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Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.

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Book Cover for: I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, Mónica Guzmán

I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Mónica Guzmán
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Does understanding mean excusing? | @robertwrighter and @moniguzman, author of the book I Never Thought of It That Way, discuss a common obstacle to comprehending opposing perspectives. https://t.co/pEg6uKa0Oy

Hardcover, 2022

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, Stephon Alexander

Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics

Stephon Alexander
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Styles of excellence | @GlennLoury and physicist @stephstem, author of Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, discuss the racial achievement gap in quantitative fields and how it might be closed. https://t.co/4xd18eYAq9

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, Stephon Alexander

Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics

Stephon Alexander
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Styles of excellence | @GlennLoury and physicist @stephstem, author of Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, discuss the racial achievement gap in quantitative fields and how it might be closed. https://t.co/4xd18eYAq9

Hardcover, 2021

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight Over Israel, Eric Alterman

We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight Over Israel

Eric Alterman
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Israel in American politics | @robertwrighter and @Eric_Alterman, author of the new book We Are Not One, discuss how differences in attitudes toward Israel among American Jews play out politically. https://t.co/xPfHrmjdyt

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives, David B. Yaden

The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives

David B. Yaden
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How common are dramatic spiritual experiences? | Psychologist David B. Yaden (@ExistWell)—author of the new book The Varieties of Spiritual Experience—discusses the data with @robertwrighter. https://t.co/9tuM5oklcG

Hardcover, 2022

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté
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Is our culture toxic? | @robertwrighter and @DrGaborMate, addiction expert and author of the new book The Myth of Normal, discuss how modern society contributes to mental and physical illness. https://t.co/Ys7lVoseTk

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy, John J. Mearsheimer

How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy

John J. Mearsheimer
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Russia dove, China hawk | John Mearsheimer, author of the forthcoming book How States Think, tells @robertwrighter that Beijing, but not Moscow, is a threat worth containing. https://t.co/tchBFks5OY

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Case, Shiekh Sultan Al Qasimi

The Case

Shiekh Sultan Al Qasimi
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The Case of Dershowitz v. Finkelstein | Political scientist @normfinkelstein, author of the new book I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!, talks about his clash with Alan Dershowitz and how it impacted his academic career. @robertwrighter https://t.co/latjQhqW03

Paperback, 2018

$8.32$4.16 + Free shipping50% off your first book