Bonus episode!

Guest host Dr. Lara Ferry, vice president for research at ASU Knowledge Enterprise, talks with Meha Jain, of the University of Michigan and Mayank Kejriwal, of the University of Southern California, the inaugural winners of the ASU-Science Prize for Transformational Impact, presented by ASU and Science.

Further reading:

• Environmentality by Arun Agrawal

• Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

• Taking Down Backpage by Maggy Krell

• Science as a Vocation by Max Weber

• The Information by James Gleick

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Episode credits

Executive produced by Kate Howells

Produced by Alexander Chapin, Pete Zrioka and Carrie Herrera Niesen

Hosted by Lara Ferry

Shot by Alexander Chapin

Edited by Quinton Kendall and Alexander Chapin

Original music from Patrick Cheung

Motion graphics by Andy Ramos

Art by Andy Keena and Sophia Franz

Social media by Lauren Hebing and Kyler Litson

Special thanks to Sally C. Morton