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Inquiring Minds

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Dec 31, 2019 • 32min

2019 Year End Wrap-Up

Indre, along with fellow neuroscientist and person who is her husband, Adam Bristol, recap their favorite science stories and interviews of 2019.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 23, 2019 • 50min

We might be approaching the study of cancer all wrong

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.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 16, 2019 • 40min

Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution

We talk to environmental journalist Beth Gardiner about her new book Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Dec 3, 2019 • 41min

The Blockchain and the Future of Everything

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.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Nov 19, 2019 • 39min

The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

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.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Nov 12, 2019 • 47min

How Language Shapes Thought

We talk to cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsk about how language can influence the way we think.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Oct 29, 2019 • 45min

The History, Science, and Future of Heart Disease

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.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Oct 22, 2019 • 46min

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

We talk to author and journalist Joe Posnanski about his new book The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Oct 16, 2019 • 27min

Silicon Valley: A Satire

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.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
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Oct 8, 2019 • 37min

Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

We talk to theoretical physicist Sean Carroll about his new book Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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