Society, Ethics & Social Issues
710: Sebastian Junger | How War and Crisis Create Tribes
Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger) is a journalist, filmmaker, and bestselling author of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea. He joins us to discuss his book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging and what he’s learned by covering war for the past 20 years. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the […]
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709: John Abramson | How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care
Dr. John Abramson (@drjohnabramson) is a physician, lecturer of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, and author of Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine. His latest book is Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It. What We Discuss with Dr. John Abramson: Despite spending an […]
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702: Atheist Teen Stressed by Mom’s Church Scene | Feedback Friday
As a closeted, bi, teen atheist, it’s a bummer your mom makes you go to a church — three times a week — that has a problem with your very existence. On top of this, she insists you’re being overly dramatic about the depression, anxiety, and insomnia you experience every day. How do you even […]
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701: Ioan Grillo | How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Part Two
Ioan Grillo (@ioangrillo) is a contributing writer at The New York Times specializing in crime and drugs. He is the author of El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency; Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America; and Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. [This is part two of a […]
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700: Ioan Grillo | How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Part One
Ioan Grillo (@ioangrillo) is a contributing writer at The New York Times specializing in crime and drugs. He is the author of El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency; Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America; and Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels. [This is part one of a […]
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699: Can An Open Marriage Be Anxiety-Free? | Feedback Friday
Your wife and you agree that introducing BDSM and ethical non-monogamy into your marriage has brought you some of the happiest and closest times in your relationship. On the other side of the coin, this new level of communication and honesty has made her more vulnerable than ever to the anxiety and depression she’s suffered […]
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