Sun, 11/11/2018 - 1:00pm |
Shame - Social media has brought us all closer together. Sometimes that's a good thing. But when it comes to online shaming, it's a bad thing. People get humiliated on Twitter, savaged in public forums and women get rape and death threats. We explore our great renaissance of public shaming. |
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Sat, 11/10/2018 - 3:00pm |
Writing Truth And Lies - We all tell stories about our lives: funny stories, happy stories, sad stories. But are they true stories? In an age of “alternative facts” and “fake news,” we’re all thinking harder about why truth matters – not just in politics, but in our personal lives. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe the moral struggle and personal cost involved in telling not just the truth, but the whole truth. |
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Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:00pm |
Is The Nation-State Splintering? - All over the world, nation states are splintering. Separatism is on the rise. What causes nation states to erode? And what happens when they do? Should we fight to hold on to our nation states or let them go in favor of something new? |
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Wed, 11/07/2018 - 10:00pm |
Building A Better Ballot Box - How do we put the fairness and the fun back in American elections? We explore a few simple ideas for remaking the electoral process. Like, letting 8-year-olds vote. Or creating a marketplace where people buy, sell and trade their votes. Or making Election Day a national holiday, with parades. And cake! |
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Thu, 11/01/2018 - 10:00pm |
Can An Evil Man Be A Decent Person? - How can someone be a monster — a brutal dictator, a mass murderer, a serial killer — and up close seem like a decent, caring person? We tackle a complicated question: what happens when our moral categories fail and we find ourselves feeling empathy for monsters? Is that wrong? And what does it say about us? |
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