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Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant -- and a self-described introvert. At least one-third of the people we know are introverts, notes Cain in her new book Quiet.

"The Rachel Maddow Show," which airs 9 p.m. ET weeknights on MSNBC, is a smart look at politics, pop culture, and all the day's top stories.

Welcome to Revisionist History, a new podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and Panoply Media. Each week, over the course of 10 weeks, Revisionist History will go back and reinterpret something from the past.

Psychologist William James now stands as one of the true intellectual titans to come out of late 19th century America. With The Will to Believe, first published in 1896, he argues that it is defendable to adopt a certain belief without prior evidence of its truth.

First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.

This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love.

Each year, TED hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses.

This speech, recited before court in 1873 is one of the greatest statements ever made on behalf of women's suffrage.

To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has...

Self-acceptance is one of our most difficult challenges, no matter how much meditation or therapy we’ve tried.