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Antibiotics save lives, but we rely on them too much. Eventually, the drugs may stop working. Economist Ramanan Laxminarayan asks us to think twice before reaching for this double-edged resource.

Navi Radjou has spent years studying "jugaad," also known as frugal innovation. While researching emerging markets, he realized that creativity might be the most precious renewable resource.

Dan Gilbert shares research on what he calls the "end of history illusion," where we think the person we are right now is the person we'll be for the rest of time. Hint: that's not the case.

Cosmologist Sean Carroll tackles a deceptively simple question: Why does time exist at all? The potential answers point to a surprising view of the nature of the universe, and our place in it.

Psychologist Laura Carstensen says that as people get older, they usually become less stressed and more content.

Poet Rives explores why 4 in the morning has become popular shorthand for the strangest hour of the day.

Director Cesar Kuriyama shoots one second of video every day as part of an ongoing project to remember the special moments of his life.

In our episode, The Fountain Of Youth, we talked with author Dan Buettner, who studies Blue Zones, communities whose elders live longer than anyone else. Buettner said a staple of every longevity diet in the world is beans. Host Guy Raz mentioned he makes a great vegan chili ...

Percussionist and recording artist Evelyn Glennie is almost completely deaf, which means she listens to music with her body, not her ears.

During the '80s, Rev. Jeffrey Brown watched his neighborhood become overrun with drugs and violence. He decided to listen to young people in the community, not preach to them, to bring about change.

Sound artist Honor Harger spent the last few years listening to the stars and recording some of the sounds of space.

Over 20 years ago, Dave Isay's radio documentary Ghetto Life 101 was broadcast. It presented voices many listeners hardly ever hear, setting a standard for storytellers everywhere.

Dave Isay started StoryCorps with a booth in Grand Central Station and an open invitation for people to interview one another. Since then, it's turned into a massive archive of humanity.

Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease — and a curable one at that.

What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a genetic mutation that can more than double the lifespan of a tiny worm, which points to how we might one day significantly extend human life.

To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner studies the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live longer than anyone else on the planet.

Author Isabel Allende is in her 70's. She's got a few wrinkles—but she has incredible perspective, too. She says she plans to keep on living passionately as long as she can.

Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg says "neo-evolution" is on the horizon. When it becomes easier to eliminate disease through gene therapy, will we change the trajectory of evolution?

How do you create trust? Management theorist Simon Sinek says it starts with a leader who makes people feel safe.

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says politicians like him have lost the trust of their citizens and it needs to be restored.