Episodes

  • Your Devices Are Already Tracking Your Brain Waves. Should You Be Worried?

    Your Devices Are Already Tracking Your Brain Waves. Should You Be Worried?
    Jan 12 2026
    Your devices could soon be decoding your most intimate thoughts. It’s just a matter of time, according to neurotechnology expert Nita Farahany. There are already devices on the market that track our brain waves, from rings to smartwatches to new products like Meta’s neural band. How do we safeguard our cognitive liberty? Nita Farahany is a Professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke University and the author of The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology. We discuss the benefits and risks of opening our brains to our tech in education, work, law, and life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Lessons from the Crash of 1929 for the AI Bubble

    Lessons from the Crash of 1929 for the AI Bubble
    Jan 5 2026
    If we're truly in an AI bubble close to bursting, how do we avoid economic catastrophe? That's a question we bring to Andrew Ross Sorkin this week, whose new book, 1929: The Inside Story of The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History, has as much to say about the present as it does the past. We ask Andrew what warning signs he sees in the market, how the government should respond to a crash, and what lessons from the 1920s apply today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Why Companies Should Embrace Remote Work

    Why Companies Should Embrace Remote Work
    Dec 15 2025
    The data is in: remote work is better for everyone. At least when it’s done right. Stanford Economics Professor Nicholas Bloom has been studying hybrid work since before the pandemic, and he says that companies that have embraced remote work have seen gains in productivity and retention while lowering costs. So why are executives at JP Morgan and Amazon ordering employees back? Today: Professor Bloom explains his data-backed recommendation for the right number of days to spend at the office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Scott Galloway Says Men Should “Protect, Provide, and Procreate”

    Scott Galloway Says Men Should “Protect, Provide, and Procreate”
    Dec 8 2025
    Best-selling author, podcaster, and professor Scott Galloway is worried about men. He sees them falling behind and he thinks the left, especially, is overlooking their crises. So he’s provided his own guidance in a new book, “Notes on Being a Man.” Part memoir and part advice, Galloway argues that a man’s job is to “protect, provide, and procreate.” Today we ask: where does that leave women? What can be done to help young men, especially on the job market? And in a society where many women are the breadwinners of their households, what does “provide” mean for men? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • How AI Data Centers are Raising Your Electric Bill

    How AI Data Centers are Raising Your Electric Bill
    Dec 1 2025
    Electricity prices in the US are skyrocketing. What’s going on? We asked Vox correspondent Umair Irfan, who covers energy policy, to explain. Plus, why Irfan says clean energy could be a winning issue for Democrats. And not because it’s better for the planet, but because it’s cheap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Business Insider Embraced AI. How’s It Going?

    Business Insider Embraced AI. How’s It Going?
    Nov 24 2025
    Business Insider recently told its reporters they could use AI to write first drafts of their stories. It was a notable decision by editor-in-chief Jamie Heller, and made BI one of the first mainstream media outlets to embrace AI. We ask Heller what exactly AI is being used for in the BI newsroom. Plus: what skillsets still feel way out of ChatGPT’s reach, and why this is still a good time to get into journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • How Can American Politics Recover from Trump?

    How Can American Politics Recover from Trump?
    Nov 17 2025
    John Harris, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Politico, is a short-term pessimist and long-term optimist. In this episode, we appeal to his optimism and ask how the US can recover from its current politics of contempt. Harris shares his analysis of President Trump as the most successful third-party candidate in American history, casts doubt on the fantasy of the “rational center” candidate, and considers what it might take for both parties to present a strong vision for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • It’s Time for Medicare for All

    It’s Time for Medicare for All
    Nov 10 2025
    In the 1990s, Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler did something her colleagues at Harvard called “crazy:” she decided to work with a senator named Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform. Dr. Woolhandler had already founded an advocacy group called Physicians for a National Health Program, which declared the for-profit healthcare system broken and proposed one solution: single-payer national health insurance. (Or, as Sanders calls it, Medicare for all.) Dr. Woolhandler, now a distinguished professor at Hunter College, says this solution is more urgent than ever. Our healthcare costs are soaring and people are only getting sicker. Today we ask Dr. Woolhandler: how did we get here, why is a single-payer system the only answer, and how can it be feasibly implemented? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    57 mins