Big Brains

A podcast by University of Chicago Podcast Network - Thursdays

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190 Episodes

  1. Big Brains Presents: The "Capitalisn't" Podcast

    Published: 11/20/2020
  2. What Remains Unanswered After The 2020 Election, with William Howell and Luigi Zingales

    Published: 11/11/2020
  3. When Governments Share Their Secrets—And When They Don't, with Austin Carson

    Published: 10/29/2020
  4. How We Can Fix a Fractured Supreme Court, with Geoffrey Stone

    Published: 10/15/2020
  5. Correcting History: Native Americans Tell Their Own Stories

    Published: 10/1/2020
  6. The Future of Voting And The 2020 Election, with Anthony Fowler

    Published: 9/17/2020
  7. Why The Quantum Internet Could Change Everything, with David Awschalom

    Published: 9/3/2020
  8. How Loneliness and Isolation Affect Your Health, with Prof. Linda Waite

    Published: 8/27/2020
  9. The Way You Talk—And What It Says About You, with Prof. Katherine Kinzler

    Published: 8/13/2020
  10. From LSD to Ecstasy, How Psychedelics Are Altering Therapy, with Prof. Harriet de Wit

    Published: 7/30/2020
  11. How Can We Achieve Real Police Reform?

    Published: 7/16/2020
  12. Why We're Obsessed With Conspiracy Theories

    Published: 7/2/2020
  13. Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?

    Published: 6/18/2020
  14. What Historic Pandemics Could Teach Us About Coronavirus, with Ada Palmer

    Published: 6/8/2020
  15. A Crisis Management Expert’s Advice on Handling Coronavirus

    Published: 5/21/2020
  16. How Students and Schools Can Recover From Coronavirus, with Elaine Allensworth

    Published: 5/12/2020
  17. Trump, Coronavirus and the Cost of Ineffective Government, With William Howell

    Published: 4/30/2020
  18. How Coronavirus Is Exposing Our Racial Disparities, with Monica Peek

    Published: 4/21/2020
  19. Coronavirus Shows Why We Need To Rethink Health Care, with Kate Baicker

    Published: 4/3/2020
  20. What Rats Can Teach Us About Empathy and Racism, with Peggy Mason

    Published: 3/10/2020

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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.