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The 7th Avenue Project

A podcast exploring questions in science, culture, music, philosophy and more. Life as we know it, or would like to. The content varies from episode to episode and includes interviews, music and the o... Read more

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Leonard Susskind: A Life in Physics

Leonard Susskind: A Life in Physics

Last time I spoke to the theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind, it was about his long-running debate with Stephen Hawki... Read more

7 Apr 2013

1hr 17mins

Ranked #2

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Physicist Brian Greene on Black Holes (from 2009)

Physicist Brian Greene on Black Holes (from 2009)

First broadcast in Jan. 2009: physicist and master explainer Brian Greene on the space-, time-, and mind-bending propert... Read more

28 Nov 2011

1hr

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Max Brooks on WWI, The Harlem Hellfighters, Zombies and Him

Max Brooks on WWI, The Harlem Hellfighters, Zombies and Him

Max Brooks on his best-selling graphic novel "The Harlem Hellfighters," the true story of a heroic black U.S. regiment i... Read more

24 Aug 2014

1hr 11mins

Ranked #4

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Cartoon Journalist Joe Sacco

Cartoon Journalist Joe Sacco

Over the last two decades, Joe Sacco has helped invent a new genre: comic-book journalism. He's reported from Sarajevo d... Read more

17 Jan 2010

1hr 5mins

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The Double Life is Twice As Good

The Double Life is Twice As Good

Writer Jonathan Ames talks about his graphic novel, "The Alcoholic," his upcoming HBO comedy series and his double life ... Read more

8 Jun 2009

56mins

Ranked #6

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Mathematician/Computer Scientist Noson Yanofsky: The Outer Limits of Reason

Mathematician/Computer Scientist Noson Yanofsky: The Outer Limits of Reason

Does science have all the answers? The answer is no, and the proof comes from science itself. Mathematician/computer sci... Read more

15 Jun 2014

1hr

Ranked #7

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General Relativity for Beginners with Anthony Aguirre. Pt. 1 of 2 (Re-run)

General Relativity for Beginners with Anthony Aguirre. Pt. 1 of 2 (Re-run)

It was Einstein's greatest idea, and one of the most audacious leaps of scientific imagination ever. Much of what physic... Read more

8 Feb 2015

1hr

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No One Dies in Lily Dale

No One Dies in Lily Dale

A new HBO documentary film depicts life--and afterlife--in Lily Dale, New York. Founded in 1879, Lily Dale is the "world... Read more

26 Jul 2010

1hr 9mins

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Comedian Maria Bamford: Not Afraid of the Dark

Comedian Maria Bamford: Not Afraid of the Dark

When we last spoke to Bammer in 2008, she was still flying a little under the mainstream radar. In recent years she's br... Read more

26 Oct 2014

55mins

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General Relativity for Beginners with Anthony Aguirre. Pt. 2 of 2 (Re-run)

General Relativity for Beginners with Anthony Aguirre. Pt. 2 of 2 (Re-run)

Cosmologist Anthony Aguirre and I continue our jaunt through General Relativity. Last week we presented some of the basi... Read more

15 Feb 2015

51mins

Ranked #11

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Jordan Ellenberg on How Not to Be Wrong

Jordan Ellenberg on How Not to Be Wrong

"The point of math isn't solving problems," Jordan Ellenberg told me, "it's understanding stuff." And all too often thes... Read more

17 Aug 2014

1hr 7mins

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Psychologist Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence

Psychologist Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence

Steven Pinker, celebrated for his books on language and the workings of the mind, ventures into big history with his lat... Read more

31 Oct 2011

59mins

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Iran, Then and Now

Iran, Then and Now

Iranian film maker Nahid Sarvestani describes her involvement in the Iranian revolution 30 years ago and discusses her l... Read more

22 Jun 2009

56mins

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North African Music with Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou

North African Music with Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou

A musical journey to North Africa with Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou of the band Aza. The versatile singer/instrument... Read more

22 May 2011

1hr 13mins

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Lives in Art: Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames

Lives in Art: Harvey Pekar and Jonathan Ames

In part 1, a 2006 interview with Harvey Pekar, who died this past week on July 12. We talked about his brawling youth, h... Read more

19 Jul 2010

1hr 6mins

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Philosopher Peter Singer on Ethics in Theory and Practice

Philosopher Peter Singer on Ethics in Theory and Practice

Peter Singer may be the world's best-known ethicist. He's regarded as the intellectual father of the animal liberation m... Read more

7 Nov 2011

51mins

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Firesign Forever: Phil Proctor and Phil Austin

Firesign Forever: Phil Proctor and Phil Austin

As the legendary Firesign Theatre comedy troupe prepared for a reunion tour, two of its members, Phil Austin and Phil Pr... Read more

3 Oct 2010

49mins

Ranked #18

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Sebastian Seung: Mapping the Brain's Connectome (Rerun)

Sebastian Seung: Mapping the Brain's Connectome (Rerun)

And you thought sequencing the human genome was a big job. MIT neuroscientist Sebastian Seung is proposing something eve... Read more

23 Dec 2012

57mins

Ranked #19

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The Living Music of Elena Kats-Chernin (Rerun)

The Living Music of Elena Kats-Chernin (Rerun)

Despite an old-school classical education in the Soviet Union, where she grew up before emigrating to Australia as a tee... Read more

16 Dec 2012

57mins

Ranked #20

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Julia Reynolds: Gang Life and Gang Death In California

Julia Reynolds: Gang Life and Gang Death In California

Julia Reynolds never planned on becoming an expert on gang violence. But as a reporter covering towns like Salinas, CA, ... Read more

14 Sep 2014

1hr 17mins

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