Podcast Episodes

Predicting future of the Planet with J. Doyne Farmer I Reason with Science | Complexity Economics

Episode 84

Can economics help us create a sustainable future? Our guest is Doyne Farmer, Director of the Complexity Economics Programme at Oxford University. Trained as a physicist, he’s spent his career studyi…

Published on 9 hours ago

Is evolution predictable? with Simon Conway Morris | Reason with Science | Emergence | Convergence

Episode 83

Is evolution predictable? The guest for this podcast is with Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge. Famous for his work on the Cambrian explosion…

Published on 2 months ago

How nature builds complexity | Ricard Solé | Reason with Science | Liquid brains | Synthetic worlds

Episode 82

This conversatio is with Ricard Solé, a leading thinker in complex systems and synthetic biology. Ricard heads the Complex Systems Lab at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he explores how s…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Human evolution and culture with Agustín Fuentes | Reason with Science | Creativity | Cooperation

Episode 81

This episode is with one of the most compelling voices in anthropology, Agustín Fuentes. Agustín is a professor, evolutionary theorist, and author of “The Creative Spark”, where he explores what trul…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Vaccines, Longevity and The future of health with John Tregoning | Reason with Science | Health

Episode 80

This episode is with John Tregoning, a leading expert in infectious diseases, professor at Imperial College London, and author of the books “Live Forever?” and Infectious. John’s work focuses on how …

Published on 3 months ago

The Physics of Living Systems with Chris Kempes | Reason with Science | Emergence | Evolution

Episode 79

This episode is with Chris Kempes, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute working at the fascinating intersection of physics and biology. Chris joins us to talk about some of the most profound questio…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Art and Craft of Science with Kenneth Catania | Reason with Science | Scientific method

Episode 78

This episode is with Kenneth Catania, a neuroscientist and biologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His work has illuminated the fascinating sensory worlds of species like star-nos…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

How animals evolved with Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo | Reason with Science | Evolution | Multicellularity

Episode 77

This episode is with Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, whose research sheds light on one of the most fundamental transitions in the history of life—the evolution of multicellularity. Iñaki is a group leader at the …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Genetics and the Brain with Kevin Mitchell | Reason with Science | Evolution | Neuroscience

This episode is with Kevin Mitchell. He is an associate professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, where he investigates how genetic variations influence neural wiring, cogniti…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

How biology works with Michael Levin and William RatCliff | Reason with Science | Evolution

Episode 75

This episode is with Michael Levin and William RatCliff. Mike is a Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University. He is a pioneer in the study of bioelectricity, regeneration, and morphogen…

Published on 8 months ago