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Big Brains
Translating groundbreaking research into digestible brain food. Big Brains, little bites. Produced by the University of Chicago Podcast Network & Winner of CASE "Grand Gold" award in 2022, Gold award in 2021, and named Adweek's "Best Branded Podcast" in 2020.
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Episoder
171 episoder
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The Bioelectric Future of Regenerative Medicine
2024-07-25 • 28min
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Is Mindfulness The Secret To Health?
2024-07-11 • 33min
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Feeling Stuck? Here’s How To Achieve a Breakthrough, with Adam Alter
2024-06-27 • 33min
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What Makes Something Memorable (or Forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge
2024-06-13 • 26min
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Learning To Speak To Whales Using AI, with David Gruber
2024-05-30 • 26min
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Storm Warning: Why Hurricanes Are Growing Beyond Measure, with Michael Wehner
2024-05-16 • 27min
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How To Manifest Your Future Using Neuroscience, with James Doty
2024-05-02 • 31min
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Why We Die—And How We Can Live Longer, with Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan
2024-04-18 • 32min
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What Dogs Are Teaching Us About Aging, with Daniel Promislow
2024-04-04 • 32min
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Where Has Alzheimer’s Research Gone Wrong? with Karl Herrup
2024-03-21 • 29min
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Why Breeding Millions of Mosquitoes Could Help Save Lives
2024-03-07 • 30min
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Why Shaming Other Countries Often Backfires, with Rochelle Terman
2024-02-22 • 33min
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Can Trump Legally Be President?, with William Baude
2024-02-06 • 36min
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What Our Hand Gestures Reveal About Our Thoughts, with Susan Goldin-Meadow
2024-01-25 • 26min
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Psychedelics Without Hallucinations: A New Mental Health Treatment? with David E. Olson
2024-01-11 • 32min
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The Science Of Happiness
2023-12-28 • 29min
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Do We Really Have Free Will? With Robert Sapolsky
2023-12-14 • 34min
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A Radical Solution To Address Climate Change, with David Keith
2023-11-30 • 33min
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How PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Are Harming Our Health, with Linda Birnbaum
2023-11-16 • 29min
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Are We Worse People Than We Used To Be? With Adam Mastroianni
2023-11-02 • 31min
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Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt On The Secret To Making Tough Choices
2023-10-19 • 39min
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Will Political Violence Destroy Our Democracy?, With Robert Pape
2023-10-05 • 28min
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Defending Campus Free Speech In A Polarized Age, with Paul Alivisatos and Tom Ginsburg
2023-09-22 • 32min
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Why The Secret To Health Lies In The Mind-body Connection, with Ellen Langer
2023-09-07 • 32min
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Phonics Vs. Whole Word: The Science Of Reading, With Adrian Johns
2023-08-24 • 34min
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How AI Is Transforming Scientific Research, With Rebecca Willett
2023-08-10 • 31min
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How AI Could Change The Law
2023-07-27 • 27min
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How AI Can Predict Future Scientific Discoveries
2023-07-20 • 29min
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The Uncovered History of Space Travel & Its Privatized Future
2023-07-13 • 28min
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The Health Costs of Air Pollution
2023-07-06 • 28min
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How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman
2023-06-29 • 29min
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Magic words: Can What You Say Help You Get Your way? with Jonah Berger
2023-06-15 • 31min
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Providing Basic Health Insurance For Every American, With Katherine Baicker
2023-06-01 • 31min
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Why We Fight, With Christopher Blattman
2023-05-25 • 28min
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The Hidden Truths About Sexuality And Gender In The Medieval World, with Roland Betancourt
2023-05-11 • 29min
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How We Could Regrow Limbs And Organs, with Michael Levin
2023-04-27 • 28min
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A Nobelist’s Controversial Approach To Solving Inequality, With James Heckman
2023-04-13 • 32min
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How The Food Industry Created Today’s Obesity Crisis, With Marion Nestle
2023-03-30 • 31min
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Why Your Gut Health Is So Important, With Cathryn Nagler And Eric Pamer
2023-03-16 • 34min
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Why Mourning Is Essential To Our Well-Being, With Jonathan Lear
2023-03-02 • 25min
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The History of Black Cinema Re-examined, With Jacqueline Stewart
2023-02-16 • 32min
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The Scientific Secret To A Happy Life, With Marc Schulz
2023-02-02 • 29min
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Unraveling Sleep’s Greatest Mysteries: The Day Tomorrow Began
2023-01-19 • 34min
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Is The U.S. Headed Toward Another Civil War? Feat. William Howell
2023-01-05 • 30min
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Follow Through On Next Year's Resolutions Using Science With Katy Milkman
2022-12-22 • 28min
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Why Quantum Tech Will Change Our Future: The Day Tomorrow Began
2022-12-08 • 28min
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Fighting Global Hunger Through Genetics With Chuan He
2022-11-24 • 23min
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The Origins Of Civilization And The Future Of Archaeology: The Day Tomorrow Began
2022-11-10 • 35min
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Can We Predict Your Capacity To Focus? With Monica Rosenberg
2022-10-28 • 27min
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The 'Legendary' Discovery Of Black Holes: The Day Tomorrow Began
2022-10-13 • 35min