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Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds

Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds

39 episodes


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The Good-Enough Life with Dr Avram Alpert

Published: Sept. 2, 2023, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 29 seconds

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Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness with Professor Nicholas Humphrey

Published: July 15, 2023, 12:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 9 seconds

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The Smartness Mandate with Professor Orit Halpern

Published: June 6, 2023, 10:35 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 21 seconds

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Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion with Richard Conniff

Published: May 28, 2023, 11:12 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 33 seconds

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Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub with Robert Buderi

Published: May 20, 2023, 12:55 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 8 seconds

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Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity with Prof. Chris Impey

Published: April 16, 2023, 12:53 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 30 seconds

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Reclaiming Human Intelligence and How to Stay Smart in a Smart World with Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer

Published: April 1, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 1 second

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A Travellers Guide to the Stars with Physicist, Author and Nasa Technologist Les Johnson

Published: March 13, 2023, 8 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 44 seconds

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When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn with Professor Richard Ellis

Published: Jan. 29, 2023, 11:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 24 seconds

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Cloud Empires: Governing State-like Digital Platforms & Regaining Control with Prof Vili Lehdonvirta

Published: Jan. 8, 2023, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 45 seconds

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The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart with Professor Sian Harding

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 19 seconds

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Working with AI: Human-Machine Collaborations with Prof. Thomas Davenport and Prof. Steven Miller

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 38 seconds

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"Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built" with Professor William Harris

Published: Oct. 15, 2022, 5:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 31 seconds

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The Case Against Reality and The Hard Problem of Consciousness with Professor Donald Hoffman

Published: July 19, 2022, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 18 seconds

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Augmented Thinking: The New Convergence of Art, Technology, and Science with Professor Julio Ottino

Published: June 27, 2022, 11:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds

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Machines like Us: TOWARD AI WITH COMMON SENSE with Professor Ronald Brachman

Published: June 4, 2022, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds

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The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds with Professor Christopher Mason

Published: May 19, 2022, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 38 seconds

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"The Joy of Science" with Professor Jim Al-Khalili

Published: May 13, 2022, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 45 seconds

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"Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" with Professor Melanie Mitchell

Published: May 1, 2022, 1:19 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 27 seconds

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The End of Astronauts, Robotic Space Missions and Our Future on Earth & Beyond with Prof Martin Rees

Published: March 31, 2022, 6:26 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 9 seconds

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"Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life" with Professor Timothy Jorgensen

Published: March 17, 2022, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 32 seconds

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Asking Better Questions for Problem Solving, Innovation and Effective Leadership with Hal Gregersen

Published: Feb. 27, 2022, 10:15 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 10 seconds

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On Public Communication of Science and Technology with Professor Bruce Lewenstein

Published: Feb. 12, 2022, 2:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds

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"Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering" with Dr Scott Small

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 1:37 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 11 seconds

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"Learning How to Learn": Techniques to Help You Learn with Dr Barbra Oakley (CLASSIC)

Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 44 seconds

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"The Self-Assembling Brain" and Quest for Improved AI with Professor Peter Robin Hiesinger

Published: Nov. 7, 2021, 10:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Quantum Computers: Building and Harnessing the Power of Quantum Machines with Prof. Andrea Morello

Published: Aug. 31, 2021, 12:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 50 seconds

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"Nano Comes to Life": DNA NanoTech, Medicine and the Future of Biology with Professor Sonia Contera

Published: Aug. 22, 2021, 1:46 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 41 seconds

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"Free Will" Through the Lenses of Philosophy and Neuroscience with Dr Alfred Mele

Published: July 25, 2021, 7:33 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 14 seconds

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Time, Space and Nature of Reality through the Lens of Quantum Theory with Dr Carlo Rovelli

Published: June 13, 2021, 6:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 seconds

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The Spike: Journey of Electric Signals in Brain from Perception to Action with Prof. Mark Humphries

Published: June 7, 2021, 2:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 35 seconds

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History of Information with Professor Paul Duguid

Published: April 19, 2021, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 43 seconds

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"On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" with Professor David Badre

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 10 seconds

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"Philosophy & Ethics of Technology" with Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 11 seconds

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"Philosophy of Technology" with Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek

Published: Jan. 31, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 11 seconds

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"A Passion for Ignorance" and for Denials and Negations with Professor Renata Salecl

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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Intriguing Science of Sense of Smell with Professor Matthew Cobb

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 seconds

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"Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds" with Dr Dan Hooper

Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 36 seconds

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"The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)" with Dr Katie Mack

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 12:37 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 14 seconds

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Artificial Intelligence: Fascinating Opportunities & Emerging Challenges with Professor Bart Selman

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 11:54 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 3 seconds

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"Philosophy of Information" and "Ethics of Information" with Professor Luciano Floridi

Published: July 5, 2020, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 16 seconds

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"The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for The Anthropocene" with Professor Jurgen Renn

Published: June 2, 2020, 3:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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"Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" with Professor David Hand

Published: March 11, 2020, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 57 seconds

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Origin Of Mathematics and Mathematical Thinking with Dr Keith Devlin

Published: March 2, 2020, 8:42 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 19 seconds

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Timefulness: Thinking Like a Geologist with Professor Marcia Bjornerud

Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 1:47 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 53 seconds

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"The Technology Trap" and the Future of Work with Dr Carl Frey

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 4:58 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 38 seconds

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How Cooking Made Us Human with Professor Richard Wrangham

Published: July 20, 2019, 10:12 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds

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Spitzer Space Telescope: Discovering "More Things in the Heavens" with Michael Werner

Published: July 2, 2019, 11:31 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

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"Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason" with Justin Smith

Published: June 16, 2019, 4:16 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds

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"2062: The World That AI Made" with Professor Toby Walsh

Published: April 10, 2019, 8:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds

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Robots, Artificial Life and Technology Imagined by the Ancients with Adrienne Mayor

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 10:20 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 19 seconds

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Origin of Human Emotions and Underlying Neurophysiological Functions with Professor Joseph LeDoux

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 11:57 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds

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A History of the Concept of Genius from Antiquity to the Modern Time with Professor Darrin McMohan

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 11:56 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 53 seconds

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Memory Slips, Ageing and Strategies For Keeping Brain Healthy with Dr Gary Small

Published: Nov. 17, 2018, 9:32 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 12 seconds

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Phoenix Mars Mission with NASA's Peter Smith

Published: Nov. 17, 2018, 9:31 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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False Memories, Misinformation Effect and Eyewitness Testimony: Professor Elizabeth Loftus

Published: April 2, 2018, 12:24 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 59 seconds

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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age with Professor Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

Published: Feb. 17, 2018, 10:32 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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Why You Are Not Your Brain? A Conversation on Consciousness with Alva Noe

Published: April 24, 2017, 12:49 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds

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Everything a Curious Mind Should Know About Planetary Ring Systems: Dr Mark Showalter @ BTG

Published: Nov. 27, 2016, 10:27 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds

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A Conversation with Dr Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut and Sixth Person to Walk on the Moon

Published: Nov. 6, 2016, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 20 seconds

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Giant Magellan Telescope: Past, Present and Future of Space Exploration with Ground Based Telescopes

Published: Oct. 13, 2016, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 21 seconds

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Education: What works and what does not, with Professor John Hattie

Published: Dec. 31, 2015, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds

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Search for Exoplanets: A Discussion with Professor Sara Seager @ BTG

Published: Oct. 16, 2015, 10:14 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 8 seconds

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New Horizons Spacecraft's Pluto Flyby with Dr Mark Showalter

Published: May 17, 2015, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 38 seconds

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Multiple Intelligences and Future Minds with Dr Howard Gardner

Published: March 7, 2015, 11:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 35 seconds

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From Consciousness to Synthetic Consciousness: Prof. David Chalmers

Published: March 1, 2015, 10:47 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 47 seconds

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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Dr Jill Tarter

Published: Dec. 27, 2014, 4:13 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 38 seconds

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Growth Mindset: Professor Carol Dweck at BTG

Published: Nov. 30, 2014, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds

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Memory: Professor Daniel Schacter at BTG

Published: Nov. 30, 2014, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 seconds

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Philosophy of Science: Professor Tim Maudlin at BTG

Published: Nov. 30, 2014, 2:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 seconds

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Meta-awareness and Mind Wandering: Professor Jonathan Schooler at BTG

Published: Oct. 24, 2014, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 55 seconds

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