Podcast Episodes
Back to Search147. Is Your Gut a Second Brain?
Episode 147
In her book, Rumbles, medical historian Elsa Richardson explores the history of the human gut. She talks with Steve about dubious medical practices, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Turning Work into Play (Update)
Episode 73
How psychologist Dan Gilbert went from high school dropout to Harvard professor, found the secret of joy, and inspired Steve Levitt's divorce.
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1 year, 3 months ago
146. Is There a Fair Way to Divide Us?
Episode 146
Moon Duchin is a math professor at Cornell University whose theoretical work has practical applications for voting and democracy. Why is striving for…
1 year, 3 months ago
145. Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Still Starstruck
Episode 145
The director of the Hayden Planetarium is one of the best science communicators of our time. He and Steve talk about his role in reclassifying Pluto,…
1 year, 3 months ago
Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (Update)
Episode 21
He’s the chief creative officer of Pixar, and the Academy Award-winning director of Soul, Inside Out, Up, and Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter and Steve ta…
1 year, 3 months ago
144. Feeling Sound and Hearing Color
Episode 144
David Eagleman is a Stanford neuroscientist, C.E.O., television host, and founder of the Possibilianism movement. He and Steve talk about how wrists …
1 year, 4 months ago
143. Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble?
Episode 143
Boys and men are trending downward in education, employment, and mental health. Richard Reeves, author of the book Of Boys and Men, has some solution…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on Economics, Politics, and Power (Replay)
Episode 124
Daron Acemoglu was just awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics. Earlier this year, he and Steve talked about his groundbreaking research on what m…
1 year, 4 months ago
142. What’s Impacting American Workers?
Episode 142
David Autor took his first economics class at 29 years old. Now he’s one of the central academics studying the labor market. The M.I.T. economist and…
1 year, 5 months ago
EXTRA: Using Data to Win Gold
Kate Douglass is a world-class swimmer and data scientist who’s used mathematical modeling to help make her stroke more efficient. She and Steve talk…
1 year, 5 months ago