April Nowell, a Paleolithic archaeologist, joins us to discuss the efforts to uncover the mysteries of childhood in the Ice Age.
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We Can’t Have Medical Progress Without Risk
Dr. Paul A. Offit joins us to talk about the risks medical researchers must take to develop the lifesaving therapies we rely on.
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You: Meet ‘Digital’ You
Neuroscientist and psychologist Michael S. A. Graziano joins us to talk about current research into our deepest selves.
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Can You Steal The Cure For Cancer?
Peter Waldman joins us to talk about how the FBI and NIH are quietly purging Chinese scientists at cancer research institutions, out of fear of China stealing intellectual property.
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Is PTSD Preventable?
Dr. Shaili Jain joins us to talk about how PTSD affects many aspects of sufferers’ lives – and about cutting-edge research that’s providing hope.
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The Cost Of Sloppy Science
Science journalist Richard Harris joins us to talk about the money lost from ill-conceived medical experiments.
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A Conversation With Jane Goodall
This hour, we’ll talk with the wildlife advocate about her work studying chimpanzees.
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Research Before Wikipedia
This hour, we’ll talk about the history of human’s desire to compile knowledge with Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch, author of “You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia”
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Exploring The Microbiome
We’ll talk about the current state of microbial research with Rob DeSalle, curator of entomology in the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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Inside The Harry Ransom Center
We’ll take a tour of the center’s highlights and talk about the important role it serves in scholarly research with its director, Stephen Enniss as we broadcast from KUT in Austin.
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Fact In The Age Of Opinion
Why do we cling to our beliefs even in the face of reasonable evidence to the contrary? This hour, we’ll talk to science writer Joel Achenbach about why data is less definitive in a world more interested in opinion.
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New Thinking On Delusions
We’ll find out this hour about how the social world contributes to delusion with Dr. Joel Gold, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
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