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Kathryn VanArendonk

πŸ‘€ Speaker
584 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Later in the season, there is a measles case, and this becomes a big and very fraught discussion about vaccines.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Later in the season, there is a measles case, and this becomes a big and very fraught discussion about vaccines.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

And then there is this, of course, this huge season arc that's about a mass shooting and that includes a lot of implicit, I would say, commentary on like why, on the role of guns.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

And then there is this, of course, this huge season arc that's about a mass shooting and that includes a lot of implicit, I would say, commentary on like why, on the role of guns.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

And then there is this, of course, this huge season arc that's about a mass shooting and that includes a lot of implicit, I would say, commentary on like why, on the role of guns.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Yes, I have a theory about this for The Pit in particular. Your brain knows that things are crazy, that the world is very stressful right now. And even when you are seeking escapism, it is very hard to turn off the part of you that is like alarm, alarm, alarm.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Yes, I have a theory about this for The Pit in particular. Your brain knows that things are crazy, that the world is very stressful right now. And even when you are seeking escapism, it is very hard to turn off the part of you that is like alarm, alarm, alarm.

1212.39 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Yes, I have a theory about this for The Pit in particular. Your brain knows that things are crazy, that the world is very stressful right now. And even when you are seeking escapism, it is very hard to turn off the part of you that is like alarm, alarm, alarm.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

So things that are purely escapist, things that are like a fantasy world that has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on right now are hard to enter into. Something like The Pit is instead this incredibly comforting fantasy of Competency. Emergencies that are happening that people can deal with, they care about, and they want to deal with in the best way they possibly can.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

So things that are purely escapist, things that are like a fantasy world that has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on right now are hard to enter into. Something like The Pit is instead this incredibly comforting fantasy of Competency. Emergencies that are happening that people can deal with, they care about, and they want to deal with in the best way they possibly can.

1234.166 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

So things that are purely escapist, things that are like a fantasy world that has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on right now are hard to enter into. Something like The Pit is instead this incredibly comforting fantasy of Competency. Emergencies that are happening that people can deal with, they care about, and they want to deal with in the best way they possibly can.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

The world is a mess, but you don't have to care about that. All you care about is what is in the emergency room in front of you at this moment.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

The world is a mess, but you don't have to care about that. All you care about is what is in the emergency room in front of you at this moment.

1259.661 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

The world is a mess, but you don't have to care about that. All you care about is what is in the emergency room in front of you at this moment.

1259.661 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

One million percent. I think that is the nature of this. And I truly cannot emphasize enough, just like, not just that they have your back, but they're so good at their jobs. And like, I cannot imagine anything more gorgeous, fantastical and escapist right now.

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Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

One million percent. I think that is the nature of this. And I truly cannot emphasize enough, just like, not just that they have your back, but they're so good at their jobs. And like, I cannot imagine anything more gorgeous, fantastical and escapist right now.

1277.012 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

One million percent. I think that is the nature of this. And I truly cannot emphasize enough, just like, not just that they have your back, but they're so good at their jobs. And like, I cannot imagine anything more gorgeous, fantastical and escapist right now.

1277.012 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Yes, they actually have one very, very important thing in common that has directly to do with what you are saying, which is that they are released... TV used to know how to create conversations. And it did that by releasing one episode a week so that your friend could be like, you know what shows really good? The Pit. And you're like, how many episodes are there?

1334.945 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Yes, they actually have one very, very important thing in common that has directly to do with what you are saying, which is that they are released... TV used to know how to create conversations. And it did that by releasing one episode a week so that your friend could be like, you know what shows really good? The Pit. And you're like, how many episodes are there?

1334.945 View full episode β†’
Today, Explained
Watercooler TV is back

Yes, they actually have one very, very important thing in common that has directly to do with what you are saying, which is that they are released... TV used to know how to create conversations. And it did that by releasing one episode a week so that your friend could be like, you know what shows really good? The Pit. And you're like, how many episodes are there?

1334.945 View full episode β†’