Podcast Episodes

Brainwaves: How does a brain stay healthy?

You might think a healthy brain starts and ends in your head – but there are miles and miles of neuron fibers that connect your brain with nearly eve…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Jackpod: Don’t exhaust your indignation

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on who stands to benefit from the so-called Dmitriev package, a reported $12 trillion economic cooperation proposal…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Brainwaves: What happens between life and death?

A tunnel. A bright light. Reuniting with deceased loved ones. Many people who have near-death experiences have remarkably similar stories. Why?

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Brainwaves: Is AI actually thinking?

The rate at which artificial intelligence is able to replicate human behavior has increased in recent years. Does that mean it's thinking like us?

In…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Brainwaves: Are you in there?

Consciousness is how we are able to feel, dream and imagine. And yet -- scientists haven't figured out how consciousness definitively works. What we …

5 months ago

Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?

The brain is the organ that makes us who we are. It’s our conduit between reality and thought. But somehow, we’ve only scratched the surface in under…

5 months ago

What if the polio vaccine becomes optional?

The head of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel recently said he thinks vaccines for polio and measles should be optional. A fact-check of the Trump adm…

5 months ago

The Jackpod: America’s golden age

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on Americans whose recent violent encounters with immigration agents have changed them and their families. Several …

5 months ago

Lessons for the U.S. in 'China’s quest to engineer the future'

How can a lawyerly society and an engineering society learn from each other? And what’s at stake if they fail? Author Dan Wang set out to answer thos…

5 months ago

Does America's new national security strategy actually put 'America First'?

The Trump Administration has now published its National Security Strategy and its National Defense Strategy. They present an ideological shift in U.S…

5 months ago