Ranked #1
Two Philosophers Ponder What It Means to Act Together
Two Philosophers Ponder What It Means to Act Together
Philosophers Michael E. Bratman, from Stanford University, and Margaret P. Gilbert, from UC Irvine, are this year’s reci... Read more
1 Nov 2019
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30mins
Ranked #2
SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE: What Should We Make of the College Admissions Scandal?
SPECIAL EXTENDED EPISODE: What Should We Make of the College Admissions Scandal?
In this special extended episode, Phi Beta Kappa Secretary and CEO Fred Lawrence invites two experienced colleagues to a... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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41mins
Ranked #3
How Neuroscientist Susan Birren Is Mapping New Pathways from the Brain
How Neuroscientist Susan Birren Is Mapping New Pathways from the Brain
The human brain has 100 billion cells, and there’s still so much to discover about it. Brandeis University neuroscientis... Read more
29 Aug 2019
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22mins
Ranked #4
Celebrated Author Edwidge Danticat Retraces the Arc of Her Literary Genius
Celebrated Author Edwidge Danticat Retraces the Arc of Her Literary Genius
While promoting her new book, an accomplished short story collection called Everything Inside, the PBK member and noted ... Read more
4 Oct 2019
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29mins
Ranked #5
Economist Paula Stephan on Incentives and Gender Biases
Economist Paula Stephan on Incentives and Gender Biases
As a college student, Professor Paula Stephan fell in love with economics as a way to understand and influence systems t... Read more
14 Jan 2019
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25mins
Ranked #6
Why Dr. Dava Newman Will Be Among the People to Get Humans to Mars
Why Dr. Dava Newman Will Be Among the People to Get Humans to Mars
Dava Newman has spent her career figuring out how to get humans to space, and helping them not only to survive there, bu... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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27mins
Ranked #7
Historian Ed Larson Takes a Critical Look at the Presidency
Historian Ed Larson Takes a Critical Look at the Presidency
Jefferson, Adams, Washington. Their names are synonymous with the bold experiment that was the United States in the late... Read more
25 Feb 2019
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19mins
Ranked #8
Amy Cheng Vollmer: The Unofficial Ambassador for Good Bacteria
Amy Cheng Vollmer: The Unofficial Ambassador for Good Bacteria
In this episode, Fred Lawrence, Secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, welcomes professor Amy Cheng Vollmer fr... Read more
3 Dec 2018
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23mins
Ranked #9
Middle East Scholar Lisa Anderson on Leading a University in Cairo During the Arab Spring
Middle East Scholar Lisa Anderson on Leading a University in Cairo During the Arab Spring
Her passion for Middle East studies was ignited during a college course with an intense teacher. She immersed herself in... Read more
3 May 2019
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28mins
Ranked #10
REPLAY: We Ask Literature Professor Ayanna Thompson “What Would Shakespeare Say?”
REPLAY: We Ask Literature Professor Ayanna Thompson “What Would Shakespeare Say?”
Fred Lawrence, Secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, welcomes professor Ayanna Thompson. Professor Thompson ... Read more
28 Jun 2019
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25mins