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Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma isn’t the event, it’s the response

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59 min

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Bessel van der Kolk

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Become stronger: Jumpstart your anti-fragile systems

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1:02:19 min

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Richard Reeves: Why working-class men are facing the sharpest decline

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1:37:07 min

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A man sits on a chair in a photo studio, flanked by black-and-white illustrations of an early human ancestor on the left and a modern man running on the right.

The evolution of laziness: Why humans resist the gym

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01:13:32 min

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Daniel Lieberman

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Sean Carroll explains why physics is both simple and impossible

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01:26:40 min

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The neuroscience of extremes: ruthless psychopathy to extraordinary generosity

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01:24:19 min

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Two ancient coins depicting explicit erotic scenes with human figures in sexual positions, shown against a black background.

The Roman Empire, explained in 39 minute

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40 min

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An older man in a suit and red tie sits on a chair against a white backdrop, with a colorful outer space scene in the background.

Michio Kaku wants to solve Einstein’s unfinished equation

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01:08:41 min

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What 85 years of research says is the real key to happiness

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01:01:37 min

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Robert Waldinger

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The hidden process of becoming a CIA agent, from a former spy

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01:03:40 min

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Andrew Bustamante

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Are black holes the key to unlocking a quantum theory of gravity?

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01:18:29 min

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The science-backed guide to having better sex

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Legal fraud: How the books get cooked

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01:40:02 min

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Kelly Richmond Pope

Helen Fisher: How science can explain heartbreak

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01:06:42 min

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Life is older, weirder, and more interconnected than we ever thought

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44 min

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The unlikely asteroid collision that made your life possible

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01:11:56 min

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Sean B. Carroll

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Move your body, grow your brain: the science of hippocampal neurogenesis

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01:16:33 min

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Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality

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01:19:41 min

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Peter Singer: Animal suffering is human responsibility

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01:55:01 min

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A man in a suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, with illustrated green skyscrapers, solar panels, and trees in the background.

A liberal critique of liberalism: What needs to change

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A man in a black suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, surrounded by several monarch butterflies on a bright blue background.

Your life is at the mercy of seemingly random tiny events

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01:36:26 min

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Conflict, crisis, consumption: What’s eating our nation?

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01:18:14 min

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Where did our universe come from?

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02:18:31 min

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Love, sex, and happiness, explained by philosophy | Jonny Thomson: Full Interview

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32 min

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Searching for aliens and Earth 2.0 | David Kipping: Full Interview

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1:33:24 min

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview

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50 min

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff

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Hannah Ritchie: We can tackle our biggest environmental problems | Full Interview

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Sam Harris: Breaking the spell of propaganda

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1:41:14 min

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This research team studies gratitude. Here’s what they’ve found.

Is gratitude to a deity different from gratitude to other people? Psychology and neuroscience professor Sarah Schnitker explains.

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3 min

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Sarah Schnitker

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The alarm bells are sounding for young men. Will we listen?

“It’s certainly clear that the issues of boys and men haven’t gone away in the last few years. If anything, they’re getting even more attention, which is good when it’s the right kind of attention.”

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21 min

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Lawrence Wright: Fiction goes where reporting cannot follow

“As a reporter, you can look into the eyes of the people you’re talking to and try to evaluate what they’re thinking when they say what they say. But you are not really gonna get into their brain. There’s only one artistic form that allows you to do that. “

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16 min

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Lawrence Wright

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Jesse Eisenberg: How to rewire your anxiety into authenticity

“The way my mind works is just out of anxiety and catastrophization.”

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11 min

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Jesse Eisenberg

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How humans create reality through language and beliefs

Language is a huge part of human development, even the language we keep to ourselves. Three experts explain how words and beliefs can change our brains and our lives:

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3 min

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Agustín Fuentes