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Fresh Air: Wide World of Science

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Get to know the world around you, and yourself, a little better with these interviews exploring scientific questions and discoveries. We discuss how the brain fuctions, the nature of the cosmos, the nature of nature, and what lies on the horizon.

  1. Fresh Air: Wide World of Science Trailer

    29 OCT

    Fresh Air: Wide World of Science Trailer

    Understanding ourselves and the world around us are some of the most profound questions everyone wrestles with. This collection of interviews was compiled with exactly that goal in mind. These interviews explore scientific questions and discoveries and discuss how the brain fuctions, the nature of the cosmos, the nature of nature, and what lies on the horizon. Subscribe to Fresh Air+ to get exclusive access to this and other collections. Plus, you'll get exclusive Fresh Air+ archive episodes every Sunday, and sponsor-free listening for all available episodes. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

    1 min
  2. How Dopamine Drives Addictions: Anna Lembke

    25/08/2021 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    How Dopamine Drives Addictions: Anna Lembke

    Psychiatrist Anna Lemke’s book “Dopamine Nation” is about the neurotransmitter, the chemical messenger released in the brain most involved in processing rewards and which plays a big part in addictions.

    37 min
  3. Automation, A.I., and You: Kevin Roose

    16/03/2021 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    Automation, A.I., and You: Kevin Roose

    Are robots coming for your job? New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose says companies and governments are increasingly using automation and artificial intelligence to cut costs, transform workplaces and eliminate jobs — and more changes are coming.

    35 min
  4. Debunking Myths about Exercise and Sleep: Daniel Lieberman

    21/01/2021 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    Debunking Myths about Exercise and Sleep: Daniel Lieberman

    Getting exercise — movement just for movement's sake — is a relatively new phenomenon in human history, according to Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman. His book is “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding.”

    38 min
  5. Beind the Moon Landing: Charles Fishman

    12/06/2019 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    Beind the Moon Landing: Charles Fishman

    When President John F. Kennedy announced a goal of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" before the end of the decade, the mission seemed all but impossible. We hear from Charles Fishman, author of “One Giant Leap: the Impossible Mission that Sent Us to the Moon.”

    36 min
  6. On Pandemics: Sonia Shah

    22/02/2016 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    On Pandemics: Sonia Shah

    In her book, Pandemic: Tracking Contagions from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond, Shah discusses the history and science of contagious diseases. She notes that humans put themselves at risk by encroaching on wildlife habitats. "About 60 percent of our new pathogens come from the bodies of animals," she says.

    38 min
  7. Teenage Brains: Frances Jensen

    28/01/2015 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    Teenage Brains: Frances Jensen

    Research shows that teenagers' brains aren't fully insulated, so the signals travel slowly when they need to make decisions, according to Neuroscientist Frances Jensen, who wrote “The Teenage Brain.”

    38 min
  8. Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson

    27/02/2014 • FRESH AIR+ ONLY

    Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson

    The astrophysicist says that participating in a "great unfolding of a cosmic story" should make us feel large, not small. Tyson hosted a TV series called Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey.

    39 min
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