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.”
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The 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.
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How 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.
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The 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).
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How 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.”
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Help Yourself
This hour we’ll talk about the latest trend in self-help: a dedication to rational thought.
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Your 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.”
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Our 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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The Future Of Jobs
As more and more jobs are becoming automated, some workers are becoming obsolete. This hour, we’ll talk about what that means for the future of our workforce with Derek Thompson, whose story “A World Without Work” appears in The Atlantic.
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How North Texas Is Banking On Health Tech
A panel of health tech advocates explains different ways the genre is making us rich.
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Social Action, Offscreen
This hour, we’ll talk about why personal connections are the key to helping the less fortunate with computer scientist Kentaro Toyama, author of ‘Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change From the Cult of Technology.’
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BlackBerry’s Backstory
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/01d33fe4-821b-4667-aa47-8ca96f79eae0/KERA_Think_06-04-15_HR_2.mp3 Just six years ago, half of all smartphones sold were made by BlackBerry. Today, it’s hard to find anyone who still uses one. This hour, we’ll find out what happened with Globe and Mail business writer Sean Silcoff, co-author of Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry.
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