Ross Reynolds 4/20/22 Ross Reynolds 4/20/22

Poet Heather McHugh

Heather McHugh on learning, teaching and writing poetry.

Ross Reynolds 4/18/22 Ross Reynolds 4/18/22

John Irving ‘In One Person’

Novelist John Irving on his novel ‘In One Person’.

Ross Reynolds 4/15/22 Ross Reynolds 4/15/22

Sam Harris says there is no free will

Sam Harris doesn’t believe we have free will. He explains why,

Ross Reynolds 4/13/22 Ross Reynolds 4/13/22

Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit

Journalist Charles Duhigg on how so many of our daily activities are mindless habits. But good habits can be encouraged and bad habits can be discouraged.

Ross Reynolds 4/11/22 Ross Reynolds 4/11/22

Brene’ Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

Brene’ Brown on wny courage comes from vulnerability.

Ross Reynolds 4/8/22 Ross Reynolds 4/8/22

Hannah Rosin: The End of Men (and the rise of women)

Ten years ago Hannah Rosin wrote of the end of men and the rise of women. Is it true today? Was it ever?

Ross Reynolds 4/6/22 Ross Reynolds 4/6/22

Willpower: Rediscovering The Greatest Human Strength. Baumeister & Tierney

Ross Reynolds 4/4/22 Ross Reynolds 4/4/22

Cheryl Strayed on ‘Wild’

A 2012 interview with Cheryl Strayed shortly after her memoir ‘Wild’ was published. She talks about her advice column and her excitement about the Reese Witherspoon film that came out in 2014.

Ross Reynolds 4/1/22 Ross Reynolds 4/1/22

Winnifred Gallagher: The Power of Place

How where we are influences who we are.

Ross Reynolds 3/30/22 Ross Reynolds 3/30/22

Bare: The Naked Truth About Stripping

The experience of a stripper in Seattle clubs.

Ross Reynolds 3/28/22 Ross Reynolds 3/28/22

Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

Sleep. We spend a third of our lives doing it, but it’s still a mystery. David K. Randall explores Dreamland

Ross Reynolds 3/25/22 Ross Reynolds 3/25/22

Oscar, Schmoscar. What makes a BAD movie?

For Oscar week, a conversation about what makes a BAD movie? There are as many ways to make a bad movie as there are to make a good movie. What are the categories, elements, taxonomy, and causes of bad movies? Author David Schmader (who uses Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Showgirls’ as the ur-text bad movie), author and radio host John Moe, movie critic and author David Thomson (any movie with Alan Alda), movie critics Jeff Shannon and Christy Lemire radio and podcast host Jeannie Yandel, and callers dissect the elements and taxonomy of bad movies.

Ross Reynolds 3/23/22 Ross Reynolds 3/23/22

Atul Gawande: Being Mortal. What matters in the end

Atul Gawande on ‘Being Mortal’, the key questions to ask about the end of life.

Ross Reynolds 3/21/22 Ross Reynolds 3/21/22

Why does the Penny persist?

Why does the penny persist?

Ross Reynolds 3/18/22 Ross Reynolds 3/18/22

High School Reunion

We ponder what happens you meet up with the people who knew you as a teenager..

Ross Reynolds 3/16/22 Ross Reynolds 3/16/22

Did Anti-Bullying laws work?

Do anti-bullying in school laws work?

Ross Reynolds 3/14/22 Ross Reynolds 3/14/22

Arlie Hochschild ‘Strangers in Their Own Land’

Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild moved to Louisiana to spend time with conservative white rural people to find out why they hated government and supported Donald Trump