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| The Most Delicious Poison with Noah Whiteman | 14 Aug 2024 | 00:39:04 | |
Indre welcomes evolutionary biologist and UC Berkeley professor, Noah Whiteman unto the Inquiring Minds Show to delve into the world of nature’s toxins and Whiteman’s new book. "Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature's Toxins from Spices to Vices.” explores the adaptations that have enabled various organisms to not only survive but thrive in environments laden with toxic substances, such as the monarch butterfly's resistance to milkweed toxins, and the broader and intricate relationships between plants and animals, focusing on how certain organisms have evolved to resist or utilize toxins for survival. Their discussion highlights the potential medical benefits of plant-derived compounds, the importance of biodiversity, and how nature’s poisons aren’t all harmful but can be extremely beneficial to human health in the right contexts to be harnessed for therapeutic purposes. This duality underscores the importance of a nuanced understanding of toxins and their roles in nature. Listen in to get a rich insight into the intersection of science and society, as Whiteman articulates the broader implications of his research, the case studies mentioned in his new book, and an overall appreciation for the deep complexity of nature’s toxins and how they affect life on Earth for all living things. Links: Inquiring Minds Homepage: https://inquiring.show/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds See https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information | |||
| Revealing the Secrets of Supercommunicators with Charles Duhigg | 07 Aug 2024 | 00:44:40 | |
In this intriguing episode, Indre chats with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and renowned author of The Power of Habit and Smarter, Better, Faster, Charles Duhigg, to discuss his latest book “Supercommunicators”.
Their conversation delves into he crucial role of effective communication in building meaningful relationships and enhancing quality of life.
Duhigg shares insights from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, emphasizing the importance of close relationships for happiness and health as well as categorizes conversations into practical, emotional, and social types, explaining how understanding these can improve communication skills.
Exploring further into the contents of Duhigg’s new book, they talk about the neuroscience behind communication and strategies for navigating difficult conversations.
This episode is packed with practical advised and prize-winning insights and ideas for anyone who wants to learn how to improve their communication skills, build deeper relationships, and have more meaningful interactions with the people around them.
Links:
Inquiring Minds Homepage: https://inquiring.show/
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| Don’t Panic, but Robert Sapolsky Says There’s No Free Will | 18 Oct 2023 | 00:48:00 | |
This week we talk to Robert Sapolsky—MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery at Stanford—about his new book Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will. | |||
| Up To Date | Mosquitoes, robots, pupils, beavers, and Earth’s crust | 28 Jul 2020 | 00:26:55 | |
This week: A new study showing how you can, as a way to control their population, change blood-drinking female mosquitoes to male, non-biting mosquitoes by changing just one gene; research into new ways for robots to grab things; a study showing the ways in which the pupils of people who have PTSD react differently than others, even in emotionally-neutral situations; beavers in Alaska are working overtime in the Arctic tundra as a result of climate change and possibly damaging the ecosystem; and research examining how the Earth’s crust cracked in the first place. | |||
| A Story about Forests, People, and the Future | 23 Jul 2020 | 00:39:05 | |
We talk to science reporter Zach St. George about his new book The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future. | |||
| From the slave trade to climate change—why corporations defend the indefensible | 16 Jul 2020 | 00:40:01 | |
We talk to environmental attorney Barbara Freese about her new book Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change. | |||
| The Language of Butterflies | 08 Jul 2020 | 00:39:11 | |
We talk to science writer Wendy Williams about her new book The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect. | |||
| Up To Date | The Drake equation 2.0; Nanotech yeast; Why are plants green?; Wasp boxing | 30 Jun 2020 | 00:21:59 | |
This week: New astrophysics research on the likelihood of there being intelligent life on other planets in our solar system; a study in which atomic force microscopy was used to study the biology of yeast; research into why the chlorophyll in plants doesn’t absorb peak (green) sunlight; and a look at a study that involves watching wasps fight each other in front of a crowd. | |||
| Where educators go wrong | 23 Jun 2020 | 00:39:16 | |
We talk to Tony Wagner, a globally recognized expert in education and senior research fellow at the Learning Policy Institute, about his new book Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education. | |||
| The history of structural racism in medicine | 16 Jun 2020 | 00:45:23 | |
We talk to Robert Rosencrans, an MD/PhD student at the The University of Alabama at Birmingham about the history of structural racism in medicine and the problems with race-based medicine. | |||
| How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another | 09 Jun 2020 | 00:35:50 | |
In her book, The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another, materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez explores how eight inventions—clocks, steel rails, copper communication cables, photographic film, light bulbs, hard disks, scientific labware, and silicon chips—shaped human society. In this episode, we explore the importance of materials and learn about the unsung heroes who crafted them into tools we use every day. | |||
| Galileo’s fight is still relevant today | 02 Jun 2020 | 00:38:58 | |
We talk to astrophysicist Mario Livio about his new book Galileo: And the Science Deniers. A note before today’s episode: We have all been watching the escalation of police violence against protesters and Black people and if you consider yourself someone who cares about the injustices and racism being levied against Black communities, I want to ask you to do something about it. If you have a platform, use it. If you have money to spare, donate it. At the very least you have your voice and your time. There is a deep anti-Blackness in America and this is an inflection point. When white silence equals violence, there’s no defending complacency. We support Black voices, we support protesters, and we’re horrified by the actions of police. Please consider taking action. Find a local bail fund to support here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd — Adam Isaak, Inquiring Minds producer | |||
| A History of the Afterlife | 26 May 2020 | 00:36:40 | |
We talk to noted historian Bart Ehrman about his new book Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. | |||
| The Science of Allergies and Why We Have Them | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:44:29 | |
This week we talk to medical anthropologist and science writer Theresa MacPhail about her new book Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World. | |||
| A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life | 06 May 2020 | 00:37:39 | |
We talk to Lulu Miller, cofounder of NPR's Invisibilia, about her new book Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life. | |||
| The behavioral economics of baseball | 25 Apr 2020 | 00:38:31 | |
We talk to writer Keith Law about the behavioral economics of baseball and his new book The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves. | |||
| Up To Date | Plastic-eating enzymes; 5,000-year-old egg decorating; why you still can’t buy love; and the neural basis of creativity | 14 Apr 2020 | 00:28:49 | |
This week: New research on a biological enzyme that can break down the plastic we use for water bottles; a brief look into the history of egg decorating; a new study on the social consequences of a financially contingent self-worth; and a summary of new research involving jazz guitarists improvising while wearing EEGs on their heads. | |||
| Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You | 07 Apr 2020 | 00:34:41 | |
We talk to journalist and founder of the Neurodiversity Project Jenara Nerenberg about her new book Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You. | |||
| Revisiting the Dunning-Kruger Effect with David Dunning | 31 Mar 2020 | 00:32:25 | |
We talk to social psychologist David Dunning about his well-known 1999 study on why people are so bad at knowing how smart they are. He explains what people get wrong about it today, and what he’s learned since then. | |||
| How the internet is changing the English language | 24 Mar 2020 | 00:37:54 | |
We talk to linguist Gretchen McCulloch about her new book Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language. | |||
| The science of streaks and the hot hand | 17 Mar 2020 | 00:38:06 | |
We talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen about his new book The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks. | |||
| The neuroscience of how we learn | 10 Mar 2020 | 00:36:56 | |
We talk to French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene about his new book How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine … for Now. | |||
| A Totally Fictional but Essentially True Silicon Valley Story | 25 Feb 2020 | 00:39:38 | |
We talk to Jessica Powell, a writer and former VP of Communications for Google, about her new book The Big Disruption: A Totally Fictional but Essentially True Silicon Valley Story. | |||
| Up To Date | Ancient Dates; Mummy Voices; Mouse Memories | 12 Feb 2020 | 00:18:18 | |
This week: scientists successfully germinated 2,000-year-old date palm seeds and we might soon know what 2,000-year-old dates taste like; another group of researchers 3D modeled a 3,000-year-old mummy’s vocal tract and what they may have sounded like; and new research on how support cells in brains, called microglia, affect memory in mice. | |||
| Why It’s Important to Know What’s Actually in Your Clothes | 26 Sep 2023 | 00:36:04 | |
This week we talk to journalist and sustainable fashion expert Alden Wicker about her book To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick—and How We Can Fight Back. | |||
| The Poison Squad | 04 Feb 2020 | 00:40:04 | |
We talk to science journalist Deborah Blum about her new book The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. | |||
| The Hidden World of the Fox | 28 Jan 2020 | 00:30:34 | |
We talk to wildlife researcher and writer Adele Brand about her new book The Hidden World of the Fox. | |||
| We need a better, more democratic internet | 21 Jan 2020 | 00:38:36 | |
We talk to professor of information studies at UCLA and director of the UC Digital Cultures Lab Ramesh Srinivasan about his new book Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow. | |||
| 2019 Year End Wrap-Up | 31 Dec 2019 | 00:32:12 | |
Indre, along with fellow neuroscientist and person who is her husband, Adam Bristol, recap their favorite science stories and interviews of 2019. | |||
| We might be approaching the study of cancer all wrong | 23 Dec 2019 | 00:49:49 | |
We talk to oncologist, professor of medicine, and director of the MDS Center at Columbia University Azra Raza about her new book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last. | |||
| Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution | 16 Dec 2019 | 00:39:57 | |
We talk to environmental journalist Beth Gardiner about her new book Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution. | |||
| The Blockchain and the Future of Everything | 03 Dec 2019 | 00:40:48 | |
We talk to Michael Casey, Senior Advisor for Blockchain Opportunities at MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, about his new book, co-authored with Paul Vigna, The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything. | |||
| The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains | 19 Nov 2019 | 00:39:21 | |
We talk to neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, author of the new book The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. | |||
| How Language Shapes Thought | 12 Nov 2019 | 00:46:59 | |
We talk to cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsk about how language can influence the way we think. | |||
| The History, Science, and Future of Heart Disease | 29 Oct 2019 | 00:45:27 | |
We talk to cardiologist, writer, and clinical researcher Haider Warraich about his new book State of the Heart: Exploring the History, Science, and Future of Cardiac Disease. | |||
| How You Could Have Survived History’s Disasters | 10 Aug 2023 | 00:30:55 | |
This week we talk to writer Cody Cassidy about his new book How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes. | |||
| The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini | 22 Oct 2019 | 00:45:58 | |
We talk to author and journalist Joe Posnanski about his new book The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini. | |||
| Silicon Valley: A Satire | 16 Oct 2019 | 00:26:49 | |
We talk to New York Times writer and journalist Matt Richtel about his new novel, written under the pen name A. B. Jewell, called The Man Who Wouldn't Die. | |||
| Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime | 08 Oct 2019 | 00:37:28 | |
We talk to theoretical physicist Sean Carroll about his new book Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime. | |||
| The Science of Behavior-Altering Parasites | 01 Oct 2019 | 00:38:39 | |
We talk to parasitologist and co-author of Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, Kelly Weinersmith. | |||
| Why We Need Insects | 24 Sep 2019 | 00:34:31 | |
We talk to professor of conservation biology Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson about her new book Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects. | |||
| Kishore’s Send-Off! | 17 Sep 2019 | 00:15:32 | |
After nearly 5 years of co-hosting Inquiring Minds, Kishore is heading off to conquer the rest of the science world. He has been an incredible friend to us at the show, and we’re sad to see him go, but excited to see what amazing things he does next. Thanks, Kishore. If you want to reach out to him, he’s @sciencequiche on Twitter. | |||
| Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes | 03 Sep 2019 | 00:40:51 | |
We talk to science journalist David Robson about his new book The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes. | |||
| Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World | 13 Aug 2019 | 00:53:38 | |
We talk to sports and science writer David Epstein about his latest book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. | |||
| Sharks: The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians | 07 Aug 2019 | 00:46:25 | |
We talk to ocean conservationist William McKeever about his new book Emperors of the Deep: Sharks--The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians. | |||
| A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind | 30 Jul 2019 | 00:35:15 | |
We talk to author Annaka Harris about her new book Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. | |||
| How to Stop Your Brain from Falling for Lies | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:45:08 | |
This week we talk to psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris about their new book Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It. | |||
| The American Automobile: Past, Present, and Driverless | 17 Jul 2019 | 00:50:00 | |
We talk to writer Dan Albert about his new book Are We There Yet?: The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless. | |||
| Neal Stephenson - Fall; or, Dodge in Hell | 02 Jul 2019 | 00:32:41 | |
We talk to celebrated speculative fiction writer Neal Stephenson about his latest book Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel. | |||
| In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids | 24 Jun 2019 | 01:01:05 | |
We talk to bioethicist Travis Rieder about his new book In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids. | |||