CSU's Hamed Qahri-Saremi talks about how artificial intelligence is not only rapidly transforming the way we interact with information, but also reshaping democratic processes, challenging public trust in institutions and even influencing human empathy.

CSU Avenir Museum Curator Paula Alaszkiewicz explores the surprising roles of the humble pocket throughout history, from its connection to the women’s suffrage movement to its use as a litmus test for economic trends.

CSU’s David Korostyshevsky talks about the history of Dry January, our continued complicated relationship with alcohol and whether we might be entering the next anti-alcohol era.

CSU food scientist Caitlin Clark explains what makes us love chocolate, why "healthy" chocolate isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be and how much that chocolate bar should actually cost.

It may not be considered "polite conversation," but Jordan Kraft Lambert thinks we all need to be talking more about poop. In fact, the director of ag innovation at CSU’s Spur campus has made it her mission to bring this and other “icky” topics to the table – figuratively and literally. In this encore episode, Lambert talks about how poop is actually a pretty powerful commodity, and why liver gets such a bad (and largely undeserved) rap.

From voters saying no to hosting the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front's attack on Vail ski resort, Colorado State University Associate Professor and author Michael Childers says it hasn't been all powder for Colorado's snow business. In this encore episode, Childers talks about Colorado's bumpy path to becoming a ski haven. (Originally aired March 2023)

Through the lens of Hallmark holiday movies, CSU Film and Media Studies Associate Professor Kit Hughes researched how holiday film tropes both reflect and shape economic opinions. 

While less obvious than the yellow kind, contaminants such as forever chemicals, heavy metals and microplastics are showing up in Colorado's snowpack. CSU snow hydrologist Steven Fassnacht explains what that could mean for our winter wonderland.

Colorado State University toxicologist Brad Reisfeld talks about how to keep your holiday meal leftovers from turning into a recipe for food poisoning. 

Can watching horror movies make us more empathetic? Film researchers Scott Diffrient and Riana Slyter talk about the benefits of horror, as well as the history of the genre, how it’s evolving and why so many of us love to be scared.