Anxious Machine

My older brother Scott lives almost completely outside the network of modern life: he has no internet, no email address,... Read more

Humans have been getting intoxicated, and finding new ways to get intoxicated, for thousands of years. On this episode, ... Read more

This past week, my kids went back to school. Summer vacation has come and gone. And that’s gotten me thinking about the ... Read more

Tanya grew up in a home with only one approved hour of television a week. She had no music in her bedroom, no cellphone,... Read more

Humans have been reading for thousands of years, but ever since the invention of television, people have been worried th... Read more

Kate Hopper had dreamed of a totally natural birth, with no drugs and no medical interventions. But when her baby was bo... Read more

Since the wide-spread adoption of embalming in the United States, most Americans have turned the process of handling the... Read more

Mohamed fell in love with air travel at a young age. He lived in Kuwait, but he would fly with his family back to Egypt ... Read more

Sarah’s parents got divorced when she was little. She and her siblings stayed with their mom, even though Sarah preferre... Read more

Bernard did not get along with his father, who expected him to work like a full-time employee in the family gas station ... Read more