Evolutionary biologist Marc Bekoff joins us to talk about the curious habits of our four-legged friends.
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We Can’t See Them, But They’re Everywhere
Eugenia Bone studies microbes, and she joins us to talk about their outsized impact on our daily lives.
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How Bad Science Becomes Government Policy
David Randall joins us to talk about why many studies are filled with flaws – making them unable to be repeated – and about how that bad science is making its way into government policy.
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The Upside Of Change
Leonard Mlodinow joins us to talk about how we can train our brains to embrace change – and how we can nurture creativity.
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How Power Has Changed
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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