Big Brains

199 Episodes

1. Why We're Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories

   Published: 7/2/2020
2. Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?

   Published: 6/18/2020
3. What Historic Pandemics Could Teach Us About Coronavirus, with Ada Palmer

   Published: 6/8/2020
4. A Crisis Management Expert’s Advice on Handling Coronavirus

   Published: 5/21/2020
5. How Students and Schools Can Recover From Coronavirus, with Elaine Allensworth

   Published: 5/12/2020
6. Trump, Coronavirus and the Cost of Ineffective Government, With William Howell

   Published: 4/30/2020
7. How Coronavirus Is Exposing Our Racial Disparities, with Monica Peek

   Published: 4/21/2020
8. Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Kate Baicker

   Published: 4/3/2020
9. What Rats Can Teach Us About Empathy and Racism, with Peggy Mason

   Published: 3/10/2020
10. Why the Coronavirus Could Send China’s Economy Back to the 1980s With Chang-Tai Hsieh

    Published: 2/25/2020
11. Why The Doomsday Clock Is Closer To Apocalypse Than Ever With Rachel Bronson

    Published: 2/12/2020
12. Vladimir Putin’s Number One Enemy With Bill Browder

    Published: 1/27/2020
13. How Google and Facebook Are Ruining Capitalism, with Luigi Zingales

    Published: 1/13/2020
14. How Quantum Technology Could Change Our Future With David Awschalom

    Published: 12/30/2019
15. The Myths Of Millennial Voters With Cathy Cohen

    Published: 12/16/2019
16. Why Some Nations Prosper and Others Fail, with James Robinson

    Published: 12/2/2019
17. The Hunt for Alien Life and Exoplanets, with David Charbonneau

    Published: 11/18/2019
18. Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant

    Published: 11/4/2019
19. Saving Our Cities By Studying A Million Neighborhoods With Luis Bettencourt

    Published: 10/23/2019
20. Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley

    Published: 10/7/2019