Episode 52. Topic: Language revival. Theme: Language. When a language goes extinct or nearly extinct, can it return? 

Episode 51. Topic: Mutual intelligibility. Theme: Language. Why can someone who only speaks Italian and someone who only speaks Spanish understand each other? Can other languages do this?

Episode 50. Topic: Weaponized smallpox. Theme: Smallpox. How close did we come to bio-warfare using smallpox? Could it have worked and could it still be a threat today? 

Episode 49. Topic: The smallpox cold war. Theme: Smallpox. Smallpox is kept in labs by at least two countries. Both refuse to destroy their stocks. Why? 

Episode 48. Topic:  | The last actual case of smallpox. Theme: Smallpox. Learn about how a laboratory mistake almost reintroduced smallpox back into the world and cost one woman her life. 

Episode 47. Topic: The eradication of smallpox. Theme: Smallpox. Smallpox no longer exists. How did we get rid of it? 

Episode 46. Topic: How old is smallpox? Theme: Smallpox. Where did this disease come from and how far back in history do we think smallpox existed? Did it infect anyone famous? 

Episode 45. Topic: Affirmative action. Theme: College. What is the history of affirmative action  and what does it look like today?

Episode 44. Topic: The Ivy League. Theme: College. What are the Ivy League schools and where does this term and reputation originate?

Episode 43. Topic: RateMyProfessor. Theme: College. How has this website that rates college professors influenced college education? Are there issues and biases with this public forum?