Birth Order: Theory v. Reality
Does birth order help determine who we are? Theory and reality from listeners.
Gretchen Rubin The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin studied how to be happy, or less unhappy.
Julian Zelizer on Jimmy Carter
Historian Julian Zelizer on President Jimmy Carter’s successes and failures.
Edmund Morris on Teddy Roosevelt
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edmund Morrison on the life of Teddy Roosevelt.
Bad neighbors
With summer windows are open. We experience more of our neighbors. How’s that working out for you?
A Renegade History of the U.S.
It was the renegades who shaped American history, according to Thaddeus Russell
Dan Baum on Guns
Author, journalist and self-described gun guy on why our efforts to reduce gun violence fail.
A Visit to The University of Washington Slug Lab.
A visit to the University of Washington slug lab
Jesse Larner on Michael Moore’s deceptions.
In this 2007 interview Jesse Larner dismantles the blatant misrepresentations in Michael Moore’s documentaries.
Novelist Jim Lynch
Novelist Jim Lynch on his masterful novel about sailing ‘Before the Wind’.
Anote Tong President of Kiribati
Former Kiribati president Anote Tong on how his island nation can survive rising sea levels.
Poker: Skill or luck?
A Phd. in statistics explains why poker is primarily a game of skill.
Sam Harris says there is no free will
Sam Harris doesn’t believe we have free will. He explains why,
Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit
Journalist Charles Duhigg on how so many of our daily activities are mindless habits. But good habits can be encouraged and bad habits can be discouraged.