Big Brains
A podcast by University of Chicago Podcast Network - Thursdays

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190 Episodes
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Big Brains Presents: The "Capitalisn't" Podcast
Published: 11/20/2020 -
What Remains Unanswered After The 2020 Election, with William Howell and Luigi Zingales
Published: 11/11/2020 -
When Governments Share Their Secrets—And When They Don't, with Austin Carson
Published: 10/29/2020 -
How We Can Fix a Fractured Supreme Court, with Geoffrey Stone
Published: 10/15/2020 -
Correcting History: Native Americans Tell Their Own Stories
Published: 10/1/2020 -
The Future of Voting And The 2020 Election, with Anthony Fowler
Published: 9/17/2020 -
Why The Quantum Internet Could Change Everything, with David Awschalom
Published: 9/3/2020 -
How Loneliness and Isolation Affect Your Health, with Prof. Linda Waite
Published: 8/27/2020 -
The Way You Talk—And What It Says About You, with Prof. Katherine Kinzler
Published: 8/13/2020 -
From LSD to Ecstasy, How Psychedelics Are Altering Therapy, with Prof. Harriet de Wit
Published: 7/30/2020 -
How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform?
Published: 7/16/2020 -
Why We're Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories
Published: 7/2/2020 -
Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?
Published: 6/18/2020 -
What Historic Pandemics Could Teach Us About Coronavirus, with Ada Palmer
Published: 6/8/2020 -
A Crisis Management Expert’s Advice on Handling Coronavirus
Published: 5/21/2020 -
How Students and Schools Can Recover From Coronavirus, with Elaine Allensworth
Published: 5/12/2020 -
Trump, Coronavirus and the Cost of Ineffective Government, With William Howell
Published: 4/30/2020 -
How Coronavirus Is Exposing Our Racial Disparities, with Monica Peek
Published: 4/21/2020 -
Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Kate Baicker
Published: 4/3/2020 -
What Rats Can Teach Us About Empathy and Racism, with Peggy Mason
Published: 3/10/2020
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.