Josh Summers and neuroscientist Sara Lazar on why meditation is about more than being in the moment. Plus: Is mindfulness good therapy?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on how Trump’s pro-Russia outlook challenges the conservative establishment. Plus: Did Russia tip the election?
George Young, author of The Russian Cosmists, describes how Russian thinkers struggled with the place of their culture in post-Enlightenment Europe.
Philosopher Douglas Osto makes the case for drug legalization in his Sixty-Second Sermon.
Eighth in a series of video mashups in which some people you know, and some people you don’t know, are put on the spot.
In this Sixty-Second Sermon, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons reflects on how his Christian faith provides comfort in dark times.
Psychologist Michael McCullough uses the Colombian civil war as a case study in the dynamics of trust. Plus: Is there such a thing as a good person?
Erik Vance, author of the new book Suggestible You, on the healing power of placebos.
In this Sixty-Second Sermon John Horgan explains why we shouldn’t despair when faced with troubling world events.
Paul Bloom, author of the new book Against Empathy, argues that doing what feels morally right can be a bad guide to doing right. Plus: Immoral empathy.