The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world's leading scientists about their lives and work.
Eve Marder on the Crucial Resilience of Neurons
May 17, 2021
40:37
Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren’t Complicated
May 10, 2021
49:14
Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry
May 3, 2021
42:27
Emery Brown and the Truth About Anesthesia
April 26, 2021
40:49
Melanie Mitchell Takes AI Research Back to Its Roots
April 19, 2021
40:59
Trachette Jackson Fights Cancer With Math
April 12, 2021
42:42
Rediet Abebe on Using Algorithms for Social Justice
April 5, 2021
43:35
Federico Ardila on Math, Music and the Space of Possibilities
March 29, 2021
50:48
Sharon Glotzer’s Deep Curiosity About Order From Chaos
March 22, 2021
48:52
Frank Wilczek on the Strong Force, Quarks and Dark Matter
March 15, 2021
48:15
Bonnie Bassler on Talkative Bacteria and Eavesdropping Viruses
March 8, 2021
39:50
Neil Shubin on Tiktaalik, Ballistic Tongues and Evolution
March 2, 2021
47:52
Podcast Preview: The Joy of x, Season Two
Feb. 23, 2021
2:24
Moon Duchin on Fair Voting and Random Walks
April 7, 2020
50:34
Brian Keating’s Quest for the Origin of the Universe
March 31, 2020
41:24
Rebecca Goldin and Brian Nosek on Hard Truths in Math and Psychology
March 24, 2020
46:02
Cori Bargmann on the Genetics of Transparent Worms, Supertasters and Cancer
March 17, 2020
53:30
Tadashi Tokieda's Special Kind of Magic
March 10, 2020
51:32
Janna Levin on Seeing and Hearing Black Holes
March 3, 2020
54:10
John Urschel: From NFL Player to Mathematician
Feb. 25, 2020
45:07
Corina Tarnita and the Deep Mathematics of Social Insects
Feb. 18, 2020
51:51
Robbert Dijkgraaf on Exploring Quantum Reality
Feb. 11, 2020
49:15
Leslie Vosshall on Designer Mosquitoes and Dude Walls
Feb. 4, 2020
58:23
Alex Kontorovich on the Absolute Truth of Pure Math
Jan. 28, 2020
57:56
Priya Natarajan on Black Holes and Mapping the Universe
Jan. 22, 2020
1:05:33
Podcast Preview: Introducing The Joy of x
Jan. 15, 2020
2:47
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