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Why do people resist change? And what separates organizations that successfully adapt from those that struggle to survive? In this episode, I sit down with Rosabeth Moss Kanter , one of the world's leading scholars of...

What is money? Most of us think of it simply as something we earn, save, and spend. But according to cultural anthropologist Bill Maurer, money is far more than a medium of exchange it is a technology for creating...

What kind of economy creates a healthy democracy? And can markets ever truly reflect our values? In this episode, Goutham sits down with Lisa Herzog , Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Groningen, to...

History is often taught as a collection of dates, names, and events. But historians rarely see it that way. Instead, they assemble incomplete fragments of evidence into narratives that help explain how societies change...

For centuries, the story of modernity has largely been told through a European lens. But what if that story is only one of many possible paths? In this episode, I sit down with R. Bin Wong, one of the world's leading...

For decades, economics was built around a simple assumption: people are rational. But what if that assumption is only partially true? In this episode, I sit down with Colin Camerer, one of the pioneers of behavioral...

In this episode, I sit down with Jishnu Das, a development economist and professor at Georgetown University, to explore what economics can teach us about education, human behavior, and social policy. We begin by...

In this episode, I sit down with Johanna Drucker, Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies at UCLA and one of the leading scholars working at the intersection of visual culture, information design, digital...

In this episode, I sit down with Mitchell Stevens, an organizational sociologist and professor at Stanford University, to explore how education became one of the defining institutions of modern society. We begin by...

In this episode, I sit down with Justin Reich, Director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, to examine the recurring cycle of technological hype in education. We explore why every new wave of innovation from film strips to...

In this episode, I sit down with Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, to trace the evolution of money across more than 2,500 years of history. We...

In this episode, I sit down with Fred Block, Research Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, to examine the relationship between markets and the state. We explore the persistent myth that markets...

In this episode, I sit down with Andy Hargreaves, Research Professor at Boston College and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, to explore what meaningful educational change actually requires. We examine...

In this episode, I sit down with Neil Fligstein, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, to explore how markets are constructed and stabilized. We discuss his argument that markets are not...

In this episode, I sit down with Jason Brennan, Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, to examine the moral foundations of democracy. We explore his provocative argument that democratic systems may not always...