Big Brains

190 Episodes

1. Why Countries Choose War Over Peace, With Chris Blattman

   Published: 5/26/2022
2. How Death In America Is Changing With Shannon Lee Dawdy

   Published: 5/12/2022
3. Why We Need To Invest In Parents During A Child's Earliest Years, With Dana Suskind

   Published: 4/28/2022
4. The Troubling Rise Of Antibiotic-resistant Superbugs, With Christopher Murray

   Published: 4/14/2022
5. Is Scientific Progress Slowing? with James Evans

   Published: 3/31/2022
6. Could We Vaccinate Against Opioid Addiction? With Sandra Comer And Marco Pravetoni

   Published: 3/17/2022
7. The Man Who Fought To Sanction Putin And Russian Oligarchs, with Bill Browder

   Published: 3/2/2022
8. Why Big Ideas Fail To Scale—And How To Fix It With John List

   Published: 2/17/2022
9. Could Personalizing Laws Make Society More Just? With Omri Ben-Shahar

   Published: 2/3/2022
10. How To Stick To Your Resolutions, With Ayelet Fishbach

    Published: 1/20/2022
11. The Overlooked History Of Black Cinema, With Jacqueline Stewart

    Published: 1/6/2022
12. Engineering A Cure For Cancer With Melody Swartz & Jeffrey Hubbell

    Published: 12/23/2021
13. Confronting Gun Violence With Data, With Jens Ludwig

    Published: 12/9/2021
14. Best Of: Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley

    Published: 12/2/2021
15. Unlocking The Secrets Of Black Holes, With Andrea Ghez

    Published: 11/18/2021
16. Do Your Genes Determine Your Success In Life? With Kathryn Paige Harden

    Published: 11/4/2021
17. How The UN Aims To Save Humanity, With Chris Williams And Luis Bettencourt

    Published: 10/21/2021
18. Combating Our Global Water Crisis Using AI, with Junhong Chen

    Published: 10/7/2021
19. Revolutionizing Technology at the Nanoscale, with Paul Alivisatos

    Published: 9/23/2021
20. The Science Behind Forming Better Habits, With Katy Milkman

    Published: 9/9/2021