Inquiring Minds
By Chris Mooney & Indre Viskontas
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Description
Each week Inquiring Minds brings you a new, in-depth exploration of the place where science, politics, and society collide. We’re committed to the idea that making an effort to understand the world around you though science and critical thinking can benefit everyone—and lead to better decisions. We endeavor to find out what’s true, what’s left to discover, and why it all matters with weekly coverage of the latest headlines and probing discussions with leading scientists and thinkers. Produced by Adam Isaak in partnership with Climate Desk, a journalistic collaboration dedicated to exploring the impact of a changing climate and consisting of The Atlantic, Center for Investigative Reporting, Grist, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Slate, and Wired.
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58 Adam Savage - Live on Stage in San Francisco | On the show this week Indre talks to Adam Savage … | 10/30/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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57 William Gibson - The Future Will View Us as a Joke | On the show this week we talk to author William G… | 10/23/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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56 Steven Johnson - Innovations That Made the Modern World | On the show this week we talk to Steven Johnson, … | 10/16/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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55 Daniel Levitin - The Organized Mind | On the show this week we talk to cognitive psycho… | 10/9/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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54 Steven Pinker - The Science Behind Writing Well | San Francisco! Come see us interview Adam Savage … | 10/2/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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53 Naomi Klein - Climate Changes Everything | Come see us interview Adam Savage live in San Fra… | 9/25/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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52 Al Gore - The Politics of Climate Change | On the show this week we talk to former Vice Pres… | 9/17/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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51 Brendan Nyhan - Will Facts Matter in the 2014 Election? | On the show this week we talk to Dartmouth politi… | 9/11/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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50 William Poundstone - Understanding Randomness | On the show this week we talk about randomness wi… | 9/4/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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49 Arie Kruglanski - The Science of What Makes a Terrorist | "Its Islam over everything." So read the Twitter… | 8/28/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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48 K Clancy, R Nelson, J Rutherford, & K Hinde - The Epidemic of Harassment in Scientific Field Work | One of the most difficult parts of getting a Ph.D… | 8/21/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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47 Anthony Ingraffea - The Science of Fracking | On the political right, it's pretty popular these… | 8/14/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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46 David Casarett - The Science of Death | On the show this week we talk to University of Pe… | 8/7/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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45 Barb Oakley - The Science of Learning | Charles Dickens, perhaps the greatest of the Vict… | 7/30/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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44 David Epstein - The Science Behind the World's Greatest Athletes | What makes a great athlete? Talent? Training? Or … | 7/24/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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43 Naomi Oreskes - The Collapse of Western Civilization | You don't know it yet. There's no way that you co… | 7/17/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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42 Arthur I. Miller - How Science Is Revolutionizing Art | On the show this week we welcome Arthur I. Miller… | 7/10/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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41 Amy Stewart - The Science Behind the World's Alcohol | It's the 4th of July, and you love your country. … | 7/3/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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40 Zach Weinersmith - Baby Catapulting and Other Great Terrible Hypotheses | There's nothing quite as satisfying as a really g… | 6/26/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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39 Jordan Ellenberg - Why Math Is The Ultimate BS Detector | Chances are that when you think about math—which,… | 6/19/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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38 Sam Kean - These Brains Changed Neuroscience Forever | We've all been mesmerized by them—those beautiful… | 6/12/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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37 Raychelle Burks - Zombie Repellent and Other Awesome Uses for Chemistry | Remember those stick-figures of chemical compound… | 6/5/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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36 Harry Collins - Why Googling Doesn't Make You a Scientific Expert | Remember "Climategate"? It was the 2009 non-scand… | 5/29/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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35 Richard Alley - West Antarctica Is Melting and We Can't Stop It | If you want to truly grasp the scale of the Earth… | 5/22/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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34 John Oliver - This World Will Be a Ball of Fire Before It Stops Being Funny | In late April, former Daily Show correspondent Jo… | 5/15/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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33 David Amodio - The Science of Prejudice | When the audio of LA Clippers owner Donald Sterli… | 5/8/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32 Katharine Hayhoe - Climate Science and Christianity | Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, an evangelica… | 5/1/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31 Mary Roach - The Science of Your Guts | Mary Roach has been called "America's funniest sc… | 4/24/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30 Jared Diamond - The Third Chimpanzee | Jared Diamond, author of a suite of massive, best… | 4/17/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29 Neil Shubin - Your Inner Fish | We all know the Darwin fish, the clever car-bumpe… | 4/10/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28 John Hibbing - The Biology of Ideology | Thomas Jefferson was a smart dude. And in one of … | 4/3/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27 Ethan Perlstein - Scenes from the Postdocalypse | How do you become a scientist? Ask anyone in the … | 3/27/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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26 Phil Plait - Just After the Big Bang | We all heard the cosmos-stretching news this week… | 3/20/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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25 Neil deGrasse Tyson - Finally, Science Is Cool | Last week, Fox's and National Geographic's new Co… | 3/13/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 Jennifer Ouellette - Is The Self an Illusion, or Is There Really a “You” In There? | Who are you? The question may seem effortless to… | 3/6/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 Edward Frenkel - What Your Teachers Never Told You About Math | As Edward Frenkel sees it, the way we teach math … | 2/27/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 Jennifer Francis and Kevin Trenberth - Is Global Warming Driving Crazy Winters? | Just when weather weary Americans thought they'd … | 2/20/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 Steven Novella - No, GMOs Won't Harm Your Health | With historic drought battering California's prod… | 2/13/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 Maria Konnikova - How to Make Your Brain Work Better | You're a busy person. Keeping up with your job, p… | 2/6/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19 Kari Byron - How to Safely Blow Stuff Up When You're Pregnant | Most expecting women ask their doctors whether it… | 1/30/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 Eugenie Scott & Ann Reid - The Assault on Science Education | In recent decades, there have been countless infr… | 1/23/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17 Michael Pollan - The Science of Eating Well (And Not Falling For Diet Fads) | The Paleo diet is hot. Those who follow it are at… | 1/16/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 Deborah Blum - The Science of Poisoning | As a writer, Deborah Blum says she has a "love of… | 1/9/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 Mark Ruffalo - Our 100 Percent Clean Energy Future | For Mark Ruffalo, environmental activism started … | 1/2/14 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 Carolyn Porco - Why Seeing Earth From Space Matters | On Valentine's Day 1990, from more than four bill… | 12/26/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 Ara Norenzayan - Why Do Atheists Exist? | Americans don't like atheists much. It's somethin… | 12/19/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 Joshua Greene – The New Science of Morality | It's an old distinction: Science tells us what th… | 12/12/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 Maryn McKenna - Our Scary Post-Antibiotic Future | It's flu season. And we're all about to crisscros… | 12/5/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 Simon Singh - How the Simpsons Have Secretly Been Teaching You Math | Simon Singh isn't exactly your average fan of Fox… | 11/21/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 Michael Mann - From Computer Geek to Political Giant Slayer | On the show this week we talk to climate research… | 11/14/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 Alison Gopnik - We All Start Out as Scientists, But Some of Us Forget | This week we feature a conversation with psycholo… | 11/7/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 George Johnson - Why Most of What You've Heard About Cancer is Wrong | This week, we speak with veteran science journali… | 10/31/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 Jonathan Haidt - This is Why Your Political Opponents Hate You | Why is America so polarized? Why are our politici… | 10/25/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 Dan Kahan and Stephan Lewandowsky - How Do You Make People Give a Damn About Climate Change? | As two top researchers studying the science of sc… | 10/18/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 Randy Schekman - This 2013 Nobel Laureate Says College Is Way Too Expensive | This week we talk to Randy Schekman, the Universi… | 10/11/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 Sylvia Earle - Why the Oceans Are Not Too Big to Fail | This week we talk to scientist and explorer Sylvi… | 10/4/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 Alan Weisman - Can We Finally Have a Serious Talk About Population? | This week, Chris Mooney talks to environmental jo… | 9/27/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1 Marsha Ivins - What It's Like To Spend 55 Days in Space | There aren't many people on Earth who have spent … | 9/20/13 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Educational without being dry
I just discovered this podcast a couple of weeks ago. It’s really refreshing to listen to intelligent people interview scientists and researchers on some of the most interesting and pressing issues of the day. These are smart people; articulate and thoughtful, they know how to question and evaluate current events and research, as well as the people they interview. I’ve learned quite a bit in just a few hours — and yet it’s never dry and dull. Highly recommended!
Intelligent
This one of those podcasts that challenge your thinking and deliver relevant and fascinating information. Two very likable and informed hosts present the content in clear engaging language and they are obviously very commited to the scientific method. I highly recommend the Inquiring Minds podcast!
Great new podcast
Have followed Chris Mooney for awhile now and always enjoy his work. Looking forward to many more thought provoking and insightful podcasts!
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