Historian and curator of the International Spy Museum, Vince Houghton joins us to talk about how intelligence service ideas that never came to fruition.
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Why Is It So Difficult To Treat Pain
Travis Rieder joins us to talk about how his addiction to pain medication taught him about how we address the current opioid crisis.
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It All Starts With Algae
Ruth Kassinger joins us to talk about how algae might just be the key to creating a more sustainable future.
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Is GPS Rotting Your Brain?
M.R. O’Connor joins us to talk about how the drive to explore is deeply rooted in how our brains function.
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Look Up: You’re Being Watched
Arthur Holland Michel joins us to talk about balancing surveillance technology’s ability to save lives with its potential for significant intrusion.
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How Tech Companies Are Reading Our Minds
Avi Bar-Zeev joins us to talk about how eye tracking technology offers companies an opportunity to monitor our thoughts.
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What Happens To Car Culture When Robots Do The Driving?
Dan Albert joins us to talk about how our lives might shift when we’re no longer behind the wheel of a vehicle.
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How Google’s Workers Enforce The ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra
Beth Kowitt joins us to talk about how Google’s workers are beginning to wonder if the company’s “don’t be evil” mantra aligns with their practices.
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‘Race Science’ Is Still a Thing
BBC science reporter Angela Saini joins us to talk about why some scientists cling to the idea that race is a biological characteristic instead of a social construct.
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Can We Trust Generic Drugs?
Katherine Eban joins us to talk about how companies frequently ignore safe manufacturing practices in order to maximize the profits of generic drugs.
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Siri and Alexa are Spying On You
Washington Post technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler joins us to explain how our phones, when charging, send our data to marketing companies and research firms – and about how the makers of our phones are doing very little to protect our privacy.
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FaceTime Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
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.
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