Steve Ramirez: Forget about it
3 February - 37 minsExperiments with mice have shown it’s possible to tinker with and even erase a memory. The goal for neuroscience now is to apply the science to help people struggling with PTSD and other mentally crippling memories.
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Series Episodes
Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know
The remarkable and little-known story of how Harriet Tubman played a critical role in a daring raid that in 1863 freed some 700 slaves from rice plantations along South Carolina’s Combahee River.
36 mins
31 March Finished
Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?
For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or LLMs. But he is even more concerned about what may come next.
37 mins
24 March Finished
Shermin Kruse: When empathy becomes a strategy
Her mother’s skillful use of empathy to defuse a potentially dangerous encounter on the streets of Tehran when she was nine has stayed with her ever since. It led to her developing the concept of stoic empathy as a way to navigate challenges.
37 mins
17 March Finished
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 33 Trailer
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to the new season with clips from episodes on empathy – both helping defuse a dangerous situation in Tehran and its role in the very different circumstances of a doctor’s office; why chatbots can still be exasperating; Harriet Tubman’s key role in a daring raid freeing 700 slaves; and why accents are so revealing.
26 mins
10 March Finished
Carol Burnett: A favorite conversation
At age 92, Carol Burnett still graces our screens with her presence and humor. Alan revisits a 2019 conversation that explores with her what made The Carol Burnett Show a comedy masterpiece and recalls the time she played his wife in his movie The Four Seasons.
35 mins
3 March Finished
Adam Frank: Are there aliens out there? Probably. But UFOs – not so much
It’s highly likely that life – maybe even intelligent life – has evolved elsewhere in the universe. But that aliens bother to hang out in our skies, or are even able to get here...Really?
37 mins
24 February Finished
