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Quantum Mechanics: Jim Baggott
Season 1 Episode 86
Humanity's understanding of the universe radically altered with the advent of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century. The theory of quantum mechanics describes how nature behaves at or below the…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
SWOPSI: Joel Primack & Robert Jaffe
Season 1 Episode 85
Societal problems big and small typically have a scientific element, often in a central way, yet most scientists are not directly involved in policy. My guests sought to change that in 1969 when they…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Antisemitism and the Academy: Bret Stephens
Season 1 Episode 84
Institutions of higher education, especially in the United States, have received a great deal of attention over the past two generations regarding their ideological march to the left, and the impacts…
Published on 1 year ago
Hebrew: Shalom Goldman
Season 1 Episode 83
What was the Western World's understanding of the origins of humanity prior to the Enlightenment? Why did Christopher Columbus have a Hebrew speaker on his voyages of exploration? Why did the America…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Jerusalem Archeology: Jodi Magness
Season 1 Episode 82
Archeology is the science that most directly connects us with our past, and no city in the world has been subject to more archeological interest than Jerusalem. With us to explore the archeology of J…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Nuclear Disarmament: Steve Fetter
Season 1 Episode 81
Today I speak with Steve Fetter about his work on a variety of nuclear disarmament efforts, including the Black Sea Experiment, nuclear archeology, the risks associated with a single person having th…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Soviet Nuclear Program: Thomas Cochran
Season 1 Episode 80
Today we focus on the Soviet nuclear program with Thomas Cochran. Tom directed nuclear disarmament projects at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 1973 until his retirement in 2016. He has rec…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Endocrine Disruption: Patricia Hunt
Season 1 Episode 79
Today we explore the history of the field of endocrine disruption with Patricia Hunt. Pat is a Regents Professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University. She is a distin…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Szilard After the War: William Lanouette
Season 1 Episode 78
In episode 77, I interviewed William Lanouette about Leo Szilard's work on the atom bomb, with a discussion of the roles that Szilard played until the end of World War II. Today, in part two of my in…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Szilard's Chain Reaction: William Lanouette
Season 1 Episode 77
Perhaps the most overlooked scientist who played critical roles in the development of the atomic bomb was Leo Szilard. With us to explore Szilard's numerous contributions to science and society is Wi…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago