Money: Humanity's Biggest Illusion

Have you ever felt lonelier in a relationship than you did when you were single? You share a life with someone, yet somehow feel emotionally distant, disconnected, and desperate for a deeper connection. Why does being with someone not always protect us from loneliness?Relationshi ...  Show more

Everything you are. Everything you do. Everything you see, touch, love… all of it is made up of atoms. Trillions of them, arranged into separate, individual entities. A person who can wake up, move, work; and the things they can sleep on, move around in, and work with.That's the ...  Show more

Science shows that people's obsession with money runs deeper than you might think. 

Money can be a very tricky subject. When we don’t have it, it can seem like it will solve all of our problems. But when we get it, is it really all worth it? Emma gets super passionate this week, talking through her childhood growing up around people with a lot more money than he ...  Show more

What's the point of money? The answer might seem obvious: we need it to get paid for our work, and to buy the things we need. But there's also a deeper way to look at the role of money in our lives. This week we explore an anthropologist's take on the origin story of money. Wh ...