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Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism Aug 07, 2024

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Today, journalist Macaela MacKenzie gives us an inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality — on and off the field.

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How to Stay Rad as You Grow Old Aug 06, 2024

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Steven Kotler (“Gnar Country”) has been studying human performance for 30 years and teaching people from all walks of life how to achieve peak performance. But could his own advice work for him?

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An Olympian’s Guide to Chasing Dreams and Befriending Pain Aug 05, 2024

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The Olympics are on! Have you been watching? We have. We can’t get enough. Which is why all this week we’ll be bringing you episodes that celebrate the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. We’ll be joined by athletes and experts who’ll share hard-won wisdom that we can apply in our ordinary, non-Olympic lives.

Up first: Alexi Pappas. She ran the 10,000m at the 2016 games. She’s also a filmmaker and an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The Atlantic. Today, she shares a few key insights from her memoir, “Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas.”

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How Trust Works Aug 02, 2024

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Trust is at the heart of all relationships, and when trust is broken, those relationships can be tremendously difficult to put back together. Peter H. Kim, who teaches at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, has written a book called "How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired." Peter is a leading authority in the field of “trust repair,” and his research has been published in the world’s top scientific journals in management and psychology.

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How to Be a Citizen Aug 01, 2024

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We think that civil society is imposed by law. But what if that's not the case? What if it's something we create together?

Guest: C. L. Skach (How to Be a Citizen: Learning to Be Civil Without the State)

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The Invention of Reality TV Jul 31, 2024

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Today, Pulitzer Prize winner Emily Nussbaum shares five big ideas from her new book "Cue the Sun!"

A New Framework for Understanding Addiction Jul 30, 2024

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Today, we hear from Elias Dakwar, a psychiatrist addiction specialist, about his new book "The Captive Imagination: Addiction, Reality, and Our Search for Meaning."

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