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Build For Tomorrow — 62 episodes
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The Greatest Myth About Learning
What People of 1923 Predicted About 2023
The Best Ways to Use a Crisis
How to Stop Obsessing Over “What If…?”
How to See Gain, Where Others See Loss
Why “Nobody Wants to Work Anymore” is BS
To Save Barbie, They Had to Change Her
Teddy Bears Are History’s Most Subversive Toy (Classic)
All the Fun Facts You Have Wrong!
The Four-Day Workweek Is Here
Real Ways to Predict the Future
The Climate Problem We Can Solve Now
Why People Can’t Write, and How To Fix That
We Can Make Politics Smarter
The Case for Sex Robots
This Episode Will Change Your Brain
Simple Pleasures Aren’t Simple (See: Knitting)
The Not-Boring Truth About Boredom
Yes, Talk to Strangers!
How to Create Better Memories
You Are Not “Addicted” To Technology
How To Live Like Ancient Royalty
Everyone Is Wrong About Participation Trophies
The Surprising Importance of To-Go Cocktails
When Exactly Were "The Good Old Days"?
Did Pessimists Archive Change Its Name? Yes!
Do We Lose Skills Because of Technology?
How to Communicate With the Future
The Most Important Podcast of Our Lifetime!
224 Years of Election Hacking
Your Fork Is A Sign That You Think For Yourself
Why New Technology Always Seems Scary
The Mystery of the Shared Earbuds
Why We Hate Being Told What To Do
The Good That Comes From A Pandemic
How Natural Is "Natural"?
Why We Really Celebrate Our Birthdays
Can Tech Physically Change Your Face?
Teddy Bears Are History's Most Subversive Toy
You're Vain and That's OK!
Should Roads Be For Cars?
The Man Who Nearly Destroyed Comic Books
How the Elevator Shaped Our World
There's Nothing Wrong With Kids These Days
Every New Dance Used To Be Scandalous
The Scandalous Internet of the 1800s
Shop Local? Be Thankful for Chain Stores
When Novels Were A "Bad Influence"
Overcoming Our Fear of the Underground
Margarine: A Cautionary Tale of Stupid Laws
Even Thomas Edison Got Things Wrong
Corrupting the Youth With Pinball
Coffee: The Original Controversial Drug
Where the Anti-Vax Movement Came From
Why Games Like Chess Are Threatening
Bicycles Were A Misogynist's Nightmare
The British Used to Hate Umbrellas
The First Self-Driving Car Was A Horse
The Day the Music Died (And Was Reborn)
When Exactly Were "The Good Old Days"?
Wearing A Walkman Was Illegal