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How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman
Episode 116
Music plays an important role in all of our lives. But listening to music or playing an instrument is more than just a creative outlet or hobby — it’…
2 years, 11 months ago
Magic words: Can What You Say Help You Get Your way? with Jonah Berger
Episode 115
Everyone wishes they had a superpower. Well, it turns out you’ve had a secret power since you were a child, you just don’t know how to use it yet. Th…
2 years, 11 months ago
Providing Basic Health Insurance For Every American, With Katherine Baicker
Episode 114
If there is something both sides of the political aisle can agree on, it’s that there is something deeply wrong with health insurance in the United S…
3 years ago
Why We Fight, With Christopher Blattman
Episode 113
Why do we fight? It’s a seemingly simple question, but it turns out the answers are surprising, deep and crucial to understanding our world. Consider…
3 years ago
The Hidden Truths About Sexuality And Gender In The Medieval World, with Roland Betancourt
Episode 112
We often think our debates around sexuality and gender are a modern phenomenon. Some people argue that identities like trans and non-binary have only…
3 years, 1 month ago
How We Could Regrow Limbs And Organs, with Michael Levin
Episode 111
In the near future, birth defects, traumatic injuries, limb loss and perhaps even cancer could be cured through bioelectricity—electrical signals tha…
3 years, 1 month ago
A Nobelist’s Controversial Approach To Solving Inequality, With James Heckman
Episode 110
Over his distinguished career, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman has dedicated his research to understanding and solving the problem of ine…
3 years, 1 month ago
How The Food Industry Created Today’s Obesity Crisis, With Marion Nestle
Episode 109
In today's grocery stores, you can find more sugary snacks, artificial ingredients, and ultra-processed packaged foods. At the same time, the United …
3 years, 2 months ago
Why Your Gut Health Is So Important, With Cathryn Nagler And Eric Pamer
Episode 108
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3 years, 2 months ago
Why Mourning Is Essential To Our Well-Being, With Jonathan Lear
Episode 107
Mourning is an inevitable part of our human existence. But what exactly does it mean to mourn, and why is it an essential part of our well-being and …
3 years, 3 months ago