Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMarcia Bjornerud: The Wisdom of Rocks
Season 27
Offsprings of the Earth – Earthlings – we are most of us ignorant of the 3.5 billion years of experiments our planet has been through to produce us. …
1 year, 6 months ago
Matt Abrahams: Off the Cuff and in the Zone
Season 27
So much of our communication is spontaneous and yet we never really learn or are taught how to do it well – we’re just expected to do it. How to avoi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Dean-David Schillinger: The Power of Patients’ Stories
Season 27
Eliciting the story behind a patient’s visit to the hospital can lead to better diagnosis and treatment than medical tests alone – and also reveals m…
1 year, 6 months ago
Kristin Andrews: Is that spider conscious?
Season 27
Alan’s fleeting thought while chasing a spider around the floor sparked a conversation with an animal minds expert who argues that many more creature…
1 year, 7 months ago
John Pollack: The Surprising Power of Puns and Analogies
Season 27
Good analogies led to cheaper cars and Apple computers; bad ones to lives wasted and lost. And while puns might not always make you smile (or grimace…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jasmin Graham: She’s Down with Sharks
Season 27
As a Black graduate student disillusioned with academia, she founded Minorities in Shark Science (MISS). She now pursues her passion for sharks and o…
1 year, 7 months ago
Craig Foster: Life Lessons from an Octopus
Season 27
For most of us who live in the “tame” modern world, a reminder of how we can refresh ourselves by experiencing the wild world – even the wild world o…
1 year, 7 months ago
Joshua Greene: Games That Build Bridges
Season 27
His research figuring out how our brains make moral judgments has led to two on-line games: One aimed at overcoming political animosity (and that’s f…
1 year, 8 months ago
Dan Heath: In Someone Else’s (Working) Shoes
Season 27
Most of us have no idea how others – even our friends and neighbors – spend their days at work. What’s it really like to be a plumber, a marriage cou…
1 year, 8 months ago
Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods: How to Raise a Great Dog
Season 27
The puppy kindergarten at Duke University is discovering how to spot a future great service dog while the dog is still a puppy. And it turns out that…
1 year, 8 months ago