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Why Breeding Millions of Mosquitoes Could Help Save Lives, With Scott O'Neill
Episode 136
Mosquito-borne diseases are one of the greatest global health threats, infecting around 700 million people every year with Zika virus, dengue fever, …
2 years, 3 months ago
Why Shaming Other Countries Often Backfires, with Rochelle Terman
Episode 135
How do you stop a government from continuing to commit human rights abuses? You could take them to an international court of justice, or file a compl…
2 years, 3 months ago
Can Trump Legally Be President?, with William Baude
Episode 134
The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Colorado can take former President Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 election may be one of the most co…
2 years, 4 months ago
What Our Hand Gestures Reveal About Our Thoughts, with Susan Goldin-Meadow
Episode 133
Language shapes our world. But when we speak, there is actually a secret conversation happening beyond our words. It’s happening not with our mouths—…
2 years, 4 months ago
Psychedelics Without Hallucinations: A New Mental Health Treatment? with David E. Olson
Episode 132
The United States is facing a real mental health crisis. In the last few years, one possible treatment has gotten a lot of press: psychedelic drugs. …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Science Of Happiness
Episode 131
The Big Brains team is taking some time off during the holidays but for all those travelers out there heading home, we wanted to make sure you still …
2 years, 5 months ago
Do We Really Have Free Will? With Robert Sapolsky
Episode 130
Here’s the question you’re going to be asking for the next 30 minutes: Did I freely choose to listen to this podcast, or did I actually have no choic…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Radical Solution To Address Climate Change, with David Keith
Episode 129
Climate change can feel like an impossible crisis these days. Every week there is some new report about the irreversible damage we’re doing to our pl…
2 years, 6 months ago
How PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Are Harming Our Health, with Linda Birnbaum
Episode 128
By now, you've probably heard about the dangers of PFAS “forever chemicals.” These chemicals are all around us—they're in waterproof hiking boots, el…
2 years, 6 months ago
Are We Worse People Than We Used To Be? With Adam Mastroianni
Episode 127
How many times have you heard this phrase: “Back in the day, people were nicer” or “People aren’t as kind as they used to be?” Most of us have experi…
2 years, 7 months ago