Physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bahcall joins host Krys Boyd to talk about strategies for breaking through the conventional group think to turn bold ideas into reality.
Read moreYou’re Not Who You Think: The Secrets Of Ancient DNA
Harvard genetics professor David Reich joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how studying our ancestor’s DNA has opened the door to understanding how humans have evolved.
Read moreWho’s The Master Of A.I.?
Amy Webb, professor of strategic foresight at the NYU Stern School of Business and founder of the Future Today Institute, joins us to talk about how nine tech companies first and foremost serve the corporations that created them. Her new book is called “The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity.”
Read moreThe Life – And Afterlife – Of Our Bones
Brian Switek joins us to talk about the many ways bones have assumed identities outside our bodies, which he writes about in “Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone.”
Read moreAs Algorithms Get Smarter, Do We Get Dumber?
Edward Tenner, distinguished scholar at the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, joins us to talk about how algorithms and artificial intelligence lead to missed opportunities and wasted effort.
Read moreThe Tech Path To Making Contact
Jamie Shreeve joins us to talk about how technology and next generation telescopes have scientists closer than ever to making contact with life beyond Earth.
Read moreThe Promise Of VR For PTSD
Skip Rizzo, research professor with the USC Davis School of Gerontology, joins us to talk about how virtual reality is now being used to place veterans and other PTSD sufferers back into stressful situations in an effort to confront traumatic moments head on.
Read moreYes, Animals Are Conscious
Ross Andersen joins us to talk about how researchers are now operating from an assumption that all animals are conscious until proven otherwise, which he writes about for The Atlantic.
Read moreAre Facebook Friends Really Friends?
Julie Beck joins us to talk about how Facebook has changed the way we view friendship – and about how we now hold onto friendships long past their expiration date. Her essay “Facebook: Where Friendships Go to Never Quite Die” appears on the website of The Atlantic.
Read moreThe Evolution Of Human Violence
Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham joins us to talk about the evolution of human violence, which he writes about in “The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution.”
Read moreThe Future Is Fiber – And The U.S. Is Falling Behind
Harvard Law professor Susan Crawford joins us to explain why we need to approach fiber with an increased urgency or risk falling behind other developed nations. Her new book is called “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution – And Why America Might Miss It.”
Read moreAlt Medicine And The Will To Heal
Melanie Warner joins us to talk about why patients are turning away from science – and how the medical field is engaging with alternative medicine. Her new book is called “The Magic Feather Effect: The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief.”
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