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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.

5 min
How to defeat debaters who deal in distractions, according to a two-time world debate champion.
7 min
Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
15 min
Male inequality — the enormous cultural shift happening right under our nose.
Illustration of Earth with labeled axes, equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and magnetic and geographic poles. Orange lines indicate Earth's tilt and rotation.
4 min
Why do so many cultures celebrate holidays at the same time of year?
John Templeton Foundation
6 min
How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
3 min
Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
Close-up of two figures; one extends an apple towards the other near a tree trunk. The scene references the biblical story of Adam and Eve.
7 min
In 1965, six boys were stranded on an island. Fifteen months later, the survivors were rescued. How many were there?
John Templeton Foundation