logo

22 April 2026

logo
Jan 1, 2018 — &
video screenshot
feature 2

Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Kate Havard discuss Stephen Greenblatt’s essay on The Merchant of Venice. Plus: How sexual harassment derailed a journalism career.

Dec 31, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 2

Richard Vague examines the roots of the funding crisis facing state and local governments.

Dec 29, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 1

Dan Harris, co-author of the new book Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, explains how thinking of troublesome parts of his mind as people helped drain them of power.

Dec 29, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 2

Robert Wright and Kieran Setiya, author of the new book Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, discuss why disappointment so often accompanies great academic achievement. Plus: John Stuart Mill’s nervous breakdown.

Dec 28, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 1

Richard Vague’s focus groups reveal Middle American attitudes on immigration and other issues that aren’t widely appreciated.

Dec 27, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 1

Kate Havard describes her experience as an intern reporting from the Maryland State House.

Dec 26, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 1

Paul Bloom on what people get wrong about the motivations of sexual predators.

Dec 25, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 2

Bill Scher argues that Doug Jones’s unremarkable policy record may have kept Republicans at home.

Dec 24, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 1

Kieran Setiya, author of the new book Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, on what Mill’s weird early life teaches us about dissatisfaction and desire.

Dec 22, 2017 — &
video screenshot
feature 1

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter evaluate the feud between West and Coates.

Archives