Is Trump a postmodern figure? ... Why, despite what you might hear, academia has not embraced postmodernism ... Debating Jeet Heer's argument for viewing Trump as postmodern ... Why healthy public debate requires belief in a discoverable truth ... Aryeh says Bitcoin is postmodern, but David disagrees ...

Ann's new book on child prodigies, Off the Charts ... Will a child prodigy become an adult non-prodigy? ... The cautionary tale of Bobby Fischer ... The prodigy's "adolescent crisis" ... How people misunderstood Amy Chua, the "Tiger Mom" ... The insanity of the college admissions gauntlet ... Child prodigies inspire sympathy. Their parents? Not so much. ...

From Swarthmore sophomore to meditating in India ... How Tami started Sounds True publishing company at age 22 ... Tami’s spiritual teacher, Jasmine the cocker spaniel ... Why it's okay to mourn a deceased pet ... Confronting the unethical behavior of spiritual teachers ...

How Jeff went from science journalist to meditation teacher ... Jeff’s new book, co-authored with Dan Harris: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics ... How ADD and bipolar tendencies shaped Jeff's practice ... The life-changing experience of falling out of a tree while on mushrooms ... The interaction between mindfulness, not-self, and suffering ... Jeff takes a stab at defining enlightenment ... The varieties of consciousness ... How meditation can shift your priorities ...

This week’s puppet show: How do emotions help us survive? ... Darwin’s attempts to understand the inner lives of animals ... Can we really hide our feelings? Rami doubts it ... The “seeking” drive that keeps us going ... Angst: Fear without an object ... How culture complicates finding a mate ... Is there an adaptive function to recognizing beauty? ...

The Mormon Church's new president, 93 year-old Russell M. Nelson ... The decades-long campaign to incorporate the Church into the American mainstream ... Does the Church clash with academic historical study? ... Untangling the fates of remarried Mormons' souls ... The LDS Church as a contained society within the US ... Why did the first Mormon women choose polygamy? ...

The time Michael thought he was being abducted by aliens ... Michael's new book, Heavens on Earth ... Deepak Chopra's afterlife ... Why uploading your brain to achieve immortality makes no sense ... Is radical life extension just bunk? ... The Second Coming, presented by Ray Kurzweil ... What consolation can the atheist offer to the dying? ... The spookiest thing that's ever happened to Michael ...

Drew's journey from insomniac to teller of bedtime stories for adults ... "Interesting, but not too interesting; boring, but not too boring" ... Warning: This segment may put you to sleep ... The countercultural community of insomniacs ... How podcasting led to personal growth ...

Paige on where mindfulness and diet meet ... How to build a healthier relationship with food ... The meditative potential of mindful eating ... All-or-nothing thinking is incompatible with eating well ... Noah and Paige introduce their upcoming event, Mindful Eating Workshop ... Future online resources for the project ...

Striking parallels between Buddhism’s Mara and Christianity’s Satan ... How Stephen’s opera Mara came to fruition ... Bob and Stephen argue about the true meaning(s) of "enlightenment" ... How much authority should a secular Buddhist ascribe to the Buddha? ... The perils of clinging to the dharma ... Stephen’s unusual place in the Buddhist world ...