199 Episodes

  1. How Microplastics Are Invading Our Bodies, with Matthew Campen

    Published: 8/7/2025
  2. Why We Get Stuck—And How to Finally Move Forward

    Published: 7/24/2025
  3. Inside the AI Debate: Hope, Hype, Or Harm? A Big Brains Panel Weighs In

    Published: 7/10/2025
  4. Are Your Medications Safe And Effective?, with Jerry Avorn

    Published: 6/26/2025
  5. Are We Making AI Too Human?, with James Evans

    Published: 6/12/2025
  6. Inside The Disease That Changes Your Personality, with Bruce Miller

    Published: 5/29/2025
  7. Meet The ‘Planet Hunter’ Searching For Alien Life, with Jacob Bean

    Published: 5/15/2025
  8. How To Stop Gun Violence Before It Starts, with Jens Ludwig

    Published: 5/1/2025
  9. Can Your DNA Predict Your Future?, with Dalton Conley

    Published: 4/17/2025
  10. Can You Really Die of a Broken Heart? The Hidden Dangers of Grief, with Mary Frances O'Connor

    Published: 4/3/2025
  11. The Science Behind Raising Successful Kids, with Ariel Kalil

    Published: 3/20/2025
  12. Do Animals Understand Death?, with Susana Monsó

    Published: 3/6/2025
  13. Why Measles Is Resurging—And The Rise Of Vaccine Hesitancy, with Adam Ratner

    Published: 2/20/2025
  14. The Little-Known Secrets To A Good Life, with Shigehiro Oishi

    Published: 2/6/2025
  15. How Bioelectronics Could Heal Our Bodies And Minds, with Bozhi Tian

    Published: 1/23/2025
  16. Could A Fungal Pandemic Be “The Last of Us?", with Arturo Casadevall

    Published: 1/9/2025
  17. The "Magic Words" That Turn Resolutions Into Reality

    Published: 1/2/2025
  18. What’s The Truth About Alcohol’s Benefits And Risks? with Tim Stockwell

    Published: 12/19/2024
  19. What Happens When We Die? with Sam Parnia

    Published: 12/5/2024
  20. The Illusion of Moral Decline

    Published: 11/21/2024

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Big Brains explores the groundbreaking research and discoveries that are changing our world. In each episode, we talk to leading experts and unpack their work in straightforward terms. Interesting conversations that cover a gamut of topics from how music affects our brains to what happens after we die.