This Week in the News

Listeners Weigh In on the Russian War on Ukraine

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:32:00 +0000

Episode 23 (3/11/22) Listeners weigh in on how developmental thinking helps us relate and respond to the Russian war on Ukraine

The War on Modernity in Ukraine

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:32:52 +0000

Episode 22 (3/4/22) The War on Modernity in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seen through a developmental lens

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:44:05 +0000

Episode 21 (2/25/22) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seen through a developmental lens

On Yuval Harari’s “Direction of History” and David Brooks’ “Century of the Strongman?” What’s missing?

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:12:38 +0000

Episode 20 (2.18.22) On Yuval Harari’s “Direction of History” and David Brooks’ “Century of the Strongman?” What’s missing?

Capitol riot, one year later. Democracy in peril, fears on the left and right.

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:44:37 +0000

Episode 19 (1/7/22) Capitol riot, one year later. Democracy in peril, fears on the left and right.

Worlds collide and integrate in Steven Spielberg’s new telling of “West Side Story”

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:35:59 +0000

Episode 18 (12/17/21) Worlds collide and integrate in Steven Spielberg’s new telling of “West Side Story”

Embrace our inner Jussie? * Techno-optimism

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:33:55 +0000

Episode 17 (12/10/21) Embrace our inner Jussie? * Techno-optimism

Not “The New York Times” anymore * Horizontal evolution * Integral media

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:31:12 +0000

Episode 16 (12/3/21) Not “The New York Times” anymore * Horizontal evolution * Integral media

“Morning Joe” Scarborough decries political tribalism as he stokes it * Steve Bannon, grifter or holy warrior?

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:29:05 +0000

Episode 15 (11/19/21) “Morning Joe” Scarborough decries political tribalism as he stokes it * Steve Bannon, grifter or holy warrior?

Coverage and reactions to a major new book, “The Dawn of Everything, A New History of Humanity” by archeologist David Wengrow and the late anthropologist David Graeber

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:26:41 +0000

Episode 14 (11/12/21) Jeff takes a look at the coverage and reactions to a major new book, “The Dawn of Everything, A New History of Humanity” by archeologist David Wengrow and the late anthropologist David Graeber

Looking at two new books that argue about progress: Our Country Friends, by Gary Shteyngart, and Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce and Why It Matters, by Steven Pinker

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:22:29 +0000

Episode 13 (10/29/21) Looking at two new books that argue about progress: Our Country Friends, by Gary Shteyngart, and Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce and Why It Matters, by Steven Pinker

A “hard but real compromise is possible” on abortion * The role of women devolves, and evolves, in the Muslim world

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 23:20:06 +0000

Episode 12 (10/22/21) A “hard but real compromise is possible” on abortion * The role of women devolves, and evolves, in the Muslim world

The global minimum tax * Facebook and Instagram on the block * Farhad Manjoo cautions against moral panic

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:17:00 +0000

Episode 11 (10/15/21) The global minimum tax * Facebook and Instagram on the block * Farhad Manjoo cautions against moral panic

The Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills, David Brooks on “Why We Need to Spend $4 Trillion”

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 23:13:38 +0000

Episode 10 (10/1/21) The Infrastructure and Reconciliation bills, David Brooks on “Why We Need to Spend $4 Trillion”

John McWhorter says celebrate new gender pronouns * France’s submarine snub * Vaccines in Uganda

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:07:57 +0000

Episode 9 (9/24/21) John McWhorter says celebrate new gender pronouns * France’s submarine snub * Vaccines in Uganda

A pro-life Christian column: “Texas’s Abortion Law Should Force America to Change Its Ways”

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 23:05:54 +0000

Episode 8 (9/17/21) - A pro-life Christian column: “Texas’s Abortion Law Should Force America to Change Its Ways”

Critiquing David Brooks’ “When Dictators Find God” * Why premodern sensibilities must be integrated, not converted or paved over

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 23:00:21 +0000

Episode 7 (9/10/21) Critiquing David Brooks’ “When Dictators Find God” * Why premodern sensibilities must be integrated, not converted or paved over

Ross Douthet rebuts Brett Stephens on Afghanistan (I believe both of them) * Harvard Divinity School chooses an atheist Head Chaplain

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:48:18 +0000

Episode 6 (9/3/21) - Ross Douthet rebuts Brett Stephens on Afghanistan (I believe both of them) * Harvard Divinity School chooses an atheist Head Chaplain

Afghanistan through the developmental lens * The march of the Karens and three definitions of racism

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:45:49 +0000

Episode 5 (8/27/21) - Afghanistan through the developmental lens * The march of the Karens and three definitions of racism

Brett Stephens denounces Biden on Afghanistan * How to think your way to God

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:43:21 +0000

Episode 4 (8/20/21) - Brett Stephens denounces Biden on Afghanistan * How to think your way to God

The IPCC climate story: religious in a bad way and religious in a good way

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 22:37:32 +0000

Episode 3 (8/13/21) - The IPCC climate story: religious in a bad way and religious in a good way

Mondo Duplantis pole vaults into integral territory * Heather Cox Richardson and Roxanne Gay on why is everybody so mad * Come In, a poem by Robert Frost

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:01:40 +0000

Episode 2 (8/6/21) - Was I too green last week? * Mondo Duplantis pole vaults into integral territory * Heather Cox Richardson and Roxanne Gay on why is everybody so mad * Come In, a poem by Robert Frost

Simone Biles Olympic withdrawal * Seeing the unseen worker, and the unseen aspects of every worker

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:49:35 +0000

Episode 1 (7/30/21) - Simone Biles Olympic withdrawal * Seeing the unseen worker, and the unseen aspects of every worker