Ruha Benjamin, a professor at Princeton University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why we are failing at imagining a better world and how thinking big is the path to unlocking good.
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The limitless human imagination
Science writer Philip Ball joins us to discuss new research about imagination, and why the ability to understand the world in multi-dimensional ways is more surprising than even our ability to dream.
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Why Scientists Experiment With Demons (Yes, Really)
Jimena Canales of the University of Illinois joins us to talk about the scientific thought process of some of the world’s most brilliant minds, a wild journey into imagination, fear, and theory to make the impossible, possible.
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Is Hermione Granger Black?
University of Pennsylvania associate professor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas joins us to talk about how the lack of diversity in children’s books reflects a lack of imagination.
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Why Humans Imagine
Columbia College Chicago professor Stephen Asma joins us to talk about how creativity works in the brain – and about how we can visualize a reality that doesn’t yet exist.
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From Idea to Innovation
This hour, we’ll talk about how we can get others to buy into our plans – and how we can clear a path to their incarnation – with Wharton School professor Adam Grant.
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Putting Creativity On The Map
This hour, we’ll talk about how our environment can open the door to innovative thinking with Eric Weiner, author of “The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World’s Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley.”
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Words And Pictures
We’ll talk this hour about how we imagine what we read with Peter Mendelsund, Associate Art Director for Alfred A Knopf Books. He writes about the topic in “What We See When We Read.”
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