Radiolab

Neither Confirm Nor Deny

The phrase 'can neither confirm nor deny' is the perfect non-denial denial. It's such a perfect deflection that it seems like it's been around forever.

Hidden Brain

The Cowboy Philosopher

Will Rogers had a way of saying things that made people laugh, and then think. He understood that humor could be a Trojan horse — a way of sneaking past people's defenses to deliver an uncomfortable truth.

Pivot

Kara Swisher: Elon Musk Is “Losing It On The Stand” | Pivot

The dehumanization, the delegitimization, the exclusion, the criminalization, the existential threat framing. No individual in public office has done more of this in the world than Donald Trump.

Code Switch

Hate it or love it, is DEI a distraction?

Anti-racism, especially in 2020, around the George Floyd protests, became so palatable to corporations and, you know, wealthy individuals and philanthropic institutions and other institutions and individuals in these massive positions of power is because they saw that it was a way to call for change in a way that would ultimately protect their own interests.

Code Switch

What Trump's language has in common with cult language

Language can be used to build a following, how words can be used to divide people into an us versus them mindset, and actually shape people's perception of reality