Episode List

Episode 142

Why are more women saying no to having kids?, with Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

Book examines the complicated history of motherhood and choosing to be childfree

Illustration of a couple with kids and a couple with no kids
Book examines the complicated history of motherhood and choosing to be childfree

Episode 141

How homeownership shaped race in America, with Adrienne Brown

Book goes beyond the history of discriminatory practices to show how homeownership changed our perceptions of race

William Myers, the first black resident of Levittown, Pennsylvania
Book goes beyond the history of discriminatory practices to show how homeownership changed our perceptions of race

Episode 140

Fighting back against AI piracy, with Ben Zhao and Heather Zheng

Creators of Glaze and Nightshade copyright protection tools are helping artists fight back against generative AI

AI parody of Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam"
Creators of Glaze and Nightshade copyright protection tools are helping artists fight back against generative AI

Episode 139

Feeling stuck? Here’s how to achieve a breakthrough, with Adam Alter

Big Brains podcast: Feeling stuck? Here’s how to achieve a breakthrough

Miniature figure standing in a maze

Big Brains podcast: Feeling stuck? Here’s how to achieve a breakthrough

Episode 138

What makes something memorable (or forgettable?) with Wilma Bainbridge

Psychologist discusses the Mandela effect and a new AI tool to predict what we remember—from art to people’s faces

People view a painting at the Art Institute in Chicago
Psychologist discusses the Mandela effect and a new AI tool to predict what we remember—from art to people’s faces

Episode 137

Learning to speak to whales using AI, with David Gruber

Scientist discusses how Project CETI is deciphering the Morse code-like ‘alphabet’ of sperm whales

Sperm whale in Indian ocean
Scientist discusses how Project CETI is deciphering the Morse code-like ‘alphabet’ of sperm whales

Episode 136

Storm warning: Why hurricanes are growing beyond measure, with Michael Wehner

Scientist proposes a new Category 6 for hurricanes, calculates the growing cost and impact of climate change

Geo-color image in the eye of Hurricane Irma
Scientist proposes a new Category 6 for hurricanes, calculates the growing cost and impact of climate change

Episode 135

How to manifest your future using neuroscience, with James Doty

‘Mind Magic’ author explains the scientific research on how to train our brain to achieve our goals

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‘Mind Magic’ author explains the scientific research on how to train our brain to achieve our goals

Episode 134

Why we die—and how we can live longer, with Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains how our quest to slow aging is becoming a reality

Sand running through the bulbs of an hourglass
Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains how our quest to slow aging is becoming a reality

Episode 133

What dogs are teaching us about aging, with Daniel Promislow

World’s largest study of dogs finds clues in exercise, diet and loneliness

A man sits on a bench with 2 dogs and a cat
World’s largest study of dogs finds clues in exercise, diet and loneliness

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