Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMigual Nicolelis, “Minds and Machines” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 68
Minds and Machines is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Miguel Nicolelis, Professor of Neurobiology, Neurology, Neur…
4 years, 3 months ago
Leidy Klotz, "Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less" (Flatiron Books, 2021)
Episode 148
At the beginning of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, the Once-ler says, “I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.” Big…
4 years, 3 months ago
Rebecca J. Lester, "Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America" (U California Press, 2019)
Episode 133
When Rebecca Lester was eleven years old--and again when she was eighteen--she almost died from anorexia nervosa. Now both a tenured professor in ant…
4 years, 3 months ago
Alfred Mele, “Free Will: An Investigation” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 63
Free Will: An Investigation is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Alfred Mele, the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeist…
4 years, 4 months ago
Jacob Johanssen, "Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition" (Routledge, 2021)
Episode 179
In his new book Fantasy, Online Misogyny and the Manosphere: Male Bodies of Dis/Inhibition (Routledge, 2021), Jacob Johanssen takes us on a journey i…
4 years, 4 months ago
Greg Hickock, “Beyond Mirror Neurons” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 43
Beyond Mirror Neurons is based on an in-depth, filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Greg Hickok, Professor of Cognitive science at UC Irvine…
4 years, 4 months ago
Kalanit Grill-Spector, “Vision and Perception” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 38
Vision and Perception is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Kalanit Grill-Spector, Professor in Psychology and the St…
4 years, 4 months ago
Ginny Smith, "Overloaded: How Every Aspect of Your Life is Influenced by Your Brain Chemicals" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Episode 104
From adrenaline to dopamine, most of us are familiar with the chemicals that control us. They are the hormones and neurotransmitters that our brains …
4 years, 4 months ago
Barbara H. Rosenwein, "Love: A History in Five Fantasies" (Polity Press, 2021)
Episode 1113
Barbara Rosenwein talks about her new book Love: A History in Five Fantasies (Polity Press, 2021) today on the podcast.
We make sense of love with fan…
4 years, 4 months ago
Michael Frazer, “The Power of Sympathy: Politics and Moral Sentimentalism” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 28
The Power of Sympathy: Politics and Moral Sentimentalism is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Michael Frazer, Senior…
4 years, 4 months ago