Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAndrew Leigh, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?: Existential Risk and Extreme Politics" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 99
Did you know that you're more likely to die from a catastrophe than in a car crash? The odds that a typical US resident will die from a catastrophic …
4 years, 7 months ago
Vinciane Despret, "Living as a Bird" (Polity Press, 2021)
Episode 269
Birds sing to set up a territory, but the relationships between the bird, the song, the territory, and the bird’s community are highly complex and in…
4 years, 7 months ago
Lee Smolin, “Examining Time” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 86
Examining Time is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Lee Smolin who is a faculty member of Perimeter Institute for Th…
4 years, 7 months ago
Bradley Alger, "Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 39
Listen to this interview of Bradley Alger, Professor Emeritus of Physiology at University of Maryland School of Medicine and author of Defense of the…
4 years, 7 months ago
Vicky Neale, "Why Study Mathematics?" (London Publishing Partnership, 2020)
Episode 68
Students and their families face a consequential choice in whether to pursue a degree, and in what area. For those considering mathematics programs, …
4 years, 7 months ago
Jonathan Schooler, “Mind-Wandering and Meta-Awareness” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 81
Mind-Wandering & Meta-Awareness is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychological a…
4 years, 7 months ago
Peter S. Ungar, "Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins" (Princeton UP, 2018)
Episode 98
Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared …
4 years, 7 months ago
Stephen Scherer, “Our Human Variability” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 80
Our Human Variability is a comprehensive book based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Scherer, the GlaxoSmithKline…
4 years, 8 months ago
A Conversation with Aliyah Kovner, Science Writer and Science Podcaster
Episode 38
Listen to this interview of Aliyah Kovner, science writer and also host of the podcast A Day in the Half-Life. We talk about who science communicatio…
4 years, 8 months ago
Jari Saramäki, "How to Write a Scientific Paper: An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students" (2018)
Episode 37
Listen to this interview of Jari Saramäki, author of How to Write a Scientific Paper: An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students (2018) and profess…
4 years, 8 months ago