Podcast Episodes

Adina Sterling: How will artificial intelligence change hiring?

The next job search you conduct will likely be shaped by artificial intelligence. In the age of LinkedIn and Monster.com, job hunters can count on th…

7 years, 3 months ago

Greg Beroza: Data helps prepare us for ‘The Big One’

Earthquakes come in species, says Greg Beroza, professor of geophysics at Stanford and an expert in seismology.

There are, of course, the well-known …

7 years, 4 months ago

​Anne Kiremidjian: Cities built to endure disaster

Like clockwork, every time a large natural disaster hits and wipes out billions in built infrastructure, public officials, developers and private cit…

7 years, 4 months ago

Annelise Barron: The battle against Alzheimer’s is reinvigorated

While Alzheimer’s disease has cut short too many lives and devastated more families than can be counted, its root causes and effective treatments hav…

7 years, 5 months ago

​Marshall Burke: The impact of climate change on human behavior

While climate change is likely to bring rising sea levels, more frequent and stronger storms, as well as vanishing glaciers and coral reefs, experts …

7 years, 6 months ago

Riana Pfefferkorn: How are the boundaries of digital privacy shifting?

Riana Pfefferkorn is a digital security expert and Cryptography Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. She says that we are living i…

7 years, 6 months ago

​Balaji Prabhakar: Can digital incentives help alleviate traffic?

While well-known mapping apps have transformed the daily commute through better information, Stanford electrical engineer Balaji Prabhakar is explori…

7 years, 6 months ago

David Magnus: How will artificial intelligence impact medical ethics?

Professor David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, says that artificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping t…

7 years, 6 months ago

Dan Boneh: Still in early days, Blockchain is rich with possibility

While cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum gather the lion’s share of headlines, few know that these “killer apps” are just the first generation of …

7 years, 8 months ago

Gopi Shah Goda: You’re probably not saving enough for retirement

Am I saving enough for retirement? Will I outlive my money? Can I count on Social Security?

These are but a few of the nagging questions most every A…

7 years, 8 months ago