Big Brains
Big Brains explores the groundbreaking research and discoveries that are changing our world. In each episode, we talk to leading experts and unpack their work in straightforward terms. Interesting conversations that cover a gamut of topics from how music affects our brains to what happens after we die.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 201
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
How Your Brain Benefits From Music, With Larry Sherman
Music plays an important role in all of our lives. But listening to music or playing an instrument is more than just a creative outlet or hobby — it’s also scientifically good for us. Research shows …
Magic words: Can What You Say Help You Get Your way? with Jonah Berger
Everyone wishes they had a superpower. Well, it turns out you’ve had a secret power since you were a child, you just don’t know how to use it yet. That’s the power of language. In a fascinating new b…
Providing Basic Health Insurance For Every American, With Katherine Baicker
If there is something both sides of the political aisle can agree on, it’s that there is something deeply wrong with health insurance in the United States. What they can’t agree on is how to fix it. …
Why We Fight, With Christopher Blattman
Why do we fight? It’s a seemingly simple question, but it turns out the answers are surprising, deep and crucial to understanding our world. Considering how costly any conflict is in lives and money,…
The Hidden Truths About Sexuality And Gender In The Medieval World, with Roland Betancourt
We often think our debates around sexuality and gender are a modern phenomenon. Some people argue that identities like trans and non-binary have only existed recently. But could the evidence for quee…
How We Could Regrow Limbs And Organs, with Michael Levin
In the near future, birth defects, traumatic injuries, limb loss and perhaps even cancer could be cured through bioelectricity—electrical signals that communicate to our cells how to rebuild themselv…
A Nobelist’s Controversial Approach To Solving Inequality, With James Heckman
Over his distinguished career, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman has dedicated his research to understanding and solving the problem of inequality. He has closely studied how investing in e…
How The Food Industry Created Today’s Obesity Crisis, With Marion Nestle
In today's grocery stores, you can find more sugary snacks, artificial ingredients, and ultra-processed packaged foods. At the same time, the United States has seen an increase in obesity, which is c…
Why Your Gut Health Is So Important, With Cathryn Nagler And Eric Pamer
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Why Mourning Is Essential To Our Well-Being, With Jonathan Lear
The Scientific Secret To A Happy Life, With Marc Schulz
What is the key to living a happy and fulfilling life? The answer is actually quite simple, according to the two scholars behind the longest scientific study of happiness every conducted.
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Unraveling Sleep’s Greatest Mysteries: The Day Tomorrow Began
Is The U.S. Headed Toward Another Civil War? Feat. William Howell
Follow Through On Next Year's Resolutions Using Science With Katy Milkman
As we head into 2023, many of us are setting our new year's resolutions and new goals for the year. It can be hard to stick to these resolutions or accomplish these goals, but there's a technique we …
Why Quantum Tech Will Change Our Future: The Day Tomorrow Began
Fighting Global Hunger Through Genetics With Chuan He
The Origins Of Civilization And The Future Of Archaeology: The Day Tomorrow Began
Can We Predict Your Capacity To Focus? With Monica Rosenberg
