Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Likely Is War Over Taiwan?
Episode 436
So much of what we hear about China and Russia today likens the relationship between these two autocracies and the West to a "rivalry" or a "great-po…
1 year, 11 months ago
Neuroscientist Explains Selective Memory (Charan Ranganath)
Episode 435
A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan …
1 year, 11 months ago
Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives
Episode 434
In recent years, condemnations of racism in America have echoed from the streets to corporate boardrooms. At the same time, politicians and commentat…
1 year, 11 months ago
How to Think About Social Justice
Episode 433
Those who are pursuing social justice too often fail to incorporate the insights of sociology, and when they do make use of sociology, they often dra…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sean Carroll Explains Quantum Field Theory
Episode 432
Sean Carroll is creating a profoundly new approach to sharing physics with a broad audience, one that goes beyond analogies to show how physicists re…
1 year, 11 months ago
Co-Founder of The Free Press reports on the Culture Wars (Nellie Bowles)
Episode 431
As a Hillary voter, a New York Times reporter, and frequent attendee at her local gay bars, Nellie Bowles fit right in with her San Francisco neighbo…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Latest Research on Consciousness (Christof Koch)
Episode 430
In Then I Am Myself the World, Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-informa…
1 year, 11 months ago
Everything is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Episode 429
At its simplest, Bayes's theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. Bu…
1 year, 11 months ago
The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
Episode 428
For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But o…
2 years ago
The Science of Happines
Episode 427
We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we're too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves …
2 years ago