The Daughters of Kobani is the remarkable true story of how an all-female militia fought against ISIS in the Kurdish-majority town of Kobani.

Anthropologist David Graeber and archeologist David Wengrow narrate the history of our social evolution, questioning the social constructs dividing human history into distinct demographics.

In this March 2023 episode of Today in Focus, the Guardian reporter Michael Safi sheds light on the growing global initiatives to shorten the standard workweek.

The HBO documentary, The Day Sports Stood Still, directed by Antoine Fuqua, explores how professional athletes became full-time activists amid the global pandemic and social justice revolution of 2020.

This Netflix documentary explores the life of one of America's most beloved LGBTQ+ rights activists, Marsha P. Johnson, and the circumstances of her death.

This documentary chronicles the lives and relationship of record-setting freediver Alessia Zecchini and world-renowned safety diver Steve Keenan.

The Defiant Ones is a fascinating look behind the curtain at one of hip-hop's most successful duos, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.

A brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory and how we may be able to use it to build a fairer and more prosperous society.

In The Defining Decade, author Meg Jay uses years of research to explain how your work, relationships, personality, and identity undergo massive shifts during your twenties, and how you can make the most of this pivotal decade.

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.