Podcast Episodes

Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems: Ian Harrison

Season 1 Episode 24

Freshwater ecosystems and their resident species have declined more rapidly than either terrestrial or marine systems and their species. Freshwater e…

6 years, 8 months ago

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Human Evolutionary Genetics: Jason Wilder

Season 1 Episode 23

Due to recent technological advances, scientists have revolutionized our understanding of human evolutionary history. What appeared to be a relativel…

6 years, 9 months ago

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Sex Differences in the Brain: Margaret McCarthy

Season 1 Episode 22

The brain is the most enigmatic of organs – it is really a collection of organs that undergoes a remarkable coordinated development that is driven in…

6 years, 10 months ago

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Plutonium: Frank N. von Hippel

Season 1 Episode 21

Today we explore the history of plutonium with Frank von Hippel, a retired but always active professor at Princeton University, where, in 1975, he co…

6 years, 11 months ago

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Gravitational Waves: Nobel Laureate Rai Weiss

Season 1 Episode 20

We explore the history of the discovery of gravitational waves with Rai Weiss, including the relevance to special and general relativity, pulsars, su…

7 years ago

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Yellow Rain: Matthew Meselson

Season 1 Episode 19

In this supplemental episode with Matthew Meselson, I accepted his invitation to visit him in his office at Harvard, where we discussed yellow rain i…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Herbicidal Warfare: Matthew Meselson

Season 1 Episode 18

Matthew Meselson organized the Herbicide Assessment Commission in 1970, which investigated the use of Agent Orange and other defoliants in Vietnam. T…

7 years, 2 months ago

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Cooperation: Robert Axelrod

Season 1 Episode 17

We live in a surreal and dangerous time – autocrats are on the rise and societies are regressing toward ethnic competition. Given this political mome…

7 years, 3 months ago

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Forensic Science: Bruce Budowle

Season 1 Episode 16

How did modern molecular biology become an integral component of forensic science? My guest, Bruce Budowle, played key roles in the development of ge…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Bioterrorism: Paul Keim

Season 1 Episode 15

Shortly after the al-Qaida terror attacks of September 11, 2001, a second wave of terror swept the United States – this time bioterrorism with anthra…

7 years, 5 months ago

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