Brown University professor Stephen Porder joins host Krys Boyd to discuss hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus and how these building blocks of life effect the climate.
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Earth has warmed and cooled before. So what’s different now?
University of Pennsylvania professor Michael Mann joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the precarity of human evolution and how previous changes in temperatures have affected life on the planet.
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How to sharpen your five senses
Author Maureen Seaberg joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the science of the senses.
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Should presidents be our lone nuclear decision makers?
Science writer Sarah Scoles joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how psychologists want to study what factors into that high-stakes thinking.
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If aliens visited, would we even know?
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb joins host Krys Boyd to discuss identifying and having contact with an extraterrestrial and the implications it would have for humankind.
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Does spying on your kids really protect them?
Devorah Heitner, an expert in young people’s relationship with digital media and technology, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how to balance protecting kids with allowing them to have some level of autonomy.
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Is the Navy stuck in the past?
Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss new global threats that require change by the U.S. Navy and the resistance by top brass to bend to the future.
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How well do you know your dogs and cats?
Krys Boyd talks with experts on dogs and cats – plus we’ll hear from a veterinarian about how her job requires her to care for the well-being of people, too.
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In math, there are no dumb questions
Eugenia Cheng joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why we should approach math education as a journey of imagination, and why there are no dumb questions in the search for answers.
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When science silences debate
Political scientist Jason Blakely joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what he calls “scientism,” when scientific authority silences political debate, and why relying on data might not always be the best approach to problem solving in a crisis.
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Why you love your favorite song
Cognitive neuroscientist Susan Rogers joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our brains respond to certain music, our music personality types, and how music can shape identity.
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Listen up! Good hearing could fight off dementia
Frank R. Lin, director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joins Krys Boyd to discuss why we shouldn’t brush off hearing loss as a symptom of old age.
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