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24. Amaryllis Fox: “What Does This New Version of Mutually Assured Destruction Look Like?”

Apr 17, 2021

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Impossible Mix of Fearlessness, Intelligence, Empathy, and Charisma

2min

The Immortality of a Teenager in Burma

3min

The Importance of Human Dignity

2min

The Crazyness of the Myanmar Escapade

1min

The Importance of Commonality in Your Upbringing

2min

The Importance of Being Different in the World

3min

The Different Types of Human Intelligence

3min

The Importance of Creativity in the CIA Training Program

2min

10.

The Role of Human Intelligence in the Cold War

2min

11.

The Venn Diagram: The Circle of Who You Are in the World

4min

12.

How to Save Time and Money on Your Next Trip

2min

13.

How to Learn a New Language

2min

14.

The Threat of Nuclear Weapons

3min

15.

The Democratized Grievances That We're Seeking

4min

16.

The Importance of Listening to Others

4min

17.

The Second Amendment and the American People

3min

18.

The Trap for Someone Set by the CA

2min

19.

The Price of Loneliness

2min

20.

The Business of Drugs

2min

21.

The Economics of Crime

2min

22.

The Importance of Humanity in Drug Addiction

2min

23.

The Importance of Empathy

3min

24.

How to Think Like an Economist

2min

25.

Sudir Breaks the Internet

3min

She spent nearly a decade as an undercover C.I.A. operative working to prevent terrorism. More recently, she hosted The Business of Drugs on Netflix. Amaryllis Fox — now Kennedy — explains why intelligence work requires empathy, and she soothes Steve’s fears about weapons of mass destruction.