Ranked #1
Wesley Yang – The Souls of Yellow Folk
Wesley Yang – The Souls of Yellow Folk
Show #228 | Guest: Wesley Yang | Show Summary: From the “Tiger Mother” to take-out, Asian-American culture is so deeply ... Read more
2 Feb 2019
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59mins
Ranked #2
Megan Devine: It’s Ok That You’re Not OK
Megan Devine: It’s Ok That You’re Not OK
Show #200 | Guest: Megan Devine | Show Summary: This discussion with grief expert Megan Devine is just a revelation. She... Read more
28 Apr 2018
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59mins
Ranked #3
Edith Sheffer - Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
Edith Sheffer - Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna
Show #213 | Guest: Dr. Edith Sheffer | Show Summary: Hans Asperger, for whom Asperger syndrome was named, has been celeb... Read more
8 Sep 2018
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59mins
Ranked #4
Soraya Chemaly – Rage Becomes Her: Transformative Anger
Soraya Chemaly – Rage Becomes Her: Transformative Anger
Show #219 | Guest: Soraya Chemaly | Show Summary: Show #219 | October 20, 2018 | Women get told to smile - a lot. Resear... Read more
20 Oct 2018
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59mins
Ranked #5
Randy Shaw - Generation Priced Out
Randy Shaw - Generation Priced Out
Show #223 | Guest: Randy Shaw | Show Summary: The class divide in America's big city has a companion: a generational br... Read more
24 Nov 2018
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59mins
Ranked #6
Haben Girma: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard
Haben Girma: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard
Show #251 | Guest: Haben Girma | Show Summary: Haben Girma, daughter of refugees and the first Deafblind woman to gradua... Read more
31 Aug 2019
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59mins
Ranked #7
Lara Bazelon - Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice after Wrongful Conviction
Lara Bazelon - Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice after Wrongful Conviction
Show #225 | Guest: Lara Bazelon - Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice after Wrongful Conviction | Show Summary: As... Read more
8 Dec 2018
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59mins
Ranked #8
Clay Water Brick: Jessica Jackley
Clay Water Brick: Jessica Jackley
Show #93, Hour 1 | Guests: Jessica Jackley, writer, activist. | Show Summary: Author Jessica Jackley discusses her new b... Read more
11 Jul 2015
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55mins
Ranked #9
Venture Capitalist Roger McNamee on Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
Venture Capitalist Roger McNamee on Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
Show #231 | Guest: Roger McNamee | Show Summary: The warnings are coming from inside the house. Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl ... Read more
23 Feb 2019
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59mins
Ranked #10
The War For Kindness: Building Empathy In A Fractured World
The War For Kindness: Building Empathy In A Fractured World
Show #245 | Guest: Jamil Zaki | Show Summary: Empathy is in short supply. Isolation and tribalism are rampant. We strugg... Read more
29 Jun 2019
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59mins
Ranked #11
Ron Purser: McMindfulness
Ron Purser: McMindfulness
Show #248 | Guest: Professor Ronald Purser | Show Summary: Angie sits down for a fascinating hour with Ron Purser, Profe... Read more
27 Jul 2019
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59mins
Ranked #12
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland: Toward A Sustainable Planet
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland: Toward A Sustainable Planet
Show #217| Guest:Mary Robinson | Show Summary: Holding the arm of her first grandchild, something occurred to Mary Robin... Read more
6 Oct 2018
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59mins
Ranked #13
Eliza Griswold - Amity and Prosperity: Fracking Comes To Town
Eliza Griswold - Amity and Prosperity: Fracking Comes To Town
Show #220 | Guest: Eliza Griswold | Show Summary: Fracking, poverty, and justice delayed and denied. Journalist Eliza Gr... Read more
27 Oct 2018
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59mins
Ranked #14
Shannon Watts: Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America
Shannon Watts: Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America
Show #246 | Guest: Shannon Watts | Show Summary: The “NRA’s Worst Nightmare” is an army of moms led by former stay-at-ho... Read more
6 Jul 2019
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59mins
Ranked #15
Sally Kohn: The Opposite of Hate
Sally Kohn: The Opposite of Hate
Show #201 | Guest: Sally Kohn | Show Summary: Admit it: in this new world of bilious political warfare, you’ve said at l... Read more
5 May 2018
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59mins
Ranked #16
Richard A. Clarke – The Fifth Domain: Defending US Cyberspace
Richard A. Clarke – The Fifth Domain: Defending US Cyberspace
Show #249 | Guest: Richard A. Clarke | Show Summary: Cyberwar—or cyber-anything, has always carried a whiff of science ... Read more
10 Aug 2019
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59mins
Ranked #17
Adam Hochschild: Lessons From A Dark Time
Adam Hochschild: Lessons From A Dark Time
Show #224 | Guest: Adam Hochschild | Show Summary: Journalist and public historian Adam Hochschild shares his insight in... Read more
1 Dec 2018
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59mins
Ranked #18
This Chair Rocks, A Manifesto Against Ageism
This Chair Rocks, A Manifesto Against Ageism
Show #158 | Guest: Author, podcaster, and activist Ashton Applewhite sits down with Angie to raise a little hell about e... Read more
18 Feb 2017
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59mins
Ranked #19
Don Reed: Stage, Screen and Beyond Stand-up
Don Reed: Stage, Screen and Beyond Stand-up
Show #230 | Guest: Don Reed | Show Summary: That Don Reed Show has just extended its run at The Marsh in Berkeley, CA. H... Read more
16 Feb 2019
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59mins
Ranked #20
Joel Simon – The Committee To Protect Journalists
Joel Simon – The Committee To Protect Journalists
Show #229 | Guest: Joel Simon | Show Summary: America does not negotiate with terrorists—but should keep it that way? La... Read more
9 Feb 2019
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59mins