Podcast Episodes

David Charbonneau and Doris Tsao: Looking for Something Familiar

Season 25

He is searching space for planets that are something like ours. She is searching brains to discover how we recognize things. They are both 2024 Kavli…

2 years, 1 month ago

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David Jewitt and Jane Luu: Is Pluto All Alone Out There?

Season 25

That was the question two determined astronomers set out to answer. A frustrating five-year search revealed that Pluto, long thought to be a small, l…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Carla Shatz and Marcus Raichle: Brainwaves

Season 25

Between them these two neuroscientists changed the way we think of our brains. Their insights are now opening new ways to tackle the problems our bra…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh: Two Dads Defending Democracy

Season 25

Once sworn enemies in TV appearances and on social media, Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh got together privately and realized there is much that unites…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Craig Venter: Oceans of Genes

Season 25

Aboard his 100 ft sailboat, the geneticist famed for his work deciphering human genes spent 15 years sailing the world’s oceans, discovering millions…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Adam Moss: What Makes it Art?

Season 25

After a successful career as an award-winning magazine editor, Adam Moss decided to put it all aside to pursue a passion for painting. He became pret…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: A Second Home on Mars?

Season 25

Should we be planning to establish settlements on the moon and Mars? To many, including a couple of billionaires, the idea has become almost an obses…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck

Season 25

We exist because of the moon. Rebecca Boyle relates the amazing story of how the moon, born of a cataclysmic collision with an infant earth, has shap…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened

Season 25

Her new book tracks the momentous events of the 1960s when her husband, Dick Goodwin, worked closely with both JFK and LBJ, and Doris worked with LBJ…

2 years, 3 months ago

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 25 trailer

Season 24

Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd chat about and play excerpts from Alan's conversations with some of the guests in the new season, beginning …

2 years, 3 months ago

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