Doing It Right with Pandora Sykes

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Optimism vs. hope, with Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian with a radical new idea: what if human beings are not innately savage and selfish, but compassionate and kind? I talk to Rutger about his uplifting new book, Humankind; the difference between optimism and hope; and why we need to look beyond cultural myth to find the truth. I felt comforted and hopeful after speaking to Rutger - I hope you do, too.   How Do We Know We're Doing It Right is out now in both  hardback and audiobook, narrated by Pandora.

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  We need to talk about postpartum psychosis, with Catherine Cho

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  How tech flattened personal taste, with Kyle Chayka

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  Decolonising beauty, with Afua Hirsch

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  Why you might be languishing, with Corey Keyes

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  The myth of the sociopath, with Patric Gagne

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  How to have a more meaningful social life, with Priya Parker

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  The expectation effect, with David Robson

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  The myth of the ‘baby brain’ with Chelsea Conaboy

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  What we get wrong about sleep, with Russell Foster

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  The many myths of fast fashion, with Venetia La Manna

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  What we get wrong about knife crime, with Gary Younge

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  The myth of gendered emotion, with Praga Agarwal

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  What we get wrong about dementia, with Wendy Mitchell

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  The myth of good skin, with Jessica DeFino

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  The nuances of grief, with Cariad Lloyd

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  How to be sad, with Helen Russell