314 episodes

Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.

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    • Society & Culture

Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.

    Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh: Two Dads Defending Democracy

    Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh: Two Dads Defending Democracy

    Once sworn enemies in TV appearances and on social media, Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh got together privately and realized there is much that unites them. They are now on a tour of college campuses hoping to share their success in bridge-building with others divided by hate.

    • 40 min
    Craig Venter: Oceans of Genes

    Craig Venter: Oceans of Genes

    Aboard his 100 ft sailboat, the geneticist famed for his work deciphering human genes spent 15 years sailing the world’s oceans, discovering millions of unknown genes in the microbes that live there – genes that could lead to new sources of energy, food and medicine.

    • 37 min
    Adam Moss: What Makes it Art?

    Adam Moss: What Makes it Art?

    After a successful career as an award-winning magazine editor, Adam Moss decided to put it all aside to pursue a passion for painting. He became pretty good; but something was missing. His struggle to understand what that something was led him to his new book, The Work of Art.

    • 40 min
    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: A Second Home on Mars?

    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: A Second Home on Mars?

    Should we be planning to establish settlements on the moon and Mars? To many, including a couple of billionaires, the idea has become almost an obsession. An unlikely husband and wife duo has spent years digging deeply into plans to colonize space. Their conclusion: not so fast.

    • 41 min
    Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck

    Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck

    We exist because of the moon. Rebecca Boyle relates the amazing story of how the moon, born of a cataclysmic collision with an infant earth, has shaped our history, our evolution, and even our very existence.

    • 40 min
    Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened

    Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened

    Her new book tracks the momentous events of the 1960s when her husband, Dick Goodwin, worked closely with both JFK and LBJ, and Doris worked with LBJ, as the two very different presidents shaped the future.

    • 41 min

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