Instead of debunking religious beliefs, what if we investigated where religion comes from, and why its virtually universal across human cultures?Anthropologist and How Religion Evolved And Why It Endures author Robin Dunbar joins Adam to discuss the o

The IPCC Report is one of the biggest, most important scientific projects ever undertaken by humankind, bringing together thousands of scientists from around the world to collect and evaluate our most

Weve known about climate chance since the 80s. So why has action been so slow?Journalist and author ofFire and Flood,Eugene Linden, joins Adam to discuss how climate change went from an issue of non-partisan agreement to one that is highly politicized

The1960s are often depicted as the the golden age of air travel, but the reality for the stewardesses who worked the skies was far from gilded. The Great Stewardess Rebellion author Nell McShane Wulfhart joins Adam to explain the ludicrous conditions

The early Internet was open, exciting, and deeply optimistic. So how did we end up, just a few decades later, with one thats closed, exploitative, and makes most of us incredibly depressed? Longtime Internet gadfly and author of How to Destroy Surveillan

Why do we have such a cultural aversion to human poop, when its so fascinating and useful? Stay with us: in this episode, science journalist Lina Zeldovich and author of the new book The Other Dark Matter educates Adam on why poop is an awesome substance

Around the world and for most of history, human societies have been dominated by men. Why? Professor and author of the forthcoming The Great Gender Divergence, Dr. Alice Evans, joins Adam to explain how male governance springs from systems of inheritanc

China is now one of the worlds most powerful nations. But how did its unique and formidable language shape its rise? Jing Tsu, the author ofKingdom of Characters,joins Adam to explain the history of the Chinese language, and the amazing innovations tha

Why is housing so expensive, when other human needs like food are relatively cheap? Brookings Senior Fellow and author of Fixer-Upper, Jenny Schuetz, joins Adam to explain why our entire system is tilted to protect wealth rather than provide housing, and

The American conversation about reparations is sadly narrow. But what if reparations could address not just the sins of the past, but the injustices of the present? Olufemi Taiwo, author of the new book Reconsidering Reparations, joins Adam to explain. Ch