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Dipesh Chakrabarty talks with Karina about what science and history tell us about the other
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Eric Scerri on how philosophy and chemistry intertwine
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Niles Eldredge talks with Karina about why scientists often follow unforeseen paths
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Steve Keen on how Modern Monetary Theory addresses economic dilemmas
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Herman Daly talks with Karina about the economy's effect on the environment
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Nadia Brown on how women of color impact politics | Interview with Dr. Nadia Brown
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Ulf Hannerz on how anthropology opens doors to study worldwide
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Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell on how to be a pioneering woman in STEM
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Gregory Mankiw on how economics informs all aspects of life
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Adam Hart talks with Karina about what makes insects interesting
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How do you become a political scientist? Nadia Brown talks with Karina
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Jesse Ausubel talks with Karina about how to have a great career AND save the planet
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Niall Ferguson on how to think about the pandemic historically and financially
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Ha-Joon Chang on how politics influences economics in nations
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David Weisburd on how neighborhoods and police can work together to reduce crime
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Nanoparticle science—what are the latest advances? George Schatz explores the state of the field

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Robert Curl on discovery, history, and lucky accidents in chemistry
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John Christy on making sense of data in the climate change debate
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Marcia Inhorn on understanding the plight of refugees from the Middle East
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Paul Anastas on how green chemistry encourages beautiful, elegant science
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Eric Foner on the convergence of American history and politics
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Michael Mann talks with Karina about whether the climate change fight is worth it
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Robert Curl talks with Karina about what it's like to work as a scientist
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Jeff Selingo talks with Karina about Who Gets into College and Why
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Burkhard Rost on how machine learning boosts protein and genetic studies
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What is true about Truth? Khaldoun Sweis answers

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Lawrence Sherman on how Big Data improves police effectiveness
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Alex Piquero on how teaching kids better decision-making skills may prevent crime
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Michael Mann on how climate change became partisan and weaponized
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Henry Reynolds on bringing history to life through storytelling
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Steve Keen on how to model and forecast economic trends using Minsky
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Niles Eldredge on how theories in evolution evolve
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Adam Hart on how to speak for the bugs
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Dipesh Chakrabarty on how historians demolish myths and create new ways to think
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Herman Daly on how economics borrows from ecology, physics, and mathematics
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Marcus Feldman on how biological and cultural memes evolve
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Jesse Ausubel on how we can know what lives in the ocean
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Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions | Interview with Author Jeff Selingo
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Francis Fukuyama on how liberal democracy outshines other systems of government
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John Mearsheimer on truth, lies, nationalism, war, and election meddling
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Paul Krugman on how monopolies, geography, and currency crises affect the economy
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Margaret Levi on how citizen disaffection can drive changes in government
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J. Ann Tickner on how gender impacts politics & international relations
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Norman Finkelstein on how true academic freedom creates intellectual conflict
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Henry Brady on how mail-in ballots might impact elections
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Arthur Kleinman on how medicine and anthropology merge in caretaking
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Alexander Motyl on how weakness afflicts Russia today
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Marshall Sahlins on how anthropology intersects politics
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Discrimination, political reform, and the Tea Party—Theda Skocpol on big topics in political science
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Kathleen Thelen on capitalism and the politics of labor and unions
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on how game theory and competition explain politics
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Bill Maurer on how money, cryptocurrency, and digital financial systems affect us
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Tom Boellstorff on how COVID-19, teaching, privacy, and virtual worlds intersect
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Nancy Scheper-Hughes on how anthropologists connect with human suffering
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Alina Mungiu-Pippidi on how to think like a revolutionary and establish freedom
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Stephen Walt on the effectiveness of American foreign policy
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Kristian Gleditsch on how to think about Brexit, globalization, and pandemics
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Louise Lamphere on how to overcome the glass ceiling in academia
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Why measuring influence creates better ranking lists of people & schools | AcademicInfluence.com