The Hunt for Alien Life and Exoplanets, with David Charbonneau
Since the beginning of human history, we’ve looked up at the stars and wondered: Are we alone? No other generation has been able to find an answer, but David Charbonneau thinks we may be the first. He...
18 Nov 201921min
Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant
For most Americans, the driving force in their personal and public life is a desire to attain the “good life”. But what if our attachment to that desire is the very thing holding us back? Lauren Berla...
4 Nov 201924min
Saving Our Cities By Studying A Million Neighborhoods With Luis Bettencourt
In the last decade, there has been a mass migration of people into urban areas across the globe. This rapid urbanization has been increasingly unsustainable for our cities and it’s projected to get wo...
23 Okt 201923min
Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Most people say they’d want to read minds. But Prof. Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business says you already have that...
7 Okt 201924min
Leading Presidential Scholar Analyzes Trump Impeachment
It’s been a historic week, with news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially opened an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. There’s no better expert to examine the recent events in ...
27 Sep 201919min
The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods
The looting of the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad became one of the defining moments of the second Iraq War. Christopher Woods, the director of the Oriental Institute, one of the world’s foremost ...
23 Sep 201924min
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Her Favorite Dissent
One of the incredible perks of making a podcast at a place like the University of Chicago is the opportunity to feature some of the incredible guests who speak on our campus. This week, Supreme Court...
9 Sep 201957min
Why Your Social Life is a Matter of Life and Death with Linda Waite
Is it possible that having lunch with your friends is just as important in keeping you alive as exercising? That’s what University of Chicago professor Linda Waite is arguing. Her first of its kind re...
26 Aug 201922min
