David Dunning on COVID and cognitive bias
April 23, 2020
Our latest episode features David Dunning, discoverer of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. We spoke with him about how cognitive bias hampered our COVID response.
listen to this podcast Dennis Carroll on Fighting Emergence in Viruses
April 19, 2020
The latest episode of our Coronavirus podcast features Netflix sensation Dennis Carroll. We spoke with him about battling emergence and taking the fight to zoonotic viruses.
listen to this podcastTom Holland on Thucydides and the plague at Athens
April 15, 2020
Our latest episode features Tom Holland on a plague that changed the course of ancient history, Thucydides, and what we can learn from the Greeks.
listen to this podcastMervyn King’s Radical Uncertainty
April 13, 2020
Our latest episode features former BoE governor Mervyn King talking about his new book, Radical Uncertainty -- and how rejecting certainties can save us.
listen to this podcastWinston Churchill vs. the Spanish Flu
April 6, 2020
Our latest episode features Andrew Roberts talking about the War Secretary's fight with the Spanish Flu.
listen to this podcastDr. David Katz on What We’re Getting Wrong
April 3, 2020
Our latest episode features Dr. David Katz, author of a viral New York Times op-ed, talking about what we're getting wrong in our response to coronavirus.
listen to this podcastJames Shapiro on Shakespeare and Plagues
March 30, 2020
Our latest episode features James Shapiro talking about a major theme in Shakespeare’s work and life: the plagues that ravaged London throughout his career.
listen to this podcastLawrence Levy on meditation under quarantine
March 26, 2020
The latest episode of our Coronavirus podcast features Lawrence Levy on an ancient way to help keep yourself sane while under modern quarantine: meditation.
listen to this podcastIan Bremmer on the global fallout from coronavirus
March 25, 2020
The latest episode of our podcast features Ian Bremmer. We spoke with Ian about what we don't know and why that makes things so, so volatile.
listen to this podcastChina’s Post-Pandemic Strategy
March 24, 2020
We spoke to China analyst Emily de La Bruyere about China's winning post-pandemic strategy for the latest episode of our coronavirus crisis podcast.
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