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#141, Whether Dictatorship, Democracy, or Corporation: What It Takes to Stay in Power
Season 1 Episode 141
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a political science professor at New York University and past president of the International Studies Association, who has …
1 year, 5 months ago
#140. Malcolm Before X: Family Background, Childhood, and Incarceration
Season 1 Episode 140
Patrick Parr is an historian and biographer of writers and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Kurt Vonnegut, Ralp…
1 year, 5 months ago
#139. The Amazing New Science of Smell
Season 1 Episode 139
Jonas Olofsson is a professor at Stockholm University in Sweden, where he directs the Sensory Cognitive Interaction Lab, with a particular focus on t…
1 year, 5 months ago
#138. The History and Enduring Effects of the 2022 Uprising in Iran
Season 1 Episode 138
Farhad Khosrokhavar is a retired professor and former Director of Studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, whose w…
1 year, 5 months ago
#138. The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose
Season 1 Episode 138
Jonas Olofsson is a professor at Stockholm University in Sweden, where he directs the Sensory Cognitive Interaction Lab, with a particular focus on t…
1 year, 6 months ago
#137. Science, Pseudoscience, and the Co-opting of Quantum Physics by the New Age Movement
Season 1 Episode 137
Sadri Hassani is a professor emeritus of Physics at Illinois State University, who continues to teach courses in thermal and quantum physics as the U…
1 year, 6 months ago
#136. The Complicated History of Native American Identity
Season 1 Episode 136
For seven years Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz was a policy advisor in the Obama Administration, focusing on homelessness and Native policy. In addition to…
1 year, 6 months ago
#135. Where Does Economic Inequality Come From?
Season 1 Episode 135
Jeffrey Zax is an economics professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose research focuses on labor economics, public economics, and urban …
1 year, 6 months ago
#134. Reflecting on (an Unusally) Long Career as a Child Protective Worker
Season 1 Episode 134
Tom Russell is a retired Child Protective Services investigator and foster care worker, who was employed by the state of Michigan. Although this hone…
1 year, 6 months ago
#133. Benjamin Franklin's Scientific Dimension Underpinned Everthing Else
Season 1 Episode 133
Author and environmental activist, Richard Munson, has served as senior director of the Environmental Defense Fund, and senior vice president at Recy…
1 year, 7 months ago