Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPandemic Perspectives: A Student Speaks About Mental Health
Episode 46
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
4 years, 11 months ago
Peter Godfrey-Smith, "Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind" (FSG, 2020)
Episode 25
Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and…
4 years, 11 months ago
Inside Look: Campus Mental Wellness Services
Episode 41
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
4 years, 11 months ago
Melvin Konner, "Believers: Faith in Human Nature" (Norton, 2019)
Episode 46
Believers: Faith in Human Nature (Norton, 2019) is a scientist's answer to attacks on faith by some well-meaning scientists and philosophers. It is a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Herbert Terrace, "Why Chimpanzees Can't Learn Language and Only Humans Can" (Columbia UP, 2019)
Episode 96
Through discussion of his famous 1970s experiment alongside new research, in Why Chimpanzees Can’t Learn Language and Only Humans Can (Columbia Unive…
4 years, 11 months ago
Kas Saghafi, "The World after the End of the World: A Spectro-Poetics" (SUNY Press, 2020)
Episode 111
In this episode, I interview Kas Saghafi, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis, about his book The World After the End of t…
5 years ago
Can We Fix Social Media?: A Discussion with Christopher A. Bail
Episode 14
In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We…
5 years ago
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, "Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are" (HarperCollins, 2017)
Episode 61
Economist, data journalist, and best-selling author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz uses data from the internet to gain new insights into the human psyche. …
5 years ago
Jon Birger, "Make Your Move: The New Science of Dating and Why Women Are in Charge" (Benbella, 2021)
Episode 159
Apps have transformed dating from a mysterious adventure into a daily chore. Young, single, college-educated women are sick and tired of competing fo…
5 years ago
Eric Rupp, "The Transformational Travel Journal: Your Guide to Creating a Life-Changing Journey" (TTC, 2020)
Episode 50
Today I talked to Eric Rupp about his book The Transformational Travel Journal: Your Guide to Creating a Life-Changing Journey (TTC, 2020).
Eric Rupp …
5 years ago