Alyssa Rosenberg and Scott Meslow debate the upcoming season. Plus: Game of Thrones: TV as novel.
Michael Cohen argues that Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell exhibit the worst parts of American politics. Plus: Neocons for Hillary?
John McWhorter explains why he avoided discussing race in his recent TED talk. Plus: The worst thing about long flights.
Will Israeli-Turkish rapprochement moderate Hamas? Robert Wright talks to Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol. Plus: Turkey’s manifest destiny.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider Hollywood’s portrayal of conservatives. Plus: Gay marriage and the culture war.
Kevin Glass and Francesca Chambers consider. Plus: Why Rand Paul is wrong about marriage.
Laurie Santos talks to Francesca Gino, author of the new book Sidetracked, about the psychology of gratefulness. Plus: The strange psychological power of knockoff sunglasses.
John Horgan and George Johnson discuss the difficult subject of cancer clusters. Plus: Good drones.
After the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, Robert Farley and Daniel Nexon debate the role of the terrorist attacks in the run-up to the war. Plus: President Gore’s War on Terror.
Joshua Knobe and Kurt Gray discuss overcoming the “uncanny valley” (with bonus Terminator reference!). Plus: Guilty? Play the victim.