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The ‘Five Horsemen of the Techpocalypse’ with Kara Swisher
Episode 56
The so-called “Big Tech” industry has dramatically improved our daily lives, but at what cost? Few people have gotten a closer look at these companie…
5 years, 1 month ago
Fighting Poverty And Pandemics, with Nobel Economist Michael Kremer
Episode 55
The solutions to global poverty can appear obvious, even if they’re difficult to implement. But, as University of Chicago economist Michael Kremer ha…
5 years, 2 months ago
Why Life After Incarceration Is Just Another Prison, with Reuben Jonathan Miller
Episode 54
For the more than 20 million people with a felony record, incarceration doesn’t end at the prison gate. They enter what University of Chicago scholar…
5 years, 2 months ago
Anthony Fauci On What We Need To Get Over COVID-19
Episode 53
Anthony Fauci has spent the past year trying to curb the worst health crisis the world has seen in a century.
In a recent University of Chicago even…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, with Laurie Zoloth
Episode 52
The coronavirus pandemic has raised countless ethical questions: How do we balance restricting freedoms with protecting others, how do we ethically d…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson
Episode 51
The Doomsday Clock has been set at 100 seconds to midnight—as close to total destruction as we were in 2020. But after a year of increasingly dangero…
5 years, 4 months ago
Unraveling the Mystery of Life’s Origins on Earth, with Jack Szostak
Episode 50
What are the biggest questions in science today: Can we cure cancer, solve the climate crisis, make it to Mars? For Nobel laureate Jack Szostak, the …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder
Episode 49
Our podcast is all about research. Every episode we investigate what scholars have discovered and why it matters. But we’re going to get meta on this…
5 years, 4 months ago
Getting Out Of The Lab With John List
Episode 48
Our team is taking some time off to be with their families for the holidays. But, just in case you have a long flight, car ride, or maybe need someth…
5 years, 5 months ago
How Alternate Reality Games Are Changing The Real World with Patrick Jagoda and Kristen Schilt
Episode 47
What is the most popular form of media today: Movies? Music? Books? Nope, it’s video games. With 2.5 billion gamers today, games are set to be the ty…
5 years, 6 months ago