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Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam's decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a ...

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse environments. What has enabled us to dominate the globe, more than any other species, while remaining virtually helpless as lone individuals?

A former Senior Partner and Global Managing Director at the legendary design firm IDEO shows how to design conversations and meetings that are creative and impactful. Conversations are one of the most fundamental means of communicating we have as humans. At their best, conversations are...

In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing t….

We solve countless problems - big and small - every day. With so much practice, why do we often have trouble making simple decisions - much less arriving at optimal solutions to important questions? Are we doomed to this muddle - or is there a practical way to learn to think more effectively and creatively? In this enlightening, entertaining, and inspiring book, Edward Burger tells us how we can become far better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills using simple, effective thinking techniques.

Agathe Lepommeray, Lou-Anne Dubos et Léo Defives se rassemblent pour donner la parole à des artistes et des personnalités connues ou moins connues du milieu du cinéma afin de mieux comprendre tous les rouages qui entourent la création d'un film.De leurs premières expériences sur des courts-métrages à la renommée dans le milieu du cinéma, en passant par leurs échecs, ces leçons de cinéma aurons pour but de vous aider si vous souhaitez un jour faire du cinéma ou simplement si les secrets de la magie d'un film vous intéresse ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour ...

WBEZ’s critically-acclaimed bio-podcast series explores how icons, industries and newsmakers rose to the top.

A self-professed curmudgeon, a recovering people-pleaser, and everyone's favorite uncle sit down with friends they've lost touch with over the years, academics, community activists, and all sorts of other guests to discuss how and why our friendships break down, what brings us together, what pushes us apart, and what we can do to build connection and community in a world where we are so often isolated.

A podcast exploring modern relationships, intimacy, loneliness and love.In an era of hyper connectivity, why does it feel like we've never been further apart?In an intimate exploration of the invisible threads that pull us together and the forces that drive us into isolation. Each month we dive deep into the messy, wonderful, and often complex landscape of raw human connection.CC licenced music - Podcast loop 001 90 bpm - freesound.org/people/josefpres/sounds/581757/

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting...

How do historians create their histories? What role do the historian's viewpoint and method play in what we accept as truth? Answer these questions and more as you go inside the minds of our greatest historians and explore the idea of written history as it has shaped humanity's story over 2,000 years

The world we once described as volatile and uncertain has shifted into something far more chaotic: BANI, or brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and incomprehensible. In Navigating the Age of Chaos, Jamais Cascio, the originator of the visionary BANI framework, unpacks the tools and perspectives needed to navigate our increasingly turbulent era.

Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for a coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar. We may be less willing to give blood for $25 than to donate it for free. Americans hire the cheap labor of illegal immigrants to fix the roof or mow the lawn and vote for politicians who promise to spend billions to keep them out of the country.

Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in his first book. Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman—who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best...

Terms that could be used to describe our host, Tom Sena are, entrepreneur, man about town, renaissance man, a bon vivant and a raconteur. Other terms could include, self absorbed, clueless, delusional or simply unaware. Tom has spent his life in the beauty business and has been a working musician all the while. Guests may include friends, celebrities difference makers or his kids ranging from 4 to 26 years old (it’s complicated). Buckle up, let’s have some fun. I apologize ahead of time if I cuss. Hopefully it will be colorfully and not crudely.

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to.

Where do ideas come from? And what does it mean to create something in today’s world? Join the art historian and director of London's Design Museum, Tim Marlow, as he makes sense of it all in conversation with the biggest names in art, design and architecture.Making Sense: Conversations on Creativity is a Cultureshock Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A series for Jewish married men seeking to transform their marriages by redeveloping their relationship with Hashem.

Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of stories that celebrate difference.

Stories of heroism, exploration, and sacrifice -- including Apollo XIII and Scott of the Antarctic -- that inspire boys to be courageous, selfless, and open to adventure Tales of brave and selfless deeds used to be part of every boy’s education. We grew up sharing stories with our fathers...