Episodes

Nowadays, candies and desserts are our everyday treats, and even sugar itself is an essential part of cooking. It appears that sugar has been incorporated into our lives. But did you know, as humble as it seems, sugar used to...

The purpose of the book, ‘The Design of Everyday Things’, is to help readers learn to appreciate good design and become better observers and thinkers. It gives us an idea of what good design should look like, as well as …

The Zimmermann telegram incident was one of the key components that brought about the end of World War I. Zimmermann, the then-Foreign Minister of Germany, secretly contacted Mexico and tried to form an alliance to contain th...

Paper is a necessity in our daily lives. Although electronics have partially replaced the role of paper, people are still attracted to the pliable touch of paper and the smell of books. What makes paper so important to us? Ho...

How many times must a surgeon be put to the test when he is trying to move from professional to exceptional? ‘ Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance’ tries to answer this question. This is the second book of Atul …

Parents are the very people who love us most in the world, but self-absorbed parents can inflict irreversible harm on our growth. Many people can’t get rid of the haunting shadow of such harm even after they reach adulthood. ...

The general public considers medicine to be precise, surgeons to be rational, and treatments to be miraculous. However, this book tells us that the world of medicine is full of chaos, uncertainty, and complications. The essen...

In modern society, everyone is eager to attain freedom and self-fulfillment. People claim to be willing to give up anything for freedom. However, this book presents a different picture. In reality, lots of people, even the ma...

Michelle Obama was an ordinary black girl who was born during a time of prominent racial discrimination in America. She made her way into Ivy League universities, got an elite job, and then became First Lady of the United Sta...

Do you often complain about not having enough time or having a lot of work to do? Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity will help you solve all your problems. This book introduces a method called GTD time …

In life, parents reward children who make progress in school, and bosses use bonuses to motivate their employees to work hard. The method of “do A to get B” is effective in the short term, but in the long term, …

THE Theory of the Leisure class：An Economic Study of Institutions was published in 1899, and it immediately became one of the most popular books of the time. It made a big impact in the Western academic world and was a …

Before the discovery of the first black swan, people were convinced that all swans were white. Hence, a “Black Swan” indicates an unexpected and impactful rare event. From the financial crises to the sinking of the Titanic, o...

Have you ever had similar experiences like these? You read a book from the evening till late at night, but it feels as if only two hours have passed. Or, when listening in class, the time goes faster if the …

If we pay attention to the ways we talk, we'll realize that the things we say can indeed hurt people. For example, there are verbal denials, rude interruptions, and casual judgments. In response to this phenomenon, the late D...

Why is it that in many restaurants you can afford to buy a buffet for only 30 dollars? Why does the price of the same bottle of beer differ so much between the grocery store and a fancy hotel? Why …

Depression is one of the deadliest diseases on the planet. As the population of depressives in modern society increases year by year, the majority still hold prejudices against depression. What on earth is depression? How can...

This book, as the title says, is about the seven habits of highly effective people. It teaches us how to achieve victory from the private to the public spheres, thereby making a tremendous change in life and career, and attai...

“Children are acting as models in TV commercials with revealing clothing while adults like to wear school uniforms and consider themselves children.” Neil Postman, from his distinctive perspective as a scholar of media cultur...

We all know that Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. However, you may not know that he was also a cross-disciplinary polymath. He was both a scientist with extensive knowledge, and an eloqu...

In the year that World War II ended, aside from major historical events remembered by posterity, there were many forgotten people and things. The entire Old World had been turned into a pile of rubble. People not only felt th...

Can you imagine a city like this: For more than three thousand years, it has been given countless titles. It is a temple of god, the capital of two states, and the Holy Land for three major religions. It is …

Can you imagine a city like this: For more than three thousand years, it has been given countless titles. It is a temple of god, the capital of two states, and the Holy Land for three major religions. It is …