Marcia Bjornerud: The Wisdom of Rocks
Offsprings of the Earth – Earthlings – we are most of us ignorant of the 3.5 billion years of experiments our planet has been through to produce us. Yet the story is there in the rocks all around us –...
7 Jan 202532min
Matt Abrahams: Off the Cuff and in the Zone
So much of our communication is spontaneous and yet we never really learn or are taught how to do it well – we’re just expected to do it. How to avoid being tongue-tied, whether when called upon to gi...
31 Dec 202440min
Dean-David Schillinger: The Power of Patients’ Stories
Eliciting the story behind a patient’s visit to the hospital can lead to better diagnosis and treatment than medical tests alone – and also reveals much of what needs fixing in health care today. Host...
24 Dec 202437min
Kristin Andrews: Is that spider conscious?
Alan’s fleeting thought while chasing a spider around the floor sparked a conversation with an animal minds expert who argues that many more creatures than we imagine are conscious. What could this me...
17 Dec 202440min
John Pollack: The Surprising Power of Puns and Analogies
Good analogies led to cheaper cars and Apple computers; bad ones to lives wasted and lost. And while puns might not always make you smile (or grimace), they helped pave the way for written language. H...
10 Dec 202439min
Jasmin Graham: She’s Down with Sharks
As a Black graduate student disillusioned with academia, she founded Minorities in Shark Science (MISS). She now pursues her passion for sharks and outreach to a public fearful of sharks as a successf...
3 Dec 202435min
Craig Foster: Life Lessons from an Octopus
For most of us who live in the “tame” modern world, a reminder of how we can refresh ourselves by experiencing the wild world – even the wild world of our backyard or city streets. Hosted by Simplecas...
26 Nov 202436min
Joshua Greene: Games That Build Bridges
His research figuring out how our brains make moral judgments has led to two on-line games: One aimed at overcoming political animosity (and that’s fun to play!); the other to satisfy both your head a...
19 Nov 202439min
