Good on Paper
The Atlantic - theatlantic.com
Latest episode: Tue Oct 29 2024
Have you ever heard a commonly held belief or a fast-developing worldview and asked: Is that idea right? Or just good on paper? Each week, host Jerusalem Demsas and a guest take a closer look at the facts and research that challenge the popular narratives of the day, to better understand why we believe what we believe.
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- Oct29Can Corporate Greed Really Explain Inflation?58mins
- Oct22Why Do Black People Vote for Democrats?58mins
- Oct15The Quiet Trump-Harris Trade Agreement58mins
- Oct8What Really Fueled the ‘East Asian Miracle’?48mins
- Oct1Would You Give Up Your Kidney for $50,000?50mins
- Sep24Why Does Crime Go Up When School Starts?44mins
- Sep17How (Not) to Change Someone's Mind49mins
- Sep10The Wandering Officer43mins
- Sep3Who's Responsible for the Housing Crisis?62mins
- Aug27How Slaves Used the Law50mins
- Aug20Is Wokeness Dead?46mins
- Aug13Running-Mate Myths with Matt Yglesias53mins
- Aug6What Do We Really Know About the Maternal-Mortality Crisis?40mins
- Jul30Why Is Texas Beating California on Wind and Solar?53mins
- Jul23Can Religion Make You Happier?36mins
- Jul16A Remarkable School-Choice Experiment45mins
- Jul9Are We Talking About Therapy Too Much?50mins
- Jul2The Coming Labor Shortage Is Not Good News42mins
- Jun25Are Young Men Becoming More Sexist?50mins
- Jun18Who Really Protests, and Why?39mins
- Jun11The Truth About Immigration and Public Opinion41mins
- Jun4The Great Remote-Work Experiment39mins
- May14Introducing: Good on Paper1min