

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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Feb 27, 2024 • 1h
Prof. Cass Sunstein of Harvard University on the power of noticing what was always there
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Cass Sunstein is University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioral Insights and Sciences for Health. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and after that, he served on the President’s Review Board on Intelligence and Communications Technologies and on the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board.
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Feb 23, 2024 • 1h 4min
Prof. Monica L. Smith of UCLA on the Fundamentals of the State
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Monica L. Smith is Professor of Anthropology and the institute of environmental sustainability at UCLA. She is a historian who utilizes archaeological data to analyze the collective effects of routine activities through the study of food, ordinary goods, and architecture.
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Feb 21, 2024 • 51min
Prof. Claudia de Rham of Imperial College on Gravity.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia de Rham is professor is a Theoretical physicist at Imperial College London. She develops and tests cosmological theories dealing with a wide variety of concepts, from the early universe and dark energy to the behavior of gravity.
She has been particularly involved in developing a new theory of massive gravity concerning gravitons, which are hypothetical particles responsible for transmitting gravitational forces. This work has profound implications for the area of research now dubbed ‘beyond Einstein gravity’, which includes exploring new types of particles in the universe and connecting the theories of gravity with current and next-generation astrophysics experiments.
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Feb 15, 2024 • 56min
Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow of the University of Chicago on gestures and language
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow is Professor of Psychology and Comparative Human Development. Her research focuses on the most basic building blocks of language and thought as they are developed in early childhood. Her research has also generated more broadly applicable insights into how the spontaneous gestures that learners produce can reveal their readiness to learn language, math, and scientific concepts.
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Feb 11, 2024 • 52min
Prof. Robin Chazdon on forest regeneration and climatic impacts
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robin Chazdon is Professor Emerita in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut and part-time Research Professor with the Tropical Forests and People Research Centre at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Her long-term and on-going collaborative research focuses on successional pathways, forest regeneration, and ecosystem services provided by forests.
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Feb 7, 2024 • 1h 3min
Prof. Francine Blau of Cornell University on Gender Inequality in the Labor Market
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Francine Blau is Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, a Research fellow of the National he Institute for the Study of Labor, Institute for Economic Research, and German Institute for Economic Research.
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Jan 30, 2024 • 53min
Prof. Ulrike Malmendier of UC Berkely on CEO lifespan
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ulrike Malmendier is the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance at Berkeley Haas and Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley. Her research interests include corporate finance, behavioral economics/behavioral finance; economics of organizations; contract theory; law and economics; law and finance. Her area of focus is the intersection of economics and finance, and why and how individuals make decision—specifically how individuals make mistakes and systematically biased decisions.
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Jan 25, 2024 • 57min
Prof. Laura Veldkamp of Columbia University on a model of the data economy.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Laura Veldkamp is a Professor of Finance at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. Her research focuses on how individuals, investors, and firms get their information, how that information affects the decisions they make, and how those decisions affect the macroeconomy and asset prices. Her recent work examines the data economy and the value of data as an asset.
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Jan 23, 2024 • 51min
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri on Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics of Environmental Values
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is Professor of Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and Professor at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Her research and policy interests are in innovative, human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for the sustainable interaction between nature, society, and the economy.
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Jan 20, 2024 • 1h 11min
Prof. James Robinson of the University of Chicago on Why Nations Fail
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. James Robinson is Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. His work explores the underlying causes of economic and political divergence both historically and today and uses both the mathematical and quantitative methods of economics along with the case study, qualitative and fieldwork methodologies used in other social sciences.
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