Category: podcast
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351 Robert Lefkowitz: From Accidental Scientist to the Nobel Prize
in podcastAbout Robert Lefkowitz Robert Lefkowitz was born on April 15, 1943, in The Bronx, New York. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science in 1959, he attended Columbia College from which he received a bachelor of arts in chemistry in 1962. He graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1966 with…
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350 Emily Willingham: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis
in podcastAbout Emily Willingham From Emily Willingham’s website: The business of my life has been writing and science. My work as a research scientist has led me to many cool things, including ultrasound and surgery on a spotted hyena, the plastic casting of the inside of the mammalian penis, chasing tiny blazing-fast lizards around in the…
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349 Angus Fletcher: Literature Is the Most Powerful Invention of Humankind
in podcastAbout Angus Fletcher Originally from the UK, Angus Fletcher is a professor of story science at Ohio State’s Project Narrative, the world’s leading academic think-tank for the study of stories. Angus Fletcher has dual degrees in neuroscience and literature, received his Ph.D. from Yale, taught Shakespeare at Stanford, and has published two books and dozens…
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348 Tero Moliis: Life Is A Sandcastle
in podcastAbout Tero Moliis Tero Moliis was born in Helsinki, Finland, and has lived over half of his life in various countries around the world and traveled extensively. Tero is an experienced serial entrepreneur & business developer, university professor, mentor, and published game designer. He is passionate about disruptive innovation and technology, learning, literature, gamification, mezcal…
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347 Judson Brewer: How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear
in podcastAbout Judson Brewer Dr. Jud Brewer is a New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, addiction psychiatrist, and thought leader in the field of habit change. He is the Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor. He is the executive medical director at Sharecare Inc.…
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346 Arthur Kanegis: The World Is My Country
in podcastDirector Arthur Kanegis produced the 1982 Paul Newman/Haskell Wexler film War Without Winners and did the Nuclear War research for the 1983 ABC movie The Day After, which had the largest audience of any made-for-TV movie ever.