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Inquiring Minds

Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. W

Episodes

Total: 461

We talk to Marek Glezerman, professor emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology and currently chairman o

We talk to Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College and author of Black Ho

We talk to Peter Willcox, Captain for Greenpeace for over 30 years and author of Greenpeace Captain:

We welcome best-selling science writer Mary Roach back on the show to talk about her latest book Gru

We talk to professor of marketing and New York Times bestselling author Jonah Berger about his lates

We talk to cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee about his latest book The Gene: An I

We talk to theoretical physicist Sean Carroll about his latest book The Big Picture: On the Origins

Does it take 10,000 hours to become an expert at something? Probably not, says our guest this week—w

We talk to Ben Beard, associate director for climate change and chief of the bacterial diseases bran

This week we talk to geobiologist Hope Jahren about her recent book Lab Girl.Support the show: https

Evidence is mounting that Greenland is melting at a faster and faster rate. We talked to Josh Willis

We talk to Bill Nye about climate change denial and what we can do to fight it.Support the show: htt

We talk to Dr. Greg Marcus, the Director of Clinical Research for the UCSF Division of Cardiology ab

We talk to naturalist and author Sy Montgomery about her latest book The Soul of an Octopus: A Surpr

We talk to science writer and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer about viruses. Viral fragments ma

We talk to Maria Konnikova about her new book The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Ti

We talk to Anthony James, distinguished professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at UC Irvine

We talk to Joanne Ruthsatz and Kimberly Stephens, authors of The Prodigy's Cousin: The Family Link B

On the show this week we talk to J. Kenji López-Alt, managing culinary director of Serious Eats and

On the show this week we talk to social epidemiologist Nancy Krieger about her research that suggest