Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPandemic Perspectives 10: Covid and the Art of Science Communication
Episode 118
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to John Tregoning, Imperial College respiratory infections…
4 years, 1 month ago
Pandemic Perspectives 9: Covid, 'Scientism,' and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment
Episode 117
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to bestselling author and University of Oxford law profess…
4 years, 1 month ago
Maia Weinstock, "Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus" (MIT Press, 2022)
Episode 118
Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus (MIT Press, 2022) follows Mildred Dresselhaus (or Millie, as everyone ca…
4 years, 2 months ago
Pandemic Perspectives 8: Covid and the Embrace of the Biological World
Episode 116
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to renowned UC San Diego neurophilosopher Patricia Churchl…
4 years, 2 months ago
Pandemic Perspectives 7: Covid 19 Political Lessons from Portugal
Episode 115
In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Portuguese Member of Parliament and internationally ren…
4 years, 2 months ago
John Measey, "How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences: A Guide for the Uninitiated" (CRC Press, 2021)
Episode 60
Listen to this interview of John Measey, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and author of How to Wr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Jeff Sebo, "Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 316
In 2020, COVID-19, the Australia bushfires, and other global threats served as vivid reminders that human and nonhuman fates are increasingly linked.…
4 years, 2 months ago
Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási, "The Science of Science" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 57
Listen to this interview of Dashun Wang, Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University…
4 years, 2 months ago
Marcus Kaiser, "Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience" (MIT Press, 2020)
Episode 16
The human brain undergoes massive changes during its development, from early childhood and the teenage years to adulthood and old age. Across a wide …
4 years, 2 months ago
Zeynep Pamuk, "Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 593
Our ability to act on some of the most pressing issues of our time, from pandemics and climate change to artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons,…
4 years, 2 months ago