A scientist and entrepreneur built an AI to intercept every interruption in family life—the basketball emails, the field trip forms, the play rehearsal schedule buried at the bottom of a message. Then, an investor suggested the product could do more: text the sitter automatically, send birthday wishes to friends, suck up every teacher email so parents never ... Show More
Nov 16
Thanks For Being Here - PT's Essay "To Be A Woman"
In 1974, a suburban housewife named Pat Tiehel (aka PT), submitted an essay to a women's magazine about being angry at a system that gave her education and aspirations, then kept her pinned up at home. The magazine rejected it. One year later, everything changed. This is the essa ... Show More
11 m
Nov 14
Go To on AI & Raising Kids After Loss
Andy Laats thought parenting was a complete alphabet—he did A through M, his wife Liz handled N through Z. After she died of ovarian cancer, he learned he'd underestimated the N through Z work, and then discovered there was a whole world beyond language he never even knew existed ... Show More
30m 53s
Jan 2025
Hank Azaria’s Advice for Overcoming Codependency
<p>Hank Azaria is used to putting on other personalities. You probably know him best from his work as a voice actor on “The Simpsons,” where he plays Moe the bartender, Professor Frink, Chief Wiggum and Snake Jailbird, among many others. His list of credits in stage plays, movies ... Show More
39m 10s
Feb 2025
150. His Brilliant Videos Get Millions of Views. Why Don’t They Make Money?
<p>Hank Green is an internet phenomenon and a master communicator, with a plan to reform higher education. He and Steve talk about the video blog that launched Hank’s career, the economics of the internet, and how a cancer diagnosis prompted him to become a stand-up comedian.</p> ... Show More
58m 47s
Dec 2023
Critical Thinking About Psychological Concepts: Session 249 with Hank Schlinger
<p>It's kind of a podcast cliche - one that I'm certainly guilty of - to refer to an interview as, "wide-ranging." However, in this case, that description certainly fits.</p> <p>I had the pleasure of chatting with <a href= "https://www.calstatela.edu/nss/psychology/henry-d-schlin ... Show More
51m 1s
Jul 2020
Hank Green on everything YouTube, Tik Tok, podcasting, and Montana
Hank Green and, his brother John Green, have been on the internet for a long time. Initially gaining fame from their YouTube series The Vlog Brothers. They later created Youtube shows like Crash Course and Sci Show, one of the biggest online video conventions VidCon, and written ... Show More
51m 54s