Summer Fridays: How zombies, dragons, and superheroes could make you a better person (w/ Christopher Robichaud)

夏日周五:僵尸、龙和超级英雄如何让你成为更好的人(与克里斯托弗·罗比查德共同探讨)

How to Be a Better Human

2026-09-04

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Roleplaying games and the Marvel universe may be fictional, but they can also teach us a lot about morality in the real world. Christopher Robichaud is a Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In this episode, he shares ways we can explore important, everyday issues in fun, safe, and unexpected ways. Christopher has made a career out of teaching ethics and philosophy using pop culture, dissecting moral questions using anything from zombie apocalypse simulations to superhero narratives. He received his doctorate in philosophy from MIT. In 2015 he won the Innovation in Teaching Award at the Harvard Kennedy School for creating a day-long simulation--using design elements from old school tabletop roleplaying games like D&D--where policy students wielded their leadership skills and confronted ethical dilemmas to deal with a zombie pandemic. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts Fill out our survey at bit.ly/BHSurvey6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Hey, everyone, thanks for listening to How to Be a Better Human.

  • This summer, we're doing something special.

  • We're calling it Better Human Summer Fridays.

  • And every Friday this summer, we are going to be dropping a special episode

  • on the feed pulled straight from the How to Be a Better Human archive.

  • These are conversations that I loved and that our team loved.

  • And we think a lot of you may have never heard.

  • And we think they deserve another moment in the sun.

  • So we're giving them that literal moment in the sun here in the summertime.

  • This show has grown a lot over the years,

  • so this is our way of making sure that if you found us recently,

  • you're not missing out on one of the conversations that I am still thinking about, sometimes years later.

  • And if you are a day one Better Human listener, well, first of all, thank you.

  • Thanks for listening for all these years.

  • And I hope that you will enjoy this trip back into our archive,

  • back into some of the best conversations that we've had in the past.

  • So let's get into it.

  • Here's Better Human Summer Fridays.

  • You are listening to How to Be a Better Human.

  • I'm your host, Chris Duffy.