Episodes

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

Enjoy a comprehensive yet accessible look into the theories and thoughts that deliberate about the universe's very foundation.

Life Atomic: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine

Spaces of Congestion and Traffic, Politics and Technologies in 20th Century London Mathematics How It Shaped Our World.

Science, science and science

Space historian, that should be enough to make you listen

The science of baseball and football

The Electromagnetic Force that Created the Modern World – and Could Destroy It

How Humans Create Animal Villains

Math Geek: From Klein Bottles to Chaos Theory, a Guide to the Nerdiest Math Facts, Theorems, and Equations.

What happens when humans share their space and resources (habitats) with other species