Ranked #1
How America’s Covid-19 Nightmare Ends
How America’s Covid-19 Nightmare Ends
On Jan. 28, I published a column that began like this: “I hope, in the end, that this article reads as alarmism. I hope ... Read more
12 Mar 2021
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1hr 1min
Ranked #2
Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.
Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.
We were promised, with the internet, a productivity revolution. We were told that we’d get more done, in less time, with... Read more
5 Mar 2021
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54mins
Ranked #3
To Understand This Era, You Need to Think in Systems
To Understand This Era, You Need to Think in Systems
As my colleague Ben Smith wrote in an August profile, sociologist Zeynep Tufekci has “made a habit of being right on the... Read more
2 Feb 2021
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #4
What It Means to be Kind in a Cruel World
What It Means to be Kind in a Cruel World
George Saunders is one of America’s greatest living writers. He’s the author of dozens of critically acclaimed short sto... Read more
19 Feb 2021
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #5
Should We Dim the Sun? Will We Even Have a Choice?
Should We Dim the Sun? Will We Even Have a Choice?
“We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” Stewart Brand famously wrote in “The Whole Earth Catalogue.” Human be... Read more
9 Feb 2021
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56mins
Ranked #6
A Radical Proposal for True Democracy
A Radical Proposal for True Democracy
One thing I want to do on this show is give space to truly radical ideas, to expand the boundaries of our political and ... Read more
23 Feb 2021
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44mins
Ranked #7
How the Texas Crisis Could Become Everyone's Crisis
How the Texas Crisis Could Become Everyone's Crisis
Last week, freezing temperatures overwhelmed the Texas power grid, setting off rolling blackouts that left millions with... Read more
26 Feb 2021
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #8
The Author Behind ‘Arrival’ Doesn’t Fear AI. ‘Look at How We Treat Animals.’
The Author Behind ‘Arrival’ Doesn’t Fear AI. ‘Look at How We Treat Animals.’
For years, I’ve kept a list of dream guests for this show. And as long as that list has existed, Ted Chiang has been ato... Read more
30 Mar 2021
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50mins
Ranked #9
A Top G.O.P. Pollster on Trump 2024, QAnon and What Republicans Really Want
A Top G.O.P. Pollster on Trump 2024, QAnon and What Republicans Really Want
In the aftermath of the Capitol attack, the polling firm Echelon Insights decided to ask voters a simple question: Do th... Read more
26 Mar 2021
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1hr
Ranked #10
An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders
An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders didn’t win the 2020 election. But he may have won its aftermath.If you look back at Joe Biden and Bernie ... Read more
23 Mar 2021
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28mins