Nuclear war. Jimmy Kimmel. Lionel Richie. What do these things have in common? Dr. Irwin Redlener. We take you inside the doctor's office on this episode of The Low Down.

On the latest edition of The Low Down podcast, Columbia University's Acacia O'Connor spoke with everyone's favorite chef, Michael DeMartino of Columbia Dining, about his cooking beginnings, what he loves about his job, what his last meal would be, and the special thing he does for students during his impressive commute.

Society of Women Engineers: The Future of Science by Columbia Alumni Association

Julia Bacha ‘03GS: Behind the Scenes of Non-violent Resistance by Columbia Alumni Association

Ayushi Roy ‘14CC: We Need Human Rights at Home in the U.S. by Columbia Alumni Association

Nicole Crescimanno ‘11GSAS: The Art of Climate Activism by Columbia Alumni Association

A’Lelia Bundles ‘76JRN: Writing History Herself by Columbia Alumni Association

The Low Down is launching a special mini-series this summer.

You may have noticed that we’ve been digging into our archives a lot. To be fair, there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on at Columbia and we want to revisit some talks that haven’t gotten a lot of attention lately. One of those talks was with Columbia physicist Brian Greene. In 2014 he sat down with the writer, and award-winning TV correspondent, Gideon Yago '00CC to talk about World Science U, Columbia's Science Initiative, and some of his out-of-this-world ideas.

This episode includes excerpts from the conversation. If you’re interested in hearing the full discussion, you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/h94Rd9AIfwE?t=9m25s

Odds are good you’ve heard of Jack Dorsey. He’s the co-founder of Twitter and the co-founder of the mobile payment company, Square. In 2013, Dorsey gave a talk at Columbia and, at the time, it was the largest entrepreneurship event in Columbia history, attracting over 1,000 Columbia students, alumni, and friends. Since we’ve been digging into the archives lately, we thought we’d play you some highlights from that keynote address where he talks about how he turned his obsession with urban maps, punk music, art, and coding into a micro blog that has changed the way we communicate.

This episode includes excerpts from his talk. If you’re interested in hearing his full presentation, you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/byBmeC9E5Os