Sophia
Dan Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell discuss whether the high-security environment of modern schooling hurts the cultivation of good citizenship.
Philip Menchaca and Kelly J. Baker discuss the decline of the Ku Klux Klan and the incorporation of its rhetoric into mainstream politics.
The Wright Show
Jon Kabat-Zinn, creator of mindfulness-based stress reduction, discusses the practice’s deep Buddhist roots.
Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel discuss the limits of neuroscience in understanding human emotion and cognition.
The Wright Show
Massimo Pigliucci, co-editor of the new book Science Unlimited?: The Challenges of Scientism, explains why science alone can never answer all questions about human consciousness. Plus: Why there is no empirically grounded “good”.
William Black and Elizabeth Catte discuss Appalachian identity.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright and neuroscientist Molly Crockett discuss the risks and rewards of being morally outraged online.
Fascial specialist David Lesondak describes the relationship between posture and mental health.
The Wright Show
Yoga teacher Josh Summers discusses the meditative and spiritual aspects of the practice.
Pater Edmund Waldstein, a Cistercian monk, explains the historical incident that recently sparked a wide-ranging intellectual debate.
