{"author_name":"Philosophy For Our Times","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/philosophy-for-our-times/episodes/88ab4995-8592-4126-a12d-82207068658e","description":"<p>Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes</a></p><p>Are humans incapable of weighing up risk rationally? And are governments any better? Should we seek to reduce all risks and outlaw activity we deem dangerous?</p><p>Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker and Labour MP, barrister and human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti explore risk, rationality and coronavirus. Anil Ananthaswamy hosts.</p><p>There are thousands of big ideas to discover at IAI.tv – videos, articles, and courses waiting for you to explore. Find out more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=shownotes&amp;utm_campaign=rational-animals\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://iai.tv/podcast-offers?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=shownotes&amp;utm_campaign=rational-animals</a></p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/philosophy-for-our-times/episodes/88ab4995-8592-4126-a12d-82207068658e/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Rational Animals | Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman, Shami Chakrabarti","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}