World of Consumers (18:49)

Frank Trentmann, Ph.D.,  is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His many publications include Free Trade Nation which won the Royal Historical Society’s Whitfield Prize in 2009. His latest book is Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First with several foreign translations appearing in 2017. Things, things, and more things. Today we live in a world where all we do is consume more than we ever have before.  Is this a good thing or a bad thing?  Frank Trentmann explains the history of consumerism and how human behavior has changed over time.

Getting Over Yourself Importance (48:23)

Candace Vogler, Ph.D.,  is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy and Professor in the College at the University of Chicago, and Principal Investigator on "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life," a project funded by the John Templeton Foundation.  Dr. Vogler discusses her research into Self Transcendence and how to "get over yourself."

Healthy Ageing (1:37:03)

Ron Hager, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Exercise Sciences in the College of Life Sciences at Brigham Young University. His area is expertise is Chronic Disease Prevention. Dr. Hager talks about how to age in a healthy way.