The series features conversations between renowned scholars and our editor, Marian L. Tupy. The interviews focus on the global impact of COVID-19 and the continued importance of rational optimism.
Latest episodes
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Ep. 14 Debra Lieberman | The Covid Tonic
Dr. Debra Lieberman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Her research aims to understand how evolution has shaped the social mind.…
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Ten Global Trends with Matt Ridley | HumanProgress Special
Think the world is getting worse? If so, you’re wrong. The world is, for the most part, actually getting better. But 58 percent of people in 17 countries who were surveyed in 2016…
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Ep. 13 Michael McCullough | The Covid Tonic
Michael McCullough is an experimental psychologist who is concerned primarily with the cognitive foundations of human sociality. In addition to his pioneering work on forgiveness,…
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Ep. 12 Ronald Bailey | The Covid Tonic
Think the world is getting worse? Grab a copy of our new book and explore the data about human progress through more than 70 global trends that will change your perception of the w…
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Ep. 11 William von Hippel | The Covid Tonic
If you enjoyed this episode of The Covid Tonic, check out William von Hippel's 2018 book, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What…
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Ep. 10 Chelsea Follett | The Covid Tonic
Chelsea Follett is the Managing Editor of HumanProgress.org, a project of the Cato Institute which seeks to educate the public on the global improvements in well‐being by provid…
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Ep. 9 Michael Shermer | The Covid Tonic
Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the Science Salon Podcast, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticis…
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Ep. 8 Joel Mokyr | The Covid Tonic
Joel Mokyr is a Netherlands-born American-Israeli economic historian. He is a professor of economics and history at Northwestern University, where he has taught since 1974. In 1994…
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Ep. 7 Michael Shellenberger | The Covid Tonic
Michael Shellenberger is a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment,” Green Book Award Winner, and author of Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (Harper Collins…
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Ep. 6 Steven Pinker | The Covid Tonic
Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard Unive…
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Ep. 5 Deirdre McCloskey | The Covid Tonic
Deirdre Nansen McCloskey is the Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also adjunct professor of…
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Ep. 4 Angus Deaton | The Covid Tonic
Sir Angus Stewart Deaton is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emer…
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Ep. 3 Johan Norberg | The Covid Tonic
Johan Norberg is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, devoted to promoting economic globalization and what he regards as classical liberal positions. He is arguably most known…
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Ep. 2 Matt Ridley | The Covid Tonic
Matt Ridley is a British journalist and businessman. Ridley is best known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics. He has written several science books includin…
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Ep. 1 Jesse Ausubel | The Covid Tonic
Jesse Huntley Ausubel is an American environmental scientist and program manager of a variety of global biodiversity and ecology research programs. Ausubel serves as Director and S…