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Jan 21
How Smartphones Changed Childhood: Jonathan Haidt on The Anxious Generation
What happens when childhood is rewired by smartphones and social media? Jonathan Haidt joins Guy to break down how a single decade transformed attention, resilience, and the emotional lives of millions of kids. Drawing from his bestselling book The Anxious Generation, Jonathan ex ... Show More
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When the Plan Falls Apart: Finding Yourself in Change with Maya Shankar
Maya Shankar joins Guy Kawasaki to unpack the psychology of change—why it rattles us, how it reshapes identity, and what helps people emerge stronger on the other side. Drawing from research, lived experience, and her book The Other Side of Change, Maya challenges the idea that g ... Show More
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What if success depends less on merit and more on the quiet transfer of status? In this episode, Guy Kawasaki interviews Toby Stuart, UC Berkeley Haas professor and leading expert on innovation and social networks, to break open the unseen systems that shape who rises and why.Dra ... Show More
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Sep 2023
Heather Cox Richardson On What History Teaches Us About Fighting The Dark Energy Of The Human Soul
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Kathleen Sheppard, "The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman’s Work in Archaeology" (Lexington, 2017)
After Napoleon occupied Egypt, Europeans became obsessed with the ancient cultures of the Nile. In Britain, the center of Egyptology research was University College London (UCL). At the heart of the UCL program was the Egyptologist, Margaret Alice Murray. During this golden age o ... Show More
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Changing the World with Civility and the Core of Stoicism | Alexandra Hudson
<p>Ryan speaks with author Alexandra Hudson about how to navigate pragmatic situations through civility, unbundling the mental framework of people, her new book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-soul-of-civility-timeless-principles-to-heal-society-and-ourselve ... Show More
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Professor Martha Nussbaum On Humanity's Obligation To Protect Animal Rights
1h 3m
Mar 2022
Margaret Fuller: Early feminist and war correspondent
In in her 1843 essay The Great Lawsuit, the American journalist and early feminist Margaret Fuller forcefully argued for the rights of women to work, think and live on their own terms, not just as companions and foils for men. She was one of the first Americans to do so. Fuller w ... Show More
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Dec 2018
Mariana Mazzucato, economist
Professor Mariana Mazzucato is an economist, who focuses on value and innovation. Born in Italy, Mariana moved to America as a child, when her father accepted a post at Princeton University. She has lived in the UK for the last 20 years and is currently Professor in the Economics ... Show More
36m 40s
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Lisa Cook on Gender and Race in Economics (Podcast)
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dr. Lisa Cook, a professor in the department of economics and in international relations at Michigan State University. As the first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, she received a second B.A. from Oxford University befo ... Show More
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Feb 2023
William D. Cohan on Power, Ego, and the Imperial CEO
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Nov 2023
President Martin Van Buren
<p>The 'Little Magician', the 'Sly Fox' or - to our expert guest - a 6.5/10 president. We're onto President number 8, Martin Van Buren.</p><br><p>Don is joined by Edward Widmer - historian, writer, librarian, and musician who served as a speechwriter in the Clinton White Hou ... Show More
39m 9s
Margaret O’Mara is an expert on high-tech history and a Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History at the University of Washington.
She received her BA in English and History from Northwestern University, and her MA and PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to her academic career, she was a staff member to President Bill Clinto ... Show More
<p>Ryan speaks with Heather Cox Richardson about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/Unrd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America</em></a>, her mission to deliver history as a way of promoting human connection, changing ... Show More
<p>Ryan speaks with Martha Nussbaum about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/uVfAF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility</em></a>, the problems that can arise with the Stoic focus on the internal over the external, ho ... Show More
<p>Ryan speaks with William D. Cohan about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/7BrJA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon</em></a>, the link between Marcus Aurelius and the “imperial CEO” of General Electric Jack We ... Show More
