Episode 747: Dr. Marshall Poe - Plagiarism and AI
Sam and Dr. Marshall Poe, the creator and chief editor of The New Books Network, explore the...
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Episode 748: Sy Montgomery - Secrets Of The Octopus
Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex...
51:15
Episode 749: Richard Schacht - Nietzsche's Kind Of Philosophy: Finding His Way
A holistic reading of Nietzsche’s distinctive thought beyond the “death of God.” In...
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Episode 746: Sy Montgomery - Secrets Of The Octopus
Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex...
51:15
Episode 744: Philip Ball - Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science
Featuring two hundred color plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as...
56:14
Episode 745: Kevin J Mitchell - Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will
An evolutionary case for the existence of free will Scientists are learning more and more...
01:04:55
Episode 742: John Parrington - Consciousness: How our brains turn matter into meaning
What is the material basis of the thoughts that occur inside our heads?Where do imaginative,...
01:04:22
Our books, our movies—our imaginations—are obsessed with extra dimensions, alternate timelines,...
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Episode 741: Claire Oshetsky - Poor Deer
Margaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth is too much...
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Episode 740: Dylan Jones - Loaded: The Life (And Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground
Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen—whether it be...
58:41
Episode 737: Korynn Newville - Indiscernable Elements: Calcium
Indiscernible elements: Calcium explores the path a molecule can take through various stages of...
49:59
Episode 738: Philip Goff - Why? The Purpose of the Universe
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose,...
01:20:01
Episode 739: Mark Kurlansky - The Core of an Onion
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural,...
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The fascinating story of science in pursuit of the ghostly, ubiquitous subatomic particle—the...
55:11
From Finland to Kenya to Stockton, California, more and more governments and private...
53:20
Episode 733: Ben Purkert - The Men Can't Be Saved
A knockout debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls?...
54:10
Successful essayist, columnist, writing instructor, and editor Estelle Erasmus will show you how...
53:52
Episode 732: Scott James Taylor and Sarah Thérèse Pelletier - Ladyhoppers
Sometimes to save the world, you've got to punch a few dragons… When the planet is being eaten...
23:48
An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all share...
52:57
Episode 729: Sarah Bernstein - Study For Obedience
A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears...
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