Lester Glick’s year in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment cost him his hoped-for career and also left him with an eating disorder for the rest of his life. But like many of the other volunteers, he said he would have done it again in a heartbeat. Revisionist History explores the scientific legacy of this experiment, and asks whether it’s time to reimagine our understanding of sacrifice.
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The Standard Case
Good Old Boys
Tempest in a Teacup
The Tortoise and the Hare
Puzzle Rush
Introducing Revisionist History Season Four
Revisionist History Presents: Rick Rubin
Analysis, Parapraxis, Elvis
Strong Verbs, Short Sentences
The Imaginary Crimes of Margit Hamosh
Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life
The Hug Heard Round the World
General Chapman’s Last Stand
Free Brian Williams
A Polite Word for Liar
Burden of Proof
Divide and Conquer
Malcolm Gladwell debates Adam Grant
Introducing Revisionist History Season Three
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The Modern West
This American Life
In The Dark
Over My Dead Body
The Dropout
Broken Harts