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How COVID-era monetary policy changed everything | Joseph Politano

92.9 The Torch | February 3, 2025

“Understanding more about monetary policy and the economic regime that you’re living under can help ease some of the fundamental uncertainties [that have been] prevalent since COVID, and help you make better decisions in your day-to-day life.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why the ultra […]


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Who will you become during a crisis? | Amanda Ripley

92.9 The Torch | February 2, 2025

“Humans, like most mammals, tend to shut down in really frightening situations for which they have no training or prior experience. Researchers call it negative panic. People do nothing. They shut down.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, She studied extreme psychopaths. Here’s what it taught […]


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Daniel Goleman: The 4 domains of emotional intelligence | Daniel Goleman for Big Think+

92.9 The Torch | February 2, 2025

“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, 12 traits emotionally intelligent people share (You […]


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Why does it feel like the world is falling apart? | Brian Klaas

92.9 The Torch | February 1, 2025

“We’ve engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Everything does NOT happen for a reason ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm62KTbZE4Q As modern humans we experience a different world […]


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The mind-blowing circle of life, explained by a biologist | Sean B. Carroll

92.9 The Torch | February 1, 2025

“While society’s been humming along and enjoying all these advances in agriculture and medicine, in the last 50 or 60 years, ecologists have learned a lot about how nature works. I’ve codified these into a set of rules called the ‘Serengeti Rules.’” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 […]


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Why having kids is ethical (if you want them) | Christine Emba

92.9 The Torch | January 31, 2025

“In our current social and physical climate, there’s a sense of fatalism, a fear that bringing someone new into the world might be a bad thing.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Dating apps encourage our worst instincts. Here’s how to be more ethical ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXL2kjDoc04 […]



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The four questions that can help your mind heal | Byron Katie

92.9 The Torch | January 30, 2025

“I saw that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, and when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Perception Box series ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV4iomWS7CzqCdOCwj0lFnLr&si=yCY6Ee7m6bpj7E-y Author and public speaker Byron Katie shares how she transformed her life after discovering ‘The […]


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10 biggest world threats of 2025, ranked | Ian Bremmer

92.9 The Torch | January 30, 2025

“There is so much more uncertainty and volatility in a world that is moving fast with big countries that are more at odds with each other and with fewer rules of the road that leaders, companies, and societies are adhering to.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up […]


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The secret behind Diana Nyad’s incredible 53-hour swim

92.9 The Torch | January 29, 2025

The one phrase that changed Diana Nyad’s life, and set her on course to become the first person ever to conquer the 110 mile, 53 hour swim from Florida to Cuba. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch the full Perception Box series ► https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5uULy4b0kV4iomWS7CzqCdOCwj0lFnLr&si=yCY6Ee7m6bpj7E-y At 64, Diana […]



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