Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMike Brown and Millie Dresselhaus: Exploring the very big and the very small
Season 16
Mike Brown, the man who demoted Pluto, is now hot on the trail of a new planet 9, much bigger than Earth and way beyond Neptune. And the brilliant ca…
4 years, 2 months ago
Kashmir Hill: Reporting from the Future
Season 16
Putting herself as she says, “inside the tech worlds to come,” reporter Kashmir Hill explores how the technology that’s making our lives easier is al…
4 years, 2 months ago
David Linden: How Come You’re So Special?
Season 16
While filling out an on-line dating app – listing his traits and those of an ideal partner – neuroscientist David Linden began to wonder what makes e…
4 years, 2 months ago
Bette Midler: How She Became Divine
Season 16
The multitalented singer, actor, songwriter, author tells Alan how her childhood in Hawaii shaped not only her career but also now moves her to bring…
4 years, 2 months ago
Saul Perlmutter: The Man Who Upended the Universe
Season 16
After making the astonishing discovery that what he and his fellow cosmologists thought they knew about the universe was wrong, Saul Perlmutter began…
4 years, 3 months ago
Hope Jahren: What You Can Do to Save the Planet
Season 16
The author of the wonderful memoir Lab Girl turns her turns her ability to be both clear and vivid to providing a path forward for a new generation t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Billy Collins: When Words Have a Mind of Their Own
Season 16
His poems are loved by millions. Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, Billy Collins achieves both depth and accessibility in the same moment. His words o…
4 years, 3 months ago
Chris Hadfield: Song of an Astronaut
Season 16
His descriptions of living in space make you feel you’re on the ship with him. His performance of the David Bowie song Space Oddity in a video he bea…
4 years, 3 months ago
Sarah Ruhl: What if you couldn’t smile?
Season 16
A successful playwright with plenty to smile about – a new play opening on Broadway and the birth of twins – suddenly lost her ability to smile. Her …
4 years, 4 months ago
Gal Beckerman: How Quiet Whispers Lead to Radical Roars
Season 16
In a widely praised new book, The Quiet Before, Gal Beckerman paints vivid pictures of how throughout history, radical change has only come about thr…
4 years, 4 months ago