In the eighth episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael discuss personal ambition and the impact it has on our mental wellbeing. Putting yourself in competitive, high-achieving circles has its rewards, but how do we know when it's all too much? Where is the line that divides healthy and self-destructive ambition?

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Jared and Yael discuss social media and its implications on our productivity, social awareness, and mental health. Are social media platforms the time-wasting, dangerous digital wastelands many boomers purport them to be?

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In the sixth episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael discuss the moral responsibilities of majorities. Do white college applicants to elite universities have an obligation to remove themselves in order to make room for diverse applicants? What about white candidates running for political office?

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In the fifth episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael discuss the relative value of higher education in STEM and the humanities. Is it time to give up on art and history and settle for equations and spreadsheets?

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"The Major Divide: Humanities vs. STEM Majors," Huffington Post

"Why STEM Students Need Humanities Courses," Scientific American

MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

In the fourth episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael discuss the role of college athletics programs in the U.S. higher education system. 

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Derek Thompson, "The Cult of Rich-Kid Sports," The Atlantic, 02 October 2019.

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In the third episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael discuss the value (or lack thereof) of organized religion and whether religion has a net positive or net negative impact on humanity.

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In this episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael explore the topic of having children. Not us having children...just in general. Do we as humans have children for the sake of humanity, or to satisfy personal desires? Is having children inherently selfish?

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In the inaugural episode of Wasting Our Breath, Jared and Yael discuss the conception and vision of the podcast, as well as "cancel culture" and how it may (or may not) impact how we choose our future discussion topics. 

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