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Roxanne Khamsi: You are mutating – and that’s (mostly) a good thing
14/07/2026 | 36 mins.
Mutations sound scary. But the DNA that shaped us is has been mutating since we were born. Some mutations are bad for our health while others are helping us stay alive, sprucing up our livers and fighting off germs.

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Lawrence O’Donnell: Inventing Arnie Vinick
07/07/2026 | 38 mins.
Today an MS NOW host, in 2004 he was writer/producer on the popular NBC series The West Wing tasked with introducing a new character – a Republican Senator running for president.

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Walter Isaacson: Are these truths still self-evident?
30/06/2026 | 36 mins.
On the eve of our nation's 250th, Walter Isaacson takes a deep dive into the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. It's what he calls "the greatest sentence ever written."

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Kate Bowler: Joy is surprising
23/06/2026 | 37 mins.
A decade on from being diagnosed with a deadly cancer – and eight years since her first visit with Clear and Vivid – she tells of the many ways she has been taken by surprise by joy, as recounted in her new book – Joyful, Anyway

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Dhruv Khullar: The doctor has stories
16/06/2026 | 36 mins.
As AI takes an increasing role in medical decisions, a physician employs stories to tell how the role of our doctors is changing

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Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.

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