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BornCurious

Harvard Radcliffe Institute

BornCurious is—like its home—about unbounded curiosity. Coming to you from Harvard Radcliffe Institute, one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary exploration, this podcast brings together scholars, students, artists, and doers. Our conversations traverse current affairs, scientific breakthroughs, cutting-edge research, art making, and storytelling. Join us as we talk with and learn from the many people in our Radcliffe community whose work and lives are shaped by curiosity.

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52 episodes

  1. Hope After Conflict 46:46
  2. Food, Family, and Improvisation with Priya Krishna 46:42
  3. From Jim Crow to Higher Ed Trailblazer: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth J. Simmons 46:31
  4. An Oncologist’s Origin Story 33:24
  5. The Importance of Access in Breast Cancer Care 33:05
  6. How America Got into This Mess and How We Recover: Reflections from a Columnist’s Life 1:12:16
  7. What Makes a Universal Story? 57:09
  8. Our Plant Teachers 34:17
  9. The Stories Trees Hold—America’s Black Botanical Legacy 36:14
  10. Battling Burnout and Keeping Women Doctors in Medicine 37:07
  11. Chimp Change—What Great Ape Adolescence Reveals About Us 49:38
  12. Substance Use Disorders Among Women: Reasons for Concern—and Hope 33:13
  13. Jodie Foster: Power, Privacy, and Purpose 48:13
  14. The Importance of Representation in Film 1:00:28
  15. Storytelling and Grief in Palliative Care 52:21
  16. Gifts of Intergenerational Friendship 30:00
  17. Memory in Poetry 22:37
  18. Music and Chaos 44:05
  19. America’s Authoritarian Turn 1:30:27
  20. Conversation with Aslı Ü. Bâli 59:54
  21. Conversation with Noah Feldman 1:03:32
  22. Black Traditions of Mardi Gras 40:10
  23. How to Be a Better Sexual Citizen 59:47
  24. Honoring Mexico's Disappeared 51:18
  25. Minipod: Ayodele Casel on Creativity 8:54
  26. Minipod: Nikolas Bowie on Justice 10:08
  27. Who Gets Autism? 1:05:06
  28. Minipod: Durba Mitra on Gender 9:51
  29. In Their Own Words—The Diaries of the Schlesinger Library 51:25
  30. Should Universities Voice Opinions? 1:06:36
  31. What Is the Heliosphere—and What Happened to It 3 Million Years Ago? 48:36
  32. An Unconventional Path to Computer Science 33:01
  33. Artificial Intelligence—How Does It Work? 57:13
  34. Kindness—It’s Good for You! 40:21
  35. Let’s Talk about Climate Resilience 58:21
  36. Tackling Environmental Inequality across Academic Disciplines 30:06
  37. A Conversation with Ruth J. Simmons 1:05:21
  38. Math—It’s Not Just Numbers 51:15
  39. Is Losing an Hour of Sleep Really That Big a Deal? 40:00
  40. A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill 58:11
  41. Riding the Radcliffe Wave 1:02:06
  42. Free Speech, Political Speech, and Hate Speech on Campus 1:34:19
  43. The Thrill of Archival Discovery 38:30
  44. Using Machine Learning to Listen to Whales 21:30
  45. Justice-Impacted Brilliance 56:14
  46. Language and Thought around the World, Part 2 24:43
  47. Language and Thought around the World, Part 1 25:58
  48. A Conversation with Tressie McMillan Cottom 55:31
  49. Wounds across Borders 35:30
  50. The US Pain and Overdose Crises 36:35