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Ideas

IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time. With an award-winni

The suffragist who was too radical for Susan. B. Anthony
Aug 2026 · 6 books
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Cover of Born Criminal: Matilda Jocelyn Gage, Radical Suffragist
Born Criminal: Matilda Jocelyn Gage, Radical Suffragist
Angelica Shirley Carpenter
my name is angelica shirley carpenter i'm the author of born criminal matilda jocelyn gage radical suffragist angelica shirley carpenter's book about matilda jocelyn gage was published in twenty eighteen ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
and what i discovered is that you can't really talk about baum without talking about his mother in law matilda jocelyn gage and in fact one of the foremost awe scholars told me that without matilda the there might not be an oz at all ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Annotated Wizard of Oz
The Annotated Wizard of Oz
Michael Patrick Hearn
michael patrick hearn is the author of the annotated wizard of oz ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Woman, Church and State
Woman, Church and State
Matilda Jocelyn Gage
you you find in her controversial book woman church and state she talks about witches ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
L. Frank Baum
and baum created one in the second oz book the land of oz where he restores the proper ruler of oz ozma ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of History of Woman Suffrage
History of Woman Suffrage
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Jocelyn Gage
she stanton and anthony have done the first three volumes of the history of women's suffrage thousand pages each ▶ tap to play from here
Where to find 'critical hope' in hard times
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The overlapping truths of history and fiction
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Turn to the power of 'freudenfreude' in times of despair
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David Bowie took his own death as a creative catalyst
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How to brace for a world of unheard-of conditions
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Bringing a farm — and its philosophy — back to life
Aug 2026
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Walk with us through a rare old-growth forest in peril
Aug 2026
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How the Anthropocene is changing the elements — and us
Aug 2026
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What emerges from the ashes after a wildfire? (Pt 3)
Aug 2026
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How Indigenous ecology is reviving land destroyed by wildfires (Pt 2)
Aug 2026
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How brutal wildfires are 'killing' Indigenous ways of life (Pt 1)
Aug 2026
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A book prescription for mental health?
Aug 2026
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Protecting childhood innocence is a disservice to kids, argues expert
Aug 2026
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Eugenic thinking has never gone away
Aug 2026
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Wait, so addiction might not be a brain disease?
Aug 2026
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Are psychopaths real? A review of the science says, no
Aug 2026
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Why we should 'fight like hell' against Big AI
Jul 2026
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We believe in artificial intelligence the same way we believe in ghosts
Jul 2026
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With a decline in reading is our capacity to think eroding?
Jul 2026
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