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2026-09-07 · Future-gazing
by Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Research Fellow for Future Issues and Technology, Nanyang Technological University
What happens on Earth the day a space probe finds a living microbe on another planet?
0:00 / 9:48 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-09-07 · For the curious
by Keisha M. Wint, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Binghamton University, State University of New York
When adults say someone went to sleep, what does a grieving child actually hear?
0:00 / 7:49 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-09-05 · Future-gazing
by Robert Muggah, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
0:00 / 19:29 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-09-04 · For the curious
by K. R. Prathyusha, Research Associate, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
0:00 / 26:12 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-09-03 · Behind the news
by Maria A. Rodas, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
How do you share a culture with millions of strangers without everything starting to look the same?
0:00 / 8:39 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-09-02 · For the curious
by Martin Carcasson, Director, Center for Public Deliberation, Colorado State University
0:00 / 23:42 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-26 · For the curious
by Michael Naparstek, Associate Teaching Professor Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
What kind of religion begins with the idea that the world doesn't need saving?
0:00 / 9:12 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-24 · For the curious
by Olivia Harper Wilkins, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dickinson College
How do you map the chemistry of a star that hasn't even been born yet?
0:00 / 9:25 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-08-20 · Behind the news
by Jay L. Zagorsky, Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
0:00 / 23:27 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-20 · For the curious
by Erin Clabough, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
If children are naturally curious, why do so many classrooms run on stress?
0:00 / 8:30 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-08-17 · For the curious
by Mark Schroeder, Professor of Philosophy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
When someone does you a favor, does it matter if they are also helping themselves?
0:00 / 6:43 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-14 · Future-gazing
by Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
When Earth goes quiet, how do robots on the Moon decide what to do next?
0:00 / 7:08 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-08-14 · Behind the news
by Regan E. Dunn, Associate Curator at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum; Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
0:00 / 20:39 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-13 · For the curious
by Mimi Hanaoka, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Richmond
0:00 / 23:13 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-12 · Behind the news
by Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
If a political party changes its values, how does it win back the voters who didn't?
0:00 / 10:57 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-11 · For the curious
by Jessica Griffin, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Peditrics, UMass Chan Medical School
0:00 / 28:15 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-08 · Behind the news
by Garret Martin, Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
0:00 / 28:32 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-08 · For the curious
by Christopher Magra, Professor of American History, University of Tennessee
How do you fight a naval war when your only ships are wooden fishing boats?
0:00 / 7:40 · Narrator Algieba
2026-08-07 · For the curious
by Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio
0:00 / 15:22 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-05 · Future-gazing
by Rachel Noorda, Associate Professor of Publishing, Portland State University
0:00 / 15:30 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-05 · Behind the news
by Clara Hill, Research Associate in Human Development, Washington State University
How do you protect a teenager who is finally old enough to leave home?
0:00 / 7:47 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-04 · Behind the news
by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
0:00 / 17:50 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-08-03 · Behind the news
by Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
How do you win back working people when you no longer understand how they see the world?
0:00 / 10:58 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-31 · For the curious
by Peter Dziedzic, Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, Harvard University
Why are the verses of a Hindu mystic still recited at Muslim shrines in Kashmir?
0:00 / 9:42 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-30 · Behind the news
by Pawan Jain, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Michigan Flint
0:00 / 21:54 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-28 · Behind the news
by David Blazar, Associate Professor of public policy and education, University of Maryland
How do you recruit Black teachers to a school system that spent decades pushing them out?
0:00 / 8:41 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-23 · Future-gazing
by Steve Strauss, University Distinguished Professor of Forest Biotechnology, Oregon State University
Could a new way of reading DNA bring a lost forest giant back to the woods?
0:00 / 9:15 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-19 · Behind the news
by Christopher A. Cooper, Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs, Western Carolina University
0:00 / 15:57 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-19 · For the curious
by Matthew Pittman, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Tennessee
Why does a pushy advertisement start to feel like a relief after a few minutes of scrolling?
0:00 / 8:45 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-07-17 · Future-gazing
by Aldo Romero, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University
How do scientists build a computer out of particles that can be in two places at once?
0:00 / 10:42 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-15 · Future-gazing
by Clive Neal, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
How do you pick the right piece of ground for a permanent home on the Moon?
0:00 / 5:57 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-13 · Smart escape
by Tara Hohoff, Associate Mammalogist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
How do you help a bat find its way back outside when it turns up in your home?
0:00 / 6:25 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-07-12 · Behind the news
by Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
0:00 / 18:53 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-11 · For the curious
by Thomas Adam, Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
How did a game meant to exhaust rowdy schoolboys turn into the world’s most popular sport?
0:00 / 8:09 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-08 · For the curious
by Khachatur Manukyan, Associate Research Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
Why did Benjamin Franklin turn to chemistry and botany to make paper money feel real?
0:00 / 8:41 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-05 · Behind the news
by Sylvain Barbot, Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
0:00 / 15:37 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-05 · Behind the news
by Patty Heyda, Professor of Urban Design and Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis
If a map is a tool for building a world, who decides what stays off the page?
0:00 / 7:38 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-07-02 · Behind the news
by Sandra Matz, Professor of Business, Columbia University
If privacy is a right, why has it become so difficult for most people to protect?
0:00 / 7:16 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-28 · Smart escape
by Carla Vecchiola, Lecturer in History, University of Michigan-Dearborn
If you keep returning to a city for its music, what do you actually owe the locals?
0:00 / 10:38 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-06-26 · Behind the news
by Sanaa El-Sayed, PhD student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan
What do a few fossil fish in the desert say about the birth of the modern ocean?
0:00 / 7:48 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-24 · For the curious
by Paul Wachtel, Emeritus Professor of Economics, New York University
0:00 / 19:31 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-23 · Future-gazing
by Christopher Karwin, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
Could a faint glow at the center of the Milky Way be the fingerprint of dark matter?
0:00 / 8:08 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-22 · Future-gazing
by Achim Zeileis, Professor of Statistics, University of Innsbruck
0:00 / 13:04 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-21 · For the curious
by Steve S. Medeiros, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Connecticut
What happens when a soldier and an Iraqi interpreter discover they mourn in the same way?
0:00 / 7:55 · Narrator Charon
2026-06-18 · For the curious
by Matthew Alemu, Special Advisor, Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan; Northeastern University
If a father is gone, does the specific shape of his absence change the person left behind?
0:00 / 8:56 · Narrator Algieba
2026-06-17 · Behind the news
by Julia Gaffield, Professor of History, William & Mary
0:00 / 19:05 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-11 · For the curious
by Melissa Maffeo, Teaching Professor of Psychology, Wake Forest University
What makes a brain turn a strange sensation into a ghost sighting?
0:00 / 9:32 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-05 · Behind the news
by Carrie McDonough, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
If forever chemicals transform inside us, how can we ever trace their true origins?
0:00 / 9:17 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-03 · Behind the news
by Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz
When a cancer is considered "undruggable," what finally changes the narrative?
0:00 / 5:32 · Narrator Charon
2026-06-01 · For the curious
by Douglas Goodwin, Lecturer in Design and Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts
What truly happens to a wild color when it reaches your screen?
0:00 / 8:08 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-05-29 · Future-gazing
by Gideon Yoffe, Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science
If life organizes chemistry in unique ways, how do we read those patterns from distant moons?
0:00 / 8:13 · Narrator Rasalgethi
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