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World Affairs

The Russian Cyber Threats Facing Ukraine

Any organization, public or private, with any connection to Ukraine, should be exercising extreme technological vigilance, says cybersecurity expert Sandra Joyce, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Intelligence at Mandiant.

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03.01.2022
Business and Markets

How to Build Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that Sticks

We may have moved from a time of reckoning on racial equity to a time of transformation, says business leader Dr. Rohini Anand, and that gives her hope.

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Podcast

02.15.2022
Technology

How Can Activism Repair Our Democracy?

The cornerstone of democracy is the principle that all citizens have the right and ability to participate in their own governance, either directly or via representation.

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Podcast

02.02.2022
Literature

A Conversation with Author Anthony Doerr

Anthony Doerr talks about the inspiration for his latest book and its focus on technology, destruction, preservation, and humanity’s vast interconnectedness.

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Podcast

01.20.2022
The Brain

What the Ancients Got Right about Happiness

People have been thinking about happiness for thousands of years. In fact, ancient thinkers came up with strategies for cultivating pleasures over a lifetime, or creating a lasting capacity to take joy in the world.

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Podcast

01.04.2022
Society

How Can We Build Wealth for Everyone?

The global Covid-19 pandemic has worsened inequality. Oxfam International found that while billionaire fortunes returned to pre-pandemic highs in just nine months, a recovery for the world’s poorest people could take over a decade.

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Podcast

12.21.2021
The Brain

Psychedelics for the Win

In the 1950s and 60s, mental health providers used psychedelics to help patients open up about difficult memories. Then, the drugs were banned. Now there’s a resurgence.

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Podcast

12.14.2021
Science

We're in a science moment. What will come out of it?

The Covid-19 vaccine was developed at an unusually rapid pace, and now the public's expectations are high for what science can deliver.

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Podcast

11.30.2021
Food Access

Mark Bittman on Reimagining America's Food System

Longtime food journalist Mark Bittman says America's food system needs to be reimagined so land is used fairly and well and people have access to food that promotes health, not illness.

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Podcast

11.18.2021
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