BuzzFeed News senior reporter Joseph Bernstein joins us to talk about why it’s difficult to root out false information and break information silos.
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She Found Light At The Bottom Of The Ocean
Marine biologist Edith Widder is senior scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association, and she joins us to discuss bioluminescence, which illuminates the ocean hundreds of feet below the earth’s surface.
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There’s No Danger In Strangers
Journalist Joe Keohane joins us to discuss the benefits of breaking down our silos and inclinations to isolate in order to find connection, empathy and a path to happiness.
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Was An Interstellar Object Really An Alien Spacecraft?
Matthew Bothwell is an astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, and he joins us to talk about the rock – named “Oumuamua,” the theories that sprung up around it, and what happens when scarce data leads to wild speculation.
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For Centuries, Doctors Really Didn’t Understand The Female Body
Elinor Cleghorn suffered through a long series of misdiagnoses before finally correctly being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. She joins us to unpack the long history of how medicine has failed women.
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There’s A Whole Other World Above Your Head
Meg Lowman is a biologist, educator and executive director of the TREE Foundation. She joins us to talk about the diversity of creatures that call tree canopies home.
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Why Your Brain Loves A Mystery
Author Jonah Lehrer joins us to discuss the psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology of why we love solving puzzles, finding patterns and discovering the unknown.
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What If Sugar Had All The Sweetness Without The Calories?
Journalist Nicola Twilley joins us to talk about the food science that focused not on sugar replacements but instead on actually making sugar better.
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Did Texas Learn Anything From The Power Grid Failure?
Mose Buchele, a reporter and host at Austin public radio station KUT, joins us to discuss the worst blackout in the state’s history and how our drive to operate on a grid separate from the rest of the country contributed to the problem.
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She Went To Med School At 18. Now She Fights For Your Health
Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, public health professor at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner. She joins us to discuss her work in the area of public health on everything from opioid addiction to disease outbreaks to infant mortality.
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Could An Algorithm Predict A Suicide?
Harper’s magazine senior editor Will Stephenson joins us to discuss the emerging field of suicidology, which hopes to explain the act and its precursors, while gaining a deeper understanding of its complexity.
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Why Do We Judge Women Over How They Give Birth?
Leslie Jamison teaches in Columbia University’s MFA program, and she joins us to talk about the rise of the Cesarean section and the backlash against it, pitting the procedure against the idea of a “natural birth” and a woman’s worth as a mother.
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