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#161. How Women Runners Refuted the Myth of Female Fragility
Season 1 Episode 161
Maggie Mertens is a journalist in Seattle, who covers gender, culture, and sports. She has written essays and stories for such major publications as …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#160. The Concept of Race in Latin America
Season 1 Episode 160
Iñigo García-Bryce is a history professor at New Mexico State University and the director of NMSU’s Center for Latin American and Border Studies from…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#159. The History of "Rule By Law" and How Autocratic Rulers Co-opt the Concept to Consolidate Power
Season 1 Episode 159
Aziz Huq is a professor of comparative and constitutional law at the University of Chicago, focusing recently on democratic backsliding and the regul…
11 months ago
#158. Black Entrepreneurship with a Social Conscience
Season 1 Episode 158
Rachel Laryea is a Ghanaian-American entrepreneur and author of the recently published book, Black Capitalists: A Blueprint for What Is Possible. She…
11 months, 1 week ago
#157. Racial and Other Biases in Scientific Research, Medical Practices, and Everyday Attitudes
Season 1 Episode 157
Shoumita Dasgupta is a Professor of Medicine at Boston University, where she has held many leadership positions. She is Assistant Dean of Diversity a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
#156. An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
Season 1 Episode 156
Meg Kissinger is an investigative journalist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who spent more than two decades reporting on the failures of the Ame…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
#155. Generating a Love for Math and Math History
Season 1 Episode 155
David Pengelley is a retired math professor from New Mexico State University (NMSU). We'll be talking about math education, math history, and learnin…
1 year ago
#154. The Hazards and History of Forever Chemicals
Season 1 Episode 154
Mariah Blake is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and The New Republic. She was …
1 year ago
#153. Jessy Randall's New Poems on Women in Science, The Path of Most Resistance
Season 1 Episode 153
Jessy Randall is curator of special collections at Colorado College and the author of several poetry collections, including: Suicide Hotline Hold Mus…
1 year ago
#152. How Games and Game Theory Shape Our Social World
Season 1 Episode 152
Kelly Clancy is a neuroscientist who has held research positions at M.I.T., Berkeley, the University College London, and the A.I. company, DeepMind, …
1 year, 1 month ago