Episodes
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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Advanced nuclear faces AI’s surging power demand
AI and other emerging technologies are creating demand for reliable clean electricity, forcing a choice between nuclear expansion, alternatives, cost, safety, and deployment speed.
Aug 28, 2026 · 52 min
10% Happier with Dan Harris
Sara Bareilles finds creative freedom in grief and acceptance
Bareilles connects grief, mental-health treatment, fertility, aging, and political disillusionment through a shared argument for meeting reality without trying to fix it.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 4m
Short Wave
NASA turns spy-satellite hardware toward the universe
Roman’s unusually broad surveys could test cosmic expansion, map dark matter, find distant planets, and expose discoveries its planners did not anticipate.
Aug 28, 2026 · 14 min
Science Friday
Doctors adopt AI while questioning its authority
AI is entering clinical workflows faster than doctors, patients, and hospitals can agree on how to evaluate, govern, or take responsibility for it.
Aug 28, 2026 · 18 min
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Caleb Campbell challenges achievement’s grip on identity
The conversation examines how ambition can secure external success while leaving personal worth dependent on performance and approval.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 9m
Radiolab
Dolly Parton turns women’s suffering into a language of hope
The episode examines how Dolly’s songs document abuse, abandonment, poverty, and grief while challenging the idea that feminist practice requires the label.
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 10m
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Financial freedom starts with changing money’s emotional grip
Understanding the beliefs and emotional needs behind spending can make financial freedom a question of intentional choices, not just income.
Aug 28, 2026 · 37 min
The Thyroid (and Hormone) Fixer Podcast: Thyropause, Menopause, Metabolism and How to Fix It
Light-based theories challenge conventional views of thyroid signaling
The conversation examines whether modern light exposure and environmental stress affect thyroid and nervous-system regulation, while presenting largely unverified biophoton-based interventions.
Aug 28, 2026 · 58 min
Science Vs
Evidence backs sunscreen, with caveats on vitamin D and skin tone
Sunscreen advice sits at the intersection of cancer prevention, vitamin D, ingredient safety, environmental concerns, and unequal risks across skin tones.
Aug 27, 2026 · 55 min
Science Friday
Climate attribution turns extreme weather into evidence
Attribution science can clarify how climate change worsened specific disasters and shape adaptation, compensation claims, infrastructure decisions, and litigation.
Aug 27, 2026 · 12 min
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Research reframes midlife as a period of growth and control
The episode challenges decline-focused ideas about aging and shows how health, relationships, purpose, and contribution can shape later life.
Aug 27, 2026 · 57 min
Extend Podcast with Darshan Shah, MD
Functional medicine searches for chronic illness’s hidden drivers
The conversation examines whether persistent symptoms require broader investigation of infections, toxins, immune dysfunction, and environmental exposures rather than isolated symptom treatment.
Aug 27, 2026 · 59 min
Something You Should Know
Small talk connects us while existential risks test humanity
The episode links everyday social choices with humanity’s larger challenge of recognizing and managing threats that could reshape or end civilization.
Aug 27, 2026 · 51 min
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Probiotic labels matter more than massive CFU counts
The episode argues that gut-health decisions depend less on supplement marketing than on microbial nourishment, strain-specific evidence, and digestive context.
Aug 27, 2026 · 51 min
Huberman Lab Essentials
Harvard psychiatrist treats severe mental illness with ketogenic diet interventions
This episode reframes mental illnesses not just as chemical imbalances, but as metabolic disorders tied directly to mitochondrial function.
Aug 27, 2026 · 38 min
DarkHorse Podcast: The Evolutionary Lens
Cofnas and Weinstein clash over race, IQ, and heredity
The debate tests whether population differences in cognitive performance can be explained genetically, or whether development, culture, and historical disruption matter more.
Aug 26, 2026 · 2h 3m
10% Happier with Dan Harris
AI anxiety meets Buddhist steadiness
The conversation separates credible technological risks from amplified rhetoric while offering a practical framework for living with uncertainty.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 10m
Short Wave
Metabolic health emerges as a new frontier in psychiatry
The episode examines whether improving insulin signaling and energy metabolism could complement psychiatric care, while stressing that the evidence remains early and incomplete.
Aug 26, 2026 · 12 min
Unexplainable
Synthetic cells expose biology’s hidden machinery
The search for life’s minimum requirements reveals both how much biology remains unexplained and how powerful—and risky—synthetic organisms could become.
Aug 26, 2026 · 31 min
Ologies with Alie Ward — Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE)
Skunk science turns spray, rabies, and stigma into survival lessons
Understanding skunk behavior can reduce dangerous encounters while clarifying the animal’s ecological value and conservation challenges.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 8m
Science Friday
GPS turns military precision into everyday dependence
GPS guides modern life while remaining vulnerable to interference and widely misunderstood as a tracking system.
Aug 26, 2026 · 18 min
The Dr. Hyman Show
Why hidden ADHD coping strategies collapse under chronic stress
The conversation reframes burnout and overwhelm as signs of nervous-system dysregulation that may require more than conventional productivity tools.
Aug 26, 2026 · 57 min
DarkHorse Podcast: The Evolutionary Lens
Rare disasters expose the limits of scientific labels
The episode shows how uncertain evidence, terminology, and data choices can shape explanations of both catastrophes and climate trends.
Aug 26, 2026 · 1h 38m
The Rest Is Science
Language reshapes what the senses notice
The episode tests whether words merely describe perception or actively organize how people experience smells, colors, emotions, and history.
Aug 26, 2026 · 49 min