Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor Season Two
For more information about Harvard Magazine and this podcast, visit www.harvardmagazine.com/podcast and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.For a transcript of this episode, go to https://ha...
26 Helmi 20202min
Marcyliena Morgan: How has Harvard Cultivated Hiphop?
What does hiphop culture—rap music, break dancing, and graffiti—have to do with Harvard? In this episode, Monrad professor of social sciences Marcyliena Morgan explains that hiphop began with the chil...
21 Loka 201944min
Robin Kelsey: Is a Photograph a Work of Art?
What makes a photograph art? A great photograph may be the result of artistry, or it may be the result of dumb luck: a fleeting, perfect composition captured by chance. At a time when there is a camer...
7 Loka 201932min
Edward Glaeser: Should We All Be Living in Cities?
Cities are an integral part of Earth’s future: by 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population will be living in an urban area. Solutions to social problems, from climate change to poverty, will therefo...
30 Syys 201930min
David Hemenway: Who Can Solve America’s Gun Problem?
Mass murders committed with firearms are becoming more frequent In the United States. And the total number of gun deaths, a majority by suicide, is now on par with those caused by automobile accidents...
23 Syys 201928min
Staci Gruber: How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?
Weed, ganja, pot, flower, dope, grass, bud: marijuana has many names, but an even greater number of chemical constituents, from THC, the psychoactive component, to cannabidiols such as CBD, often tout...
16 Syys 201931min
Lawrence Lessig: What Leads to Academic Corruption?
There’s a kind of academic corruption that most people have never considered. Not plagiarism. Not cheating on an exam. This is the kind of corruption that occurs when corporations and industry lobbyin...
9 Syys 201927min
Introducing: Ask a Harvard Professor
For more information about Harvard Magazine and this podcast, visit www.harvardmagazine.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Ask a Harvard Professor is hosted by Jonathan Shaw and pr...
29 Heinä 20191min
