Big Brains: All Episodes
Celebrating our 100th episode
Sep 29, 2022
Podcasts
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Big Brains
Stories from the people behind the pioneering research and pivotal breakthroughs at the University of Chicago. Winner of 2021 CASE Circle of Excellence gold award and Adweek's "Best Branded Podcast" in 2020.
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.
Why This Universe?
The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and soon-to-be physicist Shalma Wegsman as they answer your questions about dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and more.
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.
9 Questions
What am I? What is my purpose? Those are among the nine questions essential for crafting ‘a well-examined life’—questions that host Eric Oliver hopes sheds light on the audience’s lived experiences.
Carry the Two
Mathematics and statistics impact our lives in unexpected ways. Co-hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin tackle topics to better understand how research drives the world around us.
Other Podcasts from Across UChicago
At EPIC, we love our charts. That’s why we’re bringing you an analysis of today’s top energy, environmental, and climate trends and policies grounded in the latest evidence.
Hosts Eduardo Porter and Tess Vigeland talk with economists from UChicago and around the country about issues like COVID-19 vaccines, gender dynamics in the workplace, energy policy, jobs, and more in this podcast from the Becker Friedman Institute.
Conversations with scholars, poets, novelists, and activists on subjects as eclectic as the books on the shelves at the Seminary Co-op.
Chicago Booth believes in life-long career development to help you maintain your professional edge. We give alumni and students the chance to hear experts discuss topics such as crafting your story, making an industry or function change, managing employees, taking the entrepreneurial plunge, and more.
Elucidations is a monthly philosophy podcast produced in association with the University of Chicago and Emergent Ventures. Each month, a prominent philosopher sits down with graduate student co-hosts to discuss their latest work and areas of philosophical expertise, from a wide range of topics and problems.
Brings University of Chicago small science news to you. Be invited into the fields and labs of UChicago scientists, mathematicians, and engineers.
Conversations with scholars, researchers, and purveyors of the science of wisdom from the Center for Practical Wisdom.
Court Theatre's Spotlight Reading Series—which has in the past brought staged readings from BIPOC playwrights to local communities on Chicago’s South and West sides—has been reimagined for 2021 as a series of four audio podcast episodes directed by and performed by local theatre artists.
Podcast by the Constitutional Law Institute at the University of Chicago Law School. Hosted by Will Baude, each episode of the first season will have top legal minds discuss a Supreme Court case they believe is misunderstood: with special episodes of a "deep dive" into originalism.
Frankly. is a seven-episode podcast from UChicago's Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) that explores the health, wellbeing, and lived experiences of Black and Latinx young people on Chicago’s South and West sides
For those who miss the soothing sounds of in-person Sunday services at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, a SoundCloud channel featuring “Sundays from Rockefeller” musical podcasts, with sounds of student and professional musicians on the carillon, organ, and voice.
S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast
Hosted by scholars from the Pritzker School of Medicine, SD2 presents case-based discussions of signs, symptoms, and diagnostics tests to improve clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
David Axelrod, the founder and director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, brings you "The Axe Files," a series of revealing interviews with key figures in the political world.
Hosted by Professors Kevin Hector and Jeffrey Stackert, podcast features interview-style conversations with scholars, including Divinity School faculty members. The name of the podcast is meant in both of its senses: as a set of conversations on religion, it addresses what are for many their biggest and most important concerns while also engaging new research.
The Radius is a student-led and produced podcast from the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago. The podcast is available to discuss topics in gender and sexuality and to engage with what’s happening at the Center.
Taking a cue from Marshall Hodgson, the former UChicago Professor and author of the renowned Venture of Islam series, this podcast from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) dives into the expansive geographical and historical terrain covered by Middle Easterners. “Ventures” features interviews with leading lights in the field of Middle Eastern & Islamic studies as well as artists, musicians, and journalists.
Join host Colin Keeley as he catches up with founders from Chicago Booth’s New Venture Challenge and hear about their entrepreneurial journeys.
The OI YouTube podcasts are online offerings intended to engage the general public with accessible conversations inspired by aspects of pop culture and contemporary events.
The UChicago Crown Family School Podcast
Interested in ideas that can help advance a more just and humane society? Hear UChicago Crown Family School faculty and colleagues discuss ideas and topics in social work, social welfare, and policy.
Ever thought of how a professor becomes a professor? How did they find their passion in the academic field? What were they like as a kid? Should you be a professor too? What does it take to become a professor at The University of Chicago?
The Clinical Excellence Podcast
The Clinical Excellent Podcast, sponsored by the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence is a biweekly podcast hosted by Drs. Adam Cifu and Matthew Sorrentino. The podcast has three formats: discussions between doctors and patients, discussions with authors of research pertinent to improving clinical care and the doctor-patient relationship and discussions with physicians about challenges in the doctor-patient relationship or in the life of a physician.