Episodes
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Short Wave
Social meals, thunderous birds and Bennu’s clues to life
The episode connects an everyday behavior, a striking animal adaptation and asteroid chemistry to larger questions about how bodies and worlds work.
Oct 2, 2026 · 10 min
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Krakauer separates intelligence from capability in the AI age
The episode asks whether systems that process information at enormous scale are intelligent—or merely powerful, energy-intensive pattern machines.
Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 17m
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John Miles challenges productivity culture’s definition of adaptability
The episode examines how constant demands for output can erode identity and self-worth, while arguing that adaptation need not require surrendering personal values.
Oct 2, 2026 · 18 min
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
A grieving clinician challenges cancer’s “bad luck” narrative
The conversation examines how environmental exposures, genetics, lifestyle, treatment choices, and emotional health may intersect in cancer care.
Oct 2, 2026 · 50 min
Science Friday
Natural history museums fight to preserve science and public trust
Museum closures threaten not only public education but also the physical collections researchers need to study environmental and biodiversity change.
Oct 1, 2026 · 18 min
Extend Podcast with Darshan Shah, MD
Gut health reshapes how women approach hormones
The conversation challenges symptom-focused care by connecting gut function, inflammation, stress, and hormone metabolism to persistent health problems.
Oct 1, 2026 · 56 min
Science Vs
Teen brains intensify emotion before judgment catches up
Understanding adolescent intensity as part of development—not automatic fragility—changes how adults respond to distress, risk, technology, and boys’ emotional lives.
Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 2m
Huberman Lab Essentials
Train focus with biology, structure, and deliberate recovery
The episode frames concentration as a trainable process shaped by neurochemistry, work rhythms, recovery, and carefully chosen interventions.
Oct 1, 2026 · 41 min
Something You Should Know
Smarter risks begin by questioning what feels safe
The episode connects risk avoidance and self-deception, showing how both can narrow choices while disguising uncertainty as protection.
Oct 1, 2026 · 50 min
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Adaptability matters when effort serves an obsolete goal
The conversation examines how people and organizations can preserve purpose while changing strategies, missions, and mental models as circumstances shift.
Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 12m
The Rest Is Science
A kendama turns catching into a lesson in physics
The episode shows how a simple skill toy exposes the mechanics of balance, prediction, materials, and learning before extending those ideas to swimming and planetary science.
Sep 30, 2026 · 41 min
DarkHorse Podcast: The Evolutionary Lens
Migration reshapes the Darién Gap as AI tests the limits of experience
The episode connects migration policy’s local consequences with a broader question about whether intelligence without embodiment can understand reality.
Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 44m
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Nick Friedman confronts the hidden cost of explosive growth
Friedman’s story shows how branding and disciplined scaling can build a national business while intensifying the personal costs of success.
Sep 30, 2026 · 56 min
10% Happier with Dan Harris
Buddhist practice turns relationship conflict into a skill
The episode argues that lasting intimacy depends less on eliminating friction than on meeting it with awareness, honesty, compassion, and boundaries.
Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 13m
Short Wave
Scientists race to map Earth’s hidden biodiversity
The species science has not yet documented could reshape conservation, medicine, and agriculture, but cataloging them raises daunting practical and ethical questions.
Sep 30, 2026 · 14 min
Ologies with Alie Ward — Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE)
Opals reveal Earth’s weathering, microbes and deep time
This episode turns a familiar gemstone into evidence of planetary chemistry, fossil preservation, mining history and unresolved geological questions.
Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 12m
Science Friday
A Fresh Lunar Crater Opens a Window on Alien Technology
The episode connects close study of lunar impacts with a broader question: what durable evidence could reveal intelligent life beyond Earth.
Sep 30, 2026 · 18 min
The Dr. Hyman Show
Nutrition researchers challenge calorie-first health advice
The episode connects rising obesity and chronic disease to food quality, biology, and policy rather than individual willpower alone.
Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 28m
Science of Perception Box
Physicists test whether quantum mechanics can explain consciousness
The conversation probes whether subjective experience requires physics beyond classical brain science, with implications for artificial minds and how reality is perceived.
Sep 30, 2026 · 26 min
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Hard seasons demand a new definition of enough
The episode examines how people can care for themselves while facing trauma, serious illness, caregiving, grief, immigration, and uncertainty.
Sep 30, 2026 · 31 min
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Christopher Yuan reframes sexuality through faith and holiness
The conversation examines how Christian beliefs about sexuality, identity, parenting, and desire shape responses to families facing difficult questions.
Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 44m
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
String theory tests physics beyond the Standard Model
The conversation examines whether extra dimensions, hidden gravity, and emerging models of spacetime can turn string theory into testable physics.
Sep 29, 2026 · 54 min
Short Wave
Inflammation science cuts through wellness hype
Vague claims about chronic inflammation can fuel unnecessary anxiety, while evidence points toward sustainable habits and medical care when disease is diagnosed.
Sep 29, 2026 · 15 min
This Podcast Will Kill You
ALS research confronts a disease with many faces
ALS remains devastating and biologically complex, while limited treatments and emerging therapies make better diagnosis and research models urgent.
Sep 29, 2026 · 1h 23m