Big Brains
A podcast by University of Chicago Podcast Network - Thursdays
199 Episodes
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Can Trump Legally Be President?, with William Baude
Published: 2/6/2024 -
What Our Hand Gestures Reveal About Our Thoughts, with Susan Goldin-Meadow
Published: 1/25/2024 -
Psychedelics Without Hallucinations: A New Mental Health Treatment? with David E. Olson
Published: 1/11/2024 -
The Science Of Happiness
Published: 12/28/2023 -
Do We Really Have Free Will? With Robert Sapolsky
Published: 12/14/2023 -
A Radical Solution To Address Climate Change, with David Keith
Published: 11/30/2023 -
How PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Are Harming Our Health, with Linda Birnbaum
Published: 11/16/2023 -
Are We Worse People Than We Used To Be? With Adam Mastroianni
Published: 11/2/2023 -
Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt On The Secret To Making Tough Choices
Published: 10/19/2023 -
Will Political Violence Destroy Our Democracy?, With Robert Pape
Published: 10/5/2023 -
Defending Campus Free Speech In A Polarized Age, with Paul Alivisatos and Tom Ginsburg
Published: 9/22/2023 -
Why The Secret To Health Lies In The Mind-body Connection, with Ellen Langer
Published: 9/7/2023 -
Phonics Vs. Whole Word: The Science Of Reading, With Adrian Johns
Published: 8/24/2023 -
How AI Is Transforming Scientific Research, With Rebecca Willett
Published: 8/10/2023 -
How AI Could Change The Law
Published: 7/27/2023 -
How AI Can Predict Future Scientific Discoveries
Published: 7/20/2023 -
The Uncovered History of Space Travel & Its Privatized Future
Published: 7/13/2023 -
The Health Costs of Air Pollution
Published: 7/6/2023 -
How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman
Published: 6/29/2023 -
Magic words: Can What You Say Help You Get Your way? with Jonah Berger
Published: 6/15/2023
Big Brains explores the groundbreaking research and discoveries that are changing our world. In each episode, we talk to leading experts and unpack their work in straightforward terms. Interesting conversations that cover a gamut of topics from how music affects our brains to what happens after we die.