Big Brains

A podcast by University of Chicago Podcast Network - Thursdays

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190 Episodes

  1. Why the Coronavirus Could Send China’s Economy Back to the 1980s With Chang-Tai Hsieh

    Published: 2/25/2020
  2. Why The Doomsday Clock Is Closer To Apocalypse Than Ever With Rachel Bronson

    Published: 2/12/2020
  3. Vladimir Putin’s Number One Enemy With Bill Browder

    Published: 1/27/2020
  4. How Google and Facebook Are Ruining Capitalism, with Luigi Zingales

    Published: 1/13/2020
  5. How Quantum Technology Could Change Our Future With David Awschalom

    Published: 12/30/2019
  6. The Myths Of Millennial Voters With Cathy Cohen

    Published: 12/16/2019
  7. Why Some Nations Prosper and Others Fail, with James Robinson

    Published: 12/2/2019
  8. The Hunt for Alien Life and Exoplanets, with David Charbonneau

    Published: 11/18/2019
  9. Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant

    Published: 11/4/2019
  10. Saving Our Cities By Studying A Million Neighborhoods With Luis Bettencourt

    Published: 10/23/2019
  11. Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier With Nicholas Epley

    Published: 10/7/2019
  12. Leading Presidential Scholar Analyzes Trump Impeachment

    Published: 9/27/2019
  13. The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods

    Published: 9/23/2019
  14. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Her Favorite Dissent

    Published: 9/9/2019
  15. Why Your Social Life is a Matter of Life and Death with Linda Waite

    Published: 8/26/2019
  16. Revolutionizing Economics By Studying People In The Real World With John List

    Published: 8/12/2019
  17. The Unknown History Of The White Power Movement With Kathleen Belew

    Published: 7/29/2019
  18. The Missing Link In Evolution with Neil Shubin

    Published: 7/15/2019
  19. Guest Show - No Jargon

    Published: 7/1/2019
  20. Trump and the Changing Power of the Presidency with William Howell

    Published: 6/17/2019

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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.