Society, Ethics & Social Issues
284: Should I Secretly Test My Kid’s Paternity? | Feedback Friday
While doing a little Facebook stalking recently, you noticed that photos of your wife’s ex-boyfriend’s youngest look suspiciously like your own youngest. You’re thinking about discreetly having your kid take a paternity test, but you’re honestly not sure what you’d do if the results confirmed your suspicions. So what should you do? We’ll try to […]
VIEW EPISODE282: Ken Perenyi | The Secret Life of an American Art Forger
Ken Perenyi is a former art forger who spent 34 years creating fake paintings that passed muster among the experts in the world’s major auction houses and galleries. He comes clean to tell us how he got away with it in his book Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger. What We […]
VIEW EPISODE278: My Mother Lied about Our Father’s Death | Feedback Friday
When you were kids, you and your brother moved to the other side of the country with your mother and stepfather not long after your parents divorced. You never saw your father again, and believed your mother when she said that he and his mother — your grandmother — had died. Fast forward to now. […]
VIEW EPISODE276: Admiral James Stavridis | The Voyage of Character
James Stavridis (@stavridisj) is a retired United States Navy admiral, operating executive with The Carlyle Group, and author. His latest book, Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, is out now. What We Discuss with James Stavridis: What Admiral Stavridis means when he says we’re “overweight in thinking about leadership and underweight […]
VIEW EPISODE273: Scott Adams | How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) is the creator of comic strip Dilbert, a talent stacker extraordinaire, and bestselling author. His latest book, Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America, is out now. What We Discuss with Scott Adams: Why the term “loserthink” isn’t about being uninformed — it’s about unproductive thinking. Mental models we use that sometimes fail […]
VIEW EPISODE272: How to Sue Your Parents for Identity Theft | Feedback Friday
Last week you texted your parents to let them know you’d be able to make it home for Christmas this year. They called back to tell you how they decided several years ago to buy a boat. The only problem was that they didn’t have the $20,000 to buy it. Their solution? Take out a […]
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