Social Inequality

Social Inequality

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4mins
Americans believe they can outthink suffering. Historian Kate Bowler explains how our obsession with self-help, optimization, and positivity became a kind of secular religion.
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1hr 37mins
“A lot of the trends in the economy, in family life have just been much harder for working class men.”
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6mins
Algorithms dictate a lot more than your social media feeds. Here’s how to win back your agency.
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6mins
Why most billionaires aren’t geniuses and most geniuses aren’t billionaires, explained by political scientist Brian Klaas.
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37mins
Coleman Hughes advocates for a colorblind America, presenting compelling arguments in favor of treating all individuals without regard to race.
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Acclaimed psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps The Score,” discusses the widespread existence of trauma and how it settles in our bodies.
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1hr 25mins
Richard Reeves explains the big problems facing men today — and why no one is talking about them.
15mins
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
3mins
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
4mins
What the ‘decade of the brain’ taught us about drug addiction. (Hint, we had it all wrong before.)
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6mins
What inequality and populism look like in the brain, according to a neuroscientist.
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3mins
Eugenics is bad - but understanding DNA is good.
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We all play the genetic lottery - and the outcome matters a lot.
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