Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMichael Snyder: Insights from medicine’s most-measured man
With the advent of wearable devices and omnipresent monitoring of heart, lungs, blood and more, scientists can now gather unprecedented amounts of pe…
3 years, 1 month ago
Barbara van Schewick: Net neutrality and the future of the internet
While many users remain blissfully unaware, a battle is raging for the future of the internet. On the one hand are the large phone and cable companie…
3 years, 1 month ago
Beatriz Magaloni: Data illuminate the cycle of police violence in Latin America
Beatriz Magaloni is a lawyer and a professor of political science who studies the challenges at the intersection of governance, poverty, and police v…
3 years, 1 month ago
Nicholas Bloom: Home is where the work is
Guest Nicholas Bloom has studied telecommuting for 20 years. Prior to the pandemic, he says, just five percent of days were “worked from home,” but t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mac Schwager: How engineers are putting the ‘auto’ in autonomous
On this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, guest Mac Schwager talks safety in multi-robot systems, like those contro…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ilan Kroo: Better ways to build an airplane
Our guest on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, Ilan Kroo, is an expert in aircraft design. But when Kroo talks…
3 years, 2 months ago
Helen Blau: New life for old muscles
Helen Blau is a stem cell biologist and expert in why, as we age, our muscles weaken, even if we get exercise and try to stay fit. In an age when hum…
3 years, 3 months ago
Lawrence Wein: Computation cracks cold cases
This episode's guest on Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast is Lawrence Wein, an expert in the science of catching criminals usin…
3 years, 4 months ago
Doug James: Computer-generated sound catches its graphical sibling
Natural sounds in the world around us are based on the principles of physics. Today’s guest on Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcas…
3 years, 4 months ago
Melissa Valentine: The rise of the flash organization
This episode's guest on Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast, management science and engineering professor Melissa Valentine studi…
3 years, 4 months ago