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Feb 12th, 2025

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Episode	Date Aired	Categories	Hosts	Episode Guests	Length
A brief history of death threats	September 21, 2022	Society Culture Science	Patrick Cox Nina Porzucki	--	24:50s

The future sound of Black English	November 2, 2022	Society Culture Science	Patrick Cox Nina Porzucki	--	18:34s

Where did African American English come from?	October 5, 2022	Society Culture Science	Patrick Cox Nina Porzucki	--	23:37s

How music has shaped African American speech	October 19, 2022	Society Culture Science	Patrick Cox Nina Porzucki	--	17:17s

RoboUmp	February 28, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	32:49s

The Lost Cities of Geo Redux	March 7, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	43:17s

The Chinatown Punk Wars	February 14, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	Alice Bag Jonathan Daniel	47:26s

Six-on-Six Basketball	January 31, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	Pamela Grundy	46:08s

The Panopticon Effect	March 29, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	41:12s

Orange Alternative	February 22, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	37:10s

A Sea of Yellow	January 17, 2023	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	34:07s

First Errand	August 30, 2022	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	29:50s

Bleep!	August 23, 2022	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	35:53s

The Octagon House	July 5, 2022	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	47:53s

Meet Us by the Fountain	June 14, 2022	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	38:52s

The Missing Middle	May 18, 2022	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	43:36s

Reaction Offices and the Future of Work	February 9, 2022	Arts Design	Roman Mars	Allison Arieff Nikil Saval Jennifer Kaufmann	42:36s

Alphabetical Order	December 1, 2021	Arts Design	Roman Mars	Judith Flanders	31:59s

The Weight	November 17, 2021	Arts Design	Roman Mars	--	45:39s

185. 'Making It' in Hollywood	February 7, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	47:41s

173. To Buy or To Rent?	October 18, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	52:56s

182. Puberty Blockers	January 17, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	46:43s

172. Astrology - science, religion, or neither?	October 4, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	42:29s

171. Sole Survivor - A glimpse into reality TV	September 27, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	50:25s

169. The War Correspondent	September 14, 2022	Society Culture Education	--	--	34:09s

Would Being a Millionaire Make You Happier?	August 30, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	42:22s

166. The Talent Agent - Finding the Next Star	August 16, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	52:58s

174. Shakespeare - What's all the fuss?	October 25, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	41:09s

Veganism - 'A Political Act of Refusal' (Re-post)	April 19, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	45:27s

177. Leg Lengthening - Surgery to Become Taller	November 22, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	57:58s

186. Staying Friends with Exes, and 'The Apps'	February 14, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	36:39s

176. Napping	November 8, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	33:24s

189. Serotonin Theory - Do We Actually Understand Depression?	March 14, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	41:07s

190. The Aztecs - The Story from Their Perspective	March 21, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	45:52s

208. The Film Critic - What Makes a Great Movie?	August 15, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	37:25s

The Atomic Bomb	August 8, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	44:38s

205. Ice Baths and Cold Showers	July 18, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	47:16s

195. The Beatles	April 25, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	44:32s

188. Antarctica	February 28, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	55:33s

181. Way of the Peaceful Warrior	January 10, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	32:54s

180. A Career Change	December 20, 2022	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	47:33s

Israel and Palestine - A Complex History	July 11, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	2:01:17s

210. The Sports Agent	August 29, 2023	Society Culture Education	Zale Mednick	--	36:51s

534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?	February 23, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	1:01:28s

535. Why Is Flying Safer Than Driving?	March 2, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	57:38s

536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?	March 9, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	58:00s

Why Does the Most Monotonous Job in the World Pay $1 Million? (Ep. 493 Update)	February 16, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	57:06s

The Economics of Everyday Things: Used Hotel Soaps	February 13, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	18:25s

The Economics of Everyday Things: “My Sharona”	February 6, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	19:06s

The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies	January 30, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Zachary Crockett	16:07s

532. Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?	January 26, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	49:15s

531. Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?	January 19, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	42:52s

529. Can Our Surroundings Make Us Smarter?	January 5, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Angela Duckworth	48:54s

528. Yuval Noah Harari Thinks Life is Meaningless and Amazing	December 29, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Yuval Noah Harari	56:24s

521. I’m Your Biggest Fan!	November 3, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	47:38s

520. The Unintended Consequences of Working from Home	October 27, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	43:41s

519. Has Globalization Failed?	October 20, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Anthea Roberts	53:08s

517. Are M.B.A.s to Blame for Wage Stagnation?	October 6, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	50:14s

Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439 Update)	September 29, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	55:08s

506. What Is Sportswashing (and Does It Work)?	June 9, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Alan Shipnuck Karen Crouse Brandel Chamblee	53:34s

500. What Exactly Is College For?	April 21, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Christina Paxson Morton O. Schapiro Ruth Simmons	49:49s

501. The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into	April 28, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	59:06s

502. “I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College.”	May 5, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Christina Paxson	49:03s

503. What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men?	May 19, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	52:41s

Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China — and How About Russia? (Ep. 481 Update)	April 14, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	1:11:27s

468. Nap Time for Everyone!	July 8, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Dr. Lois James Dr. Stephen James	36:50s

469. The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not	July 15, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Michele J. Gelfand Joseph Henrich	50:19s

470. The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism	July 22, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	47:30s

459. Let’s Be Blunt: Marijuana Is a Boon for Older Workers	April 22, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Catherine Maclean	35:24s

458. How to Manage Your Goal Hierarchy	April 15, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	51:26s

Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405 Rebroadcast)	March 25, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Dr. Dana Suskind John List Patricia Chamberlain	46:01s

460. The True Story of the Minimum-Wage Fight	April 29, 2021	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Betsey Stevenson Cory Booker	44:15s

497. Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life?	March 24, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Jennifer Raynor Jack Zipes	50:07s

513. Should Public Transit Be Free?	August 25, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Marcus Finbom	47:04s

525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith	December 8, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	52:12s

526. Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger?	December 15, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	1:11:18s

527. Can Adam Smith Fix Our Economy?	December 22, 2022	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	52:29s

547. Satya Nadella’s Intelligence Is Not Artificial	June 22, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Satya Nadella	41:40s

548. Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?	July 6, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	50:54s

541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin	May 4, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	59:21s

542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?	May 11, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	52:11s

543. How to Return Stolen Art	May 18, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	--	56:35s

554. Can A.I. Take a Joke?	August 24, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Adam Davidson	53:29s

555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?	August 31, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Adam Davidson	53:21s

556. A.I. Is Changing Everything. Does That Include You?	September 7, 2023	Society Culture Documentary	Steve Levitt Stephen Dubner	Adam Davidson	53:56s

The Congo We Listen To	August 28, 2017	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	40:21s

Om Alone In India	September 18, 2017	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	31:15s

The Refugee's Dating Coach	September 25, 2017	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	38:45s

D.I.Y. Mosul	April 17, 2019	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	38:18s

The Man Who Sedated Eichmann	May 29, 2019	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	29:14s

The Search: Part 1	June 12, 2019	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	39:23s

The Search: Part 2	June 20, 2019	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	44:25s

The Mind Of The Mark	August 7, 2019	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	34:22s

Liberté, Égalité And French Fries	September 19, 2019	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	43:31s

The Global Legacy of George Floyd	June 10, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	29:10s

So Long, Black Pete	June 24, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	30:17s

Hello, Neighbor	July 8, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	23:25s

How To Be An Anti-Casteist	September 30, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	32:45s

Radical Rudeness	October 28, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	44:23s

The Loneliness Of The Climate Change Christian	October 14, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	36:52s

Welcome To The New World	November 25, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	33:26s

We (Still) Don't Say That	December 16, 2020	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	49:55s

Rewriting The Travel Guidebook With Nanjala Nyabola	February 25, 2021	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	27:15s

Welcome To The Vaccination Club	March 10, 2021	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	21:51s

Liberté, Égalité, French Fries... And Couscous	April 7, 2021	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	50:11s

How To Speak Bad English	April 21, 2021	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	34:51s

War Poems Revisited	May 5, 2021	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	45:37s

May We Have This Dance?	December 22, 2021	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	43:47s

Fighting Words In Ukraine	March 2, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	31:23s

The Culture Front	March 15, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	40:36s

Letter of Unhappiness	March 30, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	15:50s

The Scarf and the Snuffbox	April 15, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	17:28s

Slackers@Work: A Song for the Exhausted	June 1, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	39:41s

Lunching@Work: When Eating at Your Desk Is Forbidden	June 8, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	31:24s

Stuck@Work: Your Country's Brand Is Escape, But You Can't	June 15, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	43:17s

You're@Work: The Right Persona for the Job	June 29, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	--	--	35:22s

Alone@Work: Miles To Go Before I'm Me	July 13, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	31:48s

The Cat Must Still Be Fed	August 3, 2022	News Science Social Sciences	Gregory Warner	--	40:55s

Where Are Our Huddles? (Brooke Baldwin)	April 28, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:05:16s

Understanding Emotional Inheritance (Galit Atlas, PhD)	May 5, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:03:04s

The Beauty of Aging (Nigma Talib, N.D.)	May 26, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	52:12s

Don’t Wait to Live (Rabbi Steve Leder)	June 16, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:01:31s

Understanding the Intelligence of the Universe (Jeddah Mali)	July 21, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	57:07s

Navigating Quarterlife (Satya Doyle Byock)	July 28, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	55:04s

The Power of the Enneagram (Susan Olesek)	August 4, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	56:37s

Bringing Our “Wise Adults” into Relationship (Terry Real)	June 2, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	56:47s

The Mystery of Spontaneous Healing (Jeffrey Rediger, M.D., M.Div)	July 14, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	51:20s

The Power of Myth to Heal (Kwame Scruggs, PhD)	August 18, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	55:23s

Touching the Other Side (Laura Lynne Jackson)	August 25, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:05:49s

The Fallacy of Time Management (Oliver Burkeman)	September 1, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	56:48s

What Makes Us Whole (Susan Cain)	September 8, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	59:33s

When Stress Becomes Illness (Gabor Maté, M.D.)	September 15, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:09:17s

A Map to Your Soul (Jennifer Freed, PhD)	October 6, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:04:54s

When Women Lead (Julia Boorstin)	October 13, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:00:33s

Recovering Every Part of Ourselves (Richard Schwartz, PhD)	November 10, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:01:32s

Decolonizing Wellness (Chelsey Luger & Thosh Collins)	November 3, 2022	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:10:44s

In Search of Paradise (Pico Iyer)	January 12, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:01:27s

Learning to See Our Parents as They Are (Priscilla Gilman)	February 9, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:02:41s

The Friendships We Need (Will Schwalbe)	February 16, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	57:42s

The Origins of Inequality (Angela Saini)	March 16, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:03:46s

A Mapmaker for the Soul (Cynthia Bourgeault)	March 23, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:02:02s

Igniting Creativity (Ozan Varol)	April 6, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	58:20s

The Myth of the Linear Life (Bruce Feiler)	June 8, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:06:03s

Standing at the Edge (Roshi Joan Halifax)	June 22, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	46:08s

Reconciling with What We Didn’t Receive (Minka Kelly)	June 29, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:05:32s

When Women Tell the Truth About Their Lives (Dre Bendewald)	July 6, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:00:21s

The WiFi of the Body (Lauren Roxburgh)	July 13, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	51:30s

Contending with Fear (Jakki Leonardini)	July 27, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:01:45s

Why Do We Expect Life to Be Any Other Way? (Nora McInerny)	August 24, 2023	Religion Spirituality Education	Elise Loehnen	--	1:11:19s

Keeping the Music in Muscle Shoals with Traci Thomas	October 24, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	29:03s

‘Guthrie, America’ with Heady Coleman	October 31, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	31:46s

Manifesting Abundance with Redleaf Ranch’s Brian Brigantti and Domonick Gravine	November 7, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	36:50s

Moving Back To Your Childhood Town with Michelle Morales	November 14, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	35:10s

Moving To A Small Town: The Pros and Cons	November 21, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	28:13s

Small Town Dating, It Isn’t Easy	November 28, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	34:32s

The Highs and Lows of Owning a ‘Cheap Old House’	December 5, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	36:37s

The Unique Challenges of Living in the Arctic Circle	December 12, 2022	Society Culture	Anne Helen Petersen	--	25:08s

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