Winners, losers, underdogs--what can games tell us about who we really are?
Malcolm Gladwell complicates the tug of war between destiny and determination. On one hand, he doesn't think Gifted and Talented Education Programs can or should pick out high-achievers at age 8. But on the other hand, he says aspiring hockey players born after the first 3 months of the year ...
Robert and Malcolm Gladwell duke it out over questions of luck, talent, passion, and success.
Our genes are nearly all the same, but that hasn't made race meaningless. This hour, Radiolab asks what race is, and whether it's fixed or fluid, genes or culture?
When presented with a choice, logic and emotion pipe up. This hour of Radiolab, we turn up the volume on those voices in our heads, and try to get to the bottom of what really steers our decisions.