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Saving Our Cities By Studying A Million Neighborhoods With Luis Bettencourt
Episode 17
In the last decade, there has been a mass migration of people into urban areas across the globe. This rapid urbanization has been increasingly unsust…
6 years, 7 months ago
Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley
Episode 16
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Most people say they’d want to read minds. But Prof. Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago …
6 years, 8 months ago
Leading Presidential Scholar Analyzes Trump Impeachment
Episode 15
It’s been a historic week, with news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially opened an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
There’…
6 years, 8 months ago
The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods
Episode 14
The looting of the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad became one of the defining moments of the second Iraq War. Christopher Woods, the director of t…
6 years, 8 months ago
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Her Favorite Dissent
Episode 13
One of the incredible perks of making a podcast at a place like the University of Chicago is the opportunity to feature some of the incredible guests…
6 years, 9 months ago
Why Your Social Life is a Matter of Life and Death with Linda Waite
Episode 12
Is it possible that having lunch with your friends is just as important in keeping you alive as exercising? That’s what University of Chicago profess…
6 years, 9 months ago
Revolutionizing Economics By Studying People In The Real World With John List
Episode 11
If you’ve played Candy Crush, flown on United Airlines, or taken an Uber or Lyft, you’ve been in one of Prof. John List’s experiments without even kn…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Unknown History Of The White Power Movement With Kathleen Belew
Episode 10
We're taking a summer break during July, but we'll be back in August with new episodes telling the stories of leading research with some of the world…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Missing Link In Evolution with Neil Shubin
Episode 9
Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin spent six years in the Arctic searching for a fossil that could be a missing link between sea and land animals. Sh…
6 years, 10 months ago
Guest Show - No Jargon
Episode 8
We're taking a summer break during July, but we'll be back in August with new episodes telling the stories of leading research with some of the world…
6 years, 11 months ago