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You don’t want to live on Mars

November 27, 2023 Environment, Science and Technology, Think

Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences department at Rice University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the impracticalities of space colonization and the conflicts it could create back on Earth.

The rough road to driverless cars

November 27, 2023 Current Events, Economics, Science and Technology, Think

Texas Monthly writer Dan Solomon joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the progress being made by tech companies producing driverless cars, as well as the safety concerns that still have yet to be addressed.

What personalized medicine promised, and what it delivered

November 24, 2023 Health, Science and Technology, Think

James Tabery, a professor at the University of Utah, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why precision medicines focused on gene technology benefit only the rich, while average citizens are left behind in this new model of curing disease.

How to do archaeology without digging

November 16, 2023 History, Science and Technology, Think

Wired contributor Geoff Manaugh joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how radar and computer modeling are allowing researchers to create maps of what the ancient world looked like – all without the harm of an excavation.

Octopuses: The aliens of the ocean

November 14, 2023 Environment, Science and Technology, Think

Marine biologist Danna Staaf joins host Krys Boyd to discuss these intelligent and charismatic creatures and the amazing things they can do that no one else in the animal kingdom can.

What it’s like to survive cardiac arrest

November 7, 2023 Health, Science and Technology, Think

New York University School of Medicine pulmonologist Sam Parnia joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss his research into cognitive awareness during resuscitation.

Could we some day create new living things in a lab?

November 3, 2023 Health, Science and Technology

Science writer Philip Ball talks about efforts to create organic matter designed to help faulty organs while living in the body.

People with disabilities don’t need fixing – the world does

November 2, 2023 Health, Science and Technology, Think

Ashley Shew, an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the world needs to better adapt to the needs of people with disabilities, not the other way around.

MDMA’s journey from dancefloor to doctor’s office

October 31, 2023 Health, Mental Health, Science and Technology, Think

Science journalist Rachel Nuwer discusses how MDMA – once a Schedule 1 drug – is now being heralded as a treatment for PTSD and other afflictions.

Why you love your favorite song

October 30, 2023 Culture, Science and Technology, Think

Cognitive neuroscientist Susan Rogers joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why our brains respond to certain music, our music personality types, and how music can shape identity.

Who would benefit from breaking up Big Tech?

October 26, 2023 Current Events, Politics, Science and Technology, Think

Elizabeth Nolan Brown, a senior editor at Reason, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why this focus on anti-trust lawsuits isn’t popular with the general population and may be blowing the problems created by big tech well out of proportion.

Scientists argue all the time but still work together

October 23, 2023 Global Issues, Science and Technology, Think

Lorraine Daston, director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how partnerships are forged in science.