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Is online privacy even possible?

October 12, 2023 Global Issues, Science and Technology, Think

Atlantic staff writer Charlie Warzel joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the vast and unregulated systems set up to capture our data, and why even stricter data capture policies in the E.U. won’t help repair breaches of our privacy.

How to fight fake news with science

October 12, 2023 Education, Health, Mental Health, Science and Technology, Think

Ben Rein, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University and a prolific science communicator, joins host Krys Boyd to set the record straight on some well-established scientific myths and misconceptions.

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

October 10, 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.

A standing desk is not enough

October 6, 2023 Health, Science and Technology, Think

Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the tools we can use to offset the harms screens and sitting are doing to our health.

We don’t talk enough about phosphorous

October 6, 2023 Environment, Science and Technology, Think

Brown University professor Stephen Porder joins host Krys Boyd to discuss hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus and how these building blocks of life affect the climate.

Earth has warmed and cooled before. So what’s different now?

October 3, 2023 Environment, Global Issues, History, Science and Technology

University of Pennsylvania professor Michael Mann joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the precarity of human evolution and how previous changes in temperatures have affected life on the planet.

How to sharpen your five senses

September 28, 2023 Science and Technology, Think

Author Maureen Seaberg joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the science of the senses.

Should presidents be our lone nuclear decision makers?

September 26, 2023 Current Events, Global Issues, History, Science and Technology, Think

Science writer Sarah Scoles joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how psychologists want to study what factors into that high-stakes thinking.

If aliens visited, would we even know?

September 21, 2023 Current Events, Science and Technology, Think

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb joins host Krys Boyd to discuss identifying and having contact with an extraterrestrial and the implications it would have for humankind.

Does spying on your kids really protect them?

September 20, 2023 Culture, Current Events, Science and Technology, Think

Devorah Heitner, an expert in young people’s relationship with digital media and technology, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how to balance protecting kids with allowing them to have some level of autonomy.

Is the Navy stuck in the past?

September 18, 2023 Current Events, Global Issues, Science and Technology, Think

Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss new global threats that require change by the U.S. Navy and the resistance by top brass to bend to the future.

How well do you know your dogs and cats?

September 1, 2023 Science and Technology

Krys Boyd talks with experts on dogs and cats – plus we’ll hear from a veterinarian about how her job requires her to care for the well-being of people, too.