Olga Khazan appears in the following:
Can We Change Our Personalities?
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change (S&S/Simon Element, 2025), talks about her new book and what ...
Why Loneliness Isn't About Numbers
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World (Hachette Go, 2020), explains why the current "loneliness epidemi...
Is it the Pandemic That's Making Everyone Act So 'Weird'?
Thursday, April 07, 2022
The Atlantic's Olga Khazan explores the theories as to why people are behaving so badly.
'Empathy Fatigue' Has Led To More COVID Deaths
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan says that "empathy fatigue" — the point in a mass tragedy where we no longer see victims as individuals — is heightened by racism and ageism.
Caster Semenya, Femininity, and the Meaning of Sports
Friday, August 26, 2016
What is the point of sports? How important is the biological distinction between men and women? These questions are wrapped up in the coverage of Olympics athlete Caster Semenya.
McKinney, TX Was the 'Best Place to Live in America' Until it Wasn't
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
This past fall, Money Magazine named the town of McKinney, Texas the number one best place to live. But a different picture has emerged after a viral video was shared online this week.
