Joe Pinkser joins us to talk about how technology enables people to feel close while physically apart – and to talk about how our thinking about long-distance relationships has evolved.
Read moreComputer Scientists Are Obsessed With Termites
Lisa Margonelli joins us to talk about how the collective power of termites may one day be harnessed for good.
Read moreThe Tech Path To Making Contact
Jamie Shreeve joins us to talk about how technology and next generation telescopes have scientists closer than ever to making contact with life beyond Earth.
Read moreThe Future Is Fiber – And The U.S. Is Falling Behind
Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford joins us to explain why we need to approach fiber with an increased urgency or risk falling behind other developed nations. Her new book is called “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution – And Why America Might Miss It.”
Read moreDue For An Upgrade: Engineering A Better Human Body
Adam Piore joins us to talk about rethinking the limits of our existence, which he writes about in “The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human.”
Read moreThe Rise Of Addictive Technologies
Adam Alter joins us to talk about how the makers of smartphones and other products have cracked the code of behavioral addiction – and how we can gain control of our impulses.
Read moreHow Autonomous Cars Work
This hour, we’ll talk about the technological advancements that have us on the brink of self-driving cars, and we’ll discuss the many logistical questions inherent with autonomous driving. We’ll be joined by Nick Gans, who researches self-driving cars at UT-Dallas.
Read moreThe Future Of Food
This hour, we’ll be joined by Jayson Lusk, chair of the department of agricultural studies at Oklahoma State University and author of “Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Foods to Save the World” (St. Martin’s Press).
Read moreHow We Innovate
This hour, we’ll talk about the process of innovation with Pagan Kennedy, author of “Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World.”
Read moreHelp Yourself
This hour we’ll talk about the latest trend in self-help: a dedication to rational thought.
Read moreYour Brain On Technology
We’ll talk about how computers and smartphone actually diminish our ability to think clearly with UCLA professor Shlomo Benartzi, author of “The Smarter Screen.”
Read moreOur Robot Future
This hour, we’ll talk about how close we are to a Jetsons-like existence with Pulitzer Prize-winning technology writer John Markoff, author of “Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots” (Ecco).
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