Ranked #1
Experts Predicted a Recession This Year. How Were They So Wrong?
Experts Predicted a Recession This Year. How Were They So Wrong?
Today’s show is about what I consider the biggest mystery of the U.S. economy. Last year, economic experts predicted a r... Read more
8 Aug 2023
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36mins
Ranked #2
Why Elite College Admissions Are Biased Toward the Superrich
Why Elite College Admissions Are Biased Toward the Superrich
Less than 1 percent of college students attend Ivy League colleges and equally selective schools, like Stanford and Duke... Read more
1 Aug 2023
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50mins
Ranked #3
Oppenheimer: The Genius, the Film, and the Project That Changed the World
Oppenheimer: The Genius, the Film, and the Project That Changed the World
Richard Rhodes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb,' discusses the life of J. Robert Op... Read more
25 Jul 2023
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56mins
Ranked #4
How Hollywood Drove Its Business Model Off a Cliff
How Hollywood Drove Its Business Model Off a Cliff
The trouble brewing in the media and entertainment industry has become one of the most interesting—and truly perplexing—... Read more
19 Jul 2023
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1hr 1min
Ranked #5
Americans Think the Economy Is Terrible. The Data Tell Another Story.
Americans Think the Economy Is Terrible. The Data Tell Another Story.
By many measures, this is one of the best times to find a job in decades. And by many measures, Americans are locked in ... Read more
11 Jul 2023
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57mins
Ranked #6
How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains
How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains
Calvin Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the author of, among other books, 'Deep Work... Read more
5 Jul 2023
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #7
What Just Happened in Russia This Weekend?
What Just Happened in Russia This Weekend?
University of Chicago professor Paul Poast breaks down Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion, Vladimir Putin's weakness, Russia'... Read more
27 Jun 2023
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57mins
Ranked #8
The Science of Procrastination—and How to Really Get Stuff Done
The Science of Procrastination—and How to Really Get Stuff Done
Today’s episode is the first in a new miniseries about getting stuff done. This episode in particular is about NOT getti... Read more
20 Jun 2023
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56mins
Ranked #9
Why Fertility Rates Are Plunging—in the U.S., South Korea, and Everywhere Else
Why Fertility Rates Are Plunging—in the U.S., South Korea, and Everywhere Else
Last year, there were 3,661,220 babies born in the U.S. That sounds like a lot. But historically speaking, it’s really n... Read more
13 Jun 2023
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #10
Why So Many Young Men Are Lonely, Sexless, and Extremely Online
Why So Many Young Men Are Lonely, Sexless, and Extremely Online
Today’s episode is about the state of men in America. Last week, the non-profit institute Equimondo published a report o... Read more
6 Jun 2023
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53mins