Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza. By Marianne Hirsch and M. Gessen Produced by Jillian Weinberger In the wake of the Oct. 7 ...
Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...
Menopause is often treated like a quiet footnote in women’s health, something you’re expected to handle discreetly and move past without much fuss. That framing doesn’t match reality, because the ...
What’s remarkable is not that human societies fall apart, but that we humans can form coherent groups of more than a few hundred individuals at all—no other primates can. Chimpanzee groups are ...
On 16 October 2029, I will – hopefully – become a member of the world’s fastest-growing demographic. By then, 1.4 billion people, a sixth of the world’s population, will be aged 60 or over. Assuming I ...
Aidan Moir previously received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. McMaster ...
Duncan Depledge receives funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. He is an Associate Fellow of the London-based Royal United Services Institute and a Non-Resident Fellow of the ...
Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Learn how the stories we tell and hear shape our relationships, values, and sense of belonging. Summary: Storytelling is more than entertainment. It ...