Analysis | 16 February 2015 | 0h 28m 
Explores the implications of downward social mobility. Politicians worry that insufficient people from less-privileged backgrounds get the opportunity to move up in life. But are we prepared to accept that others must necessarily lose out – and move in the opposite direction?
Ireland: austerity poster child or “beautiful freak”?
FT Alphachat | 16 June 2017
Fascinating insights on Ireland’s recession. Explains that the openness of Ireland’s economy, with relatively large imports and exports, was more determinative of the shape of the recession than decisions around the extent of austerity. Lessons for New Zealand given the parallels, including overseas borrowing to push up property prices. (0h 58m)
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How to Become Great at Just About Anything
Freakonomics Radio | 28 April 2016
Anders Ericsson’s work was popularised by Malcolm Gladwell’s notion of the ten thousand hour rule. Now Ericsson has his own book, “Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise“, making the case that talent is over-rated and that deliberate practice is the key to success. Includes what Ericsson feels Gladwell got wrong about his work. (0h 51m)
A Bet On The Future Of Humanity
Planet Money | 19 Jan 2018
Biologist Paul Ehrrlich predicts a population bomb that will lead to global catastrophe. Economist Julian Simon sees a limitless future for mankind. The result is one of the most famous bets in economics. (0h 20m)
Catherine Hoke — The Master of Second Chances
The Tim Ferriss Show | 21 Jan 2018
A tear-jerker, with so many reasons to listen. Interview with Catherine Hoke, founder of the non-profit Defy Ventures, which transforms prisoners’ hustle into entrepreneurship. Hoke is the author of “A Second Chance: For You, for Me, and for the Rest of Us“. Deals bravely with her redemption after her own second chance. (2h 26m)
Why Home Doesn’t Matter: Judith Rich Harris
ABC:Life Matters | 8 May 2007
Interview with Judith Rich Harris, author of “The Nurture Assumption“. Harris provides evidence that parents don’t matter nearly as much as we assume. Day to day happiness is more important than parental shaping as genes and the external-to-the-home environment are more significant influences (0h 55m)
The Road to Tyranny
Waking Up with Sam Harris | 29 May 2017
Sam Harris interviews Tim Snyder, author of “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century“. Parallels with today’s populism and provides concrete lessons on how to avoid repeating the fall into tyranny (1h 19m)
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