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#23. Aztec History and Culture Before the Spanish Conquest
Season 1 Episode 23
Camilla Townsend is a distinguished professor of history at Rutgers University, whose scholarship focuses on indigenous peoples throughout the Ameri…
3 years, 3 months ago
#22. Common Misconceptions About the Relationship Between Sleep and Mental Health
Season 1 Episode 22
Barry Krakow, MD, is a board certified internist, sleep medicine specialist, and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Mercer University S…
3 years, 3 months ago
#21. Two Identities: A Physicist-Administrator at Los Alamos and Also a Rabbi
Season 1 Episode 21
Jack Shlachter is a Ph.D. physicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico for over three decades, also at Brookhaven National La…
3 years, 3 months ago
#20. The Awesome Benefits and Potential Dangers of Recent Advances in Gene-Editing Technology
Season 1 Episode 20
Fyodor Urnov is a Professor of Molecular Therapeutics at UC Berkeley and a Scientific Director at its Innovative Genomics Institute. He co-developed …
3 years, 3 months ago
#19. The High-Stakes Work of a Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Season 1 Episode 19
Jay Wellons MD, MSPH is a Professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Radiology, and Radiological Sciences at …
3 years, 4 months ago
#18. Land Conservancy in the Private Sector: Values and Process
Season 1 Episode 18
“Jack” Wright (legal name “John Wright”) is a Regents Professor in the Department of Geography at New Mexico State University (NMSU), whose research …
3 years, 4 months ago
#17. Human Waste: Underappreciated Treasure for Energy Production, Water Reclamation, Medical Interventions, and the Tracking of Epidemics
Season 1 Episode 17
Bryn Nelson is a PhD microbiologist who changed course to become an award-winning science journalist. In addition to several years as a staff writer …
3 years, 4 months ago
#16. The Transition of Hong Kong to Chinese Rule
Season 1 Episode 16
Karen Cheung is a writer and journalist from Hong Kong, who has written about politics, music, and books for The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The …
3 years, 4 months ago
#15. Ethical Complexities in Assisted Dying
Season 1 Episode 15
Katie Engelhart is a writer and producer based in Toronto and New York, whose recent work has focused on healthcare and bioethics. She has been inter…
3 years, 4 months ago
#14. A Neuroscientist Challenges the Prevailing Model of Physiological Regulation
Season 1 Episode 14
Peter Sterling is a senior professor of neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, whose research focused on the three-dimens…
3 years, 4 months ago