Maya Shunker: I'm pretty laissez-faire about letting experiments go forward, except in the case of what might be the most awful natural experiment we're living through right now. We'll hear from social scientists who challenge us to reframe our stress as something that can actually be good for us. Comedian Hussin Minhaj reveals that having a job that is so dependent on whether or not people like him are employed has made him reconsider his future in comedy. Listen to a slight change of plans wherever you get your podcast.
Author, psychologist and professional poker player Maria Konnikova joins the show as Revisionist History’s first ombudsman. Maria advocates for the audience, reading letters from listeners and challenging Malcolm on matters great and small. They discuss how iodized salt is changing lives, the ethics of the Minnesota starvation experiments, and the ever-changing guidance around drinking alcohol. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts, be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm.
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