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Hypnosis can make you fall in and out of love – behavioral scientist
Hypnosis has always tread the line between trickery and science leaving some fooled while helping others explore their psyche. What's true or false about this somewhat occult practice? We asked Paul McKenna, hypnotist, behavioral scientist, and...
Dec 10, 2021 06:26
We’re parasites like viruses – biochemist
For ages, we've been trying to trace the origins of life on Earth. How did a barren rock turn into something as flourishing, beautiful, and abundant as we know it? We asked Nick Lane, professor of evolutionary biochemistry at University College...
Dec 3, 2021 08:21
On Contact: Sex, women, gender identity
Chris Hedges discusses gender identity with Kathleen Stock, professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex. There are few cultural debates as contentious as the one raging around gender identity. Do we have an inner state called a gender...
Nov 7, 2021 06:34
John Romero: Video games are the ultimate art
As the virtual world increasingly becomes as vivid as the real one, the video games industry is poised to transform entertainment, education and social relations. We talk about this with legendary game designer and programmer, John Romero....
Sep 10, 2021 08:04
On Contact: The age of manufactured ignorance
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the age of manufactured ignorance with the scholar Professor Henry A. Giroux.Education, Giroux writes, has increasingly become a tool of domination as right-wing pedagogical apparatuses controlled by the...
Sep 10, 2021 07:54
On Contact: The Debacle in Afghanistan
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the debacle in Afghanistan with Danny Sjursen, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, former US Army major and author. He is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and later as an Army captain in...
Aug 27, 2021 07:27
On Contact: Daniel Hale, whistleblower
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the prosecution and sentencing of former intelligence analyst, Daniel Hale, with his lawyer Jesselyn Radack. Daniel Hale, a former intelligence analyst in the drone program for the Air Force, who as a...
Jul 30, 2021 08:26
On Contact: America's endless war
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Erik Edstrom, combat veteran and former platoon commander, about America's endless war. Edstrom is a decorated soldier who led combat missions in Afghanistan. His memoir is ‘Un-American: A...
Mar 7, 2021 07:15
On Contact: Chevron vs. Donziger
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Steven Donziger about the reach of corporate power. Donziger battled corporate oil giant Chevron over environmental pollution and destruction in Ecuador and won a settlement of $9.5 billion for indigenous...
Sep 6, 2020 09:21
Men don’t look at sex as an achievement anymore – psychologist
Social networks have transformed the way we see communication, even the most intimate forms. Are they pushing us towards another sexual revolution? We talked about this with social psychologist Justin Lehmiller. Follow @SophieCo_RT ...
Feb 14, 2020 06:58