Big Brains
A podcast by University of Chicago Podcast Network - Thursdays
199 Episodes
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Why Life After Incarceration Is Just Another Prison, with Reuben Jonathan Miller
Published: 3/25/2021 -
Anthony Fauci On What We Need To Get Over COVID-19
Published: 3/8/2021 -
The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, with Laurie Zoloth
Published: 2/25/2021 -
The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson
Published: 2/11/2021 -
Unraveling the Mystery of Life’s Origins on Earth, with Jack Szostak
Published: 1/28/2021 -
The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder
Published: 1/14/2021 -
Getting Out Of The Lab With John List
Published: 12/22/2020 -
How Alternate Reality Games Are Changing The Real World with Patrick Jagoda and Kristen Schilt
Published: 12/10/2020 -
The Science of Empathy, with Peggy Mason
Published: 11/25/2020 -
Big Brains Presents: The "Capitalisn't" Podcast
Published: 11/20/2020 -
What Remains Unanswered After The 2020 Election, with William Howell and Luigi Zingales
Published: 11/11/2020 -
When Governments Share Their Secrets—And When They Don't, with Austin Carson
Published: 10/29/2020 -
How We Can Fix a Fractured Supreme Court, with Geoffrey Stone
Published: 10/15/2020 -
Correcting History: Native Americans Tell Their Own Stories
Published: 10/1/2020 -
The Future of Voting And The 2020 Election, with Anthony Fowler
Published: 9/17/2020 -
Why The Quantum Internet Could Change Everything, with David Awschalom
Published: 9/3/2020 -
How Loneliness and Isolation Affect Your Health, with Prof. Linda Waite
Published: 8/27/2020 -
The Way You Talk—And What It Says About You, with Prof. Katherine Kinzler
Published: 8/13/2020 -
From LSD to Ecstasy, How Psychedelics Are Altering Therapy, with Prof. Harriet de Wit
Published: 7/30/2020 -
How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform?
Published: 7/16/2020
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.