Review of the year: 2022

Carolyn Kousky is the Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund and the author of Understanding Disaster Insurance: New Tools for a More Resilient Future. In this episode, Kousky dives deep into the world of insurance markets, exposing ma ...  Show more

In the first episode of 2023, Kate Whiting speaks to academics and authors Professor Andrew Pettegree and Dr Arthur der Weduwen about their book The Library: A Fragile History. They discuss why, despite our love of collecting books, they have often been neglected and become tools ...  Show more

This week, Barbara Ehrenreich discusses “Rise of the Robots” and “Shadow Work”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Andrew Solomon talks about Oliver Sacks’s new memoir, “On the Move”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

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