How Attention Works: Finding Your Way in a World Full of Distraction
Stefan Van der Stigchel discusses how we filter out what is irrelevant so we can focus on what we need to know. We are surrounded by a world rich with visual information, but we pay attention to very ...
17 Apr 202314min
The Garage: A History
On this episode of the MIT Press podcast, Olivia Erlanger and Luis Ortega Govela discuss their book, Garage. Frank Lloyd Wright invented the garage when he moved the automobile out of the stable into ...
16 Apr 202325min
The Making of "Ways of Hearing"
Bonus to the Ways of Hearing podcast and book A behind-the-scenes conversation with the creators of Ways of Hearing, the podcast and book. Hosted by author Damon Krukowski, with Radiotopia and Showcas...
15 Apr 20231h 7min
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and A Prime Number Conspiracy
On this episode of the MIT Press podcast, Thomas Lin, Editor-in-Chief of Quanta Magazine, discusses the research and current climate behind the science and math in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire:...
14 Apr 202320min
Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating
On the latest episode of The MIT Press podcast, Robyn Metcalfe, food historian and food futurist, discusses her new book, Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of ...
13 Apr 202322min
Discussions on Open Access: Open Access Models and Experimentation
Amy Brand, director of the MIT Press, and Peter Suber of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society discuss open access models, experimentation, and the future of scholarly com...
12 Apr 202321min
Discussions on Open Access: Open Science Tools
Jess Polka, executive director of ASAPbio, and Sam Klein of the MIT Press/MIT Media Lab’s Knowledge Futures Group (KFG) and Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society survey an...
11 Apr 202315min
Discussions on Open Access: OA at MIT
In this episode, Nick Lindsay, Director of Journals and Open Access at the MIT Press, and Katharine Dunn, scholarly communications librarian at the MIT Libraries, discuss open access at the Institute ...
10 Apr 202317min
