Tate Ryan-Mosley of MIT Technology Review joins us to talk about filter apps, how they affect boys and girls differently and why that’s cause for worry.
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Could A Simple Equation Explain The Universe?
Michio Kaku is a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York and a co-founder of string field theory. He joins us to talk about a search to explain the very reasons we exist and why that’s a controversial idea.
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Darwin’s Guide To Alien Life
Arik Kershenbaum, a zoologist and fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge, joins us to talk about understanding evolution on Earth and how that might parallel alien life forms elsewhere.
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The World Needs More Toilets
Science journalist Chelsea Wald joins us to talk about what’s behind the plumbing and introduce the scientists and activists working to make sanitation healthy and accessible for all.
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After Vaccination, The Next Steps To Normal
Dr. Celine Gounder joins us to talk about how we should think about reopening schools, offices and maybe even our vacation plans as more and more people become vaccinated.
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Online Scams Are Out Of Control
Ankush Khardori, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud and white-collar crime, joins us to discuss internet crime, why it’s gotten worse during the pandemic, and the persistent problems facing the Justice Department.
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How The Quest For Flavor Drove Evolution
Rob Dunn, professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University joins us to talk about why we prefer cooked food, the various ways we taste, and how our pursuit of a good meal might’ve led to starting the first fire.
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How Facebook A.I. Enables Misinformation
Karen Hao, senior artificial intelligence reporter with MIT Technology Review, joins us to talk about her profile of Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, who built Facebook’s wildly successful AI platform only to later struggle with the reality that he can’t tame the monster he created.
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It’s Time To Renovate How We Build Houses
Diana Lind is a housing fellow at the global nonprofit NewCities, and she joins us to talk about rethinking how and where we live, why homeownership shouldn’t be the most prominent way to create wealth, and how to find new ways to create community.
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Fatphobia And Covid Risk
Virginia Sole-Smith, a journalist and author of The Eating Instinct, joins us to talk about weight stigma in scientific research and subpar medical treatment attached to high BMI.
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Relax Late Bloomers, You’ll Be Fine
Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard counts himself among the group of “late bloomers”, and he joins us to talk about the scientific explanation for why so many of us make something of ourselves later in life.
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When Helping A Patient Means Ending Their Life
Katie Engelhart is a fellow at New America, and she joins us to talk about the doctors who assist patients with their own deaths and the tightrope they walk in doing so.
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