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Think from KERA — 138 episodes

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The DOD’s war on diversity

2

Is heterosexuality over?

3

Did we evolve to be selfish ?

4

The city through the eyes of a garbage collector

5

The secular saints of Civil Rights

6

Soccer is expensive, but it doesn’t make money

7

Pope Leo finds his voice

8

The pathogens thriving because of climate change

9

The drug that's deadlier than opioids

10

The heart and heartbreak of the American South

11

How limitations open up your world

12

The broken promises of the Iranian revolution

13

What black markets can teach us about the economy

14

Are they serious about repealing the 19th amendment?

15

The olds are in charge, and it’s not good

16

Beware the influence of big diaper

17

The big SCOTUS decisions on their way

18

Gen Z brand = Burnt out

19

Can the Fed stay independent?

20

George Washington never wanted to be president

21

We're living in the world the yuppies made

22

Birds do it. Bees do it.: Parenting

23

The $50,000 test to pick your favorite child

24

What's the point of college if A.I. does all the work?

25

How safe are injectable peptides?

26

How the universe made you possible

27

Critical Race Theory explained by its founder

28

All y'all have accents

29

Planet Money unpacks the economy

30

Pete Hegseth's violent prayers

31

American cars used to be affordable. What happened?

32

Is Venezuela doing better now?

33

PEN15’s Anna Konkle on how life inspires art

34

Is Mexico next on Trump’s hit list?

35

Would you be different if you got super rich?

36

Stop offloading the hard stuff to A.I.

37

Hey, graduates: Here's how to find the right job

38

The hazards of being in love with love

39

Should childhood be monetized?

40

The state of Black studies, post-D.E.I.

41

Why did we stop hanging out?

42

Who wants to be an alpha male?

43

Your perfect person doesn’t have to be perfect

44

How do you define color?

45

How to think like an optimist

46

In defense of paying your taxes

47

Freedom is good for kids and scary for parents

48

Are there any checks remaining on the executive branch?

49

Screen time and junk food: Why kids get hooked

50

How staff cuts at Social Security hurt grieving families

51

Should mentally ill people have the right to die?

52

What are we going to do about Cuba?

53

There’s no perfect substitute for human blood

54

Corporate ownership isn't why you can't buy a house

55

The right's plan to make higher education great again

56

How to do equality post D.E.I.

57

It’s easy to bet on sports. It’s hard not to get hooked

58

Why taxing billionaires won’t save America

59

What if psychopaths aren’t real?

60

The cost of privatizing public land

61

How America made its kids such picky eaters

62

Why we unfriended Canada

63

The unbreakable bond of found family

64

In search of the Ghost Elephants of Angola

65

Gentle parenting is rough for moms and dads

66

Will war with Iran lead to terrorism here?

67

Great Replacement Theory is exploding all over the world

68

Why young women want to leave the U.S.

69

What Trump wants with Iran

70

Are we breaking up with booze?

71

Michael Pollan: Your guide to consciousness

72

Is the world setting you up for failure?

73

Can science explain racism?

74

How novelist George Saunders thinks about free will

75

What democrats could learn from MAGA

76

If you were in a cult would you know it?

77

We should hang out more. It’s healthy.

78

How the Smithsonian frames American history

79

How vulnerability strengthens relationships

80

How can the war in Ukraine end?

81

Crime rates are actually falling. Really.

82

How healthy is President Trump?

83

Who gets to be an American?

84

Assessing 250 years of U.S. foreign policy

85

The Black experience of Vietnam

86

How communities grow

87

Why America isn’t walkable

88

The historic sentence that still defines America

89

You might be paying Amazon’s power bill

90

Would you go to an A.I. doctor?

91

A.I. is writing obits now

92

How A.I. is getting in the way of real learning

93

When will A.I. want to kill us?

94

Why we haven’t fixed the racial wealth gap

95

Resisting the post-truth society

96

One more reason we can’t talk to strangers

97

The mother who needed homeschooling

98

Is the supreme court more powerful than congress now?

99

U.S. defense strategy from Washington to Trump

100

Will Trump make television great again?

101

The U.N. Charter used to prevent war

102

Civilians v. ICE

103

Dictionaries are not what they used to be

104

Gen X has finally arrived

105

Who is Gavin Newsom, really?

106

Unpacking the Donroe Doctrine

107

Why do only some drinkers become drunks?

108

Is football forever?

109

What global experts worry about in 2026

110

What about the rest of Latin America?

111

Will vitamin c cure your cold?

112

You’re funnier than you think

113

A.I. is changing the business of sex

114

David Greene’s obsession with obsessives

115

Bye bye binary, welcome to the poly era

116

Fish have feelings too

117

Geothermal energy is the next hot thing

118

Your memories are subject to change

119

Best of Think '25: How to have a career that matters

120

Best of Think '25: The lost history of ‘Black girl magic’

121

Best of Think '25: Eureka! How your brain figures it out

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Best of Think '25: The joy of being a word nerd

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Best of Think '25: What makes a genius

124

Best of Think '25: A scientific guide to a better brain

125

Best of Think '25: Why everybody is a foodie now

126

Best of Think '25: Stuff you can do to be happier

127

Best of Think '25: The secrets of super healthy old people

128

Best of Think '25: Don’t worry if you can’t sleep

129

The sexualization of girl power

130

How to get better at self-improvement

131

Will A.I kill imagination?

132

Misogyny drives all types of violence – not just against women

133

The best books of 2025

134

Why some people can’t picture stuff in their heads

135

How to control your dreams

136

The U.S. state that could have been a Black utopia

137

The countries the U.S. and China can't write off

138

The body parts you can (and can’t yet) replace