Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDennis Wall: The changing face of autism diagnosis and treatment
The current process for diagnosing autism requires no less than 10 hours of intensive doctor-to-patient observation.
It is expensive and time-consumi…
7 years ago
Xiaolin Zheng: New benefits of combustion revealed
Mechanical engineer Xiaolin Zheng really likes to burn things, but she is more like a modern-day Prometheus than a pyromaniac. She uses combustion to…
7 years ago
Londa Schiebinger: Why does gender matter?
In safety engineering, ergonomic differences between men and women are important. Conventional seat belts do not fit pregnant women properly and moto…
7 years ago
Billy Loo: “FLASH” radiation therapy brings hope to cancer patients
Stanford radiation oncologist, Billy Loo, says that a new generation of radiation therapy technology called PHASER will be so fast that it can even c…
7 years ago
Carlos Bustamante: Genomics has a diversity problem
Carlos Bustamante is an expert in genomics—the study of genetic variation and its effects on the living world. He says genomics holds tremendous prom…
7 years, 1 month ago
Robert Reich: Is it time to rethink philanthropy?
Why do well-off public schools often demand that parents supplement school programs with personal contributions? Why do many rare diseases receive th…
7 years, 1 month ago
Toomas Ilves: Lessons in digital democracy from Estonia
Of the many nations that have implemented some measure of digital democracy, none perhaps has had more success than Estonia. Toomas Ilves, a Distingu…
7 years, 1 month ago
Nigam Shah: Artificial Intelligence transforms health care
In hospitals across the world, the unmet need for end-of-life palliative care threatens to overwhelm the few doctors who are equipped to adequately p…
7 years, 3 months ago
Paul Oyer: Where, exactly, is the gig economy taking us?
The worlds of academic economics and ride sharing are not so far removed – just ask Stanford labor economist Paul Oyer. When Oyer wanted to study the…
7 years, 3 months ago
Alex Stamos: How do we preserve free speech in the era of fake news?
It’s nothing we haven’t already heard – the news you read is being shaped by the ubiquitous presence of social media. So-called “fake news” spread by…
7 years, 3 months ago