Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEric Topol, "Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again" (Basic Books, 2019)
Episode 63
Medicine has lost its humanity. Doctors no longer have the time to make personal connections with their patients. In his new book Deep Medicine: How …
7 years, 1 month ago
Jessica Pierce, "Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible" (New World Library, 2019)
Episode 14
No matter how cushy their lives, dogs live on our terms. They compromise their freedom and instinctual pleasure, as well as their innate strategies f…
7 years, 1 month ago
Chris Bernhardt, "Quantum Computing for Everyone" (MIT Press, 2019)
Episode 36
Today I talked with Chris Bernhardt about his book Quantum Computing for Everyone (MIT Press, 2019). This is a book that involves a lot of mathematic…
7 years, 1 month ago
Kate Brown, "Manuel for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future" (Norton, 2019)
Episode 35
We cannot learn from disasters we do not yet understand. That conviction motivated historian Kate Brown to conduct groundbreaking research into nucle…
7 years, 2 months ago
Christopher Preston, "The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World" (MIT Press, 2018)
Episode 190
In The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World (MIT Press, 2018), Dr. Christopher Preston argues tha…
7 years, 2 months ago
Emily Dawson, "Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning: The Experiences of Minoritised Groups" (Routledge, 2019)
Who is excluded from science? What is the role of museums in this exclusion? In Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning: The Experiences of M…
7 years, 2 months ago
Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Open Access Publishing
Episode 15
In the information age, knowledge is power. Hence, facilitating the access to knowledge to wider publics empowers citizens and makes societies more d…
7 years, 3 months ago
Rick Van Noy, "Sudden Spring: Stories of Adaptation in a Climate-Changed South" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
Episode 186
As climate change politics abound, Dr. Rick Van Noy’s Sudden Spring: Stories of Adaptation in a Climate-Changed South (University of Georgia Press, 2…
7 years, 3 months ago
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, "Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body" (Avery, 2017)
Episode 76
Emotional Intelligence involves self awareness, self control, relationship management and social awareness. Being emotionally intelligent can make yo…
7 years, 4 months ago
Jonathan Birch, "The Philosophy of Social Evolution" (Oxford UP, 2017)
Episode 179
It seems to go against evolutionary theory for an individual to give up its own chances at reproducing in order to increase the fitness of others. Ye…
7 years, 4 months ago