Wavemaker Conversations: A Podcast for the Insanely Curious
Society & Culture
Astrophysicist Sara Seager joins me for a conversation about her leading role in the search for earth-like planets outside our solar system. When she began her search as a graduate student – not just for any “exoplanets” as they’re called, but planets that may have just the right atmosphere to support life – she was greeted with plenty of “no’s.” Not anymore. Our conversation about her search led to insights on creativity, resilience, parenting, and the importance of sleep and free time doing nothing as key ingredients of success. Seager, a Professor of Planetary Science and Physics at MIT and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, also shares the details of a side project that could, one day, change the nature of space exploration: mining asteroids for precious metals. Her thrilling journey began as a child, when she noticed something in the night sky for the first time and asked herself: “Why hadn’t anyone told me about this?”
The Stanley Cup For The Hockey Novice
A Smartphone-Free Campus: The Buxton Leap
Processing Ukraine with Kevin Powers: Novelist, Poet, Iraq War Veteran
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Unplugged
Prof. Loretta J. Ross: Calling In the Calling Out Culture
The Power Of Regret: Daniel Pink (& Dr. Irvin Yalom)
Rachel Held Evans: The Girl With A Magic Book
Introducing the Feminist on Cellblock Y
Calling All Leaders Part 2: From Zero to Hero
How to Watch Super Bowl 53 Better Than Your Friends (feat. Terez Paylor)
Yoka Verdoner & The Child Separations
Charlottesville (feat. Prof. Henry Abraham)
Calling All Leaders (feat. Admiral William McRaven)
The Environmental Voter Project (feat. Nathaniel Stinnett)
Jane Alexander: Live @ The Nantucket Book Festival
Punching Up (feat. Pete Dominick)
Michelle Wolf: Raw
Boots on The Hill (feat. Jeremy Teigen)
Paper Ballots, Or Else… (feat. Barbara Simons)
Arming Teachers: A Good Guy With A Purple Heart Weighs In
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