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Neuroeconomics w/ Teagan Wall
Teagan Wall of the "Nerd Brigade" schools Cara on the real definition of economics as well as the ups and downs she faced on the road to graduate sch…
11 years, 2 months ago
Fight Like a Girl w/ Jill Morley
Boxer and filmmaker Jill Morley “Fight Like a Girl” talks to Cara about the culture of female fighters and how her own struggles inspire her to get i…
11 years, 2 months ago
Space Rainbows w/ Holly Bender
Optical engineer Holly Bender speaks with Cara about making and using cool imaging spectrometers (for science!) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, …
11 years, 2 months ago
Marijuana w/ Adam Scorgie
Cara chats with Adam Scorgie, producer of "The Culture High," about marijuana prohibition, how the failed drug war is shaping the US justice system, …
11 years, 2 months ago
Visual Effects w/ Paul Debevec
Cara is joined by Dr. Paul Debevec, Chief Visual Officer at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. (His cutting…
11 years, 3 months ago
Nerd Alert w/ Kim Horcher
Cara chats with Kim Horcher, host of “Nerd Alert” on The Young Turks Network, about the difference between nerds and geeks, how the internet is evolv…
11 years, 3 months ago
Gravitational Waves w/ Lawrence Krauss
Cara sits down with theoretical physicist Dr. Lawrence Krauss ("A Universe from Nothing") at Apostacon in Omaha, Nebraska to discuss his cover story …
11 years, 3 months ago
American Atheist w/ David Silverman
President of American Atheists, David Silverman, joins Cara at the Apostacon Convention in Omaha, Nebraska to talk about why atheist activism matters…
11 years, 3 months ago
GMOs w/ Kevin Folta
Cara digs deep into GMOs (genetically modified organisms) with Dr. Kevin Folta, a preeminent researcher and science communicator. They discuss the te…
11 years, 4 months ago
Dark Matter w/ Katherine Freese
Did you know that 95% of the known universe is made up of stuff that we can neither see nor measure directly? Cara sits down with theoretical physici…
11 years, 4 months ago