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All Episodes

Free Food For Thought — 158 episodes

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1

Michael McFaul on China, Russia, and Democracy

2

Jeff Kukucka on Psychology and Forensic Science

3

The Migrant Child Farmworkers - Now High-Profile Professionals

4

Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta and The Brain

5

Terry Tang and The Free Press

6

Melissa Kearney on the Two-Parent Privilege and Global Fertility Decline

7

Steve Sabicer on Reclaiming Craft and Connection in Food, Nature, and Society

8

Professor Hurley on The Ethics of Lying

9

Alan Auerbach on Social Security and the National Debt

10

Seth Lerer on Children's Literature and the Imagination

11

Sharon Sliwinski and The Importance of Dreaming

12

Theresa Delgadillo and Contemporary Photography's Engagements with Race in the Americas

13

Robert Twomey and Fostering Intimacy with Intelligent Machines

14

Professor Nicholas Buccola on Barry Goldwater and James Baldwin

15

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner on Hamilton and Lin Manuel Miranda

16

Debak Das & Nuclear Proliferation

17

Šumit Ganguly on Kashmir, National Identity, and the Politics of Conflict

18

Civility in the Work Place with Christine Porath

19

Mary Lovely on American tariffs: How global headwinds are impacting our everyday lives

20

Hussein Banai on the Shadow of Missteps: US-Iran Relations

21

Jeffrey Ding on Technology and the Rise of Great Powers

22

Amos N. Guiora on Navigating Conflict & Law

23

Dan Koeppel on Investigative Journalism and the Banana Crisis

24

Lerone Martin and MLK

25

Reyna Grande and the Resilience of the Mexican-American Experience

26

Jared Loggins and Emily Bernard on the Intersection of Personal and Political Narratives and Navigating Today's Media Landscape

27

Melvin Rogers on Navigating Race, History, and Responsibility

28

Ellen Oacha on Being the First Hispanic Woman to go to Space

29

Michelle Dowd on Foraging and Surviving A Family Cult

30

Amit Ahuja on Indian Politics, Democracy, and Identity

31

Ruben Piñuelas on His Second Chance at Life

32

Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman on Exploring the Poet's Role in Society and Self

33

Memo Akten on Art, Technology, and the Human Experience

34

Sohrab Ahmari and Jason Riley on the News Industry, Partisanship, and Immigration

35

Richard Ross on Juveniles in Detention Centers

36

Dean Logan on Election Administration

37

Ben Laude on Preserving Classical Piano

38

Omer Bartov on the Holocaust and the History of Ukraine

39

Dr. Susan Schneider on A.I. and Philosophy

40

Michael O'Hanlon on College, War, and Speech

41

Gabby Salazar on Wildlife Photography and Patience

42

Felicia Marcus on Water in the West

43

Ian Wood on Rome to Western Christendom

44

Turkish Genocide Denial as a National Security Concept with Taner Akçam

45

Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early 20th Century Brazil with Cassia Roth

46

Justin Brooks on Why You Might Go to Prison, Even if You're Innocent

47

Richard Sander on Legal Challenges to Affirmative Action

48

David E. Tolchinsky on Mental Health and Film/TV Depictions

49

Lingling Wei on China's Party-State Capitalism

50

A History of the African American Western with Mia Mask

51

Falling in Love with Machines with Eric Schwitzgebel

52

Undocumented Motherhood with Elizabeth Farfán-Santos

53

Trust, Power, and Credit in America with Bruce G. Carruthers

54

Systematic Racism with Professor Salter

55

State of Globalization with Professor Drezner

56

Life After College with Davy Rothbart

57

Global Policy with Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

58

Lessons from Social Movements in India with Mukulika Banerjee

59

Reinventing the Los Angeles Times with Kevin Merida

60

Adventures in International Film and Finance with Robert Simonds

61

Living a Life of Purpose with Tom Linebarger

62

The Power of Storytelling with Charmaine Wilkerson

63

Changes in Iran with Pardis Mahdavi

64

Brown University Professor Omer Bartov on the Rise of Antisemitism

65

UW Law Dean Tamara Lawson on Policing, Prosecution, and More

66

Putting the "Science" in Data Science with Jay Cordes

67

AirTalk, Public Radio, and more with Larry Mantle

68

Russia's "Weak Strongman" with Timothy Frye

69

Joe Soss

70

Michelle Tusan

71

Elizabeth Ito

72

Lynda Barry

73

Sanjib Kalita

74

Jared Diamond

75

Michael Shear

76

Amanda Little

77

Tyehimba Jess

78

David Treuer

79

Martha Jones

80

John List

81

Jennifer Burns

82

Chris Slobogin

83

Daron Acemoglu

84

Fiona Hill

85

Matt Pyken

86

Ragen Chastain

87

France Cordova

88

Martha Minnow

89

Roger Karapin

90

Peter Moskos

91

Charles Yu

92

Ryan Cirz

93

Steven PInker

94

Naomi Bagdonas

95

Daniel Kelly

96

Sameer Pandya

97

The Professor Series - Megan Gallagher

98

Valerie Tiberius

99

The Professor Series - JoAnne Ferguson

100

The Professor Series - Chloe Martinez

101

Gabrielle Calvocoressi

102

Professor Series - Professor Miller

103

Candace Valenzuela

104

Stefanie Johnson

105

Graham Lee Brewer

106

Eli Saslow

107

Cailin O'Connor

108

Cary Aspinwall

109

Jud Brewer

110

Katherine Mangu-Ward

111

Debra Tolchinsky

112

Alex Kotlowitz

113

Katherine Forest

114

Nikole Hannah Jones

115

Dwayne Betts

116

Susan Hockfield

117

Symone Sanders

118

Carl Wilkens

119

Kim Sajet - Live

120

Sean Hagan

121

Jonathan Haidt

122

Jo Scott-Coe

123

David Tolchinsky

124

David Frum

125

Marianne Haver-Hill

126

Susannah Wellford

127

Amal Kassir

128

Jelani Cobb

129

Lynn Novick

130

Steve Kotkin

131

Lee Dugatkin

132

Michael Klarman

133

Leslie Jamison

134

Barry Schwartz

135

Dave Rubin

136

Neel Kashkari

137

Cameron Munter

138

John Yoo

139

Jay Nordlinger

140

Tim Wright

141

Robert Sapolsky

142

Maria Trujillo

143

Jason Riley

144

Andrew Jacobs

145

Jack Pitney

146

Amy Whitaker

147

Larry Rosin

148

Spencer Wells

149

Adotei Akwei

150

Phyllis Green

151

Linda Hervieux

152

Lee Jussim

153

Cornell Brooks

154

Michael Roth

155

Randall Kennedy

156

Chris Temple

157

Pardis Mahdavi

158

Kamau Bell