Curated interviews–some longer cuts than what aired–on topics that explore who we are and where we’re going.
For the entirety of our lifetimes, the planet’s has been getting more urban. We’ve been making more cities. Moving more people into them. Growing the urban limits in pretty much every direction. So much so, in fact, that a future of ever-increasing urbanism seems almost inevitable. But for a lot of human history, cities were … Continued
Our immune systems are unbelievably complex. There’s still a lot we don’t know about how they work. We usually talk about the immune system using metaphors–it’s boosted like a race-car; or suppressed, like a protest; it’s fighting, like an army. Sometimes it’s helping us. Sometimes it’s the thing that’s killing us. All those metaphors give … Continued
One of the remarkable things about the pandemic was how it gave us a chance to re-consider just about everything. Suddenly health wasn’t something we were expected to address as individuals, in consult with credentialed doctors. Health was something we had to do as a society. Our office spaces were a health issue. Stopping evictions was … Continued
