199 Episodes

  1. Can Trump Legally Be President?, with William Baude

    Published: 2/6/2024
  2. What Our Hand Gestures Reveal About Our Thoughts, with Susan Goldin-Meadow

    Published: 1/25/2024
  3. Psychedelics Without Hallucinations: A New Mental Health Treatment? with David E. Olson

    Published: 1/11/2024
  4. The Science Of Happiness

    Published: 12/28/2023
  5. Do We Really Have Free Will? With Robert Sapolsky

    Published: 12/14/2023
  6. A Radical Solution To Address Climate Change, with David Keith

    Published: 11/30/2023
  7. How PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Are Harming Our Health, with Linda Birnbaum

    Published: 11/16/2023
  8. Are We Worse People Than We Used To Be? With Adam Mastroianni

    Published: 11/2/2023
  9. Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt On The Secret To Making Tough Choices

    Published: 10/19/2023
  10. Will Political Violence Destroy Our Democracy?, With Robert Pape

    Published: 10/5/2023
  11. Defending Campus Free Speech In A Polarized Age, with Paul Alivisatos and Tom Ginsburg

    Published: 9/22/2023
  12. Why The Secret To Health Lies In The Mind-body Connection, with Ellen Langer

    Published: 9/7/2023
  13. Phonics Vs. Whole Word: The Science Of Reading, With Adrian Johns

    Published: 8/24/2023
  14. How AI Is Transforming Scientific Research, With Rebecca Willett

    Published: 8/10/2023
  15. How AI Could Change The Law

    Published: 7/27/2023
  16. How AI Can Predict Future Scientific Discoveries

    Published: 7/20/2023
  17. The Uncovered History of Space Travel & Its Privatized Future

    Published: 7/13/2023
  18. The Health Costs of Air Pollution

    Published: 7/6/2023
  19. How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman

    Published: 6/29/2023
  20. Magic words: Can What You Say Help You Get Your way? with Jonah Berger

    Published: 6/15/2023

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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.