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Today's guest, or should I say last year's guest, is Steve Vladeck! He holds the Charles Alan Wright

Author and journalist Kyle Spencer knows - she wrote the book on it. It's called Raising Them Right,

We welcome back cosmologist and science communicator Dr. Paul Sutter! Previously, he had come on to

Everyone's favorite marine biologist, Dr. Heidi Pearson is back! This time, we're talking about a ne

Dr. Jo Boaler is a leading math education expert and one of the writers of the California Mathematic

In honor of World Quantum Day (April 14th), Quantum Anne is here to discuss when quantum is better,

Here's Part 2 of our deep dive into neural implants with Dr. Jenessa Seymour! The brain is still com

We've got an expert to take us through it! Dr. Jenessa Seymour is a former neuroscientist currently

Author and journalist Katherine Stewart joins us today to discuss her reporting on religious nationa

I'm joined by Trace and Julian from the podcast, That's Absurd Please Elaborate! It's an incredibly

Elon Musk accidentally buying Twitter and then ruining it is a story so absurd and wild that someone

Radley Balko is the guest today as we discuss the Right's efforts to retcon George Floyd's murder an

Senator Bernie Sanders introduced Senate Bill 3947 to change the standard 40-hour workweek to 32 ho

It feels like this comes up precisely every 4 years, but once again I find myself having to point o

We're focusing in on some sci-fi with Dr. Bryan Gillis, astrophysicist to the stars! We take you th

CW: Discussion of suicide; please skip this episode if it's better for your mental health After a lo

Dr. Bryan Gillis is back to walk us through a space travel concept that would have upended Physics

Quantum Anne is back! She had a fantastic idea to quiz us all on some quantum products she has come

This was a really fun one! Dr. Joe Siev and Dr. Jake Teeny join to walk us through their findings f

Dr. Harry Barbee out of Johns Hopkins University recently co-authored a meta-analysis in JAMA Sur