Unraveling the Mystery of Life’s Origins on Earth, with Jack Szostak
What are the biggest questions in science today: Can we cure cancer, solve the climate crisis, make it to Mars? For Nobel laureate Jack Szostak, the biggest question is still much more fundamental: Wh...
28 Jan 202121min
The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder
Our podcast is all about research. Every episode we investigate what scholars have discovered and why it matters. But we’re going to get meta on this episode and look at what makes this research possi...
14 Jan 202126min
Getting Out Of The Lab With John List
Our team is taking some time off to be with their families for the holidays. But, just in case you have a long flight, car ride, or maybe need something to do in-between Zoom calls, we’re re-sharing o...
22 Dec 202027min
How Alternate Reality Games Are Changing The Real World with Patrick Jagoda and Kristen Schilt
What is the most popular form of media today: Movies? Music? Books? Nope, it’s video games. With 2.5 billion gamers today, games are set to be the type of media that most defines our world. And two sc...
10 Dec 202032min
The Science of Empathy, with Peggy Mason
With so many contentious issues in our deeply polarized world, the real or virtual Thanksgiving dinner table may be a hard place to find a lot of empathy this year. As we take a week off to reconnect ...
25 Nov 202020min
Big Brains Presents: The "Capitalisn't" Podcast
This week, we’re featuring another University of Chicago Podcast Network show. It’s called Capitalisn’t. Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court has many focusing on question about how the...
20 Nov 202047min
What Remains Unanswered After The 2020 Election, with William Howell and Luigi Zingales
It’s hard to think of a presidential election that has raised as many questions as 2020. What do these results tell us about the views and desires of the American public, what the polls got right and ...
11 Nov 202034min
When Governments Share Their Secrets—And When They Don't, with Austin Carson
When should a government choose to reveal a secret—or conceal it? Your knee-jerk reaction may be to say they should never hide anything from the public. But political scientist Austin Carson of the Un...
29 Okt 202028min
