The Crucial Race To Build A Better Battery With Shirley Meng
Batteries have revolutionized our lives, especially the invention of rechargeable batteries, which have enabled us to have cellphones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But as we transition to more form...
4 Aug 202226min
Do Animals Dream? With David M. Peña-Guzmán
Do animals dream? If you’re a pet owner, it may seem obvious that your furry friends dream. Most of us have seen dogs running in their sleep or cats meowing during a nap. But this is an academic podca...
21 Juli 202233min
Extreme Heat Waves: Why Are They Surging? with Noboru Nakamura
It’s not your imagination, summers have been getting hotter and hotter with extreme heatwaves occurring earlier and more frequently. But why is this happening and can we better predict heatwaves in ad...
7 Juli 202222min
Why Air Pollution Is Cutting Years Off Our Lives, With Christa Hasenkopf And Anant Sudarshan
We can’t always see the consequences of air pollution around us, but it’s costing us years off our lives. According to a new Air Quality Life Index report from the Energy Policy Institute at the Unive...
23 Juni 202228min
How Tax Dodging And Corporate Secrecy Found A Home In Delaware, With Hal Weitzman
When you think about corporate secrecy, nefarious shell companies and conspiratorial tax dodging, the state of Delaware probably doesn’t come to mind. We often think of exotic places like Panama or Be...
9 Juni 202232min
Why Countries Choose War Over Peace, With Chris Blattman
War is costly, deadly and destructive. So, why do we do it? In his new book Why We Fight: The Roots of War and The Paths to Peace, Prof. Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago lays out the five m...
26 Maj 202229min
How Death In America Is Changing With Shannon Lee Dawdy
What does our relationship with the dead tell us about the living? Anthropologists learn about ancient cultures by studying their burial sites, but could we do the same with contemporary America? Thos...
12 Maj 202226min
Why We Need To Invest In Parents During A Child's Earliest Years, With Dana Suskind
The United States is an outlier when it comes to parents. Compared to similar countries, the U.S. has the largest happiness gap between the 63 million parents and the child-free. This statistic is not...
28 Apr 202225min
