In this April 2022 episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, hosts Josh Clark and Charles Bryant discuss the transitions that pubs have made throughout British and Irish history.

Cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker explores the cultural beliefs, practices, and philosophies surrounding death and why we work so hard to avoid it.

The Turner Prize-winning English artist Grayson Perry critiques and offers alternatives to the prevailing characteristics of masculinity.

Art director and design author Steven Heller teaches the essential writing skills for designers wishing to create art through language.

The Desire Map gives our goal-setting mechanisms a makeover by showing us that we must rely on our own feelings to navigate life, instead of giving in to the pressure from the outside world.

American journalist Erik Larson takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the serial killer it attracted.

British drag queen Crystal Rasmussen shares her personal diary, providing readers with the intimate and authentic experience of both the onstage and offstage life of a drag performer.

Between starting and succeeding, there's a time of struggle when we should either pursue excellence or quit strategically - The Dip teaches us how to choose between the two.

From the pen of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, theoretical cosmologist and Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, comes an extraordinary tale that intertwines theoretical physics, philosophy, history, sociology, feminism, and politics.

In this documentary, Academy Award-winning director Bryan Fogel exposes the tangled web of power and corruption behind the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

In this 2012 memoir, award-winning author Reyna Grande recounts her difficult and formative experiences as a child immigrant who travels from Mexico to the United States.

In this April 2022 episode of the What Bitcoin Did podcast, host Peter McCormack speaks with author and entrepreneur Jeff Booth about Bitcoin and its ability to create a fairer market landscape.

In The Distracted Mind, two professors of neuroscience and psychology explain how we're so easily distracted, why it's not our fault, and what we can do about it.

Diversity and inclusion expert Sondra Thiederman discusses how business leaders can support their team and honor what makes each person unique by challenging assumptions and dismantling biases.

Clothes historian Lucy Adlington tells the powerful story of women who used their sewing skills to survive imprisonment in Auschwitz, the Nazis' most infamous death camp.

Showcasing the quirky personality of the Duke of Edinburgh, this book encapsulates the life of Prince Philip alongside Queen Elizabeth II in 100 chapters.

In The Dyslexic Advantage, Dr. Brock Eide and Dr. Fernette Eide expand upon the common understanding of dyslexia as a learning disorder, and present the advantages that dyslexia can provide, especially in career success.

The E-Myth Revisited explains why 80% of small businesses fail, and how to ensure yours isn't among those by building a company that's based on systems and not on the work of a single individual.

Political and economic historian Nicholas Mulder digs into the 20th-century beginnings of economic sanctions as a tool of international anti-war efforts.

Financial Times economics writer Martin Sandbu explains how economic insecurity has given rise to populism, and proposes changes that would restore a sense of belonging in the Western economy.

Dr. Xiaoyi Mu takes us through the workings of the oil and gas industries, the economic forces that drive much of the global economy.