The art and science of wine tasting | Qian Janice Wang
No two people taste wine the same way, and science is starting to show us why. Sensory scientist Qian Janice Wang explores why experts and beginners experience complexity so differently — revealing th...
7 Apr 15min
The nurse who can smell Parkinson’s | Joy Milne
What does Parkinson's smell like? Ask nurse Joy Milne. Born with a hypersensitive nose, she spent a lifetime learning to recognize diseases through their scents. When she smelled Parkinson's on her hu...
6 Apr 19min
Sunday Pick: What to do when your beliefs are challenged (w/ Tenelle Porter) | from How to Be a Better Human
Tenelle Porter’s job is to study humility. Specifically, intellectual humility, the idea that we might be wrong or mistaken about some of our beliefs. Tenelle talks with Chris about why she thinks int...
5 Apr 35min
Where joy hides and how to find it | Ingrid Fetell Lee (re-release)
Cherry blossoms and rainbows, bubbles and googly eyes: Why do some things seem to create such universal joy? In this captivating talk, Ingrid Fetell Lee reveals the surprisingly tangible roots of joy ...
4 Apr 15min
How I imitate nature's voices | Snow Raven (re-release)
You're about to hear the sounds of several different creatures — from the voice of one single musician. In a spellbinding talk and performance, singer Snow Raven mimics the hoot of an owl, the grumble...
3 Apr 10min
I let DaddyGPT parent my kids. Here's what I learned | Stephen Remedios
As the world races toward digital perfection, tech humanist Stephen Remedios tried to optimize the messiest and most imperfect of all human work: parenting. He shares the story of DaddyGPT, a digital ...
2 Apr 13min
5 practical ways to take control of your life | Jim VandeHei
You can't control the world — but you can control you. That's the mantra that took Axios CEO Jim VandeHei, a once "unremarkably unremarkable 20-year-old," all the way to launching companies and interv...
1 Apr 13min
Why I must come out | Geena Rocero (re-release)
When fashion model Geena Rocero first saw a photo of herself in a bikini, "I thought ... you have arrived!" As she reveals, that's because she was born with the gender assignment "boy." In this moving...
31 Mar 11min
