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empathy

Family gathered for an outdoor meal
Politics
‘Constructive arguing’ can help keep the peace at your Thanksgiving table
Communication
Science
Alan Alda’s secret to better communication? Have a little more empathy.
Digital Empathy
Full Episode
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval office for the first time since the Israeli leader lost his battle against the Iran nuclear deal.
Conflict
‘Palestinians are knee deep in despair, and Israelis are knee deep in denial’
Welsh conductor Grant Llewellyn conducts an orchestra in 2007.
Environment
There’s a reason why great music can give you a ‘skin orgasm’ — chills down your spine
Global Politics
Boys don’t do as well as girls in school – video games can help
Listener’s Respond to Our Stories on Irony, Empathy
Is Empathy Inherited or Taught? Listeners Respond
How Children Become Good Adults
Global Politics
Jaron Lanier: You Are Not a Gadget
The World in Words
Podcast: Finally, Proof that Fiction is Good for You
Science Note
Global Politics
No Sympathy For ‘Empathy’
Arts, Culture & Media
India’s 9/11
Arts, Culture & Media
Poetry of war in the Caucasus
Environment
Cross-species yawning