Innovation Hub
By WGBH
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Description
Innovation Hub looks at how to reinvent our world – from medicine to education, relationships to time management. Great thinkers and great ideas, designed to make your life better.
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CleanFull Show: Going to California | California is a place where big ideas collide against bigger realities, where scientists are trying to turn sunlight into fuel, and where Hollywood became Hollywood. This week, we go there. | 6/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Birth of Talkies | Beyond “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Sunset Boulevard,” what was the transition to talkies really like for Hollywood? | 6/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Republic of California | California is on a collision course with the federal government. And we’re going to take a look at the crash. | 6/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTurning Sunlight Into Fuel | It’s a feat that seems like alchemy: turn sunlight into fuel. We talk with CalTech scientist Nathan Lewis about how we may be able to do it one day soon. | 6/1/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Lending a Hand | Bioengineering mice to stop Lyme disease, a new approach to refugee aid, and rethinking one of the seven deadly sins. This week, stories about the best way to help people. | 5/25/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Obsession | There’s a reason you constantly check your phone. Sharon Begley explains the science behind our compulsions. Plus, who was Steve Jobs’ Steve Jobs? Edwin Land. We explore the life and legacy of the founder of Polaroid. Finally, fandom is a multi-billion dollar industry. Zoe Fraade-Blanar tells us how companies use our obsessions to make money. | 5/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOur Compulsions And Anxieties | Can’t stop checking your phone? Blame your distant ancestors. | 5/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe History Of Polaroid And Its Overlooked Founder | Who was Steve Jobs’ Steve Jobs? Edwin Land. We explore the life and legacy of the founder of Polaroid. | 5/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Rise Of The Superfan | There are fans. And then there are superfans. Author Zoe Fraade-Blanar explains the difference between the two. | 5/18/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: What We Really Think | It can be difficult to know what people are thinking. So how can we unearth our real selves? Google, says Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Older Americans have the AARP. Gun owners have the NRA. And now, kids have Common Sense Media. What can a couple of inkblots say about you? Apparently, a lot. We talk with Damion Searls about the rise of the Rorschach test. | 5/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow The Internet Reveals Our Innermost Desires | Racism doesn’t just exist in the South, men really care about penis size, and having mutual friends doesn’t mean your relationship will work out. Turns out, there’s a lot you can learn from online data. | 5/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe AARP For Kids? | Older Americans have the AARP. Gun owners have the NRA. But one of the biggest swaths of our population has very little political power. | 5/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy the Rorschach Test Isn't A Rorschach Test | Whether you’ve encountered them in real life, or just in the video for Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” Rorschach tests are everywhere. Damion Searls tells us about their history and impact. | 5/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Strange Shifts | Science is great. Except when it gives us stuff like heroin and TNT. Paul Offit explains what we can all learn from science’s mistakes. A small, insular group controls the world’s financial system. No, they aren’t lizard-people. They’re superhubs. The way we sleep now was invented in the 18th century. Benjamin Reiss takes us on a tour of sleep’s history. | 5/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow The World Revolves Around Superhubs | Who pulls the levers of the global financial system? Superhubs. Sandra Navidi explains who they are and what they’re doing. | 5/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSleep's Restless History | You may spend a third of your life asleep… but how much do you know about it, really? Benjamin Reiss walks us through the history of sleep. | 5/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Dark Side Of Scientific Progress | Science gave us penicillin, space travel, and computers. But, it also gave us TNT, guns, and heroin. Paul Offit tells us about when science goes wrong. | 5/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Science Of Freezing | Scientists experiment, test, hypothesize… and sometimes they discover something completely and utterly by accident. | 5/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: The Days Of Our Lives | What happens when people regularly start living past 100? Plus, if you haven’t made that big scientific discovery yet, don’t worry: there’s time. Finally, we work four more weeks a year now than we did in the 1970s. And that’s a problem. | 4/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Sun City Changed Retirement | These days, people retire to sun, sand, and shuffleboard. But, it wasn’t always that way. We learn the story of one man who changed the way many people spend their golden years. | 4/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Right To Free Time | It feels great to carve out a few leisure hours each week. But, Professor Julie Rose says that free time should be a right, not a privilege. | 4/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen We Live to 100 | Pretty soon, a lot more people are going to live to 100. We talk with Andrew Scott about how that’s going to reshape our society. | 4/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Age Doesn't Matter In Science | Unlike in music, science has few one-hit wonders. We talk with professor Albert-Laszlo Barabasi about how age and skill figure into scientific discoveries. | 4/27/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Politics and Screens | Scrolling through your newsfeed and noticing something… eerie? Facebook can be an echo chamber. Professor Cass Sunstein tells us how social media has contributed to groupthink. Plus, which channel has no ratings, no stars, and no commercials, and wants to keep it that way? And finally, our president may have been ubiquitous on Twitter for the past few years. But his first love will always be TV. And it loves him right back. IndieWire executive editor Michael Schneider explains. | 4/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Trump is Changing TV | The Trump phenomenon was built, in large part, by television. Michael Schneider tells us how the former star of The Apprentice is shaking up Hollywood - and creating some unexpected winners. | 4/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOut Of The Echo Chamber | Our Facebook newsfeeds have become echo chambers. To break out, professor Cass Sunstein says we should embrace a diversity of information. | 4/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Biggest Little Network In Town | No ratings, no stars, and no commercials. We talk with C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb about the secret to success, even when nobody's watching. | 4/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Fragile Memories | Our memories are terrible, mice can lead us astray, and Americans didn't always love chicken. This week, we've got a show packed with surprising facts about both human brains and animal realities. | 4/13/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Between Private And Public | Internet librarian is a real job. And it’s real important. Plus, in 2016, two of the largest private prison companies made 4 billion dollars in revenue. But are they saving us any money. And finally, Social innovation looks like a lot of things. Among them, a prison in New Zealand that try to keep prisoners out, not in. | 4/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSaving Facts On The Internet | Brewster Kahle isn’t just a librarian, he’s the internet’s librarian. And it turns out, that’s a really important job. | 4/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTackling Public Problems With Private Strategies | What does social innovation look like? How about prisons in New Zealand that try to keep prisoners out, not in. | 4/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Booming Business Of Private Prisons | Why do federal and local governments pay private contractors to lock inmates up? The answer is surprising. | 4/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy International Students Might Not Want to Come to the US | With President Trump in office, are international students turning away from the US? Inside Higher Ed’s Elizabeth Redden joins us to explain. | 4/6/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: You Are Here | The American Dream isn’t dead, it’s just found a new home. Plus, it's our geography that makes this country great, says Robert Kaplan. From the Great Migration to President Obama’s political career, here’s how one newspaper saw - and shaped - history. | 3/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Geography Made Us... Us | What made America great? Well, according to author Robert Kaplan is has a lot to do with our landscape. | 3/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs The American Dream In Canada? | The American dream has found a new home: Canada. Author and former Canadian diplomat Scott Gilmore believes that Canada has become a more realistic setting for modern-day, rags-to-riches stories. | 3/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Newspaper That Moved America | From the Great Migration to President Obama’s political career, here’s how one newspaper saw - and shaped - history. | 3/30/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: The (Mis)Education of America | Academics skew liberal. Plus, forty percent of Americans read at -- or below -- a basic level. Finally, Going co-ed wasn’t easy for the Ivies. Just ask the Dartmouth alums who wrote this appeal in 1970: "For God’s sake, for Dartmouth’s sake, and for everyone’s sake, keep the damned women out." | 3/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Complicated Story of Reading in America | Millions of American adults can’t read at a high enough level to keep track of their health care or help with their kids’ homework. Professor Mark Seidenberg says a disconnect between reading researchers and teachers is partly to blame. | 3/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen Women Entered The Ivies | What was it like when men and women started going to elite colleges together? Turns out… pretty awkward. | 3/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Ideology Matters On Campus | Yes, liberal thought does dominate in academia, and professor Sam Abrams says it’s a problem for higher education. | 3/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Walking the Divide | How does inequality affect our lives? Alan Berube and Alexandra Killewald explain. Then, according to Walter Scheidel, there are ways to significantly reduce inequality. But they're all... uncomfortable. Then, why does America spend more on health care than any other country in the world. And finally, you can thank Obama for your next Uber ride. But don’t get too comfortable: here’s how the new health care proposal might affect the gig economy. | 3/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow The New Health Care Bill Could Affect Your Uber Ride | The gig economy has exploded over the past decade. Could Paul Ryan's new health care proposal halt that progress? | 3/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInequality's Terrible Cure | There’s a way to reduce inequality… but you aren’t going to like it. | 3/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe High Cost of Health Care Innovation | The innovations that have made our health care so effective also contribute to what makes it so expensive. MIT economist (who also worked on the Affordable Healthcare Actt) Jon Gruber says we should do a cost-benefit analysis on new drugs to keep costs low. | 3/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Inequality Looks Like Right Now | Beyond the headlines, beyond the soundbites, what is the state of inequality in America? Alan Berube of The Brookings Institution, and Harvard’s Alexandra Killewald joins us to answer that question. | 3/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Making Connections | Dating in the digital age equates to a slew of websites and apps that all purport to offer paths to love. But, while we may have more ways to find that special someone than ever before, actually forging those bonds isn’t quite as easy as swiping right. | 3/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Mismanagement | Three things to know: Con men - and women - have been around for as long as we’ve been around. So why do we keep falling for their tricks? Maria Konnikova explains the science of the swindle. There’s no international law on time zones or daylight savings. And the result? Chaos. But Steve Hanke has a simple solution: universal time. Flint, Michigan, was just the beginning. Marc Edwards says that our country is relying on a network of very old pipes, many of them lined with lead. | 3/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTime for a New Time? | North Korea invented its own time zone. Arizona and Hawaii refuse to participate in daylight savings. Steve Hanke thinks it’s time to overhaul, well, time. | 3/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWe're All Suckers | Should you respond to that suspiciously attractive suitor on OkCupid? Should you invest your money in a “too good to be true” land deal? Before you trust anyone, listen to Maria Konnikova talk about the history and psychology of cons. | 3/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Lurks In Our Pipes | Marc Edwards was one of the first scientists to confirm lead poisoning in Flint. But it’s the second time he found himself battling the EPA. He tells us why our country’s lead crisis will only get worse. | 3/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Scheduling Your Free Time Might Ruin It | Americans are becoming increasingly dependant on our calendars. But what happens when you start to schedule free time? Bad things, says Selin Malkoc. | 3/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: The Network Effect | Violence is usually seen as some sort of moral failing. Gary Slutkin says we should instead treat it like a disease. As anyone who’s left a Hershey’s bar too long in their pocket can tell you… chocolate melts pretty easily. A scientist has uncovered the gene that could change that. The shape and form of the book hasn’t changed all that much since the Middle Ages. But it has definitely changed us. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Reading Helps You Live Longer | This just in: reading just might help you live longer. Bookworms everywhere celebrate by going to the library. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaking A More Versatile Chocolate | Chocolate’s melting point makes it one of the most fickle sweets in the world. It also prevents manufacturers from transporting it to large swaths of the globe. But the discovery of one of its most important genes could make a big difference. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPaging Through History | From illuminated manuscripts to your dog-eared copy of The Hobbit, the book has had a tremendously important place in human history. Keith Houston talks about how books changed the world. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Birth of a Chocolate Empire | One man’s life turns around because, of all things, nougat. We recount the surprising rise of a giant in the world of candy. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTreating Violence Like a Disease | What if the spread of violence was treated like the spread of a disease? University of Illinois at Chicago’s Gary Slutkin tells us why we need to take a public health approach to preventing violence in America. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Our Bodies, Our Selves | Winter can be the hardest time of the year to stay in shape. But now that the holidays have passed, many Americans are looking to lose a few pounds in preparation for beach weather. It's a perfect time to focus in on our country’s growing obesity problem -- what’s caused it and what we can do about it. | 2/16/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Reality And Appearances | Once upon a time, women didn't smoke cigarettes. Until a PR maestro linked smoking with both femininity and female empowerment. Then, brain scans of a person high on cocaine and of a person expecting a cash windfall look almost identical. Kabir Sehgal tells us why we love money SO much. And finally, Nathan Schneider explains how we can own the web. | 2/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOpening Up The Internet | What would the internet look like if you owned a piece of it? Nathan Schneider thinks it's time for some of the biggest internet players to get cut down to size. | 2/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Birth of PR | Spin may have been a part of American life since the beginning, but PR began in the early 20th century. | 2/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy We Love Money | We get high from making money. Literally. Former Wall Street executive and author Kabir Sehgal explains our obsession with cash and coin. | 2/9/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Immigration and Innovation | First, Walter Isaacson walks us through the historical links between innovation and immigration. Then, how’s Silicon Valley taking Trump’s immigration orders? And finally, Americans are moving less because new jobs aren’t worth it. Abigail Wozniak explains the declining dynamism of the job market. | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSilicon Valley's Immigrant Roots | Where else have we seen an immigration ban like Trump's? Walter Isaacson walks us through the history of immigration and innovation. | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTrump, Immigration, and Silicon Valley | How’s Silicon Valley reacting to Trump’s immigration ban? We talk with Bilal Zuberi to find out. | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Immigration Does For Innovation | Some of America’s best scientists (think Einstein and Tesla) immigrated here from other countries. We talk with a few economists who’ve calculated their impact on American innovation. | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Are Americans Moving Less? | American workers are becoming less mobile. Abigail Wozniak explains what that can tell us about our economy. | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: The Levers Of Power | Money and politics go together like Thelma and Louise. But that relationship has started to spin out of control. Plus, Tim Wu explains how advertising has infiltrated our lives. And finally, we talk with psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic about how incompetent managers always seem to find their way to the top, and why that's bad for women. | 1/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Money Sways Politics | Money and politics have always been paired. But journalist Jane Mayer and professor Theda Skocpol both say that something new is afoot, thanks in part to a couple of very rich brothers. | 1/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow We Mistake Confidence For Competence | One of the reasons there aren't more women in leadership positions? Professor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says that it's our inability to differentiate between confidence and competence. | 1/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Patent Trap | Is a patent troll coming after your idea? Well, maybe you should check out Alex Reben's algorithm. | 1/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy You're Surrounded By Ads | Buy this! Drink that! Does it ever feel like advertisements are becoming more and more omnipresent? Author Tim Wu explains. | 1/26/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: How To Make A Perfect World | The Industrial Revolution spawned more than just machinery. Author Chris Jennings says it was a catalyst for a pretty old idea: that heaven could be found on Earth. Plus, Judy Cockerton saw a problem and set out to fix it. And finally, something surprising: the Amish have wildly successful businesses, often without using cell phones, websites or email addresses. | 1/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNo Technology, No Problem for Innovative Amish | Even without cars and computers, the Amish have managed to start and grow successful businesses. Professor Donald Kraybill tells us how they've developed a surprising culture of innovation without the help of the latest tech. | 1/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRebuilding Foster Care From The Ground Up | Judy Cockerton saw a problem and decided to do something about it. At 48, she shut down her toy store and created a village of sixty homes. The catch? They were reserved for seniors and families with foster kids. We visited Cockerton's village to learn how she built it. | 1/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUtopias from A to Z | What would your personal utopia look like? Well, it probably wouldn't involve furniture making and no sex. Chris Jennings talks 19th century American utopias. | 1/19/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Leaders Have Issues | Our leaders should be deeply empathetic people, right? Well, according to Paul Bloom, empathy can actually get in the way of helping people. Mandatory voting, a council of presidents, more bureaucrats... Parag Khanna says that this is what American democracy should look like. Man-made climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. So why exactly aren’t we doing more about it? | 1/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Empathy Leads Us Astray | Empathy is an inherently good human quality. So, why is Yale psychologist Paul Bloom against it? We talk with him about why feeling others' pain makes for bad public policy. | 1/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTechnocracy Now! | Parag Khanna believes technocrats get a bad rap in America, and our country could improve - and recover from what he calls “degenerative politics” - if it had more of them in office. | 1/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy We Can't Agree on Climate Change | Climate change looks like it will drastically change all of our lives. So why aren’t we doing more about it? We’ll take a look at why some are reticent to accept the consensus view on climate science, and what those in power are doing now to prepare for a new world. | 1/11/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: It's All In Your Head | Camilla Benbow and David Lubinski spent their lives studying child geniuses. Their advice on how to create a baby Einstein? Do nothing. Plus, conspiracy theories have gotten a lot of attention in the last year, but psychologist Rob Brotherton says they've been around for a long time. And finally, Thomas Gilovich thinks he can make you wise... or at least, the wisest person in the room. | 1/5/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWant To Raise A Genius? Do Nothing. | What makes a genius? Camilla Benbow and David Lubinski have worked on that question for decades; they think they might have some answers. | 1/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat THEY Don't Want You To Know About Conspiracy Theories | Do you believe that the illuminati run the world? That there was a second gunman? That everything is NOT WHAT IT APPEARS? Well, even if you don't, conspiracy theories help shape our world. We look at the psychology behind them. | 1/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Wisdom Really Is | Want to become wise? Well, you should first figure out what wisdom actually is. Psychology Professor Thomas Gilovich explains. | 1/4/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Money Problems | It's been quite a year. Whether you started 2016 on the Trump train, heavily invested in the rising British pound, or confident that Pantone's color of the year was an accurate forecast of the twelve months to come, you're probably surprised. Don’t worry -- we are too. But thankfully, we've curated some of our favorite segments to help you bookmark a very surreal year. | 12/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Hidden Truths | A winter chill is in the air, and there's way too much Christmas music being played. So curl up in an armchair, grab yourself a mug of something, and take a mental vacation with some fascinating conversations from Innovation Hub. | 12/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: City Life, Take Two | If you want to live near a vibrant downtown but don't want to share a walk-in-closet with eleven roommates… maybe you should consider someplace other than San Francisco or New York. And yes, we know, self-driving cars are coming. But you'll never guess how they're actually going to change your city. Finally, refugee camps are becoming more and more permanent. And we need to build them better. | 12/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow ATMs Spread Money and Microbes | There's an invisible world that’s right at your fingertips. Literally. Trillions and trillions of tiny microbes live alongside us in our cities and we don't even see them. A team of scientists recently swiped a whole bunch of ATM keypads in New York, looking for evidence of our minuscule neighbors. | 12/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPermanently Displaced: Rethinking Refugee Cities | Kilian Kleinschmidt thinks we need to wake up to the world's refugee crisis. And it starts by reimagining where they live. | 12/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSelf Driving Cars and the Future of Cities | Self-driving cars are going to be a thing. Soon. But how are they going to reshape cities? | 12/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Return of the Urban | Back in the mid-20th century, wealthy people fled big cities in droves for a quiet life in the suburbs. Now they're coming back. Alan Ehrenhalt, author of The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City, tells us why, and how it's going to change. | 12/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: A Wiser, Better You | First, If you want to learn how to roast the perfect chicken, you’ve come to the right place. Mark Bittman talks about cooking - and eating - without fear. Then, Your dream job doesn’t always turn out to be your dream job. Millennial’s Megan Tan explains how she turned her part-time passion into her full-time career. Finally, Having trouble learning something? Take a break. Barbara Oakley dives into how we actually learn. | 12/8/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFood For Thought: A Conversation With Mark Bittman | Want to know anything and everything about cooking? There’s one person you should turn to. Mark Bittman. | 12/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHistoric Innovation: Muy Picante | Here’s the story of a culinary experience you’ve almost certainly had - with a backstory you may not know as well. | 12/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaking Millennial | Megan Tan’s portfolio project accidentally became a certified hit. Here’s how she created Millennial. | 12/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMath? It's All Russian To Me | Want to be a scientist, but never made it past high school algebra? Barbara Oakley talks with us about why there may still be hope for you - and why you might even have a leg up. | 12/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Extraordinary Ordinary | First, our memories of events change over time. Researcher Julia Shaw explains why our recollections may differ from what actually happened. Then, almost all of modern medicine is developed using mice - and that’s a problem. Why? I-Hub's Caroline Lester investigates. Finally, Emelyn Rude explains how America invented the modern chicken. | 12/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInnovation: It Tastes Like Chicken | Less than a century ago, chicken was as expensive as lobster. Now, Americans eat. 6 million pounds of chicken every hour of every day. Emelyn Rude tells us how thinking about the chicken as a piece of technology can help explain this change. | 11/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOf Mice And Medicine | Why do we use mice for medical research? As I-Hub's Caroline Lester found out, it all started with fancy mice. | 11/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Changing Science of Memory | How well do you remember your past? Dr. Julia Shaw explains why your memory isn't nearly as good as you think it is. | 11/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe New World Of Digital Memory | You can read a book from 100 years ago… but will your descendants be able to access a USB drive? A look at the world of digital memory. | 11/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Place Matters | This week, we're gifting you I-Hub a few days early. Just another thing to be thankful for. There are a lot of lessons one can learn from the election. But one of the most vital is how important place is; how where you live can shape your worldview and how your worldview can shape the place you live. This episode, we’re exploring the idea of place. | 11/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Imperfections | Helping refugees - and others - generally means giving them things like blankets, clothes, and food. Radha Rajkotia thinks we should try handing out cash. Plus, Jessica Tracy explains why one of the seven deadly sins could be a good thing, after all. And finally, advances in genetic engineering have allowed scientists to make decisions that could affect millions of people. Kevin Esvelt thinks the public should have a voice in those decisions. | 11/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHistoric Innovation: Raising Wires | Ezra Cornell was fired from his job due to after the Panic of 1837… then helped create our modern communication network. | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow To Engineer Thoughtful Science | Gene technology is becoming more and more powerful… and could affect more and more people. MIT researcher Kevin Esvelt tells us why he thinks the public needs to have a say in how we use it. | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWe Are Proud Of This Segment About Pride | Pride isn’t just for cheating athletes or bullies. Psychology professor Jessica Tracy explains why pride is a key emotion in human civilization. | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Cash Could Be The Future Of Foreign Aid | Do we know what refugees need better than they do? Radha Rajkotia of the International Rescue Committee tells us why giving cash, rather than food and other supplies, could be a better model for foreign aid to refugees. | 11/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: What Happened In This Election? Trump, our Fears, and the Future | Trump promised to bring back jobs from China and Mexico. But, according to MIT researcher Andrew McAfee, not only are those jobs not coming back - they don’t even exist anymore. No matter who you voted for, you were probably surprised by Trump’s triumph. Psychology professor Mahzarin Banaji thinks implicit bias might help us understand the difference between the polls and the actual results. A former reality TV star will be the 45th president of the United States. Columbia Law School’s Tim Wu explains how Donald Trump was able to capture our attention. | 11/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHidden Biases: How Our Unconscious (Might Have) Shaped the Election | Surprised by the election? Us too. Psychologist Mahzarin Banaji thinks our unconscious biases might explain the difference between the public’s expectations and the results. | 11/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Myth of Manufacturing's Return | America's manufacturing industry has been hollowed out by globalization and automation. Donald Trump promises he can revive it. MIT researcher Andrew McAfee says that’s not possible. | 11/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWant To Know Why Trump Won? Pay Attention. | How exactly was Donald Trump able to captivate us on his path to the White House? Columbia University Professor Tim Wu explains. | 11/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Fear and Our Future | There are things you should be very afraid of. According to security expert Juliette Kayyem, terrorism isn’t one of them. But science writer Annalee Newitz tells us that mass extinction is. Plus, our seeds are becoming less diverse. Conservationist Cary Fowler says this is something you should care about, if you consider eating crucial to your health. | 11/3/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSowing the Seeds for Food Security | Cary Fowler thinks we might be in trouble. But he’s got a solution. A tiny, tiny solution. | 11/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Great Extinction - A Survivor's Guide | Afraid of the apocalypse? Well, maybe you shouldn’t worry too much. The Earth has already gone through at least five. | 11/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Should We Really Be Afraid Of? | It’s very unlikely that you will be killed by a far-off terrorist group. So why do we worry about it so much? National security expert Juliette Kayyem explains what we should - and shouldn’t - be afraid of. | 11/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: You Can Take This Job | That quick glance at Facebook… it’s kind of a big deal. Professor Cal Newport says it can significantly derail your train of thought for about 10 minutes. Plus, Immigration may be a contentious issue in this election, but immigrants are absolutely essential to our economic success. Cabinet member Maria Contreras-Sweet explains. And finally, economist Robert Frank talks love, money, and happiness. | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRedefining Office Space | Robert Propst was a brilliant inventor who wanted to make a better office. Instead, he created something he hated. | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Career-Boosting Power Of Your Spouse | According to researcher Brittany Solomon, there’s one personality trait in a husband or wife that can predict success for their spouse: conscientiousness. | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat's Your Job Really Worth? | How do money and happiness intersect when it comes to finding a job? Economist Robert Frank thinks he might have the answer. | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Immigrants Aren't Stealing Our Jobs (Unless You're a CEO) | Do you remember your first job? Odds are, it was with a local small business. One of President Obama’s cabinet members talks small businesses, immigration, and jobs. | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy You Can't Get Work Done | Think glancing at Facebook isn’t a big deal? Well, Cal Newport says it can significantly derail your train of thought for about 10 minutes. | 10/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: What You Thought You Knew | Are you really, really tired of this election? Well, maybe democracy isn’t the best form of government. Plus, teenagers are… hard to understand. Neurology professor Frances Jensen says it’s all because of their still-developing brains. And finally, what if campaigns aren’t as important as you thought? | 10/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Much Do Campaigns Really Matter? | It seems like every election is a high-wire race whose outcome is always in doubt. But what if campaigns weren’t as important as you thought? | 10/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanInside The Teenage Brain | Why can’t you get your teen out of bed in the morning? Why are they so impulsive? Frances Jensen says their still-developing brains are to blame. | 10/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanReconsidering Democracy | Thinking about this election kinda makes you wonder: is there a better system than democracy? Jason Brennan thinks there should be. | 10/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Mind the Health Gap | Healthcare in our society needs a band-aid. Here are a few of our favorite conversations about the big challenges in health – and how we might fix them. | 10/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Technical Know-How | Even if you don’t know an Allen wrench from an isosceles triangle, we’ve got a show for you. From why high school math is overrated to why you aren’t able to repair your iPhone, here are some of our best conversations about the fun side of our technical world. | 10/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Electing the Future | There was a battle for the soul of Silicon Valley, and the libertarians won. Investing legend Roger McNamee talks about how the tech world has changed - and why that could slow future progress. Then, Sasha Issenberg tells us how campaigns are using data to make sure their candidate wins. And finally, Pokemon Go may or may not be a fad… but augmented reality will change the way we see the world. | 10/6/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Presidential Campaign Just for You | Hillary Clinton is running a historically data-driven campaign. Sasha Issenberg explains what her team might know about you - and how they’re going to use that knowledge. | 10/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA Tech Guru Speaks - and Worries | Think Silicon Valley is a haven for liberals and hippies? Think again. Investing legend Roger McNamee explains why the libertarians have won the battle for Silicon Valley. | 10/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Augmented Reality Changes Storytelling | Augmented reality apps like Pokemon Go allow developers to overlay a story onto the real world. Game designer Kellian Adams Pletcher tells us how this technology is going to change the way we interact with our environment. | 10/5/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Something Old, Something New | Whether you’re about to get married, can’t stop talking about Chad from work, or are just wondering about the changing face of America… we’ve got stories for you. | 9/29/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: The Message | According to Clay Shirky, there’s been a fundamental shift in how politicians connect with the public. Then, Harvard’s Nicco Mele explains how media is shaping the 2016 campaign. Next, we hear from Spencer Hazel about the problems with native English. And finally, Ben Bergen explains the puzzling mores of swear words, with minimal bleeps. | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGosh Darn This Freaking Stuff - What We Can Learn From Swearing | There are certain words I just can’t write in this sentence. Profanity. Swear words. But… why? Benjamin Bergen explains the science of swearing. | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLearning a Second Language to Speak a First | Apparently, being a native speaker may not have the benefits you’d think. Spencer Hazel explains why ESL is sometimes more useful than plain old English. | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe End - and New Beginning - of Media | What is the future for the troubled institutions that were once the pillars of our society - the media, the government, political parties? Harvard’s Nicco Mele talks about the future of big institutions in an increasingly connected world. | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Twitter Election | Are old-school political parties becoming obsolete now that non-mainstream candidates can reach voters easily and directly? NYU professor Clay Shirky discusses how social media helped shaped this election. | 9/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: This Doesn't Compute | This week on Innovation Hub, this doesn't compute. We'll learn how to prepare for the age of automation, what that means for our jobs, and how politicians are addressing it. Plus, Gareth Olds tells us about the link between food stamps and entrepreneurship. | 9/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Food Stamps Help Business | When you think of Food Stamps, the first word that comes to your mind probably isn’t “entrepreneurship.” But for one Harvard Business School professor, the connection is obvious. | 9/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobots Ate My Job | How do we save middle class jobs in the face of increasing automation and advancing artificial intelligence? Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson discuss how our society can adapt to a world with a changing definition of work. | 9/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat To Do About A Tough Job Market | Millennials are angry, workers are worried about robots, and manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back. Depressed yet? Catherine Rampell explains the future of work. | 9/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIt Warms the Heart: Advances in Organ Donation Technology | For years, donated organs have been kept on ice. But maybe there’s a better way to preserve them. Craig LeMoult reports. | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Science Behind Obesity | One-third of Americans are obese. We talk with two health experts about why that number is so high and what we can do to change it. | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTracking Patients Through Smart Pills | Patient compliance is one of the biggest problems in medicine; it’s estimated that fifty percent of people don’t take medicine as ordered. Luckily, Andrew Thompson thinks he might have a solution. | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Are Our Genes Telling Us? | What secrets do your genes hold? Carl Zimmer tells us what he discovered when he sequenced his entire genome, and how genetics will shape the future of medicine. | 9/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: End of Summer Blues | Summer is winding down. We're bummed, and suspect you might be, too. Luckily, we've got some of the best Innovation Hub conversations of the past year to get you amped for sweater-weather. | 9/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Reinventing Childhood | We dive deep into how technology is affecting our kids. This week on Innovation Hub: growing up in the digital age. | 8/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Times Are a Changin' | Chris Kutarna explains how the modern world is connected to the Renaissance. Neal Gabler examines how Streisand shaped American culture. And we’ll find out why Starbucks succeeded, and what lessons everyone can learn from the coffee chain. | 8/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanA(n Evergreen) Star is Born | Modern Hollywood might have some problems, but it’s a lot better than it was sixty years ago. Neal Gabler explains how Barbra Streisand changed the town, and with it, American culture. | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Genius of Starbucks and Howard Schultz | Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, created a cultural shift in the way that we consume coffee. But he also had more early failures than successes, says Nancy Koehn, a historian at Harvard Business School. | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Recurring Renaissance | A fiery, belligerent outsider shakes up the political system. Sound familiar? Chris Kutarna tells us what the Renaissance can teach us about our world. | 8/17/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFriends with Benefits | Every time we gain a romantic partner, we lose two friends. Elizabeth Bernstein explains why that’s bad for our health, and how to remedy it. | 8/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSwiping Right on New Friends | Dating apps are old news. So why haven’t friending apps made more of a splash? Kara investigates. | 8/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Art of the Internet | The Mona Lisa, the David, and … the internet? Writer Virginia Heffernan explains why we can view the internet as a work of art. | 8/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Date Dating Began | Is dating dead? Moira Weigel explains how courtship has changed over the years and where it is today. | 8/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Making Waves | What inspires innovation? This week, we’re delving into success, failure and the backstories behind creativity. | 8/4/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: How Food Changes Us | You can make something surprisingly delicious out of squid guts. Plus, McDonald’s wasn’t actually the first fast food restaurant. Andrew Smith talks about the history, and future, of fast food. And the way your grandma taught you to cook chicken might just be wrong. | 7/28/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFrom the Garden of Italy | Which company had to ask American farmers to grow more tomatoes to keep up with its product demand? We explore the origins of a beloved American food. | 7/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Fast Food Shaped America(ns) | America is a land of golden arches and Kentucky hucksters. But it hasn’t always been that way. We talk with Andrew Smith about the birth of the “most significant culinary trend” of the last 50 years. | 7/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLessons From A Food Scientist | You can probably picture what the future is going to look like and sound like. But what’s it going to taste like? To find out, we talk to food researcher Arielle Johnson of famed restaurant Noma in Copenhagen. | 7/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat's Happening to Cooking in America? | James Beard Award-Winning Chef Tony Maws and scientist-turned-food-writer-extraordinaire Kenji Lopez-Alt talk about home cooking and the future of food. | 7/27/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Numbers Game | Our political beliefs influence more than just our votes.We explore 30-hour weeks and the choice between more money and more time. And, it turns out, the internet is way more than just Facebook and the NYTimes. Rosa Bransky takes us on a journey through the dark web. | 7/21/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRethinking the Daily Grind | Sick of the 9 to 5? Isabel Sawhill from The Brookings Institution talks about why we should rethink our workweek. | 7/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSlipping into the Dark Web | The journey from the surface web to the dark web is easier than you might think. Rosa Bransky joins us to talk about what’s happening in the worst corners of the internet, and how to stop it. | 7/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Growing Partisan Gap | Thinking about canvassing for your favorite candidate? According to Paul Taylor, you might want to head to the next county, since we are segregating ourselves based on our political beliefs. | 7/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Man Who Changed Television | We take a dip into history and explore the story of the man whose use of tech changed television forever. | 7/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Getting Lucky | The Mona Lisa and Kim Kardashian have something in common, and it’s more than just a bewitching smile. Plus, if your favorite color is blue, join the club. And finally, coincidences are more likely than you might think. | 7/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGender, Creativity, and You | Gender bias is everywhere. And according to Duke University researcher Devon Proudfoot, it even affects how we think about creativity. | 7/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLucky You | Yes, you earned that big promotion, but you also had help. Robert Frank of Cornell thinks we tend to underestimate the role luck plays in our lives. | 7/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Are the Chances? | Ever wonder what your chances are of winning the jackpot or of being in the wrong place at the wrong time? Joseph Mazur says that people tend to misjudge the likelihood of coincidences. | 7/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWith So Many Options, How Do You Choose? | You like blue, burritos, and Belle & Sebastian… but why? Journalist Tom Vanderbilt explains the science behind our taste. | 7/13/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: The Rest of the Story | Plato, Political Spin, and the Pipeline Problem. This week on Innovation Hub, we’re complicating issues you thought you understood. | 7/7/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Stressing Out | Looking to escape your growing to-do list? Sit back, relax, and tune in as we make stress less mysterious. | 6/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDeath to Concrete Culture | Professor of Urban and Cultural Sociology at UMass Amherst Jonathan Wynn says that building museums and stadiums isn’t the best thing for a city. His answer? Music festivals. | 6/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSt. Louis' Stagnation | Ever wonder why there is no “Silicon Valley of the Midwest?” This week on IHub, Brian S. Feldman explains why. | 6/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Biggest Little City Just Got Bigger | One city that’s always marketed itself as fun now finds itself on the rise. And no, it has nothing to do with casinos. How Reno’s blossoming tech industry might change the city. | 6/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Next Silicon Valley | Watch out: that entry-level job might not lead anywhere. Lauren Smiley tells us about Silicon Valley’s newest trend. | 6/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Decisions, Decisions | We'll talk about the secrets behind creativity. We'll take a look at Mechanical Turk. And you'll find out why radiation isn't as scary as you thought. | 6/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAsk An Expert? Maybe Not. | If NBC trusted the experts, we never would’ve had “Seinfeld.” Professor Adam Grant explains why experts fail. | 6/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTurking Hard for Little Pay | Ever wonder just who “studies” are surveying? The answer might make you uncomfortable. | 6/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUnraveling The Mysteries of Radiation | The word “radiation” makes many people nervous - Tim Jorgensen tells us what sources of radiation we should and shouldn’t worry about. | 6/15/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Summer Food and Friends | It’s time to get out the suntan lotion, lay back, put on your headphones, and listen to some of our best segments from the past several months. | 6/9/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: Come Together | Relationships with friends, spouses, and... robots? This week on Innovation Hub: coming together. | 6/2/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPssssst, I Hear This Podcast Is About the Science of Gossip | Did you hear that Karl’s going to get fired? Frank McAndrew explores the science of gossip, and explains why it isn’t always a bad thing. | 6/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Not-So-Golden Age of Marriage | Sharon Sassler and Stephanie Coontz explain how marriage is changing, and why that’s a good and bad thing. | 6/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhen People, Robots, and The Law Collide | When a driverless car kills someone, who will be held responsible? As robotic devices become more common, legal scholar Ryan Calo tells us how they’ll interact with the legal system. | 6/1/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFull Show: It's All Politics | This week on Innovation Hub: We’re talking politics. (But no election news -- we promise!) | 5/26/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow Global Warming Will Reshape Our World | Climate change. Electric cars. Carbon taxes. The future of energy is confusing. Fortunately, we’ve got former Energy Secretary Steven Chu to guide us through it. | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOutraged: Why We Condemn | Moral outrage is a powerful thing. But why do we care what other people do? Researcher Jillian Jordan explains. | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRent is Still Too Damn High | Rent is getting higher and Airbnb might be to blame. Steven Hill explains. | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWant To Find Out What Colleges Are Really Teaching? Look At The Syllabus | What’s the most taught book in college courses? Joe Karaganis has combed through a million syllabi to find out exactly what colleges are actually teaching kids. | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhy Science Is Still Under Attack | It’s the 21st century. Why is there still a ‘war on science’? We talk about how it threatens our democracy with writer Shawn Otto. | 5/25/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDo You, Like... Like Us? | Where do Facebook likes come from? Friends, fans, and - if you’ve got money - Bangladesh. Filmmaker Garrett Bradley takes us into the world of paid Facebook likes. | 5/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMoney for Nothing | There’s no such thing as a free lunch. But could that change? We explore the idea of a “guaranteed basic income.” | 5/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSurveillance, Privacy, and Creditors | With the help of technology, creditors are going to unprecedented (and sometimes illegal) lengths to pursue debtors. | 5/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast; annoying feed
I really like the podcast. Topics are far ranging and generally fascinating. The feed, however, is beyond annoying. Every week they send out a complete version of the show with all of the constituent topics, then they send the constituent topics separately, except that there is generally at least one on the separate send that is not in the aggregated version. This means that every week you will either listen to much of it twice, or you get to play a guessing game about which to delete. That is the only reason they did not get a 5.
Informative and interesting
This show really keeps up with the times and serves up interesting stories and interviews that teach me something daily. Keep it up!
Kara is great!
Kara and her team manage to get some of the best guests out there, a brilliant mix of business and technology. I really look forward to hearing the show each week and hope she'll continue her in depth interviews with some of the world's visionaries.
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