Correcting History: Native Americans Tell Their Own Stories
Since their inception, natural history museums have struggled with how to represent Native Americans and their culture. People from these communities are often not included in the conversation, and th...
1 Okt 202036min
The Future of Voting And The 2020 Election, with Anthony Fowler
The 2020 presidential election this November is happening amid an unprecedented pandemic. As states scramble to scale up mail-in voting, President Trump claims it will lead to widespread fraud. But wh...
17 Sep 202024min
Why The Quantum Internet Could Change Everything, with David Awschalom
Imagine a new technology that could create unbreakable encryption, supercharge the development of AI, and radically expedite the development of drug treatments for everything from cancer to COVID-19. ...
3 Sep 202025min
How Loneliness and Isolation Affect Your Health, with Prof. Linda Waite
The quarantine to stem the tide of the coronavirus pandemic has left many people trapped inside, alone. Loneliness and isolation were already a major health crisis in our country before COVID-19, and ...
27 Aug 202023min
The Way You Talk—And What It Says About You, with Prof. Katherine Kinzler
The way we talk is probably not something most of us spend a lot of time thinking about, but when it comes to communicating, what we’re saying may only be as important as how we say it. That’s what Pr...
13 Aug 202030min
From LSD to Ecstasy, How Psychedelics Are Altering Therapy, with Prof. Harriet de Wit
People have been taking psychoactive drugs since the beginning of human history, but there hasn’t been a lot of good scientific study of these substances. One person who has been trying to turn a scie...
30 Juli 202019min
How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform?
What are we going to do about police misconduct? Many are calling for a total defunding of the police, while others are looking for systems to enhance accountability through reform. Many have pointed ...
16 Juli 202030min
Why We're Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories
There have always been, and probably always will be, conspiracy theories, but we’ve certainty seen a dramatic increase this year. Misinformation around the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic have cr...
2 Juli 202027min
