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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Jun 22, 2024 • 57min
Prof. Philip Koopman of Carnegie Mellon University on autonomous vehicles.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Philip Koopman is Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests focus on self-driving car safety and embedded systems
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Jun 5, 2024 • 56min
Prof. Peter Littlewood on phase transitions, and the connections between Physics, Biology and AI
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Peter Littlewood is professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. His research activities include the dynamics of collective transport and phenomenology and microscopic theory of superconductors.
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Jun 3, 2024 • 54min
Prof. Michael Dorf of Cornell on the nonidentity problem, debt ceiling, and Civil Disobedience
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Dorf is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He has authored or co-authored well over one hundred scholarly articles and essays for law reviews, books, and peer-reviewed science and social science journals.
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May 31, 2024 • 60min
Prof. Bruce Ovbiagele of UCSF on Stroke and Global Health Equity
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Bruce Ovbiagele, is a professor of neurology and associate dean at UCSF, and chief of staff at the San Francisco Veterans Health Care System. Dr. Ovbiagele’s research focuses on reducing the burden of stroke in both the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa.
May 23, 2024 • 1h 1min
Prof. Viral Acharya of NYU on myopic governments, decarbonization, contingent credit, and employment
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Viral Acharya is Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. He was a Resident Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2017 to 2019 in charge of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, Financial Stability, and Research.
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May 14, 2024 • 59min
Prof. Thane Rosenbaum of Touro University on the first amendment, society, religion and policy
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thane Rosenbaum is Professor of Law at Touro University. He is also the director of the Forum on Life, Culture, & Society, hosted by Touro University. Additionally, he serves as the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio and frequently appears on cable television news programs1.
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May 11, 2024 • 59min
Prof. Joel Bakan on the New Corporation
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Joel Bakan is an author, filmmaker and a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. His work examines the social, economic, and political dimensions of law.
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May 7, 2024 • 1h
Prof. Chris Barrett on ‘Benevolent’ patent extensions, community forests, and crop yield estimation
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Chris Barrett is Professor of Applied Economics and Management and an international professor of agriculture at Cornell University. He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Food Policy and edits the Palgrave Macmillan book series Agricultural Economics and Food Policy.
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May 3, 2024 • 52min
Dr. Paul Heggarty on the history and progression of Indo-Europeans
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Paul Heggarty is a research scientist at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. His research focus is on language (pre)history, aiming to ensure that the perspective from linguistics is better understood outside that field. He works closely with
archaeologists, geneticists and historians.
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Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 12min
Prof. Eugene Volokh of UCLA on freedom of speech for humans, organizations, and AI.
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Eugene Volokh is Professor of Law at UCLA. He teaches First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and firearms regulation policy.
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