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What ISIS Thinks of 'What ISIS Really Wants'

Title: What ISIS Thinks of 'What ISIS Really Wants'
Runtime: 5:34
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Graeme Wood sits down with Atlantic editor in chief James Bennet to discuss "What ISIS Really Wants," his groundbreaking cover story about the ideology behind the Islamic State. In the interview, Wood explains how he reported the story without visiting Iraq or Syria, how he tracked down sources across the globe—such as Musa Cerantonio, an Australian preacher reported to be one of the Islamic State’s most influential recruiters—and how they reacted after reading the story. "I just wanted to find out exactly what [Cerantonio] thought," Wood says. "The things that he wanted to tell the world were the things that I wanted to listen to."

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Title: Should the Jews Leave Europe?
Runtime: 20:34
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Atlantic editor in chief James Bennet moderates a discussion between national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg and contributing editor Leon Wieseltier. Goldberg is the author of "Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?," the cover story featured in the April issue.

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Ask a Tween: What Does It Mean to Be Popular?

Title: Ask a Tween: What Does It Mean to Be Popular?
Runtime: 2:13
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: This is the second installment of The Atlantic's "Ask a Tween" series, where we ask tweens for their thoughts about pretty much everything. We interviewed students at Alice Deal Middle School in D.C., who told us what popularity means in 2015. Social media presence can have a big impact: "You're putting yourself on the web, so that allows people to see who you are, so in order to be popular people have to like you," says Rashida, a 12-year-old. However, "popularity at school is, like, different than overall or on Instagram," adds 13-year-old Dylan.

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Title: Our Incredible, Microscopic World
Runtime: 2:36
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Nikon announced the winners of the annual Small World in Motion competition on April 27. The photomicrography contest first introduced a video category in 2011, which includes digital time-lapse footage taken through a microscope. As a preview, they shared some of the finalists' videos from this year's competition with us, which we've edited together. More than than 130 entries were received this year, featuring remarkable footage that spans everything from embryonic mouse kidneys to a killer T cell engaging a cancer cell. Enjoy a trip into the microscopic world with this incredible footage.

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Title: The Joy of Learning French, Part Deux
Runtime: 2:13
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: After seven weeks of nothing but French, Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on his summer of study and the benefits of learning another language.

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Title: How Do Trees Know When It's Spring?
Runtime: 3:45
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: It’s a warm, sunny day in April, and all the trees are in bloom. But how did they know it was warm and sunny? And on a warm, sunny day in February, what keeps them from blooming? Scott Aker, a horticulturalist at the U.S. National Arboretum, tells Robinson Meyer how the process works and what to look for.

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What's This Bone Broth People Are Drinking?

Title: What's This Bone Broth People Are Drinking?
Runtime: 6:08
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Carrying around a coffee cup full of hot meat stock is somehow cool, as James Hamblin learned when he visited Fleisher's Craft Butchery in Brooklyn. It may not have the health benefits some people believe, but it's an intriguing way to turn waste into profit.

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An Animated History of 20th-Century Hairstyles

Title: An Animated History of 20th-Century Hairstyles
Runtime: 1:54
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The history of hairstyles in the 20th century is a lively one, from the Gibson Girl's chignon to the conk, which was worn by musicians like Sam Cooke in the 1920s, to Lucille Ball's poodle cut, and of course, feathered hair made famous by Farrah Fawcett. It was a century of fast-paced fashions, made memorable by the identities showcased by hairstyle.

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Ask a Tween: What's Your Favorite Slang Word?

Title: Ask a Tween: What's Your Favorite Slang Word?
Runtime: 2:01
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: This is the first episode in a new series from The Atlantic, where we ask tweens for their thoughts on everything from middle-school jargon to what it's like growing up in the digital age. We interviewed students at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C., who shared some of their favorite slang words with us: swag, on fleek, and werk (with an "e"). "Sometimes slang words come out of famous videos or Vines," Max, a seventh-grade student, says. "It's social media," says Ricardo, another seventh-grader.

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Cryotherapy: The Dubious Appeal of Shooting -260º Nitrogen at Your Naked Skin

Title: Cryotherapy: The Dubious Appeal of Shooting -260º Nitrogen at Your Naked Skin
Runtime: 6:04
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: More and more people are trying cryotherapy. They believe freezing themselves helps treat an array of illnesses, but James Hamblin is doubtful. He visited Kryolife in New York City to see what the fuss is all about.

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The Absurd Psychology of Restaurant Menus

Title: The Absurd Psychology of Restaurant Menus
Runtime: 4:50
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Would people eat healthier if celery was called "cool celery?" James Hamblin investigates the logic of food names with Arthur Meyer, the co-author of FUDS: A Complete Encyclofoodia from Tickling Shrimp to Not Dying in a Restaurant.

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Title: Confessions of Moms Around the World
Runtime: 5:37
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In some European countries, women get luxurious maternity leave, steeply discounted daycare, and flexible working hours so they can run to parent-teacher meetings in the middle of the afternoon. And yet, when I travel, I still encounter moms who feel stressed and under-appreciated. Meanwhile, in the developing world, I’ve met mothers living in difficult circumstances whose hopes and dreams for their children align pretty closely with those of middle-class Americans.

That made us curious about how geography and culture affect the experience of motherhood. We interviewed 10 moms living in various countries and asked them what it’s like to be them and what makes motherhood in their country unique. Their answers speak volumes about how our families and communities can influence the way we raise our children. And they might make American moms wonder whether they should really be jealous of Swedish women and their supposedly ultra-egalitarian husbands.

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Title: What Happens Inside a Dying Mind?
Runtime: 2:17
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: What makes a person believe that he visited heaven? Is there a way for science to get at what’s really going on? In the April 2015 issue of the Atlantic, Gideon Lichfield mounts an empirical investigation of near-death experiences, concluding that more rigorous research must be pursued to understand what happens in the minds of "experiencers," as they call themselves.

One thing is abundantly clear, though. Near-death experiences are pivotal events in people's lives. "It's a catalyst for growth on many different levels—psychologically, emotionally, maybe even physiologically," says Mitch Liester, a psychiatrist.

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Coming Soon: "Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?" by Jeffrey Goldberg

Title: Coming Soon: "Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe?" by Jeffrey Goldberg
Runtime: 0:29
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: A sneak preview of our April cover story, which will be available online March 16.

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Title: How to Drive Without Texting
Runtime: 2:43
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Plan ahead.

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Title: Why Principals Matter
Runtime: 6:23
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Earlier this year, Nadia Lopez was ready to quit her job at Mott Hall Bridges Academy. Lopez founded the public middle school in 2010, hoping to provide educational stability to students in Brownsville, Brooklyn—the poorest neighborhood in New York City. Four years later, though, she worried her work wasn't influencing the community.

Then Vidal Chastanet, an eighth-grader at Mott Hall, was featured on the Humans of New York photo blog, where he praised Lopez as the most influential person in his life. "When we get in trouble, she doesn't suspend us," he said. "She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us." The post, which immediately vent viral on Facebook, was shared more than 145,000 times. Three days later, Stanton and Lopez started a fundraising campaign to send Mott Hall students to visit Harvard. The campaign attracted significant attention online, raising more than $1.4 million in just three weeks.

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Title: A Brief History of Contraception
Runtime: 2:00
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The use of contraceptives dates all the way back to 1850 B.C., when women in ancient Egypt used honey, acacia leaves, and lint to block sperm. This two-minute animation traces the history of contraception through the centuries, from sea sponges (500 B.C.), linen sheath condoms (1564), lemon cervical caps (1700), and the "rhythm method" (1920) to modern advancements such as vaginal rings, hormone injections, IUDs, and patches.

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Creative Ideas Happen When You Stop Checking Your Phone

Title: Creative Ideas Happen When You Stop Checking Your Phone
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Remember what it's like to be bored? A New York public radio show asked thousands of its listeners to stop checking their phones and see where their minds took them. New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi takes James Hamblin to Science House in Manhattan to experience purposeful boredom—and see what creative breakthroughs came.

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What 'Fifty Shades' Left Out: A Straightforward Guide to BDSM

Title: What 'Fifty Shades' Left Out: A Straightforward Guide to BDSM
Runtime: 2:39
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The Fifty Shades trilogy has sold well more than 100 million copies worldwide, and now it has been made into a $40-million movie. Kink may be the “new normal” for hot sex, but BDSM and other fetishistic play has a long history. Moviegoers and readers who are new to kink may not be familiar with the strong set of norms and ethical guidelines in the BDSM community—and how to make sure this kind of sex is safe, consensual, and healthy.

Romance novels aside, more people might interested in kink than you'd think—a 2009 study found that both men and women prefer fantasies of being dominated, rather than dominating others.

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Title: How to Build a Tornado
Runtime: 5:35
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: What if you had an idea that you believed could change the world? How would you convince people that your idea could become a reality? A Canadian inventor named Louis Michaud has spent decades building a machine—a tornado machine—that he thinks could solve the world's energy problems. According to Michaud, his "Atmospheric Vortex Engine" may someday generate mile-high columns of warm air, heated by the sun or waste heat from power plants, which could turn turbines and produce power. Lots of power, he believes. All he has to do is prove it.

Produced in collaboration with The Adaptors podcast.

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Title: What Happened to the Milky Way?
Runtime: 4:37
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Can you see the stars at night? Only a few centuries ago, the Milky Way was visible from almost anywhere in America. Today, more than 99 percent of the population in the continental U.S. live in light-polluted areas. It's impossible to see the Milky Way in more than two-thirds of the country.

While it's unclear exactly how this change affects our culture and health, scientists are beginning to take notice of the disappearing night sky. The International Dark Sky Association works to reverse light pollution by studying the ways we light our streets and cities. Major metropolitan areas in Los Angeles and New York City are already transitioning to LEDs, which have the potential to greatly reduce the amount of light pollution in the sky. Maybe, just maybe, there's hope for our stars.

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Title: Why Is Google Making Human Skin?
Runtime: 5:58
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Hidden away inside a world-class life sciences lab on Google's campus, doctors are trying to change the way people think about their health.

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The U.S. Military Will Spend $1.5 Trillion on a Plane That Barely Works

Title: The U.S. Military Will Spend $1.5 Trillion on a Plane That Barely Works
Runtime: 2:45
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The F-35 fighter jet was supposed to do a bit of everything. Instead, the aircraft can barely do anything: it has trouble flying at night, its engines have exploded during takeoff, and early models suffered structural cracks. There's no end in sight, either. The all-in costs of this airplane are estimated to be as much as $1.5 trillion. (That's approximately the same price as the entire Iraq War.) In this video, James Fallows explains how such a disastrous project came to be—and why it can't be stopped.

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Mark Bittman's Simple Tips for How to Cook Spaghetti Squash

Title: Mark Bittman's Simple Tips for How to Cook Spaghetti Squash
Runtime: 5:17
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Cooking for yourself is one of the surest ways to eat well. Bestselling author Mark Bittman teaches James Hamblin the recipe that everyone is Googling.

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Title: The Health Benefits of Going Outside
Runtime: 5:42
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: As people spend more time indoors, ecotherapy is emerging as a way to help rebuild our relationships with nature—and improve mental and physical health. James Hamblin visits San Francisco to learn more.

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The Town Where High Tech Meets a 1950s Lifestyle

Title: The Town Where High Tech Meets a 1950s Lifestyle
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Life in Green Bank, West Virginia, is far from ordinary. The small town sits inside a "national radio quiet zone" that houses one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. To ensure that astronomers work without interference, residents cannot use any product that transmits wireless signals within a ten-mile radius of the telescope. In other words: no microwave ovens, no cell phones, and no Wi-Fi. "Just about anything that uses electricity could potentially cause interference to our telescopes," says Jonah Bauserman, a technician for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

This documentary was produced for American Futures, an ongoing reporting project from James Fallows, Deborah Fallows, and John Tierney. Previously, the series profiled Pittsburgh's bike scene and an arts community in Columbus.

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Title: Would You Live in a Treehouse?
Runtime: 6:35
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Would you live in a treehouse? The appeal is obvious to any kid, but it can seem like a daunting idea for adults. Nevertheless, cultural interest has erupted in recent years. You can vacation at a "treesort," or watch a reality show about treetop architecture, or even rent a room in a treehouse on Airbnb.

In this short documentary, we interview people who build, live in, and love treehouses. These are far from the forts of childhood memory, though. They employ artificial limbs for support, boast both plumbing and running water, and wouldn't look out of place in luxury lifestyle magazines. "Treehouses are becoming more and more adult," says Michael Garnier, a treehouse building pioneer. "They're not just for kids anymore."

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Who Made Pop Music So Repetitive? You Did.

Title: Who Made Pop Music So Repetitive? You Did.
Runtime: 1:53
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The music industry has learned how to use data from apps like Spotify and Shazam to predict new hits. However, just a glimpse at the Billboard charts will tell you that today's pop music is more homogenous that it has been in decades. Why? Because we like to hear the same songs, over and over again.

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Title: Never Tell People How Old They Look
Runtime: 3:14
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Age discrimination affects us all. Who cares about youth? James Hamblin turns to his colleague Jeffrey Goldberg for advice.

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Pittsburgh: 'It's Better Than You Thought'

Title: Pittsburgh: 'It's Better Than You Thought'
Runtime: 3:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Since 2000, the tech boom has attracted droves of young, educated people to Pittsburgh. Now, many newcomers consider the city to be a bikeable and walkable paradise. This short documentary considers how it became cyclist-friendly, as well as how those changes strengthened local communities. "Everybody has a negative connotation of this city," says one resident. "It's a different place than most people think it is."

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Title: The Case for Napping at Work
Runtime: 4:05
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Most Americans don't get enough sleep. People are exhausted. It's time for a wake-up call. It's time to embrace the office nap.

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The Elite Apache Hotshot Crew Fighting Wildfires

Title: The Elite Apache Hotshot Crew Fighting Wildfires
Runtime: 5:22
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: In the field with the Geronimo Hotshots, an elite crew of Apache firefighters who battle the biggest wildfires in the nation.

Home for the Hotshots is on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona, where unemployment is high, and firefighting jobs are one of the few stable opportunities for work. "Your mom, your dad, your uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins—one of them probably fights fire," says Squad Leader Jeff Belvado. The Geronimo Hotshots are one of seven Native American hotshot crews in the United States who are sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The film features GoPro footage from the Geronimo Hotshots' 2013 fire season, shot by crew member Samson Belvado.

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Gentrification 'Without the Negative' in Columbus, Ohio

Title: Gentrification 'Without the Negative' in Columbus, Ohio
Runtime: 4:55
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Nearly a quarter of the homes in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio are vacant. In 2011, an arts group moved into an abandoned factory in the area to create 400 West Rich Street, a community that now leases space to woodworkers, performance artists, a coffee shop, painters, sculptors, and others.

This short documentary considers the artists who work in 400 West Rich Street, why the space attracted them, and what it means for revitalization of the neighborhood.

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Title: How Long Do You Want to Live?
Runtime: 5:20
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Dr. Zeke Emanuel recently announced that he will stop receiving life-prolonging medical care at age 75. James Hamblin tries to understand why. What is the meaning of life?

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Title: Things Not to Say to a Pregnant Woman
Runtime: 4:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: You don't have to tell a pregnant woman how big she is. You don't need to touch her belly. James Hamblin discusses the social etiquette of talking about pregnancy with senior editor (and soon-to-be mother) Becca Rosen.

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Title: Is the Stock Market for Suckers?
Runtime: 2:33
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: If you think you’re smarter than the stock market, you’re probably either cheating or wrong.

From books to television, the business of telling people how to trade stocks is booming. But the very idea that we can consistently beat the market is flawed. Last year, two economists won the Nobel Prize for explaining why active traders are engaging in a high-stakes game of heads-or-tails when they bet on the short-term gyrations of public valuations. Why are so many Americans seduced by the randomness of stocks, and why are we so easily duped by the allure of “beating” the market? Derek Thompson explains.

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In Online Dating, Everyone's a Little Bit Racist

Title: In Online Dating, Everyone's a Little Bit Racist
Runtime: 5:14
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: OKCupid is one of the largest dating sites in the world with over 4 million monthly active users. While the explicit purpose of OKCupid is to help users find romance, the site's co-founder Christian Rudder has discovered a dual purpose for the information produced through the dating site.

Courting controversy, Rudder has sorted through the data of 25 million users, revealing findings on beauty, attraction, race, and gender. Rudder has recently released some of those numbers in a book titled Dataclysm. In this short video, Rudder shares some of his discoveries and discusses “who we are when we think no one’s looking.”

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Social Security: The Greatest Government Policy of All Time?

Title: Social Security: The Greatest Government Policy of All Time?
Runtime: 2:54
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which aimed to reduce poverty among the elderly. Eight decades later, it is the one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in U.S. history. So, why do some people hate it? Derek Thompson explains.

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Why Are Americans So Bad at Saving Money?

Title: Why Are Americans So Bad at Saving Money?
Runtime: 2:44
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: The math of savings isn't hard. But, for Americans, the act itself seems quite impossible, as the U.S. has one of the developed world's lowest savings rates, despite the fact that the richest Americans easily put aside half their salary. As Derek Thompson explains in this episode of Economic in Plain English, the culprit isn't only in our wallets and price tags, but also in our brains.

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Title: What Letter Should We Add to STEM?
Runtime: 2:42
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of academics within some of America's top universities to debate how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) could be benefitted by another letter. "I have no hesitation in saying we need to add the letter A," says Harvard University education professor Howard Gardner. "An education devoid of arts…is an empty, half-brain kind of education." Other panelists include Sebastian Thrun, Drew Faust, Erika Christakis, and Nicholas Dirks.

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Title: What Crazy Tech Idea Could Become Real?
Runtime: 2:12
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of tech experts what crazy inventions we can expect in the future. "I actually think that we will develop some kind of technology that allows us to just communicate directly through thought," says interactive artist Jonathan Harris. Other panelists include Sebastian Thrun, Alex Reben, Missy Cummings, Alexis Madrigal, Ping Fu, Danny Hillis, and Hari Kondabolu.

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Title: What Is a City?
Runtime: 4:06
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Physicists Geoffrey West and Luis Bettencourt of the Santa Fe Institute have looked at data from cities around the world to try to understand what, exactly, they are. They've found that surprising patterns underlie the growth of all urban systems. You can read more about their research here: http://www.santafe.edu/research/cities-scaling-and-sustainability/

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What Do You Wish You Had Learned in College?

Title: What Do You Wish You Had Learned in College?
Runtime: 2:15
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of academics within some of America's top universities to reveal what they regret from their undergraduate years. "I wish I had learned that failures only hurt for the first two days," says Harvard University professor Elisa New. "In college, if I had known that, I would have been less afraid." Other panelists include Google X founder Sebastian Thrun, Harvard University president Drew Faust, Yale Child Study Center lecturer Erika Christakis, and UC Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks.

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Title: CrossFit Versus Yoga: Choose a Side
Runtime: 4:35
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: How does a workout become a social identity? In some ways, it's choosing a gym. In some ways, it's choosing a life.

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Is Technology Making Us Better Storytellers?

Title: Is Technology Making Us Better Storytellers?
Runtime: 2:47
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Technology has changed way we tell stories, but has it changed the quality of storytelling? At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of writers, artists, and producers to weigh in. "We're revisiting the same explorations of the soul that have been going on for hundreds of generations," says House of Cards showrunner Beau Willimon. Other panelists include Michael Eisner, Catherine Burns, Jay Allison, Paula Kerger, Jon Lovett, Yoni Bloch, Pete McBride, and Hari Kondabolu.

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Title: What Is a Sandwich?
Runtime: 2:09
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: We have a basic idea of what a sandwich is: two slices of bread with some tasty stuff in between them, just as the Earl of Sandwich so ingeniously envisioned back in the 18th century. But get past those basics for form, and the specifics of function can make things … tricky. Is a hot dog a sandwich? What about a wrap? What about a gyro? Has an open-face "sandwich," with its single slice of bread, been lying to us this whole time?

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How Will Climate Change Transform U.S. Cities?

Title: How Will Climate Change Transform U.S. Cities?
Runtime: 2:41
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we wanted to unearth the ways in which climate change will inevitably affect urban life in America. "If certain cities in the world become places where you cannot live, where will people go?" asks Santa Fe Institute professor Luís Bettencourt. "There will likely be large scale migrations that will influence the demographics of cities and places." Other panelists include M. Sanjayan, Geoffrey West, Alissa Walker, Jeff Speck, Coral Davenport and Jennifer Pahlka.

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Let's Talk About Not Smoking, as Friends

Title: Let's Talk About Not Smoking, as Friends
Runtime: 4:43
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: Why does smoking maintain its allure? James Hamblin seeks the wisdom of a cool person.

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Is Technology Shifting Our Moral Compass?

Title: Is Technology Shifting Our Moral Compass?
Runtime: 2:47
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of experts what new technologies like self-driving cars and drones might mean for our collective conscience. "When a technology first comes into the marketplace, there are always unintended consequences," says Ping Fu, chief strategy officer for 3D Systems. Other panelists include Sebastian Thrun, Alex Reben, Missy Cummings, Jonathan Harris, Jennifer Pahlka, Danny Hillis.

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Title: What Is the Greatest Story Ever Told?
Runtime: 3:14
Date posted: 12 years ago
Description: At this year's Aspen Ideas Festival, we asked a group of storytellers to share their favorite tales. Their answers ranged from Charlotte's Web to Anna Karenina and beyond, along with a handful of insights about the power of a good story. "Maybe the Bible?" says musician Yoni Bloch. "You've got all the elements: good characters, the weak winning over the strong." Panelists include Beau Willimon, Michael Eisner, Catherine Burns, Jay Allison, Jon Lovett, Paula Kerger, and Hari Kondabolu.

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