Podcast Episodes
Back to Search46 | Are we thinking about stress the wrong way?
Episode 53
Can we tease apart physiological and psychological stress?
Stress in the mind and stress in the body are each comprised of a complex set of phenome…
6 hours ago
45 | Human migration as a complex system
Episode 52
Ola Ali joins the podcast to chat about modeling the legal journey of persons who migrate across borders.
With a background in physics and complex sy…
2 weeks ago
A10 | Investigating systemic corruption
Episode 51
There is a lot of money behind keeping corruption difficult to track, but there are also plenty of folks working hard to build better tools for track…
1 month, 1 week ago
A5 | The evolution of cooperation
Episode 50
Cooperation is deeply embedded in the genetics of our species. Looking at the evolution of cooperation can teach us a lot about how to build better s…
2 months ago
A6 | Can we hold AI accountable for its actions?
Episode 49
With AI increasingly being used in wars, the glaring question regulators face as a society is one of allocating responsibility when an autonomous too…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
44 | Voting under autocracies
Episode 48
When living under an autocratic regime, should we continue voting or abstain in protest? Zoltan Miklosi joins the podcast to talk about the politic…
3 months ago
43 | What makes a war?
Episode 47
What determines whether a particular event is classified as part of an existing conflict or a random act of violence?
Niraj Kushwaha joins the podcas…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
A4 | Does fairness exist?
Episode 46
Can any interaction between two people ever really be fair?
In this episode from February 2024, we sit down with Angarika Deb to chat about how to …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
42 | Who deserves human rights?
Episode 45
Every human has the same fundamental rights. That might sound trivial, but the universal access to human rights is being actively debated in courts a…
4 months ago
41 | Gangs providing services
Episode 44
What happens when gangs step in to provide services for communities that governments aren't able or willing to provide?
David Cerero Guerra joins the…
4 months, 2 weeks ago