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At a Distance

At a Distance

128 episodes

A podcast about the bigger picture. Host Spencer Bailey calls on leading minds, from scientists and technologists to artists and climate activists, to zoom out and look at some of the planet’s most pressing issues from a whole-earth, long-view perspective.

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Sarah Lohman on Creating a More Affordable, Healthful, and Moral Food System

Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 57 seconds

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David W. Orr on the Inextricable Links Between Climate and Democracy

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 39 seconds

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Pedro Gadanho on How Architecture Must Adapt to Our Ecological Emergency

Published: July 10, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 9 seconds

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Chris Impey on the New Space Race and Exoplanet Habitation

Published: June 5, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 51 seconds

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Lesley Lokko on Imagining the Future Through an African Lens

Published: March 13, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 16 seconds

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Dacher Keltner on Why We All Need Daily Doses of Awe

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 41 seconds

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Marina Koren on Rethinking the “Overview Effect”

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 8 seconds

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Sarah Jaquette Ray on Navigating the Emotional Havoc of Climate Anxiety

Published: Dec. 26, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds

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Hans Joachim Schellnhuber on Applying the Intersectional Thinking of the Bauhaus to Today

Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 7 seconds

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on the Inextricable Links Between Colonialism and the Climate Crisis

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 57 seconds

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Moshe Safdie on Architecture as a Means to Uplift the Spirit

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

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Alec Nevala-Lee on the Enduring Legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller

Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds

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Suzanne Lee on the Circular, Lower-Impact Potential of Biomaterials

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 39 seconds

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Vasant Dhar on Why We Need Guardrails Around Internet Data

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 29 seconds

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Karenna Gore on Applying Ethics to the Climate Conversation

Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds

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Dr. Tara Stoinski on the Whole-Earth Impact of Gorilla Conservation

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds

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John Mack on Why Reality Cannot Actually Be “Augmented”

Published: Oct. 24, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 51 seconds

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Elizabeth Adams on A.I. Ethics as a Guide to the Future

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 48 seconds

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David Chalmers on the Glorious Possibilities of Virtual Worlds

Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 2 seconds

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Batja Mesquita on Finding Common Ground Through Emotional Understanding

Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 35 seconds

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Joseph Awuah-Darko on Growing Ghana’s Cultural and Creative Renaissance

Published: Sept. 26, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 48 seconds

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Jane Poynter on Space Travel as a Pathway to Shifting Perspectives

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 35 seconds

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Kyle Smitley on Building a Craft-Forward Approach to Education

Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 54 seconds

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Stephen Marche on Why the United States Should Be Concerned About a Civil War

Published: Aug. 15, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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Jens Martin Skibsted on Rethinking “Design Thinking”

Published: July 18, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds

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Tony Fadell on How to Build Culture-Shifting Products

Published: May 23, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 15 seconds

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John Markoff on the Whole Earth Impact of Stewart Brand

Published: April 18, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 1 second

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Jeff Rosenthal on the Art of Building a Community

Published: April 4, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 53 seconds

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Andrew Carmellini on the Future of Restaurants in America

Published: March 21, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 39 seconds

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Dr. Jo Handelsman on Why We Must Care for the Soil Beneath Our Feet

Published: March 7, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 53 seconds

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Samuel Ross on Designing Objects That Record and Reflect on the World

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes

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Jay McInerney on Looking at Society Through the Lens of Wine

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 4 seconds

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Kate Orff on How Humans Can Rebuild Natural Systems

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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Kathleen Finlay on the Vast Potential of Regenerative Agriculture

Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 19 seconds

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Marc Peter Keane on Finding Peace of Mind in Japanese Gardens

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 30 seconds

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Daniel Schmachtenberger on the Dire Need for an Open Society

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 32 seconds

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Wava Carpenter on Design as a Tool for Storytelling

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Bernie Krause on Tuning in to Nature’s Soundscapes

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 19 seconds

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Kai-Fu Lee on How A.I. Could Make Us Better Humans

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds

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Jordan Ellenberg on Looking at the World Through the Lens of Geometry

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds

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Emilien Crespo on the Beauty of Embracing the Unexpected

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 14 seconds

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Raj Patel on the Societal Stressors Making Us Sick

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 50 seconds

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Penny Abeywardena on How Local Actions Can Have Global Impacts

Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds

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Josh Berson on Moving Forward Together When Things Fall Apart

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 24 seconds

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Devon Turnbull on His Endless Quest for Sonic Purity

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 53 seconds

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Vanessa Barboni Hallik on Treating Clothing as an Asset

Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 46 seconds

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Daniel Libeskind on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11

Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 38 seconds

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Alice Sparkly Kat on Astrology’s Personal and Political Implications

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 23 seconds

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Jeff Shesol on the Space Race, U.S. Politics, and Power

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 30 seconds

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Mary Mattingly on What’s Driving the World’s Water Crisis

Published: July 26, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds

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Dr. Suzanne Simard on the Social Nature of Trees

Published: July 12, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 32 seconds

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Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Forces Perpetuating Anti-Asian Hate

Published: July 5, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 8 seconds

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Simon de Pury on How the Art World Changed in 2020

Published: June 28, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 23 seconds

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Peter Adamson on How to Form Opinions When It’s Impossible to Know Everything

Published: June 21, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 57 seconds

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Stefano Mancuso on What Plants Can Teach Us About Life on Our Planet

Published: June 14, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Lili Chopra on How the Arts Can Help Cities Heal From Trauma

Published: June 7, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 50 seconds

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Kathryn Garcia on Why New York Needs a Mayor Who Understands How the City Works

Published: May 24, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 44 seconds

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Nevine Michaan on the Spiritual Value of Mastering Something

Published: May 10, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds

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Stefan Sagmeister on the Importance of Questioning Our Assumptions

Published: May 3, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 31 seconds

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Ifeoma Ozoma on Big Tech’s Oppressive Use of NDAs

Published: April 26, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 56 seconds

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Katie Engelhart on What It Means to Die With Dignity

Published: April 12, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 1 second

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Austin Whitman on the Vast Value of Tracking Company Carbon Footprints

Published: March 29, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 28 seconds

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Doug Bierend on the Social and Environmental Magic of Mushrooms

Published: March 15, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 57 seconds

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Kim Hastreiter on Finding Clarity Amongst Chaos

Published: March 1, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 36 seconds

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Danny Dorling on Our Remarkable Era of Slowdown

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 10 seconds

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Edmund de Waal on Contemplating Life Through Pottery and Poetry

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Michelle Wu on Reimagining a City’s Political Landscape

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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Melissa Harris-Perry on Finding Tools to Fix Our Harmful Systems

Published: Dec. 8, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 4 seconds

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Lizania Cruz on the Fallacy of the American Dream

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 33 seconds

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Özlem Cekic on Overcoming Hate Through Dialogue

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 59 seconds

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Scott Smith on Cultivating Everyday Futuring

Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 45 seconds

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Amy Westervelt on How Words Can Unite or Divide Us

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 35 seconds

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Sakiko Fukuda-Parr on the Intersection of Health and Human Rights

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds

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Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi on Making Enriching Public Spaces

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 34 seconds

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Chris Smaje on How Small Farms Could Fuel Our Future

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

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Jess Scully on Establishing a Framework for a Fairer World

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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Elisa Gabbert on Why Our Memory Fails Us

Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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Ben Adida on Building Better Voting Systems

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 1 second

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Kate Soper on Redefining the Good Life

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds

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Walter Hood on Rethinking Monuments and Memorials in the 21st Century

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 51 seconds

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Paola Subacchi on the Need to Preserve Healthy Societies

Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes

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Regan Ralph on the Global Impact of Local Human Rights Activists

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds

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Enrique Martínez Celaya on Art as a Reminder of What’s Important

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds

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Gregg Buchbinder on Making Things That Stand the Test of Time

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 51 seconds

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Sandor Katz on Fermentation as Metaphor

Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 7 seconds

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Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky, on Navigating a New Era of Information Warfare

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 14 seconds

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Leonard Koren on Being a Curious Aesthete

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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Dr. Friederike Otto on Making Sense of Extreme Weather

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 56 seconds

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Hari Kunzru on Why People Find Comfort in Conspiracy Theories

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 19 seconds

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Ini Archibong on Being a Citizen of the World

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds

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Bina Venkataraman on the Planet as a Shared Heirloom

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds

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Zephyr Teachout on Why It’s Time to Break Up Big Tech

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 14 seconds

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Jeffrey Schlegelmilch on How to Prepare for Disaster

Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 57 seconds

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Sara Auster on the Soothing Nature of Sound Baths

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds

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Erin Geiger Smith on the Complexities of Voting in the United States

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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Dana Thomas on How Covid-19 Is Transforming the Fashion Industry

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 15 seconds

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Dr. Christine Montross on Rethinking Incarceration in America

Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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Angela Glover Blackwell on Tackling Inequality With a Radical Imagination

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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Sanford Biggers on Art as a Change Agent

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 11 seconds

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Gelong Thubten on Meditation as a Matter of Survival

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds

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Eric Holthaus on Combating the Climate Emergency With Cooperation

Published: Aug. 11, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds

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Annelise Riles on the Pandemic as a Window of Opportunity

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 17 seconds

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Peter Laufer on Fostering the Slow News Movement

Published: Aug. 4, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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Amanda Ravenhill on R. Buckminster Fuller’s Lasting Relevance

Published: July 30, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 19 seconds

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Ariel Garten on Harnessing Technology to Help Humanity

Published: July 29, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 59 seconds

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Emily Anthes on Why Indoor Environments Are More Important Than Ever

Published: July 27, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 7 seconds

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André Hueston Mack on Being a Steward of a Neighborhood and the Earth

Published: July 23, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 24 seconds

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Gonzalo Casals on the 2020 Reckoning With Racial Injustice

Published: July 22, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 43 seconds

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Azeem Azhar on the Collision Course of Tech, Politics, and the Climate Crisis

Published: July 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds

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Toni Blackman on Hip-Hop Meditation and Music as Medicine

Published: July 16, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 11 seconds

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Cennydd Bowles on Designing a More Inclusive Future

Published: July 15, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 52 seconds

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David Zilber on Fermentation as a Commitment to Your Future

Published: July 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 36 seconds

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Mitchell Joachim on What Civilization 2.0 Looks Like

Published: July 9, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 24 seconds

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Margaret Klein Salamon on the Dire Realities of the Climate Emergency

Published: July 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 33 seconds

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Jeremy Lent on Covid-19 as a Dress Rehearsal for Bigger Breakdowns

Published: July 6, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 48 seconds

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Rob Dunn on the Wonders of the Microbial World Around Us

Published: July 2, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 24 seconds

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Matthew E. Kahn on Remaining Optimistic About Capitalism

Published: July 1, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 48 seconds

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Jennifer Rauch on Why We Need a Slower, Healthier Media Ecosystem

Published: June 29, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 54 seconds

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Daphne Javitch on the Cumulative Health Benefits of Daily Routines

Published: June 25, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 3 seconds

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Michel Rojkind on Approaching Life as a Practice

Published: June 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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Merlin Sheldrake on How Fungi Expand Our Perspectives of the World

Published: June 22, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 55 seconds

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James Harding on Today’s Fractured Media Landscape

Published: June 18, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds

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Shirazeh Houshiary on Understanding Life By Confronting Death

Published: June 17, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Laila Gohar on Society Moving From Apathy to Empathy

Published: June 15, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 23 seconds

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Dr. Alejandro Junger on Changing the World Through Your Diet

Published: June 11, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 37 seconds

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Gina Rae La Cerva on Wild Food in the Age of Industrial Agriculture

Published: June 10, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Asha Rangappa on Finding Reassurance in the Protests

Published: June 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 51 seconds

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Deana Haggag on Art as a Tool for Creating Awareness and Change

Published: June 4, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 22 seconds

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Shantell Martin on Getting to the Core of Who You Are

Published: June 3, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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Tristan Harris on How Big Tech Is Distorting Our World

Published: June 1, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 6 seconds

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Susan Magsamen on the Intersection of Brain Sciences and the Arts

Published: May 28, 2020, 12:04 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 15 seconds

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Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley on the Past, Present, and Future of Quarantine

Published: May 27, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 32 seconds

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Eric Maskin on the Quandary of Reopening

Published: May 25, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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Dr. David Katz on Understanding Covid-19 in a Big-Picture Context

Published: May 21, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 5 seconds

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Nina Jablonski on How Narratives Drive the Future of the Planet

Published: May 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds

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Molly Jong-Fast on the Bewildering U.S. Election-Year Political Landscape

Published: May 18, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds

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Sarah Williams Goldhagen on Building Better, Healthier Environments

Published: May 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 47 seconds

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Christian Madsbjerg on the Pandemic as a Social Catastrophe

Published: May 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 23 seconds

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Randy Komisar on Why Innovation Is Dying and Capital Thriving in Silicon Valley

Published: May 12, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 16 seconds

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Paola Antonelli on Planning a Better Legacy for Humanity

Published: May 11, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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Gillian Tett on the Risk of Pandemics as an Incredible Blind Spot

Published: May 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 53 seconds

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Markus Gabriel on the Coronavirus as an Immune Reaction of the Planet

Published: May 7, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 40 seconds

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Rob Johnson on the Covid-19 Pandemic as a Necessary Awakening

Published: May 5, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 57 seconds

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Rosanne Somerson on Cultivating “Perceptive Voices” of the Future

Published: May 4, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 42 seconds

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Paul Holdengräber on the Transformative Nature of Asking Good Questions

Published: April 30, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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Waris Ahluwalia on Why We Shouldn’t Want to Return to “Normal”

Published: April 29, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 48 seconds

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Tatiana Schlossberg on the Urgent Need to Consume More Consciously

Published: April 28, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 4 seconds

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Nikil Saval on Coming to Terms With Our Failures as a Society

Published: April 27, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 1 second

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Eddie Stern on Our Bodies as an Extension of the World

Published: April 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 14 seconds

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Sam Seder on Finding a “Whole Society” Consensus

Published: April 23, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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Anicka Yi on How Everything Is Interconnected

Published: April 21, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 48 seconds

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Michael Murphy on Designing a Healthier Built Environment

Published: April 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 22 seconds

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Donatien Grau on Why Taking Time Matters

Published: April 17, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 28 seconds

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Maxine Bédat on the True Costs of Clothing

Published: April 16, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 6 seconds

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Jeff Gordinier on Food as a Tool to Slow Down

Published: April 15, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds

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Alexander Rose on the Power of Long-Term Thinking

Published: April 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds

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Tobias Rees on Rethinking the Future of Education

Published: April 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 45 seconds

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Thomas Ermacora on Building a More Resilient Planet

Published: April 10, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds

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Carolyn Steel on How Food Shapes Our World

Published: April 9, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds

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Virginia Heffernan on Donald Trump and “Tiger King” in the Time of Covid-19

Published: April 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 18 seconds

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Chris Canavan on Why an Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing

Published: April 7, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds

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Simon Critchley on Looking at the Contemporary World Through the Lens of Punk, Greek Tragedy, and Humor

Published: April 6, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds

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Bessel van der Kolk on Coping with Trauma Amidst Disaster

Published: April 3, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 36 seconds

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Bill McKibben on Covid-19’s Impact and the Climate Crisis

Published: April 2, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 30 seconds

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Introducing: The Slowdown’s At a Distance Podcast

Published: March 24, 2020, 6:43 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 12 seconds

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