We're taking a summer break during July, but we'll be back in August with new episodes telling the stories of leading research with some of the world's greatest minds. During the break, we'll be bringing you updated versions of prior episodes.
Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin spent six years in the Arctic searching for a fossil that could be a missing link between sea and land animals. Shubin shares the story behind his discovery of Tiktaalik, what it has meant for the understanding of human evolution, and how it has impacted the future of genetic research.
A Scientist’s Beef With The Meat Industry, With Impossible Foods’ Pat Brown
A Surprising Economic Solution To Climate Change With Michael Greenstone
Solving The Biggest Mysteries Of Our Universe, With Dan Hooper
Why You’re Likely Paying An Unfair Share of Property Taxes, with Christopher Berry
Taking Aliens Seriously, with Avi Loeb
The ‘Five Horsemen of the Techpocalypse’ with Kara Swisher
Fighting Poverty And Pandemics, with Nobel Economist Michael Kremer
Why Life After Incarceration Is Just Another Prison, with Reuben Jonathan Miller
Anthony Fauci On What We Need To Get Over COVID-19
The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, with Laurie Zoloth
The Doomsday Clock’s ‘Historic Wake-Up Call,’ With Rachel Bronson
Unraveling the Mystery of Life’s Origins on Earth, with Jack Szostak
The Urgent Need to Reinvest in American Research, with Barbara Snyder
Getting Out Of The Lab With John List
How Alternate Reality Games Are Changing The Real World with Patrick Jagoda and Kristen Schilt
The Science of Empathy, with Peggy Mason
Big Brains Presents: The "Capitalisn't" Podcast
What Remains Unanswered After The 2020 Election, with William Howell and Luigi Zingales
When Governments Share Their Secrets—And When They Don't, with Austin Carson
How We Can Fix a Fractured Supreme Court, with Geoffrey Stone
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