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When Every Day Is Groundhog Day

April 28, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Health, Science and Technology

Shayla Love, a senior staff writer at Vice, joins us to talk about the psychology of why we’re all a little disoriented since our 9-to-5 routine disappeared.

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When Science Misses The Forest For The Trees

April 28, 2020 History, Literature, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Lulu Miller, co-founder of NPR’s “Invisibilia,” joins us to talk about her study of the first president of Stanford University, a taxonomist obsessed with fish, and how his discoveries — and ultimately his intellectual myopia — helped her to make sense of her own world.

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How To Live Better As We Live Longer

April 27, 2020 Health, Science and Technology

Daniel Levitin is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University, and he joins us to talk about what he calls human life’s two stages: “healthspan” and “diseasespan,” and explain how brain science can promote the former.

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The Adolescence of Animals

April 23, 2020 Culture, Environment, Science and Technology

Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, visiting professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and president of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, joins us to talk about how all animals — humans included — transition into adulthood.

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The Influence Of Instagram

April 22, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Science and Technology

Bloomberg News technology reporter Sarah Frier joins us to talk about the fierce Silicon Valley competition to create a dominant social media platform and the ways Instagram has changed our lives in an unexpected way.

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The Man Who Revolutionized The Way The World Grows Food

April 21, 2020 Global Issues, Science and Technology

Rob Rapley joins us to talk about Norman E. Borlaug, who won praise for his work on disease resistance crops – which also came with unintended consequences.

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Aquariums Care For Animals- And The Planet

April 20, 2020 Environment, Science and Technology

Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, joins us to talk about how aquariums foster ocean life and contribute to a healthy environment.

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An Astronaut’s Guide To Sheltering In Place

April 17, 2020 Current Events, History, Science and Technology

Mike Massimino, a NASA astronaut, joins us to talk about how he learned to adapt to a confined space while in space.

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Our 100-Year Battle With Pandemics

April 16, 2020 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, History, Science and Technology

Medical historian Mark Honigsbaum joins us to talk about why bacterial and viral disasters continue to take us by surprise.

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Vaccine Science, Race And Mathematical Modeling

April 14, 2020 Current Events, Global Issues, Health, Science and Technology

On today’s show, experts explain some of the more mysterious elements of the coronavirus, including what it will take to develop a vaccine, how epidemiological models work and why black and Latino patients are disproportionately affected.

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Why There’s Not Enough Public Transit

April 6, 2020 Current Events, Economics, Science and Technology

Aaron W. Gordon, senior writer for Motherboard, joins us to talk about why public transportation is broken and how, especially now, it’s time to rethink how people get places.

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The Trial And (Mostly) Error Of Medieval Science

April 3, 2020 Culture, Science and Technology

Jack Hartnell, lecturer in art history at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, joins us to talk about the physical body in the medieval worldview and the fantastical tales created to justify medicinal practices.

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