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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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David Brooks on ‘How to Know a Person’

Columnist David Brooks believes we've lost the ability to connect with one another. His new book, "How to Know a Person" is a guide to seeing others more deeply.

Air Date: November 3, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:25
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Politics & Policy

‘Wrong:’ Why People Believe Misinformation

Professor Dannagal Young explains why people believe misinformation. Her new book is "Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation."

Air Date: October 27, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:38
A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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Trauma and Healing

Dr. James Gordon joins us to talk about healing from trauma. His work in conflicts around the world has informed his understanding of what it takes to recover.

Air Date: October 20, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 41:57
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Politics & Policy

PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz

Amna Nawaz on working with Ted Koppel, covering wars, co-anchoring the PBS NewsHour, balancing work and family and role of journalism in our contentious times.

Air Date: October 13, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 42:59
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‘Failures of Forgiveness’

Philosopher Myisha Cherry on the limits of forgiveness and better ways to understand and use it in our personal lives and in society.

Air Date: October 6, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:22
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Making the Workplace More Welcoming

Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are facing a backlash. What is the best way combat bias and stereotypes and make the workplace more cohesive.

Air Date: September 29, 2023 12:00 pm

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(photo credit, Natasha Komoda)
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Lifestyle

Ross Gay on Finding Everyday Delights

Poet and writer Ross Gay explains ways to find delight in everyday life and how it's connected to sorrow.

Air Date: September 22, 2023 12:00 pm

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Dr. Orna Guralnik on Couples Therapy (SHOWTIME)
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Lifestyle

Orna Guralnik on ‘Couples Therapy’

The reality show 'Couples Therapy' puts real-life couples sessions with Dr. Orna Guralnik on camera. Guralnik joins us to talk about relationships and therapy.

Air Date: September 15, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:46
(Photo by Day's Edge Productions)
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Science

Our Human Footprint on the Planet

Princeton University biologist and host of the PBS show, "Human Footprint," Shane Campbell-Staton on our connection to the natural world and how we are transforming it.

Air Date: September 8, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:01
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Lifestyle

The Power of Good Conversation

Good conversation can bridge divides, comfort us, and spark lively debate, but Drexel University's Paula Marantz Cohen believes how we talk to one another is in decline.

Air Date: September 1, 2023 12:00 pm

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Dacher Keltner phtographed by Natalie Keltner-McNeil
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Lifestyle

The Power of Awe — and Where to Look for It

Researcher Dacher Keltner investigates the elusive emotion of awe, revealing how it transforms our brains and bodies, and how to find more wonder in our everyday lives.

Air Date: August 25, 2023 12:00 pm

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This is the home and family of Orville Sturgill, a United Mine Worker who is out of work due a strike in this coal field for higher wages in Mayking, Kentucky on April 28, 1959. Sturgill, with another miner, work a small truck mine but cannot market their production. This one room shack is on a county road running along Cram Creek. The five children, left to right are: Anderson, 6, Orville Ray, 5, Mrs. Cornia Mae Sturgill holds John, one month, Pricilla Ann, 2, and Arnold 8. Sturgill has a little garden patch in back of the house which he and the oldest son work. A sixth child is in Blind school in Louisville. (AP Photo/HBL)
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Politics & Policy

‘The Injustice of Place’

Why are some rural communities so deeply disadvantage? A conversation about some of the poorest places in America with Princeton University's Kathryn Edin and Timothy Nelson.

Air Date: August 18, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:32
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Lifestyle

James McBride’s ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’

In his new book, award-winning author James McBride pairs a page-turning murder mystery set in Pottstown, P.a. with a powerful story of compassion, community and love.

Air Date: August 11, 2023 12:00 pm

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(photo credit, Jordi Play)
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Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories

We explore the psychology of conspiracies and what draws people to them. Author Michael Shermer joins us to talk about why people believe irrational things.

Air Date: August 4, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:15
A woman carries a robot during the Vivatech show in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Jeanette Winterson on AI and the future of human connection

Writer Jeanette Winterson explores artificial intelligence and how it may change our lives, relationships, sex, religion -- even death.

Air Date: July 28, 2023 12:00 pm

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