Episodes
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What if you could read the DNA of your future child? | Noor Siddiqui
Noor Siddiqui argues that whole-genome embryo sequencing can reveal disease-causing variants that standard IVF chromosome testing misses because standard testing checks whether chromosome chapters are present, not the letters inside them.
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Sunday Pick: How to reclaim your narrative (w/ Monica Lewinsky) | from How to Be a Better Human
Lewinsky says reclaiming a narrative is not limited to globally famous scandals; it can involve recovering identity after job loss, divorce, or any experience in which other people’s version of you overwhelms your own.
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Inside Venezuela's uncertain path to freedom | Leopoldo López
López argues that technology can either expand freedom or strengthen authoritarian control; the decisive question is who holds the keys to connectivity, money, communication, content and AI.
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Is your body language working against you? | Cara Hale Alter
A mismatch between internal experience and outward behavior can make nervousness look like aggression or judgment, as it did when Lauren’s rigid posture and poker face were read as a cold, hard stare.
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How to stop homelessness before it starts | Jen Loving
Jen Loving argues that homelessness is not inevitable: predictable warning signs such as a missed job, a death in the family or a medical emergency create opportunities to intervene before someone loses housing.
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AI brain fry is real. Here’s what leaders can do | Julie Bedard
AI will dramatically reshape more than half of jobs, so organizations should focus less on whether to redesign work and more on how leaders will guide the redesign.
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Why it's so hard to listen when you disagree | Emily Kasriel
Listening to someone does not mean agreeing with, endorsing or surrendering to their beliefs; it means making an effort to understand them.
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How to make parenting less lonely | Stacey McLachlan
Stacey argues that parental loneliness is widespread and consequential: 68% of parents in one study felt isolated from friends after having children, and close relationships are strongly linked to health, happiness, and longevity.
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Sunday Pick: Can AI really teach your kids? with Leah Belsky | from WorkLife with Molly Graham
Coursera expanded access to high-quality university courses, but low completion rates and employers’ continued reliance on degrees limited its ability to open jobs directly.
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Why the future is human ... plus AI | Sal Khan and Esther Perel
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The three words that saved my life | Blake Mycoskie
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How imaginary worlds help kids learn | Anna Rainio
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What my politically divided family teaches me | Tami Pyfer
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The wonder of weightlifting | Jaime Seeman (re-release)
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The secret to lasting love | Eli J Finkel
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Sunday Pick: All the lonely people | from Corner Piece
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The joy of foraging your own food | Alexis Nikole Nelson
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Why we should design cities like Disney | Zach DeBoer
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Are your dealbreakers sabotaging your love life? | Amy Chan
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AI and the end of loneliness | Paul Bloom
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