“As a reporter, you can look into the eyes of the people you're talking to and try to evaluate what they're thinking when they say what they say. But you are not really gonna get into their brain. There's only one artistic form that allows you to do that. “

“You can debate all sorts of things about how the texture of American life has changed. What you can't debate is the sheer, objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever.”

"It's a true fact, but a bizarre one, that the reason why hundreds of thousands of people died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki rather than Kyoto and Kokura, is because of a 19-year-old vacation and a passing cloud."

"These days, no national news network is trusted by more than half of American adults. And that's a problem."

"We're at a very critical point in human history where things are about to change dramatically. One of the beauties of these AI tools is you now can just be anything that you dreamt of being."

The New York Times bestselling author and founder of Going With Grace shares how close confrontations with death inspired her to change her life.

“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”

Can creativity really change the world? Creativity Pioneers argue that it can. By using art, culture, and imagination, these innovators are tackling some of the most pressing social issues of […]

Kaelynn Partlow shares her story about life with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, and how finding the right diagnosis helped her embrace her neurodivergent identity.

“We control nothing but influence everything.” Political scientist Brian Klaas on how every decision we make - both massive and miniscule - shapes our futures.

Is “identity synthesis” the remedy for racial injustice? This political scientist says no.

Dr. Temple Grandin shares how we can unlock the hidden gifts of neurodivergent minds.

MakeLoveNotPorn founder Cindy Gallop says women need to stop giving a damn what people think.

Thinkers like Richard Reeves, Louise Perry, and Judith Butler discuss parenthood and the future of the sexual revolution.

Sexual attitudes are more man-like than ever. Here’s what that means for women.

Why marriage is thriving — and dying — in different American classes.

“There’s a sense of crisis today that we did not have in the 1980’s or 90’s” — economist Tyler Cowen on progress in America.

“Conflict is useful. The question is how do you deal with conflict effectively.”

"I believe our society's gotten to the point where you can't question. You can't provoke. You just have to adhere to consensus."

Former Harvard professor and best-selling author Todd Rose explains the problem with prestigious colleges and how the future of higher ed could be bright.

We’re wrong about what other people think - and that has harmful impacts on the next generation.

From trust and conformity to aspiration, this new series, hosted by Todd Rose, explores and decodes the world's greatest Collective Illusions.

Propaganda urges you to mobilize towards something while concealing from you things that you reasonably should think and consider.