Karl Deisseroth: Lighting up The Brain
With the invention of new ways to explore the brain, Karl Deisseroth has revolutionized neuroscience – work that has just now been recognized with the highest honor in medical research, the Lasker Awa...
2 Nov 202141min
Lee McIntyre: Talking to Science Deniers
Taking a deep dive into the alternative reality of people convinced that the earth is flat, Lee McIntyre learned valuable lessons about how – and how not – to talk to those who persist in denying scie...
26 Okt 202141min
Marin Alsop: A Woman Who Leads
The first female conductor of a major American symphony orchestra, Marin Alsop explains to Alan just what a conductor contributes to a performance; how her right and left hands have different roles; w...
19 Okt 202142min
Scott Small: The Point of Forgetting
An eminent physician caring for patients with memory loss, Scott Small was a surprised as you will be to discover that not all forgetting is bad – in fact it’s vital to your being “smarter, better and...
12 Okt 202138min
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: When Politics are a Peril
The authority of the court to be a check on the other two branches of our government, Justice Breyer says, rests on its ability to be regarded by the people as completely impartial. That trust was har...
5 Okt 202143min
Roger Rosenblatt: A Writer on Writing
Alan and his friend, best-selling author Roger Rosenblatt, explore what makes a good piece of writing. Turns out to be very similar to what makes a good life.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/...
28 Sep 202142min
Mayim Bialik: How Acting Led to Science and Science to Acting
With a schedule impossible for anyone not named Mayim Bialik, she shares with Alan how acting and science have intertwined throughout her extraordinary career – as sitcom star, neuroscientist, podcast...
21 Sep 202142min
Kevin Bacon’s Six Degrees
After finding himself the subject of a trivia parlor game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, the actor turned the concept of how we’re all connected into a philanthropic project that enables us all to...
14 Sep 202143min
