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Pardis Sabeti on How Science Can Be Infectious
Season 3
At Harvard, she's known as the "rollerblading, rockstar scientist." Pardis Sabeti mines the human genome for its secrets to eradicate deadly scourges…
7 years, 5 months ago
Steven Johnson on the Importance of Play and the Decisions We Make
Season 3
How do we come up with ideas? How do we make decisions? And how can we do both better? Steven Johnson has explored this question and written a dozen …
7 years, 5 months ago
Steven Strogatz Says You Can Understand Math
Season 3
Steven Strogatz possesses a special ability to see into the unseen. How does he do it? Steve is a world class mathematician, who sees through the win…
7 years, 5 months ago
Steven Strogatz Bonus - What to Do When Things Keep Changing!
Season 3
Alan Alda wanted to get off the island quickly. Steven Strogatz explains how an 18th century British clergyman could have helped. In this short bonus…
7 years, 5 months ago
Jonathan Haidt on Why We're So Divided and What to Do About It
Season 3
How do we get beyond Right versus Left, "Us" versus "Them," and even "Me" versus "You"? Jonathan Haidt has a few theories about this all too-familiar…
7 years, 5 months ago
Michael Tomasello On the Surprising Origins of Communication and Cooperation
Season 3
How do we actually learn to communicate? How is it different from how other animals learn it? Michael Tomasello explores what may be at the very hear…
7 years, 5 months ago
Sarah Vowell on Writing with Clarity (and Shenanigans)
Season 3
Sarah Vowell is not short on facets. She’s writer, a historian, a satirist, a radio star and an actor. While he writing voice can be satirical, you m…
7 years, 6 months ago
Sherry Turkle on How We're Losing Touch With One Another and What We Can Do About It
Season 3
Sherry Turkle is an expert on both our cultural and personal well-being. She's a professor at MIT, an author, a licensed clinical psychologist, and s…
7 years, 6 months ago
Stephen Fry On How Our Myths Help Us Know Who We Are
Season 3
Stephen Fry loves words. But he does more than love them. He puts them together in ways that so delight readers, that a blog or a tweet by him can ge…
7 years, 6 months ago
Dr. Ruth on Communicating Under the Covers and Above
Season 3
Her name is Ruth Westheimer, but we all know her as Dr. Ruth, the helpful lady who’s spoken to us for decades about sex. She's always direct, to the …
7 years, 6 months ago