Podcast Episodes

Renée DiResta: How to beat bad information

Renée DiResta is research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a multi-disciplinary center that focuses on abuses of information technology,…

5 years, 4 months ago

Will Tarpeh: How to take the waste out of wastewater

Once the bathwater is drained, the toilet flushed or the laundry done, few give a passing thought to the wastewater that leaves our homes. But chemic…

5 years, 4 months ago

Kwabena Boahen: How to build a super-efficient super-computer

Bioengineer Kwabena Boahen builds highly efficient “neuromorphic” supercomputers modeled on the human brain. He hopes they will drive the artificial …

5 years, 4 months ago

Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery

In a world where a drug takes years and billions of dollars to develop, just one in 20 candidates makes it to market. Daphne Koller is betting artifi…

5 years, 5 months ago

Markus Covert: How to build a computer model of a cell

When Stanford bioengineer Markus Covert first decided to create a computer model able to simulate the behavior of a single cell, he was held back by …

5 years, 5 months ago

Rafael Pelayo: How to get a good night’s sleep

COVID-19 is changing how many scientists, like Stanford sleep expert Rafael Pelayo, MD, view their field. First off, the shift to telemedicine is pro…

5 years, 6 months ago

Marietje Schaake: Can democracy survive in a digital world?

Marietje Schaake was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019 and now serves as the international policy director at Stanford University…

5 years, 6 months ago

Andrew Huberman: How stress affects the mind — and how to relieve it

Andrew Huberman is a Stanford neurobiologist and ophthalmologist keenly interested in the biology of stress and ways to manage stress.

He’s developed …

5 years, 6 months ago

Manu Prakash: How to beat a pandemic on a budget

Manu Prakash was in France when COVID-19 took hold throughout the world. There, the Stanford bioengineer, famous for “frugal science” like his $1 fie…

5 years, 7 months ago

Byron Reeves: What our screens tell us about us

With the emergence of touchscreen smartphones, tablets and watches, so much of our lives is spent on our devices that in many ways we are what appear…

5 years, 7 months ago