Episodes

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan shifts our attention from the content to the medium itself. The wide use of the telephone, telegraph, radio, television and other electronic media has established...

In 1983, two prominent traders in the U.S. futures industry disagreed over whether great futures traders were born or trained. To find the answer, they conducted an experiment known as the “turtle experiment.” The author of t...

The novelist Haruki Murakami started running at the age of 33. By the time he wrote this book, he had been running for about 23 years straight and ran full marathons at least once per year. The book, What I Talk About When I ...

Being at the top of the food chain, humans seem to be incredibly powerful. But in the face of disease, the slightest mistake may cost us our lives. Why do humans have fevers? Why haven't myopia genes been eliminated? Why do w...

Career transitions are a common phenomenon in today's society. Often, people intend to change careers, but they don't know where to start, or they postpone their career change plans due to difficulties they encounter along th...

Why do economic crises happen over and over again? What role does debt play? Are there any similarities among repeated crises? Can we find their patterns and solve a crisis properly? In Dalio's view, most events happen repeat...

This book introduces four British folkways in America and identifies four cultural traditions that early English immigrants brought to North America. This book points out that four early British folkways of North America have...

Over the years, Pixar struggled to find its direction as a company, while creating many miraculous cinematic works of art. Toy Story , Finding Nemo , Up and other Pixar animations have won around 30 Academy Awards and seven G...

Most of the problems we encounter when dealing with interpersonal relationships are often caused by a hidden psychological factor; self-deception. Self-deception is a psychological factor that causes us to treat others as obj...

The book explores the background and theoretical implication of logotherapy by looking back at the bloody and criminal history of Nazi Germany. While looking into the meaning of rehabilitation among people in extremis, this b...

In this book, misbehaving refers to the behaviors that contradict the basic assumptions of traditional economics. These are often the research subjects of behavioral economics. Traditional economics assumes that people are ra...

South Africa was once a land of apartheid and the deepest racial oppression. In April 1994, a new, democratic, and free South Africa was born. To build a new South Africa, the government had to face problems left over from th...

Do you often feel powerless or experience this feeling of not being good enough when facing the pressure from work and daily life? When we feel stressed, we subconsciously strike a dejected low-power pose. This is a book that...

When you think of dating, what comes to mind? Is it romantic candlelit dinners? Or a suitable travel companion? Regardless, not every relationship has a happy ending, and that is a predicament that countless unmarried people ...

Why is the gap between the rich and the poor widening? Why is the distribution of wealth in our society becoming more and more unequal? This book argues that unchecked capitalism has led to the rise in wealth inequality, and ...

This book presents a series of parenting strategies that will allow parents and their children to build and maintain good relationships in all kinds of situations. By learning new methods and skills, parents can begin to solv...

Broadly speaking, cooking is the process by which people transform raw ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes. It is one of the most fascinating and valuable things that humans have achieved. Cooked chronicles the a...

How did Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century, think and deal with social issues? To answer this question, Walter Isaacson collected and analyzed a large number of declassified documents and explored how this i...

As the founder of Psychoanalysis, Freud tremendously boosted the development of psychology and provided important theoretical support for Western humanities in the 20th century. He was followed by a great many and opposed by ...

As silent killers, gluten, carbs, and sugar can cause permanent damage to your brain and body before you know it. This book reveals how gluten and carbs in our daily diet adversely affect the brain. It also recommends revolut...

Do you suffer from setbacks in your studies, work, family, and relationships due to procrastination? Do you often feel frustrated and angry at yourself because you put things off ‘til later? Do you think that you are bad at t...

Everyone is familiar with stories. In our daily life, we’ve all read, heard, and told countless stories ourselves. Compared with other forms, most people are better at understanding abstract concepts and principles through st...

In daily life, we are surrounded by materials. They make up in our clothes, our food, our homes, and our transport systems. But, have you ever wondered how these materials are created? What are their secrets? How do they affe...

When it comes to charisma, people often think of movie and television stars in the spotlight. They believe that charisma depends on one’s natural appearance, temperament, and some inborn qualities that are difficult to explai...