Fresh Air

Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?

You can spend all your time trying to prove that we are humans, that we had a civilization, that we have art, that we have culture. But it's a distraction because there's always going to be one more thing. And actually, the problem is not us. The problem is the racist who has no other way of feeling full, no other way of having integrity other than putting someone else down.

Code Switch

How your vote became your identity

There was a time when our party was a thing that we voted for, and, you know, we felt psychologically connected to the party. The party wins, we feel good. If the party loses, we feel bad. But there's still all these other parts of our identity that we have that are linked to our, you know, sense of self-esteem and our place in the world.

It's Been a Minute

The world is awful. Is it healthier to stop caring? | It's Been A Minute

This pose of acting like you don't care and maybe the pose becomes so real that you actually don't really care.

Hidden Brain

The Debt Trap

We like to think that good financial decisions come down to discipline and basic math. But the psychology of money turns out to be deeply complicated.

Semafor

The State of Happiness in 2026 | Semafor Events

Well, I'd have to say happiness. So that's why we do this. And at that time he was doing surveys where he would ask people just tell me how your life is going.

Book of the Day

'One of Us' is a British political drama based on the Boris Johnson era

The idea of revenge, of nurturing it like a pet, it's the closest he can get to having that love reciprocated.

Hidden Brain

Rethinking Depression

We tend to see depression as an illness to eliminate, evidence that something has gone wrong in the brain. But what if low mood serves a purpose?

TED

1 Thing You Can Do Today to Be Happier | Sonja Lyubomirsky | TED

It dawned on me that almost all of the interventions that work to make us happier, they work precisely because they help us feel more connected to and loved by others.

TED

"FEEL LOVE" / "POSER" | PARTYOF2 | TED

We made to combat imposter syndrome, which is something I think we all kind of deal with