What if Putin's gone?

An atlas of human suffering

+ Putin's mind, failed ideas, the best way to keep up with the war in Ukraine (#384)

The infamous letter

Extended version for everyone, including some advice on following the Russian invasion into Ukraine. (#383)

Why war?

+ Understanding Disability, Big Skills, Climate Optimism, 🐯 (#382)

How many micromorts are you comfortable with?

+ New World of War, Boris, Lithium (#381)

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Special Delivery: A climate issue

Guest curated by Prof. Kimberly Nicholas, sustainability scientist.

Andy Warhol's take on Cryptopunks and the value of everything

+ Pronouns, World Quiz, Radical Candor (#380)

What it means to lose, and to find

+ Artificial wombs, Explaining things, Mushroom Color Atlas (#379)

You are not entitled to their deaths

+ Putin, GPS, Hopepunk (#378)

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Special Delivery: How to Fail

🙋‍♀️ Guest curated by Eva Schulz, reporter and podcast host.

Numb numbers

+ Friendship, Waste Age, Levels of Hype (#377)

We need better stories

+ Books that got me thinking the most in 2021 (#376)

Asking questions

An issue about the future (#375)

The future is now (unfortunately)

+ Art, Omicron, Book Flood (#374)

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Best of 2021

The ultimate selection of more than 500 recommendations from this year.

Inside Europe's prisons in Africa

+ Uncertainty, Books, Fragile Masculinity (#373)

A city, ten times the size of NYC

+ Amazing Journeys, Future of Gender, Better Thinking (#372)

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Supply and Demand, and Demand, and Demand

+ Transapocalypse, Meeting Overload, Ski madness (#371)

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+ Try Harder, Flow, Zombie Traffic Lights (#370)

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Welcome to the metaverse before it was uncool

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Special Delivery: Do I really deserve my success?

🙋‍♀️ Guest curated by Andrea Jansen, founder of AnyWorkingMom.

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Has the climate movement failed?

+ Progress, Shortfall, Imagination (#368)

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What's your climate shadow?

+ How many friends? Town of wood. Tiny humans. (#367)

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And on the fifth day, they rested

+ COP26, Science vs. Omnicrisis, Shadow art (#366)

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The Ship That Became a Bomb

+ Walking 21000 miles, Language quiz, How to write well (#365)