Episode 29: Traffic

When historian Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, she became fascinated by the ways people try to impose order on events they can't control. She joins us to explore what it means to live fully when life offers no satisfying explanation for the tragedies we may face. ...  Show more

Think about the last time you had a discouraging thought. Maybe you told yourself, "This won't work. I'm not cut out for this." Did you take that thought as fact? Last week, we talked with psychologist Martin Seligman about why some people come to believe that their actions don’t ...  Show more

Beep, Honk, Honk...Do you find yourself stuck in traffic more often than you would like to? Like it or not, traffic is a topic of conversation in our lives. In today's podcast and communication lesson, we will talk about traffic and learn useful vocabulary for such discussions. 

This week, a viral video of a robo-traffic-cop in Shanghai has the team contemplating the science of traffic. How do traffic jams with no discernible cause actually form? Does the weather experience traffic jams? And why do our cords also seem to get tangled in their own little c ...  Show more

Traffic jams are one of the great universal ball aches. No matter how you plan your public holiday drive you'll be stuck in traffic at some point. If we can't avoid it, how can we control how we react to it? Screaming along to your favourite song might help, but we’ve got some ti ...  Show more

This week we tackle the problem facing many cities: congestion. We look at why historical thinking isn't working and what could be a possible way forward. Hope you enjoy!<hr>

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