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2015 Global Thinker Hanya Yanagihara and writer Meghan O'Rourke debate the limits of pain, empathy, and romance.

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01.11.2017 Why the ‘Five Stages of Grief’ Theory Is a Sham 2015 Global Thinker Hanya Yanagihara and writer Meghan O'Rourke debate the limits of pain, empathy, and romance.
08.31.2016 Does the World Really Need Nation-States? 2015 Global Thinker Chigozie Obioma and novelist Taiye Selasi discuss whether the narrative of nationhood is the greatest story ever told.
05.25.2016 The Green Movement and its Inconvenient Truths 2015 Global Thinker Marjan Minnesma and Gasland director Josh Fox debate the best—and perhaps only—way to spurn action on climate change: Terrify people.
04.27.2016 How to Build a Media Industry from Scratch From telenovelas to Sesame Street, 2013 Global Thinkers Noura al Kaabi and Saad Mohseni debate the importance of cultural imports in a localized entertainment industry.
04.12.2016 Why Migrants Can No Longer Be Considered Society’s “Fringe” 2015 Global Thinker Tobias Zielony and writer Anna Badkhen debate how the West stereotypes—to dangerous effect—the Global South.
04.06.2016 Sweden’s Foreign Minister Has No Time for Giggles 2015 Global Thinker Margot Wallström explains how she took on critics of her “feminist foreign policy"—and why gender equality is a matter of national security.
03.30.2016 From Gender Biases to Extreme Parenting: The Top Questions Women Working in STEM are Sick of Hearing 2015 Global Thinkers Zainab Ghadiyali, Erin Summers, and Nina Tandon debate the meaning—and reach—of diversity in the sciences.
03.16.2016 A Deadly Double Standard 2013 Global Thinker Gulalai Ismail and 2015 Global Thinker Leslee Udwin debate whether the patriarchal mindset so pervasive in South Asia can be reprogrammed—or if women must persevere in a rape culture.
03.03.2016 Can Models Dressed in Trash Save Dakar? 2015 Global Thinker Fabrice Monteiro discusses how plastic-bag couture can teach a generation to respect its environment.
02.24.2016 Are Women Still Disconnected From The Connected World? 2011 Global Thinker Robert Zoellick and Jeffrey E. Garten discuss the future of emerging markets, gender equality, and the cyclical nature of globalization.
02.17.2016 Making a War Zone Camera-Ready 2015 Global Thinkers Matthew Heineman and Johanna Schwartz discuss the challenges of making a film—and earning a subject’s trust—amidst guns, violence, and suspicion.
02.10.2016 Does the LGBT Community Have a Trans Problem? 2015 Global Thinkers Jim Obergefell and Andreja Pejic discuss divisions in the queer community and the scourge of P.C. culture
02.03.2016 What a Genocide 100 Years Ago Reveals About the War in Syria Today 2015 Global Thinkers Ara Oshagan, Levon Parian, and Vahagn Thomasian discuss how the world hasn’t changed since the slaughter of their Armenian ancestors.
01.20.2016 What the West Doesn’t Get About Coming Out in Africa 2015 Global Thinkers Robin Hammond and Adejoke Tugbiyele discuss how art can be used to upend the continent's tradition of LGBT persecution.
01.13.2016 Is Myanmar Now Ruled by Tyranny of the Majority? 2015 Global Thinker Wai Wai Nu and Fortify Rights executive director Matthew Smith warn that democracy will mean little unless Muslims get a seat at the political table.
01.06.2016 Can the West Fight ISIS Without Forgetting About Assad? 2015 Global Thinkers Abdalaziz Alhamza and Hussam Alissa, co-founders of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, explain how they expose — and evade — atrocities in Syria.
12.30.2015 Can Music Be an Effective Weapon? 2015 Global Thinkers Sonita Alizadeh and Helly Luv discuss how they’ve both used music to fight — against the Islamic State and against the institution of marriage.
12.23.2015 How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees 2015 Global Thinker Chris Catrambone and 2011 Global Thinker Saskia Sassen discuss how Europe will benefit from the influx of migrants — if only it will let them in.
12.16.2015 Why Brain Scientists Should Fail 2015 Global Thinkers Miguel Nicolelis and Anthony Zador discuss the importance of funding creative neuroscience experiments when — and especially when — the outcome is unknown.
12.09.2015 The Power of the Purse 2015 Global Thinkers Shannon Schuyler and Amy-Willard Cross discuss the importance of supporting women in business — and penalizing those who won’t.
11.18.2015 What Is the Breaking Point for Nonviolent Resistance? Global Thinkers Erica Chenoweth and David Scheffer debate when — if ever — social and political movements should turn to armed insurgency.
11.11.2015 Epidemics on the Move 2013 Global Thinker Caroline Buckee and FP Voice Laurie Garrett discuss how human migration — and the refugee crisis — poses an immense problem to treating disease.
11.04.2015 Why Water Is a Fundamental National Security Issue 2014 Global Thinker Arye Kohavi and writer Charles Fishman explain why the world’s water problems are solvable — if it weren’t for the clunky policies standing in the way.
10.28.2015 Why Won’t Regulators Rein in Big Banks? 2014 FP Global Thinker Anat Admati and the Peterson Institute's Pedro Nicolaci da Costa explain why, even now, no one wants to stand up to Wall Street.
10.14.2015 What Are Africa’s New Missionaries Peddling? 2014 Global Thinker and visual artist Sam Hopkins joins FP contributor Michela Wrong to discuss the aid industry's skewed view of East Africa — and how artists can offer a better picture.
10.07.2015 Is the World Losing a Generation of Syrians to Trauma? FP contributor Lauren Wolfe and Wendy Young, head of Kids in Need of Defense, discuss the hardships children endure when they flee war — and when they cross U.S. and EU borders.
09.30.2015 Is God Having a Climate Moment? Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and activist Bill McKibben discuss the pope, global warming, and the making of faith-based environmentalism.
09.23.2015 What Is the Way Out in Yemen? FP contributor Elizabeth Dickinson and Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi on the reach of Riyadh and how the West could actually help.
09.16.2015 From Bombs to Books David Rothkopf talks to Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, on education equality and the value of dreaming big.
08.26.2015 Global Thinkers: Understanding Genocide’s Perpetrators From Indonesia to Syria, just how different are victims from victimizers?

FP's Global Thinkers

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FP's Global Thinkers episodes:

Why the ‘Five Stages of Grief’ Theory Is a Sham

Does the World Really Need Nation-States?

The Green Movement and its Inconvenient Truths

How to Build a Media Industry from Scratch

Why Migrants Can No Longer Be Considered Society’s “Fringe”

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Has No Time for Giggles

From Gender Biases to Extreme Parenting: The Top Questions Women Working in STEM are Sick of Hearing

A Deadly Double Standard

Can Models Dressed in Trash Save Dakar?

Are Women Still Disconnected From The Connected World?

Making a War Zone Camera-Ready

Does the LGBT Community Have a Trans Problem?

What a Genocide 100 Years Ago Reveals About the War in Syria Today

What the West Doesn’t Get About Coming Out in Africa

Is Myanmar Now Ruled by Tyranny of the Majority?

Can the West Fight ISIS Without Forgetting About Assad?

Can Music Be an Effective Weapon?

How Merkel Gets It Right With Refugees

Why Brain Scientists Should Fail

The Power of the Purse

What Is the Breaking Point for Nonviolent Resistance?

Epidemics on the Move

Why Water Is a Fundamental National Security Issue

Why Won’t Regulators Rein in Big Banks?

What Are Africa’s New Missionaries Peddling?

Is the World Losing a Generation of Syrians to Trauma?

Is God Having a Climate Moment?

What Is the Way Out in Yemen?

From Bombs to Books

Global Thinkers: Understanding Genocide’s Perpetrators

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