Topics

Every subject the show has dug into, drawn from episode transcripts.

Animals

The Breaking of the Constitutional OrderFebruary 5, 2025

Is Green Growth Possible?April 30, 2024

How ‘Being Animal’ Could Help Us Be Better HumansJune 27, 2023

How ‘Being Animal’ Could Help Us Be Better HumansJune 27, 2023

The Future Is Going to Be Weird. Are We Ready?May 2, 2023

Is A.I. Actually Creative? Are We?February 24, 2023

The Hidden Costs of Cheap MeatNovember 29, 2022

The Hidden Costs of Cheap MeatNovember 29, 2022

A Conversation With Ada Limón, in Six PoemsMay 24, 2022

Warning: This Episode Gets Really Weird About How Much Good You Can DoOctober 5, 2021

Richard Powers on What We Can Learn from TreesSeptember 28, 2021

My Reading Habits, Explained, and Other Questions You AskedAugust 31, 2021

How Octopuses Upend What We Know About OurselvesJuly 13, 2021

The Author Behind ‘Arrival’ Doesn’t Fear A.I. ‘Look at How We Treat Animals.’March 30, 2021

Mark Bittman Cooked Everything. Now He Wants to Change Everything.March 16, 2021

Culture

Philosophy & ethics Religion Writing & literature

Economy

China trade Housing Inequality & poverty Labor & work Macroeconomics

Environment

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Health

Mental health & psychology

Politics

Abortion & reproductive rights Elections & campaigns Government & state capacity Policing & crime Politics & democracy Supreme Court & the law Trump & Trumpism

Science

Society

Cities & urbanism Education Effective altruism & philanthropy Food & agriculture Friendship & community Gender & feminism Healthcare Immigration Media & journalism Parenting & family Race

Technology

AI Crypto Tech platforms & the internet

World

Foreign policy & geopolitics Israel-Palestine Russia & Ukraine