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Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. W

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In 1972, the year I was born, there was apparently a famous TV ad for Geritol. My guest today descri

I don’t even know where to begin with this one. You’ve probably heard of Cambridge Analytica. Maybe

In the past half century or so feminism has had its hands plenty full dealing with the abuse and ine

If the word ‘epicurean’ brings to mind a porcine man in a toga reclining on a velvet couch and dropp

Like too many of us, I hated history classes throughout my school career, and only realized as an ad

“A conversation is like a tunnel dug under the prison floor that you—patiently and painstakingly—sco

There’s a pattern that happens with any new thing. First it’s scary, then you settle in to a rhythm,

209. a mixtape for 2019

2019/8/31

When I was a teenager and music was still on cassettes, a mixtape was an act of love. The selection

Quick question. Answer without thinking too hard. Ready? Where is your mind? What is your mind? Ok,

The first computer I ever had was the first Apple Macintosh, back in the mid 80’s. I can still remem

When I think of my childhood home in Bethesda, Maryland, depending on what kind of mood I’m in, I th

A Rabbi, a Priest, and an Imam walk into a bar. No, wait. Imams don’t drink. Most rabbis don’t drink

In spite of all the weird ways the word has been abused since the 2016 elections, I think of myself

After four years and just over 200 conversations for this podcast, I’m feeling the need for a new ki

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done? The thing everyone said was impossible,  that you knew yo

When I was in middle school in the suburbs of Maryland, a man—let’s call him Robert—started doing so

I’m underground as I write this, one day before taping the conversation you’re about to hear, speedi

Like Mick Jagger, the Indian prince we know as The Buddha taught that we can’t get no satisfaction f

You’re a body in the world. From the moment you’re born, from that very first gasp of air, you’re ta

Note: I feel I should let listeners know that this episode of Think Again is about surviving and thr