BhTV: The Wright Show (audio)

Why loving your enemies is easier said than done ... How meditation can reduce anger ... Metta Meditation and Loving-kindness ... Empathy for people you can't stand ... The Buddhist concept of the self ... The epidemic of self-loathing ...

Joshua's new book, "Moral Tribes" ... The tragedy of common sense morality ... If everyone was a utilitarian, would there be world peace? ... The case for "deep pragmatism" ... Revisiting the trolley-car thought experiment ... How to learn meta-cognition ...

Who get hurt the most if we go over the fiscal cliff?...Unlike Ulysses, Congress can't bind itself...Megan: Without a deal, there will be a recession...Debating higher rates vs. higher revenues...Are Democrats overplaying their hand?...Bob: Defense cuts would not make us less secure...

Why different polling firms predict different results...Will Hurricane Sandy save Obama?...How each candidate would confront the fiscal cliff...Who will be blamed if Romney loses?...What would explain an Obama loss?...The limits of Nate Silver's model...

Could Hurricane Sandy swing the election?...If Romney wins, is Roe v. Wade toast?...Four different theories on why Obama tanked in the first debate...Contemplating a Romney upset in Wisconsin...Benghazi conspiracy theories...Ann: Benghazi is worse than Watergate...

Frank's new book, "Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame"...Sandy Koufax and the Jewish American story...Mark Spitz and the Munich Olympics...Benny Leonard and the golden era of Jewish boxing...Max Nordau's philosophy of muscular Zionism...Why so many evangelical golfers—and so few Jewish ones?...

Reviewing the foreign policy debate...Stupid talk on China from both candidates...Bob: Romney is more likely to get us into a war with Iran...Horses and bayonets!...The vast swathes of the world that went unmentioned...What happens next?...

Fifty years later, lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis...Kennedy's secret overture to Castro...Is Iran a slow-motion Cuban Missile Crisis?...How the mythology of the Crisis has hurt America...Kennedy's real strength: willingness to compromise...How the US can have normal relations with Cuba...

Avner's organization, Breaking the Silence...Training soldiers to occupy homes...Assassination as an anti-terror tactic...Collective punishment of Palestinians is routine...Imagining a future without occupation...Why some regard Avner as a traitor...

Who won the second debate?...Bob: Obama agilely defused Romney...Body language, demeanor, and anger...Was Candy Crowley right to factcheck on Libya?...Liz looks at Ohio and ad buys...Previewing the final debate...

Daniel explains neuroanthropology...A seriously flawed study on Internet addiction...Is evolutionary psychology just "just-so stories"?...Why you can't stop checking Twitter...Why Daniel moved away from evo-psych explanations...The conventional wisdom on dopamine is wrong...

Did Biden come off as lovable or jerky?...Watching the undecideds' bouncing line...Liz: It was a draw...Bob: Biden won...Did Ryan come off as an infomercial pitchman?...How the race has changed...