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Leading Presidential Scholar Analyzes Trump Impeachment
Sep 27, 2019It’s been a historic week, with news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially opened an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. There’s no better expert to examine the recent events in...
The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods
Sep 23, 2019The looting of the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad became one of the defining moments of the second Iraq War. Christopher Woods, the director of the Oriental Institute, one of the world’s foremost ...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Polarization, Discrimination and Her Favorite Dissent
Sep 09, 2019One of the incredible perks of making a podcast at a place like the University of Chicago is the opportunity to feature some of the incredible guests who speak on our campus. This week, Supreme Cour...
Why Your Social Life is a Matter of Life and Death with Linda Waite
Aug 26, 2019Is it possible that having lunch with your friends is just as important in keeping you alive as exercising? That’s what University of Chicago professor Linda Waite is arguing. Her first of its kind re...
Revolutionizing Economics By Studying People In The Real World With John List
Aug 12, 2019If you’ve played Candy Crush, flown on United Airlines, or taken an Uber or Lyft, you’ve been in one of Prof. John List’s experiments without even knowing it. List has revolutionized economics researc...
The Unknown History Of The White Power Movement With Kathleen Belew
Jul 29, 2019We're taking a summer break during July, but we'll be back in August with new episodes telling the stories of leading research with some of the world's greatest minds. During the break, we'll be bring...
The Missing Link In Evolution with Neil Shubin
Jul 15, 2019Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin spent six years in the Arctic searching for a fossil that could be a missing link between sea and land animals. Shubin shares the story behind his discovery of Tikta...
Guest Show - No Jargon
Jul 01, 2019We're taking a summer break during July, but we'll be back in August with new episodes telling the stories of leading research with some of the world's greatest minds. During the break, we'll be bring...
Trump and the Changing Power of the Presidency with William Howell
Jun 17, 2019If you want to better understand how Trump has forever changed the American presidency, the history of impeachment, or how to fix the dysfunction in our government, it’s best to go to an expert. Prof....
How the Loss of Community Threatens Society With Raghuram Rajan
Jun 03, 2019UChicago economist Raghuram Rajan became infamous for predicting the 2008 financial collapse three years before it happened. Rajan says that there are three pillars in our society: the state, the mar...