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#54. Speaking Truth to Power: Physicians for Human Rights
Season 1 Episode 54
Susannah Sirkin is the Director of Policy and a senior advisor at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), where she has worked since 1987. From 1992 to 20…
2 years, 6 months ago
#55. Creative Approaches to Asynchronous Online Learning
Season 1 Episode 55
Sarah Haavind is a Senior Research Project Manager -- and specialist in asynchronous learning -- at Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational resea…
2 years, 6 months ago
#53. The Assumptions Upon Which Science Rests
Season 1 Episode 53
David Wallace is a philosopher of science at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in the philosophy of physics. He is interested in emergence a…
2 years, 6 months ago
#52. The Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Season 1 Episode 52
Stefan Rinke is a professor at the Department of History at the Institute for Latin American Studies and the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institute at the Free…
2 years, 6 months ago
#51. An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Season 1 Episode 51
Ilyon Woo is a New York Times best-selling author, whose writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and The N…
2 years, 6 months ago
#50. Culture and Justice Among the Maasai of Tanzania
Season 1 Episode 50
Dorothy L. Hodgson is the recently retired Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Pre…
2 years, 6 months ago
#49. How the Brain Processes Pain... and its Relief
Season 1 Episode 49
Richard Ambron is a Columbia University professor emeritus of cell biology, anatomy, and pathology, specializing in neuroscience research, working in…
2 years, 6 months ago
#48. The Challenges of Being a Single Woman in India
Season 1 Episode 48
Sarah Lamb is a professor of cultural anthropology at Brandeis University, who focuses on how people construct their socio-cultural world and identit…
2 years, 7 months ago
#47. A Child of Holocaust Survivors
Season 1 Episode 47
Helen Epstein is an acclaimed writer of memoir, journalism, and biography. In her career as a journalist she interviewed such legendary musicians as …
2 years, 7 months ago
#46. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Making of Gender Equality Law
Season 1 Episode 46
Philippa Strum is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Center’s former Director of the Division of United …
2 years, 7 months ago