Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms join us to talk about how the internet has allowed power to change hands more easily.
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The Life Of An Astronaut
We’ll talk to astronauts Terry Virts, Scott Kelly and Buzz Aldrin about life in zero gravity, making a home on the International Space Station and how their lives changed when they returned to Earth.
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Evolution’s Next Step: A.I.
Pedro Domingos joins us to talk about the potential of an ultimate algorithm – one capable of teaching itself and possibly changing the world.
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From Us And Them To We
David Berreby joins us to talk about how scientists are studying the way tribalism works in the brain.
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Scrolling For Happiness
Washington University in St. Louis psychologist Tim Bono joins us to talk about how social media plays on our emotions.
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The Evolutionary Quest For Equilibrium
Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio joins us to talk about how our natural desire for what’s known as “homeostasis”connects us to even the earliest living organisms.
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The Science Of Planning Your Life
Daniel Pink joins us to talk about how we can use data to better plan our lives.
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Data And Discrimination
University of Southern California assistant professor Safiya Umoja Noble joins us to talk about how data can discriminate.
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High Tech Versus Low Tech: Options For The Border
Luis Torres joins us to talk about new technology that could soon play a role in border security.
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How Social Media Manipulates Public Thinking
Erica Ciszek joins us to talk about how special interest groups are increasingly using social media to influence and confuse public discourse.
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SpaceX And Beyond
We talk with Jason Davis about the impact Elon Musk and others are having on space exploration.
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Seismic Shift: How An Earthquake Inspired An Engineer
Menzer Pehlivan joins us to talk about how she and her fellow engineers are creating a better world; the subject of the documentary “Dream Big 3D.”
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