Saving Aziz
April 10, 2023 Tai Ha1/8 What’s in it for me? Meet the heroes behind the mission to rescue thousands of American allies from Afghanistan. How have I not heard of this story before? This is what you’ll be thinking after listening to this Blink. When America announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan, former US Marine …
We Over Me
April 10, 2023 Tai Ha1/6 What’s in it for me? Hard-won relationship wisdom. Twelve years of marriage, twenty years together, and four kids – not bad numbers for a couple who, “didn’t want to get into anything serious” when they first started flirting as 18-year olds. Devale and Khadeen Ellis have been through a …
Scattered Minds
April 10, 2023 Tai Ha1/5 What’s in it for me? A holistic account of ADD. “Medicine,” the Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich wrote, “tells us as much about the meaningful performance of healing, suffering, and dying as chemical analysis tells us about the aesthetic value of pottery.” The book Scattered Minds opens with that quote, …
What’s Our Problem?
April 6, 2023 Tai Ha1/6 What’s in it for me? Get a grasp on what’s going on in this crazy world, and help steer society to a brighter future. Imagine a book, 1,000 pages long. This book contains all 200,000 or so years of human history – about 250 years per page. The vast …
Strange Glow
April 6, 2023 Tai Ha1/8 What’s in it for me? Busting the myths and confronting fears around radiation to make better choices. Radiation, like mythical beasts of old, gets a bad rap mostly by virtue of being invisible. In the human psyche, what cannot be seen is often more terrifying than clearly visible threats. …
Find Your Unicorn Space
April 6, 2023 Tai Ha1/10 What’s in it for me? Carve out and defend your creative time and space. If you’re one of the millions of hardworking, selfless people who feel as though you’re continuously putting your own needs on the back burner, then Eve Rodsky, the author of Find Your Unicorn Space, has …
Buy Back Your Time
April 4, 2023 Tai Ha1/8 What’s in it for me? An actionable guide to living your dream life by reclaiming your time. Imagine your dream life. Maybe it’s writing a series of best-selling suspense novels that turn into a movie franchise, or creating the next disruptive software. Seems impossible?We’re here to tell you that …
In a Different Key
April 4, 2023 Tai Ha1/8 What’s in it for me? Understand the history of autism. In 2007, on a bus in New Jersey, two men began to harass an autistic teenager. The teen was making repetitive movements that, to the two men, seemed bizarre. “What’s your problem, man?” they asked. The teen didn’t respond …
Humor, Seriously
April 4, 2023 Tai Ha1/10 What’s in it for me? Learn how to tap into your funny and use joy to create a more creative and productive workplace. Imagine you’re the founder of an exciting new venture and you’ve just done a big round of hiring. You’re not some stuffy corporate exec – you’re …
She/He/They/Me
April 4, 2023 Tai Ha1/14 What’s in it for me? Learn about the many possible forms that gender can take. What is gender? That’s the question at the center of these blinks – but spoiler alert: they’re not going to provide you with a definitive answer. Indeed, there is no such answer! Gender can …