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What keeps you up at night? (featuring Hades)
Hades, god of the Underworld, answers your sinister questions about life and death.
The Backstage
Go behind the scenes of life
AI & Tech
Explore the theatrical nature of artificial intelligence
Work & Life
Channel your inner chameleon in awkward social situations
Media & Culture
Revisit big moments in media, sports, politics and culture
Musings and relief for the pretender within
We tend to think real acting only happens on stage or films sets. But when we’re living the mundane—ordering at a restaurant, speaking in a meeting, waiting in queue, going on a date—we’re all trapped in the awkward, contrived machinations of a performance we can’t escape. Read more >>
Sports
What is the Haka: Exploring a 1000-year-old tradition
What happens when sport, culture, and politics collide? Learn all about the haka.
Sports
Social Life
Stress, Storytelling, and Survival: Why We Lie to Ourselves
If you stop noticing your own lies, do you start believing in others’?
Media and Culture
Can You Tell When Someone’s Lying?
What happens when lying becomes addictive and entertaining? Take a closer look at real life, reality TV, cinema, and politics.