7 November 2018
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The economics of online outrage
Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield examine why so much contemporary cultural criticism involves extreme reactions.
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In this video:
- How politics took over arts and culture criticism
- The new Halloween, an empty vessel for critics to project baggage onto
- When a white woman calls the cops on a black person doing nothing wrong
- The economics of online outrage
- Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, masturbation, and consent
- Phoebe and Kat offer dating advice for young women
Does philosophy lead to practical wisdom?
Philosopher Owen Flanagan draws on his experiences with mind-altering substances and a brain tumor to reflect on free will and responsibility.
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How to win a Nobel Prize
Neuroscientist Eric Kandel describes the research that revealed the cellular basis of long-term and short-term memory and earned him a morning phone call from the Swedish Academy.
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The twilight of Rep. Steve King?
As the Iowa congressman’s support wanes, Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider the future of white nationalism in American politics.
Where are the leftist think tanks?
Daniel Drezner and Daniel Bessner discuss how wealthy donors restrict think tanks’ ideological leanings.
Diverse students become diverse alumni
Economists Glenn Loury and Larry Kotlikoff discuss the post-graduation lives of students admitted to Ivy League schools via affirmative action.
Is music hardwired in humans?
Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel consider.
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Weighing both sides of “both-siderism”
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate the differences between left- and right-wing political rhetoric and violence.
“I don’t think there’s a universe”
On the first episode of Mind-Body Problems, Deepak Chopra tries to convince John Horgan that reality is a “species-specific experience.”
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Post-election fears in Brazil
Hugo Godinho, speaking from São Paulo, describes fears on Brazil’s left about the country’s future under President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump.
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The responsibilities that we bear to each other
Brandy Jensen discusses the core theme of her advice column, “Ask a F*ck-Up.”
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Scientology and language programming
Nikita Petrov and Tony Ortega use Scientology’s practice of looking words up in the dictionary as a case study for the relationship between language and ideology.
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Why hasn’t American foreign policy worked out better?
Robert Wright and Robert Kagan, author of the new book The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World, debate the question.
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Impersonating your way to the real you
Amy Alkon, advice columnist and author of the book Unf*ckology, explains a technique for embodying psychological change.
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