
Poet Edward Hirsch on his complicated and colorful Jewish Midwestern family and childhood where comedy was a competitive sport.

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.
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What to know about living and working with AI
Ethan Mollick's guidelines of using AI: “always invite AI to the table, be the human in the loop, treat AI like a person and assume this is the worst AI you will ever use.”
Air Date: July 18, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:23Gisele Barreto Fetterman on ‘Radical Tenderness’
Gisele Barreto Fetterman on her childhood as an undocumented immigrant, her life now in the public eye, and why vulnerability is a source of strength.
Air Date: July 11, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 49:59A self-help skeptic on finding contentment and embracing our imperfections
Author Oliver Burkeman on why it's time to settle for your imperfections and ditch the relentless self-help messaging of productivity and control.
Air Date: July 4, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:48Psychologist John Kounios on our creative brain and those "eureka moments." Plus, how composer Jennifer Higdon channels her creativity into her music.
Air Date: June 27, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:01The caregiving crisis in America
Is caregiving a public or private responsibility?
Air Date: June 20, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:24Roots of justice: A conversation with Howard and Bryan Stevenson
Brothers Howard and Bryan Stevenson reflect on their Delaware childhood, their social justice work and how to make sense of these troubled times.
Air Date: June 13, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:25Learning to give and take criticism
Criticism can be hard to take. So what's the difference between constructive and destructive criticism and how can we quiet the critical voice in our head.
Air Date: June 6, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:49Secrets to a loving, lasting relationship
Couples therapist Terry Real explains how to resolve conflict and maintain intimacy for lasting relationships.
Air Date: May 23, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:49What existential psychology can teach us about living well
Psychologist Steven Heine explains that our deep-seated need for meaning lies in our brains and how to use it to build a life of purpose.
Air Date: May 23, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:00This episode, the yuck factor with psychologist Paul Rozin, who has been studying disgust for five decades. What grosses you out the most?
Air Date: May 16, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:23Embracing autism and neurodiversity
Sarah Bergenfield says that before getting a diagnosis of autism, she was confused. She w ...
Air Date: May 9, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:25The imperfect ways we remember
Psychologist Ciara Greene says memory is like a LEGO tower that we are constantly reassembling. She's the co-author of "Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember."
Air Date: May 2, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:24A new history of sex and sexuality in America
Rebecca Davis explores the 400-year tension between sex, sexual identity and prudery in America and how it explains some of today’s political conflicts.
Air Date: April 25, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:31Understanding hoarding: pain, memories and resilience
How does a psychologist fail to recognize that her intelligent, sensitive, and book-loving mother has started hoarding? A new memoir seeks to answer that question.
Air Date: April 18, 2025 12:00 pm
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