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Good Is In The Details
Good Is In The Details is hosted by Gwendolyn Dolske, Ph.D and Rudy Salo. Every episode is a discussion with an expert where we are learning what we didn't know we didn't know. Join us in ga...
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To Chill or Not To Chill: When Does Perseverance Become Toxic?
We're taught that perseverance is always a virtue, but what if the very trait we celebrate is quietly costing us our sense of meaning? Micha...
Honest, True, or Authentic? (They're Not the Same Thing)
Honesty might be the character trait we claim to value most, but what does it actually mean to be honest, and how is that different from sim...
Cults, Conspiracy Theories & Critical Thinking: The History America Didn't Teach You
What if the United States was never immune to cult thinking, but was built on it? Journalist Jane Borden joins Gwendolyn and Rudy to unpack...
Are You Living in an Echo Chamber? The Psychology of Misinformation & Critical Thinking | Matthew Facciani
How do echo chambers influence our beliefs? How do you know what is true on the internet? Why does misinformation spread so quickly online?...
Rewind, Play, Repeat: Nicole Morrison on Music, Memory, Coming Out, and Memoir
The mixtape structural metaphor ushers in a philosophical lens. Because a mixtape (as every Gen X person who ever made one knows) is a curat...
How To Critically Think About Career Choices: Hope for Unhappy Lawyers
Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo welcome Casey Berman: former attorney, founder of Leave Law Behind (the leading coaching program helping atto...
How To Navigate The Homeless Crisis With Humanity and Reason
In this episode of Good Is In The Details , Gwendolyn Dolske sits down with Karen Olson — founder and CEO emeritus of Family Promise , a nat...
The Good in Getting There: Thinking Critically About Your Career/Skills and The Meaning of Your Life's Work
Critical thinking, happiness, career goals, and...how we understand moving about our cities. What assumptions do we hold onto about our purp...
Encore: The Philosophy of Star Wars. Eastern Wisdom, Attachment, and the Search for Happiness
What can Star Wars teach us about happiness, attachment, and the search for meaning? In this episode of Good Is In The Details , we explore...
The Slow Death of Local News and Its Impact on Critical Thinking
What happens when local journalism disappears, and how does it affect democracy, critical thinking, and informed citizens? Is local journali...
The Sex Recession Is Real: A Sex Coach Explains How to Find Your Way Back to Intimacy
In 1990, 55% of American adults reported having sex weekly. By 2024 that number had fallen to just 37%, and among adults aged 18–29, the sha...
Your Phone Is Watching You: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Law with Prof. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Every time you turn on your phone, you're building a case against yourself. You just don't know it yet. Your Ring camera. Your Google search...
How To Be Mindful about our Brains: Brain Surgery, Free Will, and the Illusion of Mind?
What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How much of our personality is determined by brain structure? Do we truly have free will or is it an...
Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking: Bill Tomlinson on Reasoning, Paradox, and AI as a Tool for Thinking
In this episode of Good Is In The Details , hosts Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo are joined by philosopher and author Bill Tomlinson to expl...
Thinking Clearly When Everything Feels Heavy: A Conversation on Media, Bias, and Context
In this special mini-episode of Good Is In The Details , hosts Gwendolyn Dolske and Rudy Salo step away from their usual expert interview fo...
Revisiting The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster
On this anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster , Good Is In The Details revisits one of history's most consequential moments i...
Everyday Philosophy and Wisdom from the Aztecs
What did the Aztecs believe about ethics, virtue, and the good life? How does Aztec philosophy compare to Aristotle's ethics? And what can A...
Socrates, Wisdom, and Thinking Critically: Philosophy for Everyday Life
Who was Socrates, and why does he still matter today? In this short episode of Good Is In The Details , Gwendolyn explore Socrates' understa...
Arts Education, Community, and Creativity
Gwendolyn and Rudy welcome founder/president of Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, Dr. Dermell Brunson. In this episode we focus on the impor...