Big Brains
Big Brains: All Episodes
Translating groundbreaking research into digestible brain food. Produced out at the University of Chicago. Honored by CASE for the past four years as the best podcast in higher ed; winner of the PRNEWS's Platinum Award, Communicators Award and Adweek's "best branded podcast."
Capitalisn't
Hosted by Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean and world-renowned economist Luigi Zingales, the podcast explains how capitalism can go wrong, and what we can do to fix it.
Not Another Politics Podcast
Profs. William Howell, Anthony Fowler and Wioletta Dziuda provide a fresh perspective on the biggest political stories through rigorous scholarship, massive data sets and a deep knowledge of theory.
Entitled
Rights matter, but conversations about rights can be polarizing, confusing and frustrating. Lawyers and law professors Claudia Flores and Tom Ginsburg have traveled the world getting into the weeds of global human rights debates.
About Big Brains
Big Brains features the pioneering minds at UChicago and beyond, highlighting groundbreaking research and ideas from leading scholars across the country.
Since debuting in 2018, the podcast’s 100-plus episodes have featured Nobel laureates, legal experts and social scientists—discussing everything from police reform to the mysteries of our universe to the importance of talking to strangers.
Big Brains translates these big ideas and complex discoveries into digestible brain food.
Big Brains, little bites.
About the Host
Paul M. Rand
Paul has served as vice president for communications since joining the University in August 2017. He views podcasts as a unique medium to connect faculty with new audiences to show the value of rigorous scholarship, while highlighting trusted scholarly voices in an age of misinformation. The driving force behind Big Brains’ creation in early 2018, Rand serves as the podcast’s curious host, fostering discussions that feel more like dinner party conversations than academic lectures.
The University of Chicago Podcast Network aims to deliver deep conversations on key areas of the University’s scholarly impact. Hosted by faculty and experts from a variety of disciplines, the network podcasts examine topics, including business and economics, politics, astrophysics and human rights.
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