Matt Strassler: What Are You Made Of?
18 February - 35 minsThe answer, regrettably, is unbelievable. That is, unbelievable to most of us, because we cannot imagine a universe – including ourselves – made of waves. Quantum physicist Matt Strassler braves the task of convincing Alan he is a collection of waves, and in doing so helps Alan answer a question that’s haunted him for more than a decade.
Series Episodes
Bill Pullman: From a Stage Fall to Curtain Calls
A chat with an actor who does it all. After recovering from a near fatal fall on stage as his career was beginning, Bill Pullman has not only had a busy and award-winning career on stage, screen and television, he’s also getting into science communication – while working on a one-man play and making hard cider for his friends and neighbors.
41 mins
1 April Finished
Alison Wood Brooks: Talking About Talk
How the letters in the acronym TALK can have a profound effect on the next conversation you have.
42 mins
25 March Finished
Kafui Dzirasa: An Electrical Path to Mental Health?
A psychiatrist, engineer and neuroscientist, Kaf Dzirasa is researching ways to reengineer the brain to make it better able to cope with stress and so improve mental health.
39 mins
18 March Finished
Shannon Vallor: The AI Illusion
Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape our world, in many ways for the better. But the gains come with great risks – above all that its seductive appeal lulls us into believing that AI machines know better than we do.
41 mins
11 March Finished
Malcolm Gladwell: Tipping Points Old and New
His new book Revenge of The Tipping Point takes a fresh look at the tipping points of social change he opened our eyes to 25 years ago – and unearths unexpected explanations for such new questions as: what really drove the opioid crisis, why diversity matters, and why Harvard University has a women’s rugby team.
39 mins
4 March Finished
Ann Patchett: Bel Canto Revisited
In a remarkable and illuminating tour de force, the novelist recently took a fresh look at her best-known book, going through it line by line and annotating it with handwritten notes in the margins – notes on things she both loved and hated. “It shows,” she says, “a lot about how to write a novel.”
42 mins
25 February Finished
