

Scientific Sense ®
Gill Eapen
Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.
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Oct 21, 2025 • 56min
Prof Setha Low of CUNY on Beach Politics
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Setha Low is Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Women's and Gender Studies at the graduate institute of the New York City University. Her research interests include Anthropology of space and place Ethnography and Qualitative Methodology.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Oct 18, 2025 • 1h 4min
Prof Christine Webb of NYU on the Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Christine Webb is assistant professor at New York University, where she is part of the Animal Studies program. Her research focuses on the social behavior, cognition, and emotion of nonhuman primates. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Oct 14, 2025 • 59min
Prof. Ranjay Gulati of Harvard Business School on How to Be Bold
 Ranjay Gulati, a Harvard Business School professor and author of How to Be Bold, explores the nature of everyday courage. He discusses how courage can be cultivated through training and mental practices, using examples from WWII and Marine Corps training. Ranjay shares insights on navigating uncertainty, coping with chaos, and the importance of social support in fostering bravery. He also highlights the energizing power of conviction and stresses focusing on the process over outcomes to sustain performance in challenging situations. 

Oct 10, 2025 • 55min
Prof. Christopher Bae of the Univ. of Hawaii on Asian hominin variability and the Chibanian puzzle
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor Christopher Bae is professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii. His research interests include hominin fossils, vertebrate taphonomy, and lithics.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Oct 1, 2025 • 1h 14min
Prof. Carmen Reinhart of Harvard on Sovereign Debt
 Prof. Carmen Reinhart, a prominent Harvard economist and former Chief Economist at the World Bank, dives deep into sovereign debt dynamics. She contrasts high-yield corporate bonds with emerging-market sovereign debt, highlighting shared risk behaviors. Reinhart reveals the complexities of sovereign defaults versus corporate restructurings and discusses the historical average losses from defaults. She also examines China’s role as a selective lender and the socio-economic impacts of defaults, emphasizing their dire effects on GDP and health. 

Sep 27, 2025 • 51min
Prof. Tanya Luhrmann of Stanford on Porosity is the Heart of Religion
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tanya Marie Luhrmann is Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Psychology. Her work focuses on the edge of experience: on voices, visions, the world of the supernatural and the world of psychosis.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Sep 21, 2025 • 57min
Prof. Shelly Flagel and Prof. Jacinta Beehner of the University of Michigan on goal/sign tracking
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Shelly Flagel is Prof. Shelly Flagel is Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor at the Michigan Neuroscience Institute. Her research focuses on understanding the biological and psychological factors that contribute to individual differences in vulnerability to mental illness, particularly addiction.. Her research focuses on understanding the biological and psychological factors that contribute to individual differences in vulnerability to mental illness, particularly addiction.Prof. Jacinta Beehner is an associate professor of psychology and biological anthropology at the University of Michigan. She co-directs the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project in Ethiopia, and the Capuchins at Taboga Project in Costa Rica.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Sep 17, 2025 • 58min
Prof. Dani Bassett of UPenn and Prof. Perry Zurn of American University on curiosity.
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Dani Bassett is Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Physics & Astronomy, Neurology, and Psychiatry. They are also an external professor of the Santa Fe Institute. Bassett is most well-known for blending neural and systems engineering to identify fundamental mechanisms of cognition and disease in human brain networks. Prof. Perry Zurn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University. He researches primarily in political philosophy, critical theory, and has collaborated in psychology and network neuroscience. He is especially interested in the politics of inquiry and voice, material histories of resistance, poetics, and ecologies. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Sep 12, 2025 • 52min
Prof. Itay Goldstein of UPenn on financial institutions,.AI-Powered Trading, and Collusion
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Itay Goldstein is Professor of Finance and Economics at the Wharton Business School of University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include feedback effects between financial markets and real economy, financial fragility and crises, financial institutions, and marketPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 

Sep 7, 2025 • 59min
Prof. Angus Fletcher of Ohio State on Why Computers Will Never Read (or Write) Literature
 Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Angus Fletcher is Professor of Story Science at Ohio State’s Project Narrative for the study of how stories work. His most recent book is Primal Intelligence, you are smarter than you know.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1 


