What Are You Worth? Getting Past Status Anxiety
[2:13] Writer Alain De Botton says that status anxiety is more pernicious and destructive than most of us can imagine, a…
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Designing New Species
[6:18] In the near future, Craig Ventor, biologist and entrepreneur, believes we’ll be able to download a vacci…
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Paul Bloom on the Psychology of Prejudice
[3:12] Paul Bloom, author and Yale University psychologist, explores the psychological roots of prejudice. Deep dow…
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Slaves of Dubai
[15:09] Most people know Dubai for its massive skyscrapers and luxurious hotels, but few know that the city was built by …
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Holding it Straight: Sexual Orientation in the Middle Ages
[39:37] Dr Bob Mills, UCL History of Art Historians tend to be reticent about applying the phrase ‘sexual orient…
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Michio Kaku: Reading Minds, Recording Dreams, and Brain Imaging
[5:58] Dr. Michio Kaku returns to Big Think studios to discuss his latest book, The Future of the Mind (http://goo.gl/1…
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How Racist Are You? – Jane Elliott’s Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise
[47:00] These 30 people have never met. By the days end, they may wish they never had. For one long day they’ll be at …
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Peter Joseph, Zeitgeist Movement Founder on TYT
[49:14] Cenk Uygur sits down with Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist movement and creator of Zeitgeist, The Movie. …
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The Taboo of Child Marriage
[7:32] Child marriage remains widespread in developing countries, disproportionately affecting girls and endange…
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Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
[34:23] In rural Kyrgyzstan men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and for…
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