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After a two-year hiatus, the Undark podcast returns with a new format and a new name: Entanglements. Join science journalists Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild as they invite guests with both expertise... more
FAQs about Entanglements, by Undark:How many episodes does Entanglements, by Undark have?The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.
September 24, 2025What Should We Risk to Settle Space?This week on Entanglements: Should we live on Mars, and beyond? Our hosts talk to Tiffany Vora, a biologist and space advocate who has done three analog Mars simulations, and Kelly Weinersmith, a biologist and the co-author of the book “A City on Mars."...more36minPlay
September 17, 2025Should Companies Decide Our Tech Future?This week on Entanglements: Should tech companies — and the billionaires that often run them — decide for the rest of us how artificial intelligence is deployed? Our hosts dig into the topic with two book authors who have covered AI from essentially opposing perspectives: Greg Beato and Adam Becker....more38minPlay
September 10, 2025Should We Revamp Our Voting System?This week on Entanglements: Should we switch all U.S. elections to ranked choice voting? Our hosts discuss the pros and cons with Deb Otis, director of research and policy for Fair Vote, a non-profit that works on election reform, and David McCune, a professor of mathematics at William Jewell College in Missouri....more33minPlay
September 03, 2025Should We Change Our Planet's Climate...On Purpose?This week on Entanglements: Should we run outdoor geoengineering experiments? Our hosts dive into this fiercely debated topic with an atmospheric chemist from Harvard University and a planetary physicist from Oxford University....more26minPlay
August 27, 2025Should We Try to Prevent Autism?This week on Entanglements: Should we try to prevent autism? Our hosts speak with Jill Escher, a philanthropist, president of the National Council on Severe Autism, and parent of two young adults with severe nonverbal autism, and Eric García, the Washington bureau chief at The Independent, who himself is autistic....more37minPlay
August 20, 2025Kicking Off Season 2: Should We Make Viruses More Dangerous – For Science?We're back! This week on Entanglements: Should we make viruses more dangerous? Our hosts discuss this question, and its contentious history, with a microbiologist from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a virologist from the Pasteur Institute in Paris....more36minPlay
December 30, 2024Wrapping Up Season 1This week on Entanglements: What did we learn from our first season? What’s on deck for the future? Our hosts explore these questions and more in conversations with a special guest....more22minPlay
December 23, 2024Is Fluoride Toxic at Low Levels?This week on Entanglements: Is fluoride toxic at low levels? Our hosts explore this question in conversations with a professor from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry and a neuropsychologist and professor at York University....more51minPlay
December 16, 2024Should We Unleash GMO Mosquitoes?This week on Entanglements: Should we unleash GMO mosquitoes? Our hosts explore this question in conversations with a molecular biologist from the University of California, San Diego, and a social scientist from North Carolina State University....more32minPlay
December 09, 2024Is the Misinformation Crisis Overblown?This week on Entanglements: Is the misinformation crisis overblown? Our hosts explore this question in conversations with a social psychologist from the University of Cambridge and a cognitive scientist from the Intstitut Jean Nicod....more32minPlay
FAQs about Entanglements, by Undark:How many episodes does Entanglements, by Undark have?The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.