PODCAST EPISODE DIRECTORY
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99% Invisible · Episode 114
How do you warn people about a danger when their language and culture may be unfamiliar? This episode follows proposals for communicating the risks of nuclear waste across millennia, turning a storage problem into a striking question about design.
Listen forThe tension between a warning's intended meaning and the meaning future people might give it.
Episode detailsNASA's Curious Universe · Episode 1
NASA astrophysicists Jason Rhodes and Ami Choi introduce dark matter and dark energy through the observations that make these mysteries compelling. The conversation follows how researchers investigate what they cannot directly see and why new measurements can raise new questions.
Listen forHow the guests distinguish dark matter from dark energy, and evidence from an explanation.
Episode detailsWorkLife with Adam Grant · Publisher archive
Adam Grant examines workplace flexibility as a question of autonomy. The episode considers choices about tasks, colleagues, schedules, and location, offering a broader frame for discussing how organizations can give people more control over the way they do their jobs.
Listen forWhich kinds of flexibility would make the biggest difference in your own work.
Episode detailsThe History of English Podcast · Episode 67
Kevin Stroud follows the events of 1066 and the Norman Conquest to explain a major turning point in the story of English. Along the way, the episode explores seasonal vocabulary and shows how political history and language history can intersect.
Listen forHow a sequence of historical events creates consequences for the language people speak.
Episode detailsThe Allusionist · Episode 59
Literary translator Caetano Galindo discusses adapting The Memory Palace from English audio into Brazilian Portuguese text. His experience opens up questions about preserving a writer's voice, making choices between languages, and moving a story from one medium to another.
Listen forThe translator's choices when the literal wording and the effect of a story pull in different directions.
Episode detailsPractical AI · Episode 324
Daniel Whitenack talks with Mark Daniel Ward and Katie Sanders about Purdue University's Data Mine. Their discussion examines learning through real data projects, collaboration across academic subjects, and the role of practical experience in preparing students to work with AI.
Listen forHow the program connects classroom learning with a concrete problem and a team.
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