How do we wrestle with history?
This week, Jess and Aaron talk about rote learning, putty, history as study vs. history as culture, stories, empathy, and erasure. They don’t talk about the history of Play-Doh.
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Giving credit where it's due: "Molly Ivins, lively columnist who dubbed Bush 'Shrub'"
See also: Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush by Molly Ivins
This week, Joey and Jess talk about Chuck Klosterman, Bluey (again), the Mona Lisa, High Fidelity, Kafka, and Shakespeare. They don’t talk about Slick Rick.
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Anathem by Neal Stephenson
How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
What things that we need should we be gamifying?
This week, Joey and Jess talk about not getting enough sleep, Pokémon, mixed expertise, incentivized behavior change, Duolingo, and eating. They don’t talk about superconductors, no matter how badly Joey wants to.
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The Atlantic: Did Francesca Gino and Dan Ariely Fabricate Data for the Same Study?
The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson
The New York Times: Sleep Better at Every Age
The New York Times: 500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can’t) Learn From a Language App
How do we deal with contradiction?
This week, Jess, Joey, and Aaron talk about Björk, Barbie, G-strings, Elf on a Shelf, multiverses, and compartmentalization. They don’t talk about Green Day.
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