Episode 12: Damon Centola

MIT Professors and winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo discuss the implications of COVID-19 globally, the decline in trust of governments, unsustainable debts, and their book, GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES - out now in trade paperback via PublicAffairs. Learn more about the episode: https://bit.ly/3yrJWLv Learn more about the book: https://bit.ly/3ymblie Sign up for The Current newsletter to stay up to date with all new episodes and exclusive content from your favorite authors: https://bit.ly/2QdbG6r​​ Subscribe to our channel for weekly content from your favorite authors: https://bit.ly/3kpfxaP    

This week on The Current, editor Gretchen Young and bestselling author Kabir Sehgal discuss their relationship to the late Congressman John Lewis, how his book CARRY ON came together, #BLM protests, his connection to President Joe Biden and more. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOOK: https://bit.ly/2VjiHFP Sign up for The Current newsletter to stay up to date with all new episodes:  https://bit.ly/2QdbG6r​​

#MeToo has been searched in all 196 countries around the world. Is the movement a global phenomenon? Rachel Vogelstein and Meighan Stone, co-authors of AWAKENING: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights discuss the global success of the #MeToo movement, how the U.S. can continue to support women, what Bill Cosby's overturned conviction means and more on this week's episode of The Current.      

Two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Why? This week on The Current, Olivier Sibony, Professor at HEC Paris, keynote speaker and co-author of NOISE: A Flaw in Human Judgement talks about the detrimental effects of noise in fields and systems, the difference between noise and bias, how noise influenced Harry Potter and more.  

What made Nancy Pelosi rip Donald Trump's State of the Union speech? Susan Page, USA Today Washington Bureau chief, vice presidential debate moderator and author of MADAM SPEAKER talks Nancy Pelosi retiring, the infamous Mike Pence fly fiasco, Nancy preparing herself to fight during the Capitol Riot and more on this week's episode of The Current.

What did Woodrow Wilson fail to do to stop World War 1? Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, former executive director of the 9/11 commission and author of THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED talks successes in American diplomacy, the role of diplomats in history, the Cuban Missile Crisis and more on this week's episode of The Current. 

What repercussions did the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tell-all have on the British royal family? Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University and author of THE NEW AGE OF EMPIRE talks about the royal family, the role of white supremacy throughout history, why readers should feel uncomfortable reading his book and more on this week's episode of The Current. 

Is there racial inequality in book publishing? Walter Mosley, acclaimed crime fiction writer and author of BLOOD GROVE, talks being a teenager in 1969, the honesty of his characters, the event that led him to establish the Publishing Certificate Program at The City College of New York and more on this week's episode of The Current. 

How did Trump mobilize Twitter when he was elected president in 2016? Damon Centola, sociologist and author of CHANGE, talks in-depth about Twitter, regulating social networks, crowds influencing individual behavior, the fall of the Berlin Wall and more on this weeks episode of The Current.

Best-selling author Michael Connelly talks to our host Clive Priddle of PublicAffairs on forensic science, inspirations for his character Mickey Haller, and his view on the future of Los Angeles.