Can We Predict The Unpredictable? with J. Doyne Farmer
What if we could predict the economy the way we predict the weather? What if governments could run simulations to forecast the effects of new policies—before they happen? And what if the key to all of...
14 Nov 202433min
Unlocking The Secrets Of ‘SuperAgers’, with Emily Rogalski
https://haarc.center.uchicago.edu/We used to think aging inevitably led to memory loss, but a small group of people—known as SuperAgers—are defying the odds. These individuals, all over 80, have the m...
31 Okt 202422min
2024 Nobel Laureate Explains What Makes Countries Fail Or Succeed, with James A. Robinson
On Big Brains, we get to speak to a lot of groundbreaking scholars and experts, but some conversations we walk away knowing we’ve just heard from someone who is really changing the world. We certainly...
17 Okt 202429min
Why Can’t Scientists Agree On The Age Of The Universe? with Wendy Freedman
How old is the universe—and how fast is it expanding? These are part of one of the biggest—and most contested—questions in science, and the answers could change our understanding of physics.In this ep...
3 Okt 202424min
What Are We Getting Wrong About Young Voters?, with Cathy Cohen
One of the biggest questions of every election is: What’s going on with young voters? There is endless speculation on the news about what young people care about, but very little good research examini...
19 Sep 202428min
Why Are More Women Saying No To Having Kids? With Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
More and more women in the United States are saying no to motherhood. Alarmingly, in 2023, the U.S. fertility rate reached the lowest number on record. But the idea of non-motherhood is actually not a...
5 Sep 202432min
How Homeownership Shaped Race In America, with Adrienne Brown
Race has played a huge role in the creation of mass homeownership in the United States. Discriminatory housing practices including redlining, exclusionary zoning and whitewashing led to great disparit...
22 Aug 202427min
Fighting Back Against AI Piracy, with Ben Zhao and Heather Zheng
If you’ve spent any time playing with modern AI image generators, it can seem like an almost magical experience; but the truth is these programs are more like a magic trick than magic. Without the hum...
8 Aug 202428min
