The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane Archive

We look at dictatorships and authoritarianism. Even with their emphasis on obedience, disinformation, nostalgia and scapegoating, support is on the rise at home and abroad.

Can drawing a picture, gazing at a painting or singing a song help connect us with others? Physician Jeremy Nobel believes art may be the answer to our loneliness epidemic.

Poet and writer Ross Gay explains ways to find delight in everyday life, even when we are feeling grief or sorrow.

Forget 'fail fast, fail often.' Business professor Amy Edmondson explains not all failures are equal. This hour, how we can learn and grow from failing well.

Dr. David H. Rosmarin on new ways of thinking about anxiety, why it can be a beneficial emotion and help us thrive.

A conversation on grief and death with a mother coping with the loss of her young daughter and a palliative care physician guiding patients and their families at the end life.

Organizational psychologist Adam Grant explains how we can find success and growth by trying new things, making mistakes, and asking for advice.

Temple University psychologist Laurence Steinberg on the changing relationship between parents and adult children.

Neuroscience journalist Maia Szalavitz on recovering from substance use disorder, the myths and misconceptions of addiction and the importance of harm reduction.

Gossip isn't all bad. Turns out it played an important role in our social evolution. We talk about why we gossip and beneficial and harmful aspects of this social skill.

Columnist David Brooks believes we've lost the ability to connect with one another. His new book, "How to Know a Person" is a guide to seeing others more deeply.

Professor Dannagal Young explains why people believe misinformation. Her new book is "Wrong: How Media, Politics and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation."

Dr. James Gordon joins us to talk about healing from trauma. His work in conflicts around the world has informed his understanding of what it takes to recover.

Amna Nawaz on working with Ted Koppel, covering wars, co-anchoring the PBS NewsHour, balancing work and family and role of journalism in our contentious times.

Philosopher Myisha Cherry on the limits of forgiveness and better ways to understand and use it in our personal lives and in society.