199 Episodes

  1. Why Life After Incarceration Is Just Another Prison, with Reuben Jonathan Miller

    Published: 3/25/2021
  2. Anthony Fauci On What We Need To Get Over COVID-19

    Published: 3/8/2021
  3. The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, with Laurie Zoloth

    Published: 2/25/2021
  4. The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson

    Published: 2/11/2021
  5. Unraveling the Mystery of Life’s Origins on Earth, with Jack Szostak

    Published: 1/28/2021
  6. The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder

    Published: 1/14/2021
  7. Getting Out Of The Lab With John List

    Published: 12/22/2020
  8. How Alternate Reality Games Are Changing The Real World with Patrick Jagoda and Kristen Schilt

    Published: 12/10/2020
  9. The Science of Empathy, with Peggy Mason

    Published: 11/25/2020
  10. Big Brains Presents: The "Capitalisn't" Podcast

    Published: 11/20/2020
  11. What Remains Unanswered After The 2020 Election, with William Howell and Luigi Zingales

    Published: 11/11/2020
  12. When Governments Share Their Secrets—And When They Don't, with Austin Carson

    Published: 10/29/2020
  13. How We Can Fix a Fractured Supreme Court, with Geoffrey Stone

    Published: 10/15/2020
  14. Correcting History: Native Americans Tell Their Own Stories

    Published: 10/1/2020
  15. The Future of Voting And The 2020 Election, with Anthony Fowler

    Published: 9/17/2020
  16. Why The Quantum Internet Could Change Everything, with David Awschalom

    Published: 9/3/2020
  17. How Loneliness and Isolation Affect Your Health, with Prof. Linda Waite

    Published: 8/27/2020
  18. The Way You Talk—And What It Says About You, with Prof. Katherine Kinzler

    Published: 8/13/2020
  19. From LSD to Ecstasy, How Psychedelics Are Altering Therapy, with Prof. Harriet de Wit

    Published: 7/30/2020
  20. How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform?

    Published: 7/16/2020

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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.