Ergebnis für "On the Edge" in Politik & Sozialwissenschaften

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting, true-life legal thriller about the government’s pursuit of billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen and his employees at SAC Capital—a revelatory look at the power and wealth of Wall Street ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—The New York Times...

From modern literature to menopause, from utopian thought to rodeos - in this classic collection of essays, Ursula K. Le Guin roves with her customary audacity over the intersecting arenas of literature, feminism, and social responsibility, exploding any received notions she comes across and revealing visionary possibilities in their stead.

In this pathbreaking audiobook, ethnographer Staci Newmahr delves into the social space of a public, pansexual SM community to understand sadomasochism from the inside out. Based on four years of in-depth and immersive participant observation, she juxtaposes her experiences in the field with the life stories of community members, providing a richly detailed portrait of SM as a social space in which experiences of "violence" intersect with experiences of the erotic.

In "the best book about the current state of girls and young women in America” (Atlantic), the New York Times-bestselling pediatrician outlines the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and how parents can help Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they regularly...

Host John Strelecky (author of The Cafe on the Edge of the World) and fellow collaborators share humorous and heartfelt advice about the big questions in life. Hang with them as they bridge the gap between our seemingly absolute unimportance given the grand scale of the universe and yet how to live a meaningful life despite that. Episodes include highlights from interviews he has given, and brand new content recorded just for the show. New episode each month.

It's your boy who is not your boy Nyati Kodoro and welcome to On the Edge podcast, where I dive into the weirdness of life, art, and creativity. From film to philosophy, personal growth to random thoughts, it’s all unfiltered and real. Think for yourself and hit that subscribe button (or is it a following button) , whatever man.

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI? These are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. We desperately want certainty, but it is out of reach.

We’re up against enormous societal challenges in this 21st century: climate change, a clean energy transition, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the list goes on. And behind the headlines there’s also a lot of hype. It’s tough to know what scientific and technological advancements will truly create positive change. And when. When will automated vehicles be navigating the streets, and will they be safe? Will quantum computing impact our lives? And how? In this ‘Innovations Uncovered’ series, WebsEdge Founder & CEO, Stephen Horn, digs in to these challenges and identifies the ...

The #1 Sunday Times bestseller Named a best book of the year by Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, and Kirkus Reviews “One of the best books on politics our era will see . . . A book of astonishing literary quality.” —Matthew Parris, The TLS “[Rory Stewart] walked across Asia, served...

In this ground-breaking book, Ben Ramalingam shows that the linear, mechanistic models and assumptions on which foreign aid is built would be more at home in early-20th-century factory floors than in the dynamic, complex world we face today. All around us, we can see the costs and limitations of dealing economies and societies as if they are analogous to machines. The reality is that such social systems have far more in common with ecosystems: They are complex, dynamic, diverse, and unpredictable.

Renowned psychologists describe the most useful insights from social psychology that can help make you "wise": wise about why people behave the way they do, and wise about how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing the people in your life. When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Friends, relatives, and colleagues - someone with the best advice about how to boost sales, the most useful insights into raising children, or the sharpest take on an ongoing conflict.

By one of San Francisco’s foremost chroniclers, the story of the city’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse. At the dawn of the 1990s, San Francisco was a...

Welcome to Life on the Edge (of Wales), the podcast where Pembrokeshire's problems and possibilities are laid bare by two blokes who've seen it all.Join Pembrokeshire lifers and businessmen Ramjam and Adrian as they pull up a chair and chew the fat on local politics, squandered opportunities, and the unique challenges of coastal living. It’s opinionated, occasionally grumpy, but always about making life better on the edge.

From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nation In 2023, New York was already a city under strain, racked by panic about crime, mistrust of police, and a broken...

In 1945, both the U.S. State Department and U.S. Intelligence saw Czechoslovakia as the master key to the balance of power in Europe and as a chessboard for the power-game between East and West. Washington believed that the political scene in Prague was the best available indicator of whether the United States would be able to coexist with Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union.

Welcome to Ag on the Edge - the podcast taking back the conversation about local farming. In this podcast, we'll be shining a spotlight on Ventura County, California—a region renowned not just for its breathtaking landscapes but also for its vibrant agricultural sector. From the rolling citrus groves to the expansive strawberry fields, Ventura County's agricultural industry is a powerhouse, feeding communities locally and beyond. Each episode will feature in-depth conversations with experts, historians, and local farmers who will share their insights and personal stories. We'll explore ...

We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skillfully distills in World on the Edge.

The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. “A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside Named One of the Best Books of the Year by...

"There are children in Holbeck without crayons. Living in a city with an opera company. An opera company paid for with money from all of us. Until everyone has crayons, no one gets opera. That’s what I believe." A deeply moving memoir of how a group of artists fed their local community during the COVID pandemic. When crisis hits and audiences stay home, what’s the most useful thing a theater company can do? The answer was to become a food bank and one-stop help shop for those in need. In 15 months, Slung Low would go on to deliver over 15,000 food parcels.

In London, 1965, a brilliant young woman - a prescient advocate for women's rights - has just gassed herself to death, leaving behind a suicide note, two young sons, and a soon-to-be-published book: The Captive Wife. No one had ever imagined that Hannah Gavron might take her own life. Beautiful, sophisticated, and swept up in the progressive 60s, she was a promising academic and the wife of a rising entrepreneur. But there was another side to Hannah, as Jeremy Gavron reveals in this searching portrait of his mother.