Frans de Waal: Gender, Apes, and Us
Gender fluidity is tolerated a lot more among our cousins— chimpanzees and bonobos— than in our species. The famed primatologist Frans de Waal tells Alan what he’s found after decades of studying our ...
2 Aug 202241min
Paul Dooley: Movie Dad
Alan and Paul Dooley started out as actors around the same time and in this conversation they have a reunion. In the years between, Paul has gone from standup comedy to playing a multitude of dads in ...
26 Juli 202240min
Katie Mack: When Time’s Totally Up
The end of absolutely everything won’t happen for a long, long time. But Katie Mack can describe the different ways the universe might die with clarity and even humor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...
19 Juli 202242min
Ed Yong and Liz Neeley: They Have Storytelling Down to a Science
Stars in the field of science communication, they know how to make the rest of us want to learn about something we don’t think we care about. They even creatively inspire each other. Hosted by Simplec...
12 Juli 202242min
Arthur Brooks: Investing in Happiness
When he realized that the skills that had led to his successes in the first half of life needed to be replaced by other skills for the next half, social scientist Arthur Brooks began investigating wha...
5 Juli 202243min
Mónica Guzmán: She Never Thought of It That Way
Her realization that if she’d led the life her parents have, then she would have voted for Trump too, was an insight that contributed to her decision to write her new book, I Never Thought of It That ...
28 Juni 202242min
Emanuel Ax: Reaching Out Through Music
Alan talks with longtime friend, the great pianist Emanuel Ax. How does practice lead to the unexpected magic of spontaneity? What role does the audience play? And taking music to the places whereit’s...
21 Juni 202241min
James Burrows: He Gave Us Thousands of Reasons to Laugh
He brought us classics like Cheers, Taxi, Will and Grace, Frasier, Friends and The Big Bang Theory. He's directed over 1,000 episodes of TV comedy. Jim Burrows and Alan compare notes on what it takes ...
14 Juni 202241min
