Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchClaudia de Rham, “The Pull of the Stars” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 78
The Pull of the Stars is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Impe…
4 years, 6 months ago
Dave Goulson, "Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse" (Harper, 2021)
Episode 106
Drawing on thirty years of research, Goulson has written an accessible, fascinating, and important book that examines the evidence of an alarming dro…
4 years, 6 months ago
Melinda Baldwin, "Making 'Nature': The History of a Scientific Journal" (U Chicago Press, 2015)
Episode 43
Listen to this interview of Melinda Baldwin about her book Making 'Nature': The History of a Scientific Journal (U Chicago Press, 2015). Melinda is A…
4 years, 6 months ago
David Politzer, “The Physics of Banjos” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 73
The Physics of Banjos is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and David Politzer, 2004 Nobel Laureate and the Richard Chace…
4 years, 6 months ago
Joseph Reagle on H. G. Wells's "World Brain" (1937)
Episode 105
In a series of talks and essays in 1937, H. G. Wells proselytized for what he called a World Brain, as manifested in a World Encyclopedia--a reposito…
4 years, 6 months ago
Sarah S. Richardson, "The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 190
The idea that a woman may leave a biological trace on her gestating offspring has long been a commonplace folk intuition and a matter of scientific i…
4 years, 6 months ago
Rocky Kolb, “A Universe of Particles: Cosmological Reflections” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 53
A Universe of Particles: Cosmological Reflections is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Rocky Kolb, the Arthur Holly …
4 years, 6 months ago
Greg Hickock, “Beyond Mirror Neurons” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 43
Beyond Mirror Neurons is based on an in-depth, filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Greg Hickok, Professor of Cognitive science at UC Irvine…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ginny Smith, "Overloaded: How Every Aspect of Your Life is Influenced by Your Brain Chemicals" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Episode 104
From adrenaline to dopamine, most of us are familiar with the chemicals that control us. They are the hormones and neurotransmitters that our brains …
4 years, 6 months ago
Kalanit Grill-Spector, “Vision and Perception” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 38
Vision and Perception is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Kalanit Grill-Spector, Professor in Psychology and the St…
4 years, 6 months ago