Ranked #1
A History of Persuasion: Part 1
A History of Persuasion: Part 1
Infinite scrolling. Push notifications. Autoplay. Our devices and apps were designed to keep us engaged and looking for ... Read more
30 Jul 2019
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21mins
Ranked #2
A History of Persuasion: Part 2
A History of Persuasion: Part 2
Ted Kaczynski had been a boy genius. Then he became the Unabomber. After years of searching for him, the FBI finally cau... Read more
8 Aug 2019
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26mins
Ranked #3
A History of Persuasion: Part 3
A History of Persuasion: Part 3
Silicon Valley’s so-called “millionaire maker” is a behavioral scientist who foresaw the power of putting persuasion at ... Read more
13 Aug 2019
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31mins
Ranked #4
Giving Birth While Black
Giving Birth While Black
A black woman in America is three to four times more likely to die than a white woman during pregnancy, childbirth, and ... Read more
7 May 2019
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23mins
Ranked #5
Editing Thomas Jefferson
Editing Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence was America’s first act of social design. The men who drafted America’s founding documen... Read more
2 Jul 2019
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35mins
Ranked #6
White Like Me
White Like Me
Whiteness, as an idea and as an identity, is not as fixed as many people believe. Over the centuries, Western societies ... Read more
3 Sep 2019
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23mins
Ranked #7
The Invention of 'Sexual Harassment'
The Invention of 'Sexual Harassment'
If you want to change the law, you have to name the problem. That's why, in 1975, five to eight women in a room in Ithac... Read more
16 Jul 2019
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24mins
Ranked #8
To Be Young, Conscious and Rap
To Be Young, Conscious and Rap
Drug wars, recessions and record violence in the 1980s had US cities in crisis. Hip hop artists responded by shifting fr... Read more
21 May 2019
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24mins
Ranked #9
We’re Here. We’re Fluid. Get Used To It.
We’re Here. We’re Fluid. Get Used To It.
In honor of Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, it’s time for an intergenerational queer conversation. Kristin Tomlinson is a ... Read more
4 Jun 2019
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25mins
Ranked #10
The Abortion Clinic That Won't Go Quietly
The Abortion Clinic That Won't Go Quietly
Host of The Stakes Kai Wright visits the Alabama Women's Center, one of three remaining abortion providers in the state—... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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27mins