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Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. W

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Total: 456

What does it mean to be alive?
2021/3/23

We talk to acclaimed science writer and return guest Carl Zimmer about his new book Life's Edge: The

Literature may be the most powerful technology we’ve invented
2021/3/17

On the show this week we talk to professor of story science Angus Fletcher about his new book Wonder

Why almost everything we’ve been told about food is wrong
2021/3/2

On the show this week we talk to professor of genetic epidemiology Tim Spector about his new book Sp

Up To Date | Paleogenetics, naps, and shocking your brain into remembering better
2021/2/27

This week: We look at new paleogenetic research on mammoth molars; delve into the biological drive f

A behavioral scientist explains dating
2021/2/10

We talk to behavioral scientist and former lead researcher at Google's behavioral economics unit Log

The science behind your voice
2021/1/31

Your voice is much more than just the medium by which your thoughts can be heard—it's as fundamental

We need to rethink toilets
2021/1/21

We talk to Jay Bhagwan from the International Water Association about his work reinventing how we th

Up To Date | A look back at 2020, and what’s next for the podcast
2021/1/7

This week we take a look back at some of our favorite episodes from 2020 and talk about what’s next

Five ways the universe might die
2020/12/29

We talk to cosmologist and writer Katie Mack about her new book The End of Everything: (Astrophysica

The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
2020/12/18

We talk to historian of medieval science Seb Falk about his new book The Light Ages: The Surprising

The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton
2020/12/3

We talk to journalist Kermit Pattison about his new book Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skelet

You’re full of bones. How do they work?
2020/11/26

We talk to orthopedic surgeon Roy A. Meals about his new book Bones: Inside and Out.Support the show

Thinking isn’t your brain’s most important job
2020/11/19

We talk to neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett about why the idea that you have a lizard brain and a

Up To Date | Moon water implications and new research on why you understand words
2020/11/11

This week we explore the implications of there being much more water on the moon than we previously

Feed Drop: Cadence S3E1: The Music of Politics
2020/11/3

A special drop of the first episode of the new season of Indre’s other podcast, Cadence—which is abo

Tesla, the man
2020/10/30

We talk to Columbia professor of mechanical engineering P. James Schuck about the released film Tesl

Up To Date | Autumn fires and climate change; plastic bottle eating enzymes; singing blue whales
2020/10/8

This week: new research on how climate change is affecting autumn wildfires; a study that attempts t

As the World Burns: The New Generation of Activists
2020/10/1

We talk to journalist and author Lee van der Voo about her new book As the World Burns: The New Gene

Telling the story of climate change with music
2020/9/22

This week we talk to Stephan Crawford about The ClimateMusic Project, an organization that hopes to,

The ways in which our bodies don’t match how the world has been built
2020/9/16

This week we talk to Sara Hendren, an artist, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering a