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Jul 14, 2012 — Robert Wright & Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence tries to get Bob to understand the Higgs boson
Is the universe an accident?
Why Lawrence was betting on the Higgs not existing
Is the Higgs a particle or a field (or both)?
How mass gets its mass
Can the human mind truly comprehend reality?
Jun 29, 2012 — Robert Wright & Dan Ariely
Dan’s new book, “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty”
Why you shouldn’t trust your dentist
We think we’re honest—yet we cheat
The real reason religion promotes good behavior
Dan: We cheat much less than we could
The power of forgiveness
Jun 13, 2012 — Robert Wright & Eli Lake
Eli: Ideology is overrated
How careerism explains our politics
Do Romney and Obama really differ on foreign policy?
Does Iran have an understandable reason to want the bomb?
Debating the power of the “Israel lobby”
Bob: Negotiations will fail if we keep offering Iran nothing
Jun 9, 2012 — Robert Wright & T.M. Luhrmann
Tanya’s new book, “When God Talks Back”
Four simple rules for hearing God’s voice
Why God is nice now
The evangelical version of cognitive behavioral therapy
LSD vs. the Holy Spirit
Evangelicals with doubt
Jun 2, 2012 — Robert Wright & Marc Ambinder
Sex and the District
When reporters sleep with their sources
The John Edwards verdict
Where are all the good people in DC?
Chris Hayes and the meta-narrative
The debased debates in American politics
May 26, 2012 — Robert Wright & Paul J. Zak
Paul’s new book, “The Moral Molecule”
Oxytocin, the chemical that causes trust
Why Paul hugs everyone he meets
How pickup artists use and abuse oxytocin
Becoming a better person
Possible pharmaceutical uses for oxytocin
May 19, 2012 — Robert Wright & Matthew Hutson
Matt’s new book, “The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking”
The psychology of knocking on wood
Is it irrational to want to have a legacy after you die?
Treating objects like women (or men)
Everything doesn’t happen for a reason
Is magical thinking good for us?
May 11, 2012 — Robert Wright & David Frum
David’s new book, “Patriots”
Partisanship: ideologues vs. cynics
The demise of meritocracy, and of the middle class
Have elites lost their sense of responsibility?
David responds to his critics
The virtue of fiction, and a new way of publishing
May 8, 2012 — Robert Wright & Chris Mooney
Chris’s new book, “The Republican Brain”
The liberal and conservative parts of your brain
Which side is more biased, left or right?
Why liberals get fracking wrong
Who watches the bias of the bias watchers?
The ideology that matches your psychological needs
May 6, 2012 — Robert Wright & Liza Mundy
Liza’s new book, “The Richer Sex”
Stories of stay-at-home dads
Why some single women hide their financial success
Coping with the scarcity of college-educated men
How stay-at-home dads put feminism to the test
Liza makes the case for paternity leave
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