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100 Objects #21: Window from the House of D — 99% Invisible
In 1932, the Women's House of Detention—New York City's first women's prison—opened in the heart of Greenwich Village. It was opened to make "wayward" women quiet, private, and properly feminine. And the building had one…
Audio Guide of the Imperfections of a Perfect Masterpiece — 99% Invisible
From the outside, the building is a light gray spiral, and from the inside, the art is displayed on one long ramp that curves up towards a glass skylight in the ceiling. We’re going to take the greatness of this building…
Tony Hawk's Real-Life Willy Wonka — 99% Invisible
A desert train built for Tony Hawk leads into the strange and thoughtful world of N.D. Austin, a designer of real-life experiences.
The Problem With Football Helmets — 99% Invisible
Football helmets can prevent devastating injuries, but they may also help make an inherently violent game feel safer than it really is.
(Not Just) Another Brick in the Wall — 99% Invisible
A closer look at the messy, beautiful bricks hiding across Chicago.
Octomom — Radiolab
First aired back in 2020, this episode follows the story of an octopus living one mile under the ocean as she performs a heroic act of heart and determination.
Particle Accelerators — In Our Time
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the machines that are described as the world’s largest experiments: Particle Accelerators. A famous example of a Particle Accelerator is the Large Hadron Collider, a device which stretches…
Archive: Erasmus — In Our Time
One of the most celebrated thinkers of the Renaissance, Erasmus (c1466-1536) is best known for his works of classical and religious scholarship, and for his infamous theological dispute with Martin Luther (1483-1546) ove…
Thomas More's Utopia — In Our Time
In 1516, the publication of one small book would coin a new word and give rise to centuries of literature, theory, and thought. In his most influential work, the lawyer and Tudor politician Thomas More (1478-1535) descri…
Archive: The Measurement of Time — In Our Time
Misha Glenny chooses the first of his archive picks - bringing back classic conversations from the In Our Time archive, every Monday. Humans have tried to calculate, regulate, and measure time for thousands of years: fro…
Archive: Trinity — In Our Time
Misha Glenny delves in to the In Our Time archive to select ten episodes for listeners to revisit. His final choice is the Trinity, an episode first released in March 2014. The idea that God is a single entity, but one k…
Episode #189 ... Everything that connects us is slowly disappearing. - Byung Chul Han pt. 2 — Philosophize This!
Today we talk about the disappearance of rituals, truth, community, communication, public spaces and talk about the importance sometimes of being an idiot. Hope you love it! :)
Episode #188 ... Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism, depression and anxiety - Byung-Chul Han — Philosophize This!
Today we talk about positive power, neoliberalism, narcissism as a reaction to modern life, how technology makes isolation easier, and some tactics to find peace in the digital panopticon.
Episode #187 ... How much freedom would you trade for security? (Foucault, Hobbes, Mill, Agamben) — Philosophize This!
On today's episode we talk about the upsides of a surveillance state. The ongoing social dilemma of freedom vs security. The value of privacy. States of exception. And Deleuze's Postscript on Societies of Control.
Episode #186 ... Are we heading for a digital prison? - Panopticon (Foucault, Bentham, Cave) — Philosophize This!
Today we talk about Jeremy Bentham's concept of the Panopticon. Michel Foucault's comparison to society in 1975. The historical role of intelligence as a justification for dominance. The anatomy of free will, and how a d…
The dramatic race to discover Insulin — Throughline
Looksmaxxing, weight loss, and muscle building have fueled a massive craze for injectable peptides. Some natural and some synthetic. These injectables have unleashed a multi-billion-dollar gray-market industry online and…
Can the polygraph test really spot a lie? — Throughline
From dating shows to police interrogation rooms, the polygraph test has long been marketed as a way to detect deception. But can it really? And who decided we needed a truth machine in the first place?
Is the death penalty cruel and unusual? — Throughline
The Eighth Amendment. What is cruel and unusual punishment? Who gets to define and decide the amendment's boundaries? And how did the Constitution's authors imagine it might change? In this hour, the shifting definition …
Why does everything get a standing ovation now? — Throughline
Call it standing ovation inflation: these days, it feels like it's mandatory to stand and clap for live performances. Has our please clap era gone too far? That's what one Throughline listener wanted to know.
Do You Have Trouble Sleeping? — Hidden Brain
Millions of us move through our days without getting enough sleep. We know that sleep deprivation can affect our physical health and our mood. But sleep researcher Chris Barnes says a chronic lack of good sleep can also …
Liaquat Ahamed on Financial Crises, Gold, and the Lessons of 1873 — Conversations with Tyler
Liaquat Ahamed has spent years making central bankers into compelling characters. His 2009 book Lords of Finance won the Pulitzer Prize for its account of the bankers whose decisions helped cause the Great Depression; hi…
Luis Garicano on Spain, Europe, and the Future of Work — Conversations with Tyler
Luis Garicano has one of the more unusual résumés in economics: trained at the University of Chicago Booth School under Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, and Sherwin Rosen, he left academia for a stint as a member of the Europe…
Gita Gopinath on Trade, Currencies, and Economic Transformation — Conversations with Tyler
Gita Gopinath has spent the last several years inside the room where the world's monetary plumbing gets fixed — or doesn't. As first deputy managing director of the IMF and, before that, the Fund's chief economist, she w…
Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork — Conversations with Tyler
Annie Lowrey's new book, The Time Tax, argues that the most regressive levy in American life is the hours each of us must spend on hold, in waiting rooms, and filling out forms a competent state would have pre-filled — r…
692. What Will A.I. Do to (and for) Human Creativity? — Freakonomics Radio
Writers, designers, actors, coders, musicians, thinkers — they’re all worried about being replaced by machines. But what if the A.I.s are actually here to help? (Part one of a two-part series.)
Essentials: Developing a Rational Approach to Supplementation for Health & Performance — Huberman Lab
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how to develop a rational supplementation protocol tailored to your specific needs, nutrition and budget. I discuss foundational supplements and single-ingredient supple…
What Makes Great Leaders & How to Live an Extraordinary Life | Dr. Jared Diamond — Huberman Lab
Dr. Jared Diamond, PhD, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and Professor at UCLA. We discuss the surprising and often chance events that shaped human history and leadership in politi…
Essentials: Neuralink & Technologies to Enhance Human Brains | Dr. Matt MacDougall — Huberman Lab
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Matthew MacDougall, a neurosurgeon at Neuralink. We discuss how brain-machine interfaces could help people with paralysis control computers using their intended mo…
#502 – Psychiatry, Insane Asylums, Mental Illness, ECT, Lobotomies, Freud & Jung — Lex Fridman Podcast
Andrew Scull is a historian of psychiatry. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep502-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact …
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & Linux — Lex Fridman Podcast
DHH is the creator of Ruby on Rails, Omarchy Linux, CTO of 37signals, and a racecar driver. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep501-sc See below for timestamps, transcript,…

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