18. Michael Pollan, Yanis Varoufakis, Simon Winchester and Khaled Beydoun

Michael Pollan outlines the remarkably positive outcomes of the latest medical research on psychedelic substances (2:04); Yanis Varoufakis highlights the importance of understanding our own roles in the economy, and explains the ways in which it affects everything around us (10:45); Simon Winchester discusses precision engineering and asks us to consider whether we're becoming too reverent of perfection (15:45); and Steve Scher interviews Khaled Beydoun about the religious, racial, and social history of Islamophobia in America (20:58). Hosts Jini Palmer and Steve Scher select standout moments from the previous two weeks of events and look forward to the next.