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This week: Song Exploder: Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (21m 28s) Song Exploder: Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (21m 28s) Who would really be naive enough to believe they could summarize human knowledge in just seven simple categories? We can't promise what you'll find here in your weekly Pinch Of Wisdom, but we can promise you'll be kept on your toes. Something to be found for everyone.

This week: How Magic Mushrooms Can Help Smokers Kick The Habit (5m 55s) How Magic Mushrooms Can Help Smokers Kick The Habit (5m 55s) For all the fascinations of the universe, we experience it through one body, and one mind; yet despite this, the mysteries of the human body are in abundance. But we can do far better than blindly stumble through life, hoping that each decision we make will lead to good health.

This week: In Our Times - The Industrial Revolution (43m 0s) In Our Times - The Industrial Revolution (43m 0s) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But what of the past we're yet to discover? Langauge is perhaps the greatest creation of mankind, not because of the ability to describe the world that is, but rather to describe the world that was.

This week: Jeff Bezos's Master Plan (55m 40s) Jeff Bezos's Master Plan (55m 40s) Supply and demand built the world we know today. From countries to entreprenuers, economic forces continue to shape not just our present day, but the future of humanity. In an exponentially connected world, opportunities are rife for growth, and new markets spring into existence with each passing minute.

This week: The Childcare Crisis (19m 16s) The Childcare Crisis (19m 16s) Human interactions are the basis of our reality. Long since the hunter-gather tribe of twenty ruled the plains; we now self-organize into countries, people, and movements. Individually our actions may be minute, but the impact of human decisions can drive the trajectory of our race.

This week: Vultures, rain forests and solar panels (16m 7s) Vultures, rain forests and solar panels (16m 7s) Every creature on earth is the culmination of billions of years of evolution, driven by the hand of nature across eons. Here we co-exist with the natural world, both with the creatures, and the processes that power nature itself, on a world with far more mysteries than answers.

This week: How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? (9m 33s) How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? (9m 33s) Since Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter space in 1961, we've been reaching for the stars. As private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin join a growing list of countries venturing into orbit and beyond, every launch is an opportunity to learn more about our universe.