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What Rats Can Teach Us About Empathy and Racism, with Peggy Mason
Episode 26
Why do we feel empathy for some people, but not others? Where does this feeling of empathy come from? These questions have been the focus of one Univ…
6 years, 3 months ago
Why the Coronavirus Could Send China’s Economy Back to the 1980s With Chang-Tai Hsieh
Episode 25
The outbreak of the coronavirus in China is a global tragedy. While much of the attention has been on the disease itself, many global experts have be…
6 years, 3 months ago
Why The Doomsday Clock Is Closer To Apocalypse Than Ever With Rachel Bronson
Episode 24
Since its inception following World War II, the Doomsday Clock has measured our time until apocalypse in minutes. This year, for the first time, the …
6 years, 3 months ago
Vladimir Putin’s Number One Enemy With Bill Browder
Episode 23
University of Chicago alumnus Bill Browder’s story sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller—except it’s all true. He just wanted to be a business…
6 years, 4 months ago
How Google and Facebook Are Ruining Capitalism, with Luigi Zingales
Episode 22
University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales often says that only an immigrant like himself can really appreciate American capitalism. In his nativ…
6 years, 4 months ago
How Quantum Technology Could Change Our Future With David Awschalom
Episode 21
In October of 2019, Google announced their supercomputer had reached quantum supremacy. With that announcement, and as we take a short break for the …
6 years, 5 months ago
The Myths Of Millennial Voters With Cathy Cohen
Episode 20
Every election year, poll after poll tries to predict where millennials stand politically. As we head into 2020, we'd like to replay this episode wit…
6 years, 5 months ago
Why Some Nations Prosper and Others Fail, with James Robinson
Episode 20
It’s a simple question to ask, but seems impossible to answer: What causes one nation to succeed and another to fail? What exactly are the origins of…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Hunt for Alien Life and Exoplanets, with David Charbonneau
Episode 19
Since the beginning of human history, we’ve looked up at the stars and wondered: Are we alone? No other generation has been able to find an answer, b…
6 years, 6 months ago
Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant
Episode 18
For most Americans, the driving force in their personal and public life is a desire to attain the “good life”. But what if our attachment to that des…
6 years, 7 months ago