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1

Joy is a Risk Worth Taking (#324)

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Greenland, Russia, and The Cold War for the Arctic (#323)

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How a 500 Year Old Map Still Distorts Our World (#322)

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America, War, and the Myths We Still Believe (#321)

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Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines (#320)

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Mark Cuban: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI (#319)

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Can Anyone Stop a President From Starting a War? (#318)

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Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough (#317)

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Why Doing the “Right Thing” Can Make Everything Worse (#316)

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The Hidden Weakness in America's AI Lead (#315)

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Your Brain Is Hiding the Truth From You (#314)

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Putin’s Real Enemy Isn’t Ukraine (#313)

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The Wild True Stories Behind History's Greatest Art Thefts (#312)

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Alphabet (Google) Chairman John Hennessy on The Future of AI, Human Intelligence, and Leadership (#311)

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How Charisma Really Works (#310)

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Beyond Silicon Valley: Where the Next Breakthroughs Will Come From (#309)

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The Psychology of Influence with Robert Cialdini (#308)

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Mark Cuban: The Hidden Companies Controlling Healthcare, the Future of AI, and Why Not Me? (Part 2) (#307)

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Mark Cuban: The NBA Thought It Was in the Basketball Business. It Was Wrong. (Part 1 of 2) (#306)

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Once Upon a Stranger: Can Small Talk Lead to a Bigger Life? (#305)

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Former Secretary of Energy - Why Clean Energy Alone Won’t Keep the Lights On (#304)

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The Religious Cult Behind North Korea’s Power (#303)

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Why America May Not Be Ready for the Wars of the Future (#302)

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The Global Power Shift No One Is Talking About – And Who’s Driving It (#301)

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AI, Inflation, and the Dollar: The Hidden Forces Shaping the Economy Right Now (#300)

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Did Apple Accidentally Help Build China’s Manufacturing Empire? (#299)

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Cleveland Clinic CEO: The Future of Medicine Is Already Here (#298)

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The Hidden Iran Risk No One Is Talking About (#297)

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Scientists May Soon Design Entirely New Life Forms (#296)

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After the War: 3 Surprising Truths About the Middle East - with Ambassador Dan Kurtzer (#295)

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Former Tesla president on The 5 Step Algorithm Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

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The Quiet War: How Countries Fight Without Firing a Shot (#293)

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The Hidden Plastic Inside Us (And Why It’s Rising Fast) (#292)

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Government by Deal: What Happens When Everything Becomes Negotiable? (#291)

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Why Quantum Computing Changes What’s Possible with Princeton Dean of Engineering Andrew Houck (#290)

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Six Ways the Constitution Keeps Leaders in Check with Cass Sunstein (#289)

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The Winner’s Curse: Why “Winning” Often Means You Just Lost with Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler (#288)

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The American Dream is Now a Coin Flip: Here's Why and What We Can Do (#287)

39

Why Innocent People Plead Guilty (#286)

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The Surprising Science of Why We Laugh (#285)

41

A Smarter, More Hopeful Future of Work - If We Get Artificial Intelligence Right (#284)

42

Presidential Power: How It Grows and What Comes Next (#283)

43

Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail by March - and the Science of What Actually Works (#282)

44

Highlights of 2025 (#281)

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Dr. David Agus on The Hopeful Science of a Longer, Healthier Life (#280)

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What US Ambassador to China Nick Burns Saw That Terrified Him (#279)

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Three Science-Backed Changes That Will Help You Sleep Better - Starting Tonight (#278)

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What Happened When My Daughter Was Born Looking White - And I Wasn’t (#277)

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The Thermostat in Your Brain: Pushing Past Your Limits with Nick Thompson (#276)

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The Surprising Science of Why Life Gets Better with Age with Stanford’s Laura Carstensen (#275)

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The Genetic Revolution Has Begun - George Church on What Comes Next (#274)

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Your Brain, For Sale: The Hidden Ways AI Can Manipulate You with Cass Sunstein (#273)

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What Putin Really Wants — with Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul (#272)

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Our Dollar, Your Problem: How U.S. Power Shapes — and Shakes — the World (#271)

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The Surprising Truth About Grief, Loss and Resilience (#270)

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AI Will Transform the World—But Who Decides How? (#269)

57

Why 199 of 200 Projects Fail: The Iron Law That Dooms Even the Smartest Ideas (#268)

58

David Brooks: Why America’s Decline Story Is 75% Bonkers (#267)

59

3 Habits That Separate Great Communicators from Everyone Else (#266)

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America’s Edge: More Barriers or More Innovation? (#265)

61

Space: The Invisible Infrastructure Behind Modern Life — And Its Growing Risks (#264)

62

Inside the Hook Model: Secrets Companies Use to Keep You Scrolling and How To Break Free (#263)

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Zanny Minton Beddoes on America, China, and a World in Flux (#262)

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No Way Out with Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Greg Mankiw (#261)

65

From Bits to Brains: How AI Sees, Talks, and Learns (#260)

66

Hype vs. Reality: Crypto and Stablecoins (#259)

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The Long Game: How to Build Wealth in Turbulent Times with Blackstone President Jon Gray (#258)

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Goodbye Baby Boom — Hello Population Bust: How a 60% Drop Could Change Everything (#257)

69

The Knowledge Illusion: How Overconfidence Shapes Our Lives (#256)

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The Surprising Science Behind Falling—and Staying—in Love (#255)

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Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on What Xi and Putin Are Really Like Behind Closed Doors (#254)

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Editing Life Itself: A Conversation with David Liu, the Scientist Who’s Rewriting DNA and the Future (#253)

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This Is Your Brain on Beauty — And It's Powerful (#252)

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Why America’s Poorest State Is Richer Than France (#251)

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The U.S. Alone Can’t Compete with China. Here’s What Absolutely Can. (#250)

76

The 50% Enigma: Why Trump’s Vote Mirrors the Past (#249)

77

Swipe, Tap, Ghost: The New Rules of Human Connection (#248)

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Your Brain’s Being Hijacked: The Hidden Psychology Behind Everyday Decisions (#247)

79

How Your DNA Interacts With the World Around You (#246)

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Don’t Believe the Doom: American Workers Are Moving Up (#245)

81

Why China Builds High Speed Rail - And The U.S. Can’t Build A Tunnel (#244)

82

We Can’t Stop the Wildfires—But We Can Stop the Disaster (#243)

83

The Hidden Pattern in Fires, Earthquakes, Stock Market Crashes, and Even Wars (#242)

84

NBCUniversal Vice Chair Bonnie Hammer on AI Celebrities, Interactive TV & the Future of Content (#241)

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Why Bad Cops Stay and Schools Fail (#240)

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How to Not be Manipulated: A Clever, Crafty PR Exec Reveals Tricks of His Trade (#239)

87

The Power of Leaderless Organizations: How Decentralized Groups are Changing the World (#238)

88

Whole Foods CEO on The Future of Food: More Than Taste (#237)

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NBCUniversal Vice Chair Bonnie Hammer: Life Lessons for Getting Ahead (#236)

90

The CIA’s Secrets: Spy Missions, Cyber Wars & Covert Operations (#235)

91

Former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz: Tackling Global Warming and Energy Solutions (#234)

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Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO James Stavridis Does Not Mince Words (#233)

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Top Takeaways of 2024 (#232)

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AI: How It’s Being Used Now, What’s Next, and What’s After That (#231)

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The Science and Skill of Superforecasting (#230)

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The Search for Another Earth (#229)

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A Blueprint for Reimagining Our Cities (#228)

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Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (#227)

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Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on AI: Shaping the Next Era of Humanity (#225)