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Sep 30, 2018 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Kaitlyn Tiffany
- The hot new trend of being a homebody
- Social, economic, and technological reasons young people are staying in
- The surprisingly controversial topic of skincare
- Millennials using apps to order food delivered by Millennials
- Netflix and chill and take Instagram selfies wearing sheet masks
- Is being a homebody the modern way to go to Walden Pond?
Sep 26, 2018 —
Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell
- Crispin’s essay on the politics of geography and representation
- Why did rural Americans feel that Trump’s victory was their victory?
- Is “one person, one vote” a wrong-headed view of political representation?
- Where political representation meets art and aesthetics
- Can Americans’ interests be represented accurately?
- Is being from a rural area akin to being a racial minority?
- What does our current system of political representation get right or wrong?
Sep 21, 2018 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Christopher White
- The new sex abuse crisis enveloping the Catholic Church
- An explosive letter claims Pope Francis helped a known abuser
- The allegations against the powerful Archbishop McCarrick
- What does #MeToo reveal about the Church?
- Assessing Archbishop Viganò’s accusations against Francis
- Can Francis implement real reforms?
Sep 20, 2018 —
Nikita Petrov & John Horgan
- John’s new book, Mind-Body Problems, is free online
- “What are we really, what can we be, and what should we be?”
- Robert Trivers, an evolutionary biologist with an affinity for violence
- Douglas Hofstadter, a playful writer, but a melancholic person
- Why ex-materialist Christof Koch embraced panpsychism
- How losing a daughter made Stuart Kaufman study the paranormal
- Story time! Nikita and John exchange psychedelic tales
Sep 10, 2018 —
Robert Wright & Gregg Caruso
- What is neuroexistentialism?
- Neuroscience, free will, and existentialism
- The “compatibilist” claim that free will and determinism can co-exist
- To define “free will,” first redefine “agency”
- Why the importance of luck should make us doubt intuitions about free will
- Moral responsibility and the Nazi war criminal thought experiment
- Does Gregg’s personality predispose him to reject retribution?
Sep 4, 2018 —
Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Lauren Shields
- Lauren’s new book on her experiment with dressing modestly, The Beauty Suit
- Lauren’s unusual path to the seminary
- Alternative readings of Quranic verses on female modesty
- Christianity, conspicuous consumption, and the Amish
- Jewish women who cover their hair with wigs that look just like their hair
- Makeup trends that only look good on social media
- Why cultural appropriation is often rooted in misogyny
- Lauren’s advice for men
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