The

The Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

If you're hearing this, then you're on the public feed, which means you'll get episodes

a week after they come out, and you'll hear advertisements. You can gain access to the

subscriber feed by going to colemanhues.org and becoming a supporter. This means you'll have

access to episodes a week early, you'll never hear ads, and you'll get access to bonus Q&A episodes.

You can also support me by liking and subscribing on YouTube and sharing the show with

friends and family.

As always, thank you so much for your support.

Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

My guest today is Nicholas Christakis.

Nicholas is a physician, a sociologist, and a professor at Yale University.

He'll be known to some of you as the professor who kept his composure in front of a mob of students screaming about Halloween costumes back in 2015.

Or he may be known to you as the author of many books, including Connected, the surprising

power of our social networks and how they shape our lives, blueprint, the evolutionary origins

of a good society, and the focal point of our conversation today, Apollo's Arrow, the profound

and enduring impact of coronavirus on the way we live.

Nicholas and I talk about how the polarized media has harmed our ability to deal with COVID.

We talk about the end goal of herd immunity.

We talk about whether the incredible speed of the rollout of the vaccine is suspicious.

We talk about the ethics of requiring or strongly pressuring people to get the vaccine. We talk about the ethics of encouraging booster shots when many

around the world have yet to get their first vaccination. We discuss ivermectin and much more.

...