Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJemma Wadham, "Ice Rivers: A Story of Glaciers, Wilderness, and Humanity" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 23
The ice sheets and glaciers that cover one-tenth of Earth’s land surface are in grave peril. High in the Alps, Andes, and Himalaya, once-indomitable …
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Alfred S. Posamentier, "Math Tricks: The Surprising Wonders of Shapes and Numbers" (Prometheus Books, 2021)
Episode 66
Alfred S. Posamentier's Math Tricks: The Surprising Wonders of Shapes and Numbers (Prometheus Books, 2021) has a lovely assortment of puzzles from al…
4 years, 10 months ago
Michael Gordin, “Science and Pseudoscience” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 36
Science and Pseudoscience is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and C…
4 years, 10 months ago
Jay Gargus, “Autism: A Genetic Perspective” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 32
Autism: A Genetic Perspective is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jay Gargus, Professor of Physiology, Biophysics a…
4 years, 10 months ago
Chris Frith, “In Search of a Mechanism: From the Brain to the Mind” (Open Agenda, 2020)
Episode 30
In Search of a Mechanism: From the Brain to the Mind is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Chris Frith, Emeritus Prof…
4 years, 10 months ago
Barbara Fredrickson, “The Science of Emotions” (Open Agenda, 2020)
Episode 29
The Science of Emotions is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Barbara Fredrickson, Director Positive Emotions & Psych…
4 years, 10 months ago
Raghav Rajagopalan, "Immersive Systemic Knowing: Advancing Systems Thinking Beyond Rational Analysis" (Springer Nature, 2020)
Episode 33
On this episode, we speak with Ragav Rajagopalan about his book, Immersive Systemic Knowing: Advancing Systems Thinking Beyond Rational Analysis, out…
4 years, 10 months ago
Mark L. Johnson and Don M. Tucker, "Out of the Cave: A Natural Philosophy of Mind and Knowing" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 73
Plato's Allegory of the Cave trapped us in the illusion that mind is separate from body and from the natural and physical world. Knowledge had to be …
4 years, 10 months ago
Lee McIntyre, "How to Talk to a Science Denier" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 69
Climate change is a hoax--and so is coronavirus. Vaccines are bad for you. These days, many of our fellow citizens reject scientific expertise and pr…
4 years, 10 months ago
P. J. Boczkowski and E. Mitchelstein, "The Digital Environment: How We Live, Learn, Work, and Play Now" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 74
Increasingly we live through our personal screens; we work, play, socialize, and learn digitally. The shift to remote everything during the pandemic …
4 years, 10 months ago