Gender Equality and World Peace (12:01) 

Perhaps if we treated women better globally, we'd do a better job achieving world peace.  Matt talks with Valerie M. Hudson,  Professor and George H. W. Bush Chair in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. 

Worm Robot and the Brain (1:01:16)  

Timothy Busbice has built a "worm robot." It's a machine that mimics the thought processes inside's a worm's mind. He says he built it in an effort to understand better how neurons work.

Self-Imposed Expectations and Happiness (1:46:25) 

Matt talks with Jaime Kurtz, Ph.D., an associate professor at James Madison University, about the effect of self-imposed expectations on our emotional state, specifically: How to achieve sustainable happiness and how to enjoy the important events of our lives without unrealistic expectations.