Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond appears in the following:

Mets Return to Playoffs for First Time Since '06

Friday, October 09, 2015

The team begins their quest to bring a World Series trophy to Queens for the first time in nearly 30 years.

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Reasons to Believe in the Mets

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Mets are sitting pretty in first place. Wall Street Journal sports reporter Jared Diamond talks about the fans' excitement and the possibility of a World Series subway series.

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Jared Diamond: Learning From The Past

Monday, January 07, 2013

This interview originally aired live on January 7, 2013. An edited version was re-aired on August 9, 2013 as part of a special episode of The Brian Lehrer Show. 

Jared Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses his latest book, The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?, and talks about how we can learn from the differences between modern life and traditional societies that still exist today.

→ EVENT: An Evening with Jared Diamond. Monday, January 07, 2013 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the New School Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. (Sold Out, but information about no-show seating here.)

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Lessons from Traditional Societies on Raising Children, Caring for the Elderly

Thursday, January 03, 2013

Within civilizations made out of hunter-gatherers, the practices for raising children and caring for the elderly are far different than in the developed world in the West. But, there ...

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