How the Loss of Community Threatens Society With Raghuram Rajan
UChicago economist Raghuram Rajan became infamous for predicting the 2008 financial collapse three years before it happened. Rajan says that there are three pillars in our society: the state, the mark...
3 Juni 201923min
The Science of Conspiracy Theories And Political Polarization With Eric Oliver
The “birthers”, “Pizzagate”, anti-vaxxers. Since the election of Donald Trump, it’s seemed that belief in conspiracy theories is on the rise. At the same time, our polarization is worse than ever. Peo...
20 Maj 201926min
A Modern Medical Miracle with Drs. Valluvan Jeevanandam and Talia Baker
Doctor Valluvan Jeevanandam says that transplantation is a “spiritual journey.” One person’s tragic loss leads to the another’s second chance at life. But not all transplants are the same. In 2018, pa...
6 Maj 201922min
An Archaeological Riddle In The Sahara With Paul Sereno
When dinosaur hunter and paleontologist Paul Sereno discovered an ancient mass gravesite in the sands of the Sahara, he knew he had to excavate and save that history and heritage. Sereno has always sa...
15 Apr 201926min
Tiny Creatures, Big Discoveries With Nipam Patel
Since the late 1800s, if you were serious about studying biology you went to the Marine Biological Laboratory. The discoveries made there have led to world-changing applications in biology, medicine a...
1 Apr 201927min
The Hidden Dangers of Artificial Intelligence with Ben Zhao
The development of artificial intelligence has begun to feel inevitable and promising. But University of Chicago computer scientist, Ben Zhao, has spent much of his career testing how the security of ...
18 Mars 201921min
Lessons From Our Country’s Largest School Closing with Eve L. Ewing
In her book Ghosts In The Schoolyard, University of Chicago scholar Eve Ewing asks a central question about the 2013 mass closings of Chicago Public Schools: If the schools were so bad, why did peopl...
4 Mars 201926min
Simple Solutions To Address Social Issues with Harold Pollack
University of Chicago Professor Harold Pollack may be famous for his “financial index card”, but it’s his application of simple solutions to complex issues that’s reshaping how we tackle crime and hea...
18 Feb 201921min
