Episodes

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters.

Guru Madhavan discusses his newest book titled Wicked Problems: How to Engineer A Better World.

Alan talks with David Sloan Wilson, renowned biologist and author, to explore the broader applications of Darwin's theory beyond genetics to cultural and personal evolution. Wilson argues against conflating evolution with Social Darwinism and...

This conversation helps illustrate the usefulness of understanding the basic science of the Periodic Table, and characteristics of its elements, when researching and studying history.

We discuss Giulio Boccaletti's book, Water: A Biography which shows how water has helped shape our lives and our civilizations

A brief discussion with with Jon Gertner about his book, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

Doctor Saul David discusses, Crucible of Hell The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945.

AMSEcast with Sally Adee

Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails with author Camper English

Apocalypse Factory plutonium and the making of the Atomic Age a discussion with Steve Olson

Atoms to high-energy particle physics

In his latest book, Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food, Richard Munson explores how new technologies are revolutionizing agriculture—a traditionally slow-to-modernize industry. In this episode, we explore specific innovations like...

The TVA has been tackling some of the South's biggest problems since 1933. What started as a solution to poverty, flooding, and depleted farmlands now works on nuclear power and clean energy. In this episode, Joe Hoagland joins us in the studio to...

AMSE Science Report with guest Ernest Freeberg

Steve Olson, the author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race and our Common Origins is the guest.

Discover the life of the man who pioneered the science our legal system now relies upon–as well as the limits of those techniques and the very human experts who wield them.

At the intersection of science, history, and culture today we discuss Dr. Prasad's latest work, "Silk: A World History," which examines the impact of silk on human civilization and its potential future applications.

Stripping the Dread from the Data

Why is there something rather than nothing?

The history of studying hurricanes in the United States, the advances that have been made in predicting and tracking them, as well as what we can expect from them in future due to our changing climate.

From the Hubble Telescope to work in observatories across the globe his recent book titled When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn, explores the moment in the history of the universe when galaxies first emerged from darkness.

An exploration of the timeless yet underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it.

The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

Author Guru Madhavan: Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World