Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby became a global star with her Netflix special Nanette. It’s a remarkable piece of work, and it does what great art is supposed to do: Give you a sense, however fleeting, of what it is like to live inside another human’s experience. Gadsby’s new special, Douglas, takes that a step further: It explores her autism diagnosis and ... Show More
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American democracy's structural flaw
Back in 2015, before President Donald Trump, before January 6, before all the craziness of the last decade, Matt Yglesias made a blunt prediction: American democracy is doomed. Guest host Zack Beauchamp talks with Matt about what that argument got right, what it missed, and why t ... Show More
38m 41s
May 2023
99. S8 E7: Finding freedom after autism diagnosis and embodying the spirit of our unmasked selves
<p dir="ltr">Kay Louise Aldred is a writer, facilitator, teacher, mentor, and resource creator from North Yorkshire in the UK. Now 49, she was diagnosed autistic quite recently, last November.</p> <p dir="ltr">A former teacher, just like me she suffered burnout, left her career a ... Show More
55m 38s
Jan 2022
Learning to Listen to the Voices Only You Hear
<p>The world has gotten louder, even when we’re alone. A day spent in isolation can still mean a day buffeted by the voices on social media and the news, on podcasts, in emails and text messages. Objects have also gotten louder: through the advertisements that follow us around th ... Show More
59m 8s
Feb 2024
Sabrina Dhowre Elba… I thought ‘this is how I’m going to die’
Spoiler alert: I’m low-key obsessed with this woman. Sabrina Dhowre Elba is a UN Goodwill ambassador, a skincare maven, an actor, producer and all-round good egg. She is, then, *so* much more than some bloke’s wife, but given that the bloke in question is Idris Elba, she’s incred ... Show More
48m 52s
May 2023
America's New Religions & the Cult of Self-Making | Tara Isabella Burton
<p dir="ltr">In Episode 314 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with novelist, sociologist, and theologian Tara Isabella Burton about America's new religions, the evolution of the self in contemporary culture, and what it all means for the future of Western society.</p> <p d ... Show More
59m 37s