The Health Costs of Air Pollution
Many cities in the US have been experiencing smoky and hazy skies lately. Some of you have probably been affected by poor air quality due to the ongoing wildfires in Canada that are causing pollution ...
6 Jul 202328min
How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman
Music plays an important role in all of our lives. But listening to music or playing an instrument is more than just a creative outlet or hobby — it’s also scientifically good for us. Research shows t...
29 Jun 202329min
Magic words: Can What You Say Help You Get Your way? with Jonah Berger
Everyone wishes they had a superpower. Well, it turns out you’ve had a secret power since you were a child, you just don’t know how to use it yet. That’s the power of language. In a fascinating new bo...
15 Jun 202331min
Providing Basic Health Insurance For Every American, With Katherine Baicker
If there is something both sides of the political aisle can agree on, it’s that there is something deeply wrong with health insurance in the United States. What they can’t agree on is how to fix it. T...
1 Jun 202331min
Why We Fight, With Christopher Blattman
Why do we fight? It’s a seemingly simple question, but it turns out the answers are surprising, deep and crucial to understanding our world. Considering how costly any conflict is in lives and money, ...
25 Mai 202328min
The Hidden Truths About Sexuality And Gender In The Medieval World, with Roland Betancourt
We often think our debates around sexuality and gender are a modern phenomenon. Some people argue that identities like trans and non-binary have only existed recently. But could the evidence for queer...
11 Mai 202329min
How We Could Regrow Limbs And Organs, with Michael Levin
In the near future, birth defects, traumatic injuries, limb loss and perhaps even cancer could be cured through bioelectricity—electrical signals that communicate to our cells how to rebuild themselve...
27 Apr 202328min
A Nobelist’s Controversial Approach To Solving Inequality, With James Heckman
Over his distinguished career, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman has dedicated his research to understanding and solving the problem of inequality. He has closely studied how investing in ea...
13 Apr 202332min
