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Most of us think the best way to win people over is to push harder. But organizational psychologist Loran Nordgren says a more effective approach is to focus on the invisible obstacles to new ideas. October We Broke the Planet.

Now What? But is that the right metaphor for the greatest existential problem of our time? This week, we consider how to reframe the way we think about life on a changing planet.

The Pinto caught fire, and the three teenagers were burned to death. And we ask, is it possible to fairly evaluate our past actions when we know how things turned out? Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. One Head, Two Brains. A Social Prescription. Slade and Alexander both say they can hear the difference between a high fidelity recording and a non high fidelity recording, but agree that the differences are minute.

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I will lie down. At the time of its launch, Code Switch was seen as part of a larger move by mainstream media to focus on reporting about race and culture. Four years later, Code Switch is one of the few projects that has endured. When Code Switch first launched, it had a small team, and every week there was a rush to get a new episode up.

That ad hoc nature seeped into the format of the show, which varies episode to episode. Others, like a Feb. While listeners may not be able to tell, Demby and Meraji rarely record from the same room.

As co-hosts, the pair have an easy dynamic despite their different perspectives on the world.