Inquiring Minds

Inquiring Minds

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Inquiring Minds episodes

  • The Hidden World of the Fox

    We talk to wildlife researcher and writer Adele Brand about her new book The Hidden World of the Fox.

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    31 min
  • We need a better, more democratic internet

    We talk to professor of information studies at UCLA and director of the UC Digital Cultures Lab Ramesh Srinivasan about his new book Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow.

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    39 min
  • 2019 Year End Wrap-Up

    Indre, along with fellow neuroscientist and person who is her husband, Adam Bristol, recap their favorite science stories and interviews of 2019.

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    33 min
  • We might be approaching the study of cancer all wrong

    We talk to oncologist, professor of medicine, and director of the MDS Center at Columbia University Azra Raza about her new book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.

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    50 min
  • Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution

    We talk to environmental journalist Beth Gardiner about her new book Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution.

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    40 min
  • The Blockchain and the Future of Everything

    We talk to Michael Casey, Senior Advisor for Blockchain Opportunities at MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, about his new book, co-authored with Paul Vigna, The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything.

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    41 min
  • The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

    We talk to neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, author of the new book The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains.

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    40 min
  • How Language Shapes Thought

    We talk to cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsk about how language can influence the way we think.

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    47 min
  • The History, Science, and Future of Heart Disease

    We talk to cardiologist, writer, and clinical researcher Haider Warraich about his new book State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease.

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    46 min
  • The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

    We talk to author and journalist Joe Posnanski about his new book The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini.

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    46 min

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Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. We’re committed to the idea that making an effort to understand the world around you though science…

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