Sinopse
Kitchen table-style conversations with some of the worlds brightest minds, exploring boundaries of human knowledge. Join us on a pursuit to discover the ideas, intuition, theories and thoughts behind these luminaries.
Episódios
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![Rebecca Katz on the past, present, and future of covid-19]()
Rebecca Katz on the past, present, and future of covid-19
31/08/2020 Duração: 59minToday’s guest is Rebecca Katz, a professor and director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown […]
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![David Danks on causality, human-technology interaction, and ethics of autonomous systems]()
David Danks on causality, human-technology interaction, and ethics of autonomous systems
30/12/2019 Duração: 01h22minDavid Danks is a professor of philosophy and psychology and head of the department of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. […]
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![Mahzarin Banaji on the human mind and subconscious biases]()
Mahzarin Banaji on the human mind and subconscious biases
12/11/2019 Duração: 57minMahzarin Banaji is an award-winning experimental psychologist and professor at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Her research explores […]
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![Jonathan Aldrich on the design and evolution of programming languages]()
Jonathan Aldrich on the design and evolution of programming languages
30/09/2019 Duração: 01h07minJonathan Aldrich is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the software engineering Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon’s […]
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![Amy Lippert on visual culture, images, and the celebrity phenomenon]()
Amy Lippert on visual culture, images, and the celebrity phenomenon
19/08/2019 Duração: 01h16minAmy Lippert is a former assistant professor of urban and social history at the University of Chicago, with a particular […]
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![Manu Prakash on the power of observation, curiosity-driven science, and physical biology]()
Manu Prakash on the power of observation, curiosity-driven science, and physical biology
08/07/2019 Duração: 01h10minManu Prakash is a physical biologist, inventor, and associate professor of BioEngineering at Stanford University. Manu was awarded the McArthur […]
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![Kimberlé Crenshaw on the state of civil rights in America, intersectionality and the critical race theory]()
Kimberlé Crenshaw on the state of civil rights in America, intersectionality and the critical race theory
20/05/2019 Duração: 01h10minKimberlé Crenshaw is an American civil rights advocate and legal scholar, well-known for her work around intersectionality and critical race […]
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![Gerta Keller, the forensic detective, on Mass Extinctions, Dinosaurs, and Geo Sciences]()
Gerta Keller, the forensic detective, on Mass Extinctions, Dinosaurs, and Geo Sciences
15/04/2019 Duração: 01h10minGerta Keller is a professor of paleontology and geology in the geo sciences department at Princeton University with a wonderful […]
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![Chika Okeke-Agulu on the call for artistic expression and rise of African Diaspora Art]()
Chika Okeke-Agulu on the call for artistic expression and rise of African Diaspora Art
18/03/2019 Duração: 01h02minChika Okeke-Agulu is an Igbo-Nigerian artist, art historian, art curator, and a blogger specializing in African and African Diaspora art […]
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![Kevin Leyton-Brown on “The Kitten Algorithm”, Computer Science and Economics]()
Kevin Leyton-Brown on “The Kitten Algorithm”, Computer Science and Economics
18/02/2019 Duração: 01h10minKevin Leyton-Brown is an award-winning computer scientist focusing on predominantly two streams of research: 1) algorithmic game theory and 2) […]
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![Mihir Desai on “The muddle of life” and Finance]()
Mihir Desai on “The muddle of life” and Finance
27/01/2019 Duração: 59minMihir Desai is a Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. […]
