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.
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Is the Navy stuck in the past?
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.
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How well do you know your dogs and cats?
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.
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In math, there are no dumb questions
Eugenia Cheng joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why we should approach math education as a journey of imagination, and why there are no dumb questions in the search for answers.
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When science silences debate
Political scientist Jason Blakely joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what he calls “scientism,” when scientific authority silences political debate, and why relying on data might not always be the best approach to problem solving in a crisis.
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Why you love your favorite song
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.
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Listen up! Good hearing could fight off dementia
Frank R. Lin, director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joins Krys Boyd to discuss why we shouldn’t brush off hearing loss as a symptom of old age.
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Do animals talk to each other?
Professor and bioacoustics expert Nicholas Mathevon discusses how animals use sound to intimidate, mate, emote and more.
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Bogus medical research is everywhere
Nature editor Richard Van Noorden talks about how bias, error and, yes, even fraud, infect clinical trials – and what can be done to clean them up.
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Attention is a skill you need to practice
Christian Madsbjerg talks about how we can recapture our ability to focus on things that matter and reestablish our connection to the people around us.
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Could our next pandemic start with a spore?
Emily Monosson discusses how fungi are threatening both animals vital to our ecosystem and crops that feed the planet’s 8 billion people.
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Elon Musk basically owns space
New York Times reporter Cade Metz discusses Starlink, the satellite internet company Musk runs that accounts for more than 50 percent of all active satellites, and the issues it’s raising for global security.
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