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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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Lifestyle

A 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

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Arts & Entertainment

Cracking the creativity code

Psychologist 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

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Health

The caregiving crisis in America

Is caregiving a public or private responsibility?

Air Date: June 20, 2025 12:00 pm

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Roots 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

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Lifestyle

Learning 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

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Secrets 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

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Lifestyle

What 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

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Science

Why do we feel disgust?

This 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

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Health

Embracing 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

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Science

The 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

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A 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

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Lifestyle

Understanding 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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Education

Checked-out and stressed-out: helping disengaged teens reconnect

Ask most third graders if they like school and there’s a good chance they will give you an enthusiastic “ye ...

Air Date: April 11, 2025 12:00 pm

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Health

How to cope in anxious times

Psychiatrist Richard A. Friedman on what’s behind the country’s malaise and why we’re not helpless…or alone.

Air Date: April 4, 2025 12:00 pm

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When family estrangement sets you free

Eamon Dolan severed his relationship with his abus ...

Air Date: March 28, 2025 12:00 pm

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