Wonder Cabinet

By Wonder Cabinet ProductionsSociety & Culture Philosophy

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November 18, 2017 Working For A Weekend That Never Seems To Come
To the Best of Our Knowledge cracks open the world and the ideas that fuel it through interviews with the world's luminaries, from experts to cultural icons. Each show revolves around a theme where we explore these ideas and the people who consider them.
52 min
November 11, 2017 A New Clash Of Civilizations?
When we hear from politicians and activists that "the West is at risk, that a clash of civilizations threatens Western culture," what does that mean exactly? And who do we think is coming for it?
Guests: Victor Davis Hanson,Donna Zuckerberg,Nadia Marzouki,Jenny Erpenbeck,Jerry Brotton
Interviews: Does The West Have The Will To Survive?,Since When Are White Supremacists Classics Buffs?,How Free Do Americans Really Want To Be?,A German Writer Confronts the Refugee Crisis, Face To Face,The Long and Complicated Relationship Between Islam and the West
58 min
November 09, 2017 Extra: Discovering the Hidden Roots of Koreans Living In Japan
One of the finalists for the National Book Award this year is Min Jin Lee, for her novel "Pachinko."
Guests: Min Jin Lee
Interviews: What It Means To Be A Permanent Outsider
22 min
November 04, 2017 Beyond the Echo Chamber
We live, work and play in Red and Blue tribal bubbles, filling our social media feeds with news sources that affirm our place in that order, rather than challenging it. What is that isolation doing to us? What can we do to escape it?
Guests: Charlie Sykes,Ken Stern,Meredith Clark,Nancy MacLean,Jeanne Safer,Richard Brookhiser
Interviews: How The Right Lost Its Mind And Charlie Sykes Lost His Faith In The GOP,A Former NPR Executive Leaves His Liberal Bubble Behind,The Blend Of Jokes and Social Justice That Is Black Twitter,What Does An Obscure Economist Have To Do With The Koch Brothers?,You Don't Have To Vote Like Me To Love Me
58 min
October 28, 2017 Even Stranger Things
Did you know that the U.S. military has a long history of working with psychics to try to discover enemy secrets? We examine this history and take a deep dive into the paranormal.
Guests: Joe McMoneagle,Annie Jacobson,Marge Bradley,Paul Selig,Tanya Luhrmann,Michael Shermer,Tiya Miles
Interviews: Spooks and Psychics: Inside the Military's Top-Secret ESP Unit,What Do You Do With The Family Ghost Stories? An Investigation Into The Paranormal,Uncovering the Buried History of Savannah's "Ghost Tours"
55 min
October 26, 2017 Extra: Virtually Anywhere
Remember virtual reality? Back in the 1990’s, it was going to be the technology of the future. Today, it’s here. But we're still figuring out what to do with it.
Guest:
Will Smith,Simon Parkin
Interviews:
Where We're Going, We Don't Need Talk Show Sets,The Most Boring Video Game Ever Made
19 min
October 21, 2017 You Had To Be There
Home entertainment options have never been richer, but public places like movie theaters and performance spaces are suffering. What do we lose when everyone stays home?
Guests:
Matt Lambros,Matt Conboy,Jes Skolnik,Hans Ulrich Obrist,Tracy Fullerton,Will Smith,Mark Riechers,Laurie Gebhard
Interviews:
An Old-Fashioned Movie House Wedding,The Modern Ruins Of American Movie Palaces,The Sudden Demise of a Beloved DIY Venue,Saved By The Scene, In Real Life or Online,A Fast-Talking Curator's Great Escape From Galleries Into The Real World,Press Start To Reflect On Walden Pond,Where We're Going, We Don't Need Talk Show Sets
51 min
October 14, 2017 Center of the World
Amidst economic devastation, producer Charles Monroe-Kane asks what it takes to survive in the Rust Belt.
55 min
October 07, 2017 Is the Universe a Number?
For centuries, mathematicians have been looking for the deep design, the mathematical code to explain everything from microorganisms to spacetime. But it’s a dangerous quest.
Guests:
Margaret Wertheim,Shlomo Maital,Frank Wilczek
Interviews:
Crocheting the Unknowable Geometry of Spacetime,Going Deep Into the Kabbalah,A Physicist Tries To Answer The "Beautiful Question"
55 min
September 23, 2017 Could Psychedelic Drugs Save Your Life?
Psychedelic science is back — and they could help heal people with addictions, PTSD and end-of-life anxiety.
Guests:
Ayelet Waldman,Stephen Ross,Katherine MacLean,Daniel Kasza,William Richards
Interviews:
Ayelet Waldman Talks about Depression, LSD, and Her Marriage With Michael Chabon,How Psychedelic Drugs Will Revolutionize Psychiatry,Lessons from a Psychedelic Guide,On A Mountain Top, With Ayahuasca And Frog Poison,Psychedelics and God,Psychedelics: The Next Revolution in Psychiatry?
53 min

About Wonder Cabinet

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Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show…