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Jan 30, 2017 — Josh Summers & Alex Howard
Alex’s documentary series
How I Created a Cult
…and its hero, spiritual leader Andrew Cohen
How do smart people end up in cults?
The power dynamics and psychological abuse
Cohen’s downfall and re-emergence
The “shadow” side of spiritual communities
Jan 23, 2017 — Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger
John Stuart Mill on social shaming
Was the U.S. envisioned as a classical liberal polity?
Why the New Deal was not a break with liberalism
Is there such a thing as personal autonomy?
Why the social justice movement is illiberal
Future prospects of liberalism
Jan 22, 2017 — Rajagopal Narasimhan | Stories
Jan 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | Mindfulness isn't mushy
Jan 22, 2017 — Be creative! | Scott Barry Kaufman
Jan 22, 2017 — David Bryce Yaden | Awe and transcendence in the New Year
Jan 22, 2017 — Julien Musolino | Changing academic culture to make the world a better place
Jan 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | Everyone is biased but me
Jan 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | The real roots of aggression
Jan 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | Terrorism as a spiritual challenge
Jan 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | People are dogs, too!
Jan 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | Why you have so many enemies
Jan 22, 2017 — The same old show | Matthew Brough
Jan 22, 2017 — Seraphim Winslow | Human minds of the world, awake!
Jan 22, 2017 — Scott Parker | Left to my own devices
Jan 19, 2017 — Robert Wright & Dale Wright
Dale’s book
What Is Buddhist Enlightenment
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Why is Vipassana getting more press than Zen?
What is distinctive about Zen?
Dale’s meditation practice
Using mindfulness for good—and evil
A naturalistic conception of karma
How Buddhism adapts to Western culture
Jan 19, 2017 — Paul Bloom | Against empathy
Jan 17, 2017 — Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger
Dan’s definition of classical liberalism
Locke’s
Second Treatise of Government
and Mill’s
On Liberty
Mill and Locke on the individual
The social contract and political authority
The group and the individual in the modern world
How much of a liberal was Mill really?
Social censorship and the PC debate
Is Mill’s utilitarianism at odds with his liberalism?
Classical liberalism in America
Jan 17, 2017 — Robert Wright | Why no word from space aliens?
Jan 16, 2017 — Robert Wright & James Currier
Why James started a new spiritual community, Blue
Coming-of-age in the Blue community
Blue’s startup spirituality
What’s a Blue service like?
The future of Blue
Jan 15, 2017 — Scott Parker | Life as literature
Jan 14, 2017 — Marc Perkel | Meaning of life from a reality-based perspective
Jan 13, 2017 — Robert Wright & Mark Juergensmeyer
How Mark got his start studying under Reinhold Niebuhr
Using religion to justify violence
The appeal of ISIS’s apocalyptic vision
What Obama got right—and wrong—in his response to terrorism
Will Trump’s war on terrorism lead to another 9/11?
What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about religion and violence today?
Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian realism
Jan 13, 2017 — Robert Wright | The "L" word
Jan 12, 2017 — Robert Wright | Seeing invisible people
Jan 10, 2017 — Jack Tsonis | Sauna: The ultimate technology of relaxation
Jan 8, 2017 — Josh Summers | Meditation for times of adversity
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