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Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Conversations with visionary scholars and thinkers from the Harvard PhD community

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81 episodes

  1. Hate Polarization? Blame It on the Weakness of Our Political Parties 39:59
  2. Why Are We (Still) So Angry About Inflation? 30:15
  3. The Trauma of Terrorism: How the Attacks of 9/11 Changed Us 33:53
  4. Is the US Economy “Fair Enough”? 34:14
  5. How to Change—for Good 34:50
  6. The Radicalism of the American Revolution 29:38
  7. Was the American Revolution a War Against or for Empire? 32:19
  8. Has the Supreme Court Become Too Powerful? 27:06
  9. Can We Learn to Have Courage? 29:35
  10. More Rules for Aging with Roger Rosenblatt 28:46
  11. What Was the Boston Tea Party Really About? 32:04
  12. How Military Occupation Sparked the American Revolution 31:18
  13. Harvard’s First Black PhD: Part 2—W.E.B. Du Bois, From Social Scientist to Global Leader 23:14
  14. Harvard's First Black PhD: Part 1—W.E.B. Du Bois the Student 21:26
  15. Voting Rights, Climate, and the Most Important Election in US History: A Conversation with Dean Emma Dench and Professor Stephen Ansolabehere 45:36
  16. A Breakthrough in Studying Diseases of the Brain 20:39
  17. “Was the American Revolution a Civil War?” and Other Thorny Questions about the Nation’s Founding 36:36
  18. In the Snare of the Devil: What Really Caused the Salem Witch Crisis 30:04
  19. What Happens When Your Brain Goes to the Supermarket and Other Stories of Human Adaptability 24:50
  20. Living Tombs: Toward a Fluid Understanding of Architectural Space 7:00
  21. Empire of String: Unraveling the Enigma of Inka Khipus 8:17
  22. Embracing Twilight: Older Women Poets of the Slavic World and the Unfurling of Their Voices 7:22
  23. Pitfalls of Anthropomorphism: Misunderstanding AI’s Potential 8:23
  24. Law versus Democracy: Why Courts Defend or Undermine Democracy in Israel, Turkey, and Beyond 9:55
  25. Sappho Lost and Found: Reading Sappho in the Renaissance 8:56
  26. How Your Neighbors Shape Your Politics 26:45
  27. Tackling the Global Youth Mental Health Challenge: Lessons from Psychotherapy Research in Kenya 7:41
  28. How the Problems of Home Pierce the College Bubble 33:19
  29. A Step Closer to Personalized Medicine 20:06
  30. A Cheaper Way to Make Drugs? 16:55
  31. How Elite Universities Grapple with the Legacy of Slavery—and Why It Matters 32:19
  32. Is AI Coming for Your Job? 50:58
  33. Bob Dylan: From "A Complete Unknown" to "A Prophet Without God" 28:48
  34. Beyond 2024—Feminism and the Future of US Politics 25:44
  35. How Reliable Are Election Forecasts? 25:41
  36. How to Succeed in Business by Failing—Intelligently 27:29
  37. The ‘Invisible Threat’ Contaminating Our Water 7:34
  38. Testing and the Origins of Big Data 7:37
  39. Weary at Work 6:10
  40. A More Accurate Map of the Universe 7:07
  41. Punished in Utero 6:40
  42. A Faster, Greener Way to Meet the World’s Demand for Data 6:21
  43. Speaking of the Rightless, Envisioning New Rights 6:36
  44. African American Encounters with Property and the Long Shadow of Slavery 25:59
  45. Meditation Changes Your Brain. Here's How. 28:48
  46. What Abraham Means to Jews, Christians, and Muslims 30:50
  47. Glide Path: How to Get the Most from ChatGPT 29:54
  48. How Slavery's Legacy Lives on in the Racial Wealth Gap 27:20
  49. How Universities Can Address the Crisis in Democracy 43:13
  50. Why We're Obese—and What We Can Do about It 27:41