From: iTunes on Sun, Aug 01 2010 6:15 PM

How are science and skepticism related? Is skepticism a part of science, or is science a tool of skepticism? Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, discusses these questions, and explores the importance of teaching both science and skepticism. This...

From: iTunes on Tue, Jul 27 2010 12:02 AM

Professor Mahlendorf discusses some unexpected reader responses to her recently acclaimed memoir, “The Shame of Survival: Working Through a Nazi Childhood”, and the ghosts they raised up for some readers and for herself. Series: Voices [Humanities] [Show ID: 19388]

From: iTunes on Fri, Jul 09 2010 9:58 PM

Tips from Sr. Madeline Gregg, fcJ, Professor of Special Education.

From: iTunes on Fri, Jul 02 2010 7:12 AM

The African clawed frog, Xenopus, has told scientists a lot about how embryos develop and the biochemical reactions that take place during cell division. UC Berkeley Professor Richard Harland and bioinformaticist Uffe Hellsten of DOE’s Joint Genome Institute discuss the role of Xenopus and what ...

From: iTunes on Wed, Jun 30 2010 10:27 PM

Host and "professor" Brett Erlich leads a hilarious how-to course highlighting the best, worst and weirdest internet clips starring people desperate for fame. Featured lessons include failed viral sequels from Kobe Bryant, the "Numa Numa" kid and the "Evolution of Dance" guy; straight-laced busi...

From: iTunes on Fri, Jun 25 2010 12:06 PM

Host and "professor" Brett Erlich leads a hilarious how-to course highlighting the best, worst and weirdest political ads and campaign snafus. Featured lessons include a musical tribute to Hillary Clinton’s run for president; Dick Cheney flip-flops his way to viral video stardom; campaign ads sh...

From: iTunes on Wed, Jun 23 2010 5:45 PM

Host and "professor" Brett Erlich leads a hilarious how-to course highlighting the best, worst and weirdest internet clips about breaking stuff and doing bodily harm. Featured lessons include pyromaniacs getting patriotic with death-defying fireworks displays; how to capitalize on extreme stunt ...

From: iTunes on Wed, Jun 23 2010 6:24 AM

Dr. Steve Running, a Regents Professor in the College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana, will discuss the paradox of why forests in the West are growing faster while simultaneously suffering from higher die-off rates. Running is a member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning I...

From: iTunes on Sat, Jun 19 2010 11:53 AM

UM Associate Professor Petra Kuppers is the Artistic Director of The Olimpias Performance Research Series (a project series set up in 1998 to investigate relationships between technology, identity, a holistic understanding of well-being and community arts), an accomplished author and a community...

From: iTunes on Mon, Jun 14 2010 2:41 PM

From rowing to weight-lifting, an explanation of the unexpected things maths can tell us about sport.

From: iTunes on Mon, Jun 07 2010 7:31 PM

With fewer jobs available on Wall Street, top-tier engineering students are increasingly pursuing careers at New York’s technology startups, reports Chris Wiggins, an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University's engineering school and co-founder of HackNY.org, a group...

From: iTunes on Fri, Jun 04 2010 8:14 AM

Host and "professor" Brett Erlich leads a hilarious how-to course highlighting the best, worst and weirdest internet clips about becoming an adult. Featured lessons include birthday videos from age 0 to 100; the dad from "David After Dentist" offers a shining example to other viral-inclined pare...

From: iTunes on Sat, May 29 2010 10:51 AM

Dr. Michael Bamshad, Division Chief and Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics at the University of Washington, explores how evolutionary processes and demographic history have shaped patterns of genetic variation among humans, and how such variation influences differences in physic...

From: iTunes on Wed, May 26 2010 8:05 PM

Professor Bjorn Lomborg is a political scientist and author.

From: iTunes on Wed, May 26 2010 8:05 PM

Paul Seabright is Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics.

From: iTunes on Tue, May 25 2010 7:50 PM

Evan Eichler, University of Washington Professor of Genome Sciences explores large-scale variation in human genomic DNA that contributes to primate gene evolution. Series: CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny [Science] [Show ID: 18705]

From: iTunes on Tue, May 25 2010 7:50 PM

Peter Parham, Professor in the Departments of Structural Biology and Microbiology & Immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, explores proteins of the human immune system that vary greatly between individuals and populations which modulate the immune response to infection and can...

From: iTunes on Thu, May 20 2010 4:52 PM

Host and "professor" Brett Erlich leads a hilarious how-to course highlighting the best, worst and weirdest internet clips featuring fakers and wannabes. Lessons include do-it-yourself "Indiana Jones" movies; pint-sized preachers who command the pulpit with their impassioned adorableness and dir...

From: iTunes on Wed, May 19 2010 7:38 AM

Legal experts say the $28 billion budget passed by the Massachusetts House last week is bad for the judicial system. The budget includes more than $1 billion in spending cuts, which could mean court closures and state layoffs. Joining NECN to explain how the budget could impact the state courts ...

From: iTunes on Thu, May 06 2010 9:13 PM

Video (H.264/AAC/16:9) Speaking at the University of Delaware’s Global Agenda series on Understanding Political Islam, London School of Economics professor Fawaz Gerges explored the mindset of Islamists and what drives them to export and spread anti-Western views.