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Why Knowing Your True Self Is So Difficult, with Eric Oliver
Episode 186
The process of understanding who we are is a lifelong journey for many of us. For two decades, that question has been one that University of Chicago …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Breakthrough Quantum Sensor That Sees Inside Your Cells, with Peter Maurer
Episode 185
What if we could precisely measure a cell at its most fundamental level? In this episode, we talk with the University of Chicago scientist Peter Maur…
5 months ago
How to Manifest Your Destiny with the Late James Doty
Episode 184
We've all heard the phrase "Manifest Your Destiny" when it comes to wanting a new promotion, figuring out a new career path or just trying to achieve…
5 months, 1 week ago
What Makes Music Go Viral—From AI to Taylor Swift
Episode 183
The internet and social media have transformed the way in which we hear and understand music today—and online communities and platforms from YouTube …
6 months ago
How Wearable Tech Will Heighten Our Senses and Abilities, with Pedro Lopes
Episode 182
Can you imagine a world in which a wearable device, like a smartwatch, could move your fingers to strum the guitar or play the drums? That kind of te…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Are More Women Saying No To Having Kids? With Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
Episode 181
More and more women in the United States are saying no to motherhood. In 2023, the U.S. fertility rate reached the lowest number on record. But the i…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
How Full-Body MRIs Could Predict Your Long-Term Health, with Daniel Sodickson
Episode 180
What does it mean to see beneath the surface — of the human body, the brain, or even the universe itself? In his new book, The Future of Seeing: How …
7 months, 1 week ago
Is There Such A Thing As A Psychopath?
Episode 179
Few ideas have gripped the public imagination quite like the idea of the “psychopath.” From Hollywood thrillers to true-crime podcasts, popular cultu…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Why We Haven’t Solved Brain Disorders—And How To Fix It, with Nicole Rust
Episode 178
For decades, neuroscience has promised breakthroughs in treating conditions like depression, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s. Yet despite powerful tec…
8 months, 1 week ago
Life On Mars: Is It Possible For Humans? with Edwin Kite
Episode 177
Billions of years ago, Mars may have looked less like the barren red desert we know today and more like Earth—with a blue sky, flowing rivers, and ev…
8 months, 3 weeks ago