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Lynn Thoman
What if your brain isn’t showing you the world as it truly is?
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- 1. Beyond Silicon Valley: Where the Next Breakthroughs Will Come From (#309) · 7 Jul 2026
- 2. How Charisma Really Works (#310) · 14 Jul 2026
- 3. Alphabet (Google) Chairman John Hennessy on The Future of AI, Human Intelligence, and Leadership (#311) · 21 Jul 2026
Your Brain Is Hiding the Truth From You (#314)
11 Aug 2026 · 20 min
What if your brain isn’t showing you the world as it truly is?Journalist, professor, and author of "A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness" Michael Pollan explores one of the deepest questions of all: why do we experience anything in the first place? He
Putin’s Real Enemy Isn’t Ukraine (#313)
4 Aug 2026 · 19 min
Why would the world’s largest country risk everything to destroy a smaller neighbor?What is it about Ukraine that poses a greater threat to Vladimir Putin than any army?Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum has spent decades s
The Wild True Stories Behind History's Greatest Art Thefts (#312)
28 Jul 2026 · 21 min
How does someone steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and simply walk away? And how did an even more brazen crew rob the same museum in broad daylight last year with just a cherry picker and some power tools?The real stories are stranger than Hollywood and best
Alphabet (Google) Chairman John Hennessy on The Future of AI, Human Intelligence, and Leadership (#311)
21 Jul 2026 · 21 min
Artificial intelligence could change almost everything.John Hennessy thinks we're still asking the wrong questions.As Chairman of Alphabet and one of the pioneers of modern computing, Hennessy has helped shape some of the biggest technology revolutions of the
How Charisma Really Works (#310)
14 Jul 2026 · 25 min
Why do some people instantly draw us in?Olivia Fox Cabane reveals that charisma is not a gift. It is a skill - and most of us misunderstand what creates it.In this episode, you’ll learn:The three qualities that make someone charismaticWhy introverts can be hig
Beyond Silicon Valley: Where the Next Breakthroughs Will Come From (#309)
7 Jul 2026 · 18 min
Everyone knows where the last generation of great technology companies came from.The more interesting question is where the next generation will.Mehran Gul spent years studying the world's most successful innovation hubs to understand why some places repeatedl
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