Becca Levy, a professor of epidemiology and psychology, discusses the beliefs around aging and how policy changes and positive thinking can create successful outcomes.
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From crickets to whales, the sounds of a healthy planet
David George Haskell explains sonic diversity and its importance to human and animal life – and how we are silencing those critical noises around us.
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We can all accomplish more — here’s how
Ayelet Fishbach discusses research into why we can’t always find the mental strength to take on a new task, how to clear the distractions that get in the way, and ways to stay on target to reach your goals.
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The Cosmologist who left the streets behind
Hakeem Oluseyi joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his early life, when he struggled with inequality, poverty and addiction, and how he found his way out by studying the stars.
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Why we sweat
Sarah Everts teaches journalism at Carleton University, and she joins us to talk about why we fight our body’s natural function – and about what sweat can tell us about our health.
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Plenty of animals have gay sex, do they also have homophobia?
Frans de Waal discusses challenges to what’s understood about masculinity and femininity and the limitations of gender binary thinking.
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She studied romance, he studied loneliness. Then they fell in love.
Neuroscientist Stephanie Cacioppo explores her story of love and loss, and what she’s learned about what makes us fall in love and what breaks our hearts.
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What’s really happening when we dream
Antonio Zadra, a researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about neuroscientific insights into our dreaming minds.
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Free will in the age of AI
Carissa Véliz discusses the increasingly ever-present A.I. in our lives and what that means for human agency now and far into the future.
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The evolution of consciousness doesn’t end with humans
Ogi Ogas discusses what it means to think and experience emotions and discuss why an even higher form of consciousness might be in our future.
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Your loved ones could live on through AI
Leo Kim talks about A.I. that makes those who’ve passed on seem animated again, the ethical struggles of that, and the comfort it can bring to grieving families, friends and fans.
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Can we control the content of our dreams?
Michael W. Clune discusses the A.I. research into hacking into our sleeping brains in an effort to influence our dreams, and why that might make us more creative.
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