The Man Who Fought To Sanction Putin And Russian Oligarchs, with Bill Browder
As Vladimir Putin continues his invasion of Ukraine, Western nations have come together in unprecedented fashion to condemn his actions, in the form of economic sanctions against Putin and his Russian...
2 Mars 202231min
Why Big Ideas Fail To Scale—And How To Fix It With John List
Solving problems like poverty, education inequality or discrimination require policy interventions that can scale, but they rarely do. Why do some scale, while others have little success? It's not luc...
17 Feb 202228min
Could Personalizing Laws Make Society More Just? With Omri Ben-Shahar
Big data has created a world of personalization. We have personalized medicine, personalized education, personalized advertising. Now, one University of Chicago Law School scholar is asking: Why not p...
3 Feb 202226min
How To Stick To Your Resolutions, With Ayelet Fishbach
Every year many of us set New Year’s resolutions, and almost none of us actually follow through on them. In a year when fulfilling our goals and resolutions feels more pressing than ever while our mot...
20 Jan 202228min
The Overlooked History Of Black Cinema, With Jacqueline Stewart
Prof. Jacqueline Stewart’s career has examined the histories of overlooked Black filmmakers and Black audiences. Last year, the University of Chicago film scholar Stewart won a prestigious MacArthur f...
6 Jan 202231min
Engineering A Cure For Cancer With Melody Swartz & Jeffrey Hubbell
The race to cure cancer has been running a long time, but two University of Chicago scientists are working to bring it closer to the finish line. Thinking like engineers rather than doctors, Profs. Je...
23 Dec 202126min
Confronting Gun Violence With Data, With Jens Ludwig
There’s something strange happening with violent crime in America. Incidents are reaching levels they haven’t hit in decades, and nobody seems to know why. But, to go even deeper, what causes violent ...
9 Dec 202139min
Best Of: 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...
2 Dec 202125min
