Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid J. Hand, "Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 52
There is no shortage of books on the growing impact of data collection and analysis on our societies, our cultures, and our everyday lives. David Han…
1 year, 11 months ago
Alan Lightman, "Einstein's Dreams" (Vintage, 1992)
Episode 137
Einstein’s Dreams (Vintage, 1992) by Alan Lightman, set in Albert Einstein’s “miracle year” of 1905, is a novel about the cultural interconnection of…
1 year, 11 months ago
Pierre Sokolsky, "Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Episode 26
On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks a…
1 year, 11 months ago
Pandemics Perspectives 15: The Dynamic Nature of Science
Episode 123
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Con…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ann Johnson and Johannes Lenhard, "Cultures of Prediction: How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 366
A probing examination of the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in science and engineering that helps us better understand today's cult…
2 years ago
Anna Abraham, "The Creative Brain: Myths and Truths" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 225
A nuanced, science-based understanding of the creative mind that dispels the pervasive myths we hold about the human brain—but also uncovers the trut…
2 years ago
Lisa M. P. Munoz, "Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Episode 238
Women working in the sciences face obstacles at virtually every step along their career paths. From subtle slights to blatant biases, deep systemic p…
2 years ago
Tessa Hill and Eric Simons, "At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans" (Columbia UP, 2024)
Episode 189
At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans (Columbia UP, 2024) takes readers on a journey from California tidepools to Antarctic po…
2 years ago
Duana Fullwiley, "Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science" (U California Press, 2024)
Episode 308
In Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science (University of California Press, 2024), Duana Fullwiley has penned an int…
2 years ago
The Reality of Scientific Research: A Discussion with John W. Cave
Episode 2
In this episode we speak with Dr. John W. Cave, a scientist and thought leader who has been in the research world for over 20 years. Dr. Cave has wor…
2 years ago