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25 April 2026

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Aug 2, 2016 — &
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Culturally Determined

Daniel Kaufman on how a fragmented popular culture disempowers young people. Plus: TV as a social good?

Aug 1, 2016 — &
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Writer Eileen Pollack seeks common ground between two ways of knowing. Plus: Getting meaning from minutiae.

Jul 31, 2016 — &
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Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss Hillary’s evolving strategy to defeat Trump. Plus: Did Sarah Silverman unite the DNC?

Jul 30, 2016 — &
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Roohi Choudhry and Eileen Pollack, author of the new book A Perfect Life, on what science, theology, and art have in common.

Jul 30, 2016 — &
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Glenn Loury and economist Rajiv Sethi debate whether we have a duty to be civil to the police. Plus: Who’s most affected by bad policing?

Jul 29, 2016 — &
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Meditation teacher Susan Piver explains why she condemned celebrations of Osama Bin Laden’s death. Plus: Finding compassion for Trump.

Jul 29, 2016 — &
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Glenn Loury argues that the movement requires broad support to achieve structural change. Plus: Unarmed white men are shot by cops, too.

Jul 28, 2016 — &
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Bill Scher says the comedian’s off-the-cuff remarks marked a turning point at the convention.

Jul 27, 2016 — &
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Historian Colin Snider says U.S. policy on the region often seems like an afterthought. Plus: The mood in Brazil before the Olympics.

Jul 27, 2016 — &
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Journalist Oliver Burkeman asks meditation teacher Susan Piver, author of Start Here Now, how Buddhism gave her a new perspective on the candidate she hates.

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