The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner show

The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

Summary: The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across media, politics, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.

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Podcasts:

 The Origin of the FDA Mandate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1707

Novelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America.

 Optimizing Ourselves to Death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1687

Mathematician Coco Krumme discusses her book "Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization" 

 Brain on Brain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1665

Science writer Benjamin Ehrlich discusses his new book "The Brain in Search of Itself.”

 Chips, AI, and WWIII | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1324

Author Chris Miller talks about the intersection of chipmakers and geopolitical crises.  

 What Fungi Means for Humanity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1640

Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic. 

 The Next Hub of American Innovation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1676

Tech journalist Robert Buderi discusses his new book  "Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub."

 The Persistence of Eugenics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1641

Undark magazine editor Ashley Smart discusses the intersection of science and society. 

 Mom’s and Dad’s Brains | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1708

Science journalist Chelsea Conaboy discusses how parenthood evolves the brain.

 The Resilience of the Vagina | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1709

Author Rachel Gross discusses her new book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage.

 Living With (And Ending?) Pandemics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1695

Science journalist Richard Conniff discusses public health policies.

 The Future of Science Journalism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1702

Knight Science Journalism @MIT director Deborah Blum discusses the challenges and tactics of contemporary science journalism.

 Addiction in America and the World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1711

Physician Carl Erik Fisher discusses the past, present, and future of addiction.

 Math Rules the World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1688

Mathematician Manil Suri discusses why the objectivity of math is essential to preserving civil society. 

 A Multiplicity of Generational Crises | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1723

 Elder justice leader M.T. Connolly discusses her new book "The Measure of Our Age." 

 The Science of Decisionmaking | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1668

University of Minnesota neuroscientist David Redish discusses the science of our choices.

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