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Fixable: Kelli - "How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"

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Introducing Good Sport

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How to Find the Comedy in A Messed-Up World (with Maeve Higgins)

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Listen now: Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala

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Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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Listen now: WorkLife season 5

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3 ways to make better decisions

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Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn't it publicly available?

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"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology

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When local news dies, so does democracy

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How a miniaturized atomic clock could revolutionize space exploration

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Why students should have mental health days

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The true cost of financial dependence

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How to support witnesses of harassment and build healthier workplaces

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What tech companies know about your kids

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Who counts as a speaker of a language?

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The hidden history found in your teeth

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I let algorithms randomize my life for two years

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Why I talk to white supremacists

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The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit

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How you can use impostor syndrome to your benefit

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Climate change and the challenge of long-term thinking

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Surprising ways sea ice affects us all

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Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR

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What COVID-19 reveals about US schools

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A chef shares her recipe for sustainable future

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The sports divide

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Do you bring your full authentic self to work?

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Democracy needs an update

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3 myths about racism

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Why nostalgia for empire persists

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A new way to define self-worth

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The downside of digital siloing

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Why falling behind can get you ahead

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How stigma shaped modern medicine

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Why we need archaeology in war zones

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Racism thrives on silence -- speak up!

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How artificial light affects our health

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Biomolecular tales of our ancestors

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Let's think about archaeology on the moon

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Poop, power and participation

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Why do we blame individuals for economic crises?

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How centuries of sci-fi sparked spaceflight

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Stop looking for your passion

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Why we need to reimagine the future

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Will the right to protest survive its migration online?

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How to care for your community with radical hospitality

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The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive

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Futura, the font that helped launch Apollo

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"Entrepreneur" is a mindset not a job title

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How technology connects us to fine art

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Why language is humanity's greatest invention

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Are you a chronic problem solver?

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What is the driving force behind the Nobel Prize?

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The accidental automation of motherhood

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What does it really mean to “fit in” at work?

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How to triage your crazy busy life

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The intergenerational wisdom of Indigenous storytelling

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You are a molecular masterpiece

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Are global trade deals really about trade?

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How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries

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Why we need to rethink tourism

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This is what the metaverse could look like

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The perks of being a pirate

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Why we should hire for skills, not "talent"

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How to be an organizational heretic

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The potential of green infrastructure

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The new energy revolution

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How to revitalize Indigenous languages

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How to design gender bias out of your workplace

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Everyone is terrible

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How you can support a loved one through cancer

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Extinction, death and memory

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How to make a decision that could ruin your life

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Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

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How will autonomous vehicles transform our cities?

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Reclaiming my voice as a transracial adoptee

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Why should we care about dying languages?

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Why we all lose when we talk about virginity

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Can citizen science save us?

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Why influencers should be imperfect

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Great White Sharks: individual and misunderstood

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The role youth can play in climate action

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Crochet, coral reefs, and collective action

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Can we make time tangible?

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When local news dies, so does democracy

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How I overcame decision paralysis

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Technology and the future of theater

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Here's what we can do about catastrophic blackouts

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Humanizing the refugee crisis

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Why is talking about sex so hard?

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Emoji: The language of the future

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Why does visual literacy matter?

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Thinking differently about dementia

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Without farmers, you’d be hungry, naked and sober

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How the magic of kindness sustains us

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Break out of hustle culture and find long term success

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Should you talk with your doctor about climate change?

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You are enough

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Making your home, wherever you are