Episode 154: Greg Salmieri discusses free speech, "cancel culture," and "academic freedom"
In the latest episode of Elucidations, Greg Salmieri (University of Texas) joins us once again, this time to discuss freedom of speech.Free speech talk has been in the air, on the internet, for the pa...
28 Feb 52min
Episode 153: Sam Enright discusses lifelong learning
In the latest episode of Elucidations, Sam Enright (Progress Ireland, The Fitzwilliam) instructs us in the delicate art of learning forever. If you’re one of those people who responds well to formal e...
2 Jan 43min
Epsiode 152: Luca Gattoni-Celli discusses the housing crisis
This time around, Matt talks to Luca Gattoni-Celli about why it’s so expensive to buy a house.In the 80s, people from all sorts of socioeconomic backgrounds were able to afford apartments and houses i...
22 Nov 202543min
Episode 151: Witold Więcek discusses statistics and academic research
Note: this episode was recorded in August of 2022.In the latest Elucidation, Matt talks to Witold Więcek about the difficulties that come up for researchers who would like to draw upon statistics. Lot...
3 Mai 202546min
Episode 150: Shruti Rajagopalan discusses talent in India
In this episode, Matt sits down with Shruti Rajagopalan (Mercatus Center) to talk about what the future holds for India.We often have a tendency to think of the current economic and geopolitical situa...
20 Aug 202446min
Episode 149: Lainie Ross and Christos Lazaridis talk about defining death
In this episode, we are joined by Lainie Ross (University of Rochester Medical Center) and (once again!) Christos Lazaridis (UChicago Medicine), this time to talk about the different ways of defining ...
14 Apr 202442min
Episode 148: Christos Lazaridis discusses brain death
In this episode, Matt sits down with Christos Lazaridis (University of Chicago Medicine) to chat about what brain death is and whether brain death should count as, like, death death.Modern life suppor...
20 Okt 202337min
Episode 147: Gabriella Gonzalez discusses the intersection of algebra and programming
In this episode, Matt talks to Gabriella Gonzalez about how basic concepts from the branch of math known as abstract algebra can help us simplify our computer programs and organize our thoughts.Algebr...
15 Jul 202340min
