Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlex Csiszar, "The Scientific Journal: Authorship and the Politics of Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century" (U Chicago Press, 2018)
Episode 29
Listen to this interview of Alex Csiszar, professor in the Department of the History of Science, Harvard University and author of The Scientific Jour…
4 years, 10 months ago
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra, "When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep" (W. W. Norton, 2021)
Episode 10
In When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep (W. W. Norton, 2021), psychologist Dr. Antonio Zadra and neuroscientist Dr. Robert S…
4 years, 10 months ago
Iris Berent, "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason about Human Nature" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 11
Do newborns think-do they know that 'three' is greater than 'two'? Do they prefer 'right' to 'wrong'? What about emotions--do newborns recognize happ…
4 years, 10 months ago
James Ladyman and K. Wiesner, "What Is a Complex System?" (Yale UP, 2020)
Episode 64
While i find it pretty easy to recognize when i'm reading articles in complexity science, i've never been satisfied by definitions of complexity and …
4 years, 11 months ago
Joseph Curtin, “The Science of Siren Songs: Stradivari Unveiled” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 15
The Science of Siren Songs: Stradivari Unveiled is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and master violinmaker and acoustic…
4 years, 11 months ago
Stefan Collini, “The Two Cultures, Revisited” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 13
The ‘Two Cultures’ debate of the 1960s between C.P. Snow and F.R. Leavis is one of the most misunderstood intellectual disputes of the 20th century. …
4 years, 11 months ago
John Horgan, "Pay Attention: Sex, Death, and Science" (MIT Press, 2020)
Episode 71
What would it feel like to wake up inside the head of someone who writes about science for a living? John Horgan, acclaimed author of the bestseller …
4 years, 11 months ago
James Robert Brown, “Plato’s Heaven: A User’s Guide” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 9
Plato’s Heaven: A User’s Guide is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and James Robert Brown, Emeritus Professor of Philos…
4 years, 11 months ago
John Troyer, "Technologies of the Human Corpse" (MIT Press, 2020)
Episode 68
Death and the dead body have never been more alive in the public imagination--not least because of current debates over modern medical technology tha…
4 years, 11 months ago
Terry McGlynn, "The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 28
Listen to this interview of Terry McGlynn, author of The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching (U Chicago Press, 2020). McGlynn is also a profess…
4 years, 11 months ago