The After On Podcast

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42: Live from Gainesville + the 2019 Plan Dec 30, 2018

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We start with a review of this podcast's 2019 roadmap. Then – recorded before a live audience in Gainesville, Florida – I'M the interviewee for once!

41: The Medical Potential of Video Games | Adam Gazzaley Dec 19, 2018

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Both a recap and extensive update of last summer's conversation about neuroscience, consciousness, and the medical potential of video games.

40: Our Interstellar Visitor | Avi Loeb Nov 28, 2018

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Did the product of an alien intelligence make a near-Earth approach last fall? Harvard Astronomy Department Chair Avi Loeb believes this is possible.

39: Restoring Sight to the Blind | EJ Chichinilsky Nov 14, 2018

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Amazing work at Stanford could restore vision to the blind. Then later become a gateway some mind-blowing neural augmentation! We discuss the astounding neuroscience and engineering behind all this, with the professor who's making it happen.

38: The Science & Practice of Happiness | Laurie Santos Oct 24, 2018

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This spring, Yale evolutionary psychologist Laurie Santos debuted a course about happiness, almost as an experiment. It became the most popular course in the university's 300+ year history. Listen carefully, because this episode could make you happier!

37. On the Future | Astronomer Royal Martin Rees Oct 01, 2018

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Can humankind survive this century? Great Britain's Astronomer Royal Martin Rees shares some of his profoundly original thinking on this fraught question.

36. Mapping the Heavens | Priya Natarajan Sep 13, 2018

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Dark matter, dark energy, and black holes are the universe's three most massive mysteries. Literally! Yale astrophysicist Priya Natarajan takes us on a fascinating tour of them all.

35: Empowering the Acre | Andrew Youn Aug 22, 2018

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Andrew Youn's One Acre Found is bringing food security to hundreds of thousands of families throughout Central Africa. Now THAT'S an inspiring startup!

34: Ancient DNA | David Reich Jul 31, 2018

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The genetic code of Neanderthals, archaic humans, and other elders is reconfiguring much of our understanding of human history. And it could just save hundreds of thousands of modern human lives per year.

33: The Evolution of Beauty | Richard Prum Jul 16, 2018

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A bold and brilliant refutation of the common wisdom about sexual attraction, aesthetics, and more. Rick Prum is an evolutionary heretic. And the wellspring of his unorthodox ideas is ... Charles Darwin himself.

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