACCOUNTING 41:57

2+ y ago41:57

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How accurate is a company's balance sheet in assessing its value? Not accurate at all, says Prof. Baruch Lev, who joins host Gregg Fisher for an eye-opening conversation about the critical value of intangibles. The importance of modern accounting pales in comparison to the importance of understanding a company's intangibles. Prof. Lev is perhaps th…

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28. CENSORSHIP and FREE SPEECH with Nadine Strossen 1:13:36

2+ y ago1:13:36

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Nadine Strossen is one of the preeminent constitutional law and civil liberties scholars in the United States. Her impressive resume includes serving as the first female President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), being a member of the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Heterodox Academy, Council on Foreign Relations, …

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27. Life and Times of a SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRE with Francis Greenburger 1:16:02

2+ y ago1:16:02

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Francis J. Greenburger is the CEO and Founder of real estate giant Time Equities Inc, owner of the highly successful Sanford J.Greenburger Literary Agency, and founder of the Omi International Arts Center and The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice. He is also the author of a book entitled Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur.…

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26. Is Modern Medicine Misguided? with Dr. Leroy Hood 1:16:05

2+ y ago1:16:05

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Leroy (Lee) Hood is a world-renowned scientist and recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2011 from President Barack Obama. Dr. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer and Professor at ISB. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engi…

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25. Climate Change: Hoax or Imminent Threat with Steven Koonin 1:00:48

2+ y ago1:00:48

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Dr. Steven E. Koonin is a leader in science policy in the United States. He served as Undersecretary for Science in the US Department of Energy under President Obama. He has written more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and policy, and climate science, Dr. Koonin was …

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24. Supreme Court: Past and Present with David Kaplan 1:21:57

2+ y ago1:21:57

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David A. Kaplan was a senior editor and legal affairs correspondent at Newsweek for 20 years. While there, he wrote several dozen cover stories on the Court and other topics. He is the author of numerous books including The Silicon Boys and most recently, of The Most Dangerous Branch. He now teaches journalism and ethics at NYU and at CUNY. David K…

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23. Drugs in the Third Reich with Norman Ohler 47:39

3y ago47:39

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Norman Ohler is a German New York Times bestselling author, novelist, and screenwriter, best known for his book Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany, which has been published in over 30 languages. Most recently he is the author of The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany’s Resistance Against the Nazis. Norman Ohler Book Recommendations: Gravity's Rainbo…

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22. Judaism, Religion, and America's Future with Rabbi David Wolpe 1:02:47

3y ago1:02:47

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Rabbi David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. He was named one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by the Jerusalem Post and the Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek. He taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York and at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter Col…

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21. Nazism and Democracy with Benjamin Hett 1:10:38

3y ago1:10:38

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Benjamin Hett is a historian and writer who teaches at Hunter College (CUNY) and at the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC. He earned his BA in Political Science and English Literature from the University of Alberta, then a J.D. from the University of Toronto. He later received his MA in History from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Harvard Univ…

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20. Unassailable Ideas with Ilana Redstone 57:45

3y ago57:45

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Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Redstone obtained her BA at the University of New Hampshire and her Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been at the University of Illinois since 2005. She teaches a highly popular class called…

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ANDREW CORBETT: IDENTIFYING GREAT ENTREPRENEURS 38:16

3y ago38:16

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If entrepreneurship had a central office, it may very well be Babson College in Wellesley, MA, ranked the #1 school for entrepreneurship for over a quarter century. From Babson's hallowed halls have sprung the visionaries behind companies as varied as Ring, Home Depot, and Gerber Baby Food, among hundreds of others. What qualities make a great entr…

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19. America's Future with Helaine Olen 1:02:27

3y ago1:02:27

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Helaine Olen is an Opinion writer for the Washington Post. She has written on topics including politics, economics, workplace culture, and women's issues. Her work has been publishing in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Salon, Pacific Standard, and The Los Angeles Times. She is also the author of Pound Foolish: Exposing the…

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18. Why I Left Islam with Yasmine Mohammed 1:06:40

3y ago1:06:40

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Yasmine Mohammed is an advocate for the rights of women living in Muslim majority countries as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism. She is the founder of Free Hearts Free Minds, which is an organization that provides mental health support for members of the LGBT community and freethinkers living in Muslim majority countries. Y…

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17. Bed-Stuy, The Great Society, and NYC with Michael Woodsworth 1:05:39

3y ago1:05:39

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Michael Woodsworth is a teacher at the Bard High School Early College Queens, where he covers a wide variety of subjects in American History. His most recent book, which is central to our discussion is called Battle for Bed-Stuy: The Long War on Poverty in New York City Book Recommended by Michael Woodsworth: A Fortress in Brooklyn - Nathaniel Deut…

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16.Stalin's War with Sean McMeekin 1:09:55

3y ago1:09:55

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Sean McMeekin is an American historian, focusing on European history of the early 20th century. He is the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College in upstate New York. He is the author of numerous books on WWI, WWII, The Russian Revolution, and the Ottoman Empire. Books by Sean McMeekin: Stalin's War The Russian Re…

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15. Mass Incarceration, Prison Reform, and Education with BPI 1:10:39

3y ago1:10:39

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Jessica Neptune is Director of National Engagement for the Bard Prison Initiative and leads BPI’s Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison at Bard College. She is the founder of BPI’s Women’s College Partnership at the Indiana Women’s Prison. Prior to her return to BPI, an organization she helped start as an undergraduate, she was an ACLS Public F…

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14. The Ravine with Wendy Lower 57:17

3y ago57:17

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Wendy Lower is an American historian and a widely published author on the Holocaust and World War II. Since 2012, she holds the John K. Roth Chair at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and in 2014 was named the director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at Claremont. As of 2016, she serves as the interim director of the Jack…

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13. The Paradox of Choice with Barry Schwartz 47:07

3y ago47:07

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Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College and since 2016 has been visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His work focuses on the intersection of psychology and economics. He frequently writes for the New York Times and has spoken at TED four times, with all of t…

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12. Hoover, Publishing, and Journalism with Kenneth Whythe 1:13:48

3y ago1:13:48

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Kenneth Wythe is the author of Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst, a Washington Post and Toronto Globe and Mail Book of the Year, and a nominee for four major Canadian book awards. He is a publi…

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11. Importance of Presidential Writing with Craig Fehrman 1:16:43

3y ago1:16:43

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Craig Fehrman is the author of Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote and edited The Best Presidential Writing. He often writes for major publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. His book Author in Chief is truly phenomenal and I highly recommend th…

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10. Aristotle's Way with Edith Hall 1:00:05

3y ago1:00:05

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Edith Hall is Professor in the Classics Department at King's College London. Her specialism is ancient Greek literature, but she enjoys teaching Ancient Greek and Roman history, society, and thought. Edith has now published thirty books, broadcasts frequently on radio and television, works as a consultant with professional theatres, lectures all ov…

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9. Epicureanism and It's Importance with Catherine Wilson 1:09:25

3y ago1:09:25

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Catherine Wilson is a Visting Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of the wonderful book How to be an Epicurean Catherine Wilson Recommended Books: 1. Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest - Jacques Soustelle 2. The Future of an Illusion - Sigmund Freud 3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee B…

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NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS: HOW COVID-19 CHANGED CULTURE 34:49

3y ago34:49

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At long last, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be in its final stages. And yet the permanent impact this pathogen has had on human culture cannot possibly be overestimated. We will surely never go back to the "way things were before." In today's episode, Gregg Fisher talks to one of the foremost experts on the subject, Yale University's Dr. Nicholas …

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8. Trump's Democrats with Stephanie Muravchik 1:07:17

3y ago1:07:17

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Stephanie Muravchik is an Associate Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at Claremont McKenna College. She is the co-author of the insightful book, Trump's Democrats which she wrote with her husband Jon Shields. Stephanie Muravchik Recommended Books: 1. Why We're Polarized - Ezra Klein 2. The Most Dangerous Branch - David A.Kaplan 3. Why Cities …

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7. The Death of Higher Education in America with Warren Treadgold 1:39:22

3y ago1:39:22

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Warren Treadgold is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies and Professor of History at Saint Louis University. He holds a BA and Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught at UCLA, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Hillsdale College, and Florida International University. He is the author of ten books and numerous articles on Byzantium…

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