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  • UnDisciplined: What can theatre teach us about kindness?

    UnDisciplined: What can theatre teach us about kindness?
    2026/06/18
    For years, comedy thrived on cynicism. The world was a mess, people were selfish, and anyone who believed otherwise was the punchline.But from Ted Lasso, to Paddington, to Come From Away, some of our most beloved stories are finding humor, heart, and even heroism in empathy, earnestness, and human decency.This summer, Lyric Repertory Company is producing Gutenberg! The Musical! It’s a delightfully ridiculous show about two aspiring theater makers who are convinced they have created a masterpiece. They haven't, but their unwavering enthusiasm is part of what makes the show so charming.And it's not the only production in Lyric's season that seems interested in the power of human decency.
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: Learning relevance from relegated soccer teams

    UnDisciplined: Learning relevance from relegated soccer teams
    2026/06/11
    In the United States, we tend to celebrate people who pick a destination, set a goal, believe in themselves, and refuse to quit until they get exactly where they always knew they’d be.But real life is messier than that. Dreams change. and sometimes careers stall — we get relegated to something less than what we dreamed of.That's what happened to Todd Smith, a part-time sports writer and full-time landscape supplier.Then he found himself watching an English football match between a billion-dollar giant and a club that most people, even in England, have never heard of, and he fell down a rabbit hole.
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: How science fiction reflects science fact

    UnDisciplined: How science fiction reflects science fact
    2026/06/04
    If one of the most important roles of science fiction is that it makes unfamiliar ideas emotionally legible, what are the ideas that we need to be reading about right now?
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: How athletes change their perception of time

    UnDisciplined: How athletes change their perception of time
    2026/05/28
    A few years back, we had David Sinclair on the program. David is one of the world’s top researchers working on the question of whether we can extend human lifespans.A couple years after that, Nate Price was with us. Nate is also looking at this question, though from a different angle: he wants to know how we can pack more healthy years into the lifespans we already have.But here on the program, we find ourselves returning to another version of that same question: what does it actually mean to lengthen a life?Brett Popplewell has been thinking about that too — about whether a life can feel longer not only through years added, but through attention, novelty, memory, movement, and the refusal to let the days become interchangeable.
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: How A.I. is remaking the university experience

    UnDisciplined: How A.I. is remaking the university experience
    2026/05/14
    There is no denying it: A.I. has changed higher education, and teachers are trying to catch up — to figure out how to live in this new world, and how to make learning meaningful.Stephen Aguilar studies how emerging technologies shape teaching, learning, and motivation. He’s also co-leading work at the USC center for generative A.I. and society, which just released a new report examining how students and teachers are actually using artificial intelligence in real classrooms.
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: What Animals Know About Us

    UnDisciplined: What Animals Know About Us
    2026/05/07
    Scott Simon has spent a lifetime telling other people’s stories on national public radio. But every now and then, along the way, he’s found reasons to tell the stories of the animals with whom we share this world, and he’s collected those stories, and more, in his latest book.
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: Why we ‘reward’ motivated employees with more work

    UnDisciplined: Why we ‘reward’ motivated employees with more work
    2026/04/30
    In workplaces everywhere, the most engaged employees often become the go-to for extra work. It feels logical, but management scholar Sangah Bae believes that instinct might be backfiring — a lot. Her recent work shows that intrinsically motivated workers are disproportionately assigned additional tasks, often at a cost to their performance, satisfaction, and long-term retention. The reason isn’t just that they’re capable—it’s that managers assume they’ll actually enjoy the extra work.
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    26 分
  • UnDisciplined: The Joy of Polymathy

    UnDisciplined: The Joy of Polymathy
    2026/04/25
    A geologist, a planetary scientist, a NASA mission leader, and an expert on team-building walk into a bar. The bartender says, “hey, Lindy, are you drinking alone today?” In this episode, we talk about what it takes to be a polymath, and why it can be such a joy.
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    26 分