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1️⃣ Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History by Helen Zoe Veit
2️⃣ Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
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1️⃣ Jellyfish Age Backwards by Nicklas Brendborg
2️⃣ Methuselah’s Zoo by Steven Austad
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1️⃣ Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn’t Own You by Joshua Steiner and Michael Lynton
2️⃣ Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Amy Edmondson
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We begin with Darcey Steinke, who shares five key insights from her new book, This Is the Door: The Body, Pain, and Faith. And then in the second half of the show, we hear from Anushay Hossain about her 2021 book, The Pain Gap.
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First, Michael Wong and Robert Hazen propose a new scientific theory that suggests complexity — from life to technology — emerges through a universal evolutionary process. Their new book is Time’s Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature. In the second half of the show, physicist Suzie Sheehy will share ideas from her 2023 book The Matter of Everything, which pulls back the curtain on the wild, improbable experiments that actually built our understanding of the physical world — and changed everyday life in the process.
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We worry constantly about saying too much. But Leslie John says the bigger problem in our lives isn’t oversharing — it’s undersharing. When we default to silence instead of thoughtful honesty, we miss opportunities for connection, trust, and influence.
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First, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah share big idea from their 2023 book, Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice. In the second half of the show, we’ll hear from Columbia neuroscientist Carl Hart, who argues that the pursuit of happiness, including responsible drug use, is a fundamental American liberty.
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Christopher Beha on why evidence alone can’t answer life’s biggest questions — and why skepticism may be the first step toward belief. His new book is Why I Am Not an Atheist. And in the second half of the show, we hear from Simon Critchley about his book On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy.
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• Love’s Labor by Stephen Grosz
• Finding the Words by Colin Campbell
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We're closer than ever to living on Mars — but evolution won't wait for us to get there.
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Nedra Glover Tawwab says the advice that actually works is the advice you least want to take.