

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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Nov 2, 2021 • 1h 14min
Prof. Claudia Goldin of Harvard on Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Toward Equity
Career & Family: Women’s Century Long Journey Toward Equity
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia Goldin is Professor of Economics at Harvard University and was the director of the NBER’s Development of the American Economy program from 1989 to 2017. She is a co-director of the NBER's Gender in the Economy Study Group.

Oct 30, 2021 • 1h 13min
Prof. Matteo Maggiori of Stanford University on investor beliefs, trading, and global capital flows
Five facts about beliefs and portfolios, The joint dynamics of investor beliefs and trading during the covid-19 crash, A model of the international monetary system, International Currencies and Capital Allocation, Redrawing the Map of Global Capital Flows: The Role of Cross-Border Financing and Tax Havens, and Climate change and long-run discount rates: evidence from real estate
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Matteo Maggiori is a Professor of Finance at Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on international macroeconomics and finance.

Oct 28, 2021 • 1h 7min
Prof. Keith Riles of the University of Michigan on Continuous Gravitational Waves
All-sky Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves from Isolated Neutron Stars LIGO Data
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Keith Riles, Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. He carries out research into the fundamental forces of nature, working in both gravitational wave and elementary particle physics.

Oct 23, 2021 • 1h 30min
Dr. Carol Gould and Dr. Ian Williams on the history of Pink Floyd ®
Pink Floyd ®: A look back
Prof. Carol Gould is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches primarily Aesthetics, Philosophy of Psychiatry, and Ancient Greek Philosophy, areas in which she publishes widely.
Dr. Ian Williams wis a biochemist at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford and received an MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. He worked for Pfizer for twenty years heading the Molecular Sciences Department and serving in the Research strategy group.

Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 15min
Mr. Steve Hoffman of Founders Space on how technology is shaping our future
The five forces that change everything: How technology is shaping our future
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Mr. Steve Hoffman who is the CEO of Founders Space, a Silicon Valley based Incubator and Accelerator. He is also a venture investor, serial entrepreneur, and author of several books.

Oct 15, 2021 • 60min
Prof. Wendy Freedman of the University of Chicago on the tension on Hubble Constant measurements
Answering the Most Important Problem in Cosmology Today: Is the Tension in the Hubble Constant Real?
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Professor Wendy Freedman is Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her current projects involve measurements of the Hubble constant -- the current expansion rate, as well as the past expansion rate, providing constraints on the acceleration of the universe and dark energy.

Oct 13, 2021 • 57min
Prof. Vardit Ravitsky of the University of Montreal on the ethics of genetic testing & communication
Conceived and Deceived: The Medical Interests of Donor-Conceived Individuals, Autonomous Choice and the Right to Know One’s Genetic Origins, Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Identifying key clinical, ethical, social, legal and policy issues, The Shifting Landscape of Prenatal Testing: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Public Health, and Let’s Do Better: Public Representations of COVID-19 Science
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Vardit Ravitsky is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal. Her research focuses on the ethics of genomics and reproduction.

Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 8min
Prof. Gianluca Carnabuci of ESMT Berlin on Innovation
Knowledge Specialization, Knowledge Brokerage and the Uneven Growth of Technology Domains, The Ecology of Technological Progress: How Symbiosis and Competition Affect the Growth of Technology Domains, Where do firms’ recombinant capabilities come from? intra-organizational networks, knowledge, and firms’ ability to innovate through technological recombination, Social networks, cognitive style, and innovative performance: a contingency perspective, Risky Recombinations: Institutional Gatekeeping in the Innovation Process, and Categories, attention, and the impact of inventions.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gianluca Carnabuci is a professor of organizational behavior at ESMT Berlin. Gianluca's research interests revolve around the analysis of inter- and intra-organizational networks, with particular regard to the generation and recombination of technological knowledge.

Oct 9, 2021 • 1h 1min
Prof. Michael Gibbs of the University of Chicago on working from Home
Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals, “Working” remotely? selection, treatment, and the market provision of remote work, and Why Working From Home Will Stick
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Gibbs is Clinical Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. He studies the economics of human resources and organizational design.

Oct 7, 2021 • 52min
Dr. Christof Koch of Allen Institute on the architecture of the brain and consciousness
A survey of spiking activity reveals a functional hierarchy of mouse corticothalamic visual areas, Human cortical expansion involves diversification and specialization of supragranular intratelencephalic-projecting neurons, and The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Christof Koch is the Chief Scientist of the MindScope Program at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. His passion are neurons – the atoms of perception, memory, behavior and consciousness – their diverse shapes, electrical behaviors, and their computational function within the mammalian brain, in particular in neocortex.


