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William Davies
The Happiness Industry
3.7
10 min
Jean Becker
The Man I Knew
4.5
32 min
Hugh Eakin
Picasso's War
4.4
16 min
Moira Weigel
Labor of Love
3.7
11 min
Seth M. Siegel
Let There Be Water
4.2
9 min
Matthieu Ricard
Altruism
4.3
12 min
James Fulcher
Capitalism
3.6
18 min
David Leonhardt
Ours Was the Shining Future
4.3
14 min
Katherine Zoepf
Excellent Daughters
3.9
14 min
Raghuram G. Rajan
The Third Pillar
3.8
17 min
Jeffrey A. Engel
Impeachment
4.2
8 min
Michael Newman
Socialism
3.6
14 min
Margaret O’Mara
The Code
4
30 min
Pete Hegseth
Modern Warriors
4.3
14 min
Mohamed A. El-Erian
The Only Game In Town
3.6
11 min
Mike Sielski
The Rise
4.1
23 min
Lawrence D. Burns
Autonomy
4.1
12 min
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
We Are the Nerds
3.9
18 min
Jeff Jarvis
Gutenberg the Geek
3.6
6 min
Gaia Vince
Adventures in the Anthropocene
4.1
25 min
Jennifer Nagel
Knowledge
3.9
11 min
Mark Essig
Lesser Beasts
4.2
10 min
Nikil Saval
Cubed
3.5
11 min
Todd Rose
Collective Illusions
4.1
13 min
Anthony Pratkanis
Age of Propaganda
4
16 min
Zoë Schiffer
Extremely Hardcore
4.1
16 min
Michael S. Malone
The Intel Trinity
4.2
13 min
Steve Richards
The Prime Ministers
4.1
15 min
Alice B. Toklas
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
4
13 min
Alex Cuadros
Brazillionaires
4
9 min