Elucidations Podcast
1) Episode 151: Witold Więcek discusses statistics and academic research
Note: this episode was recorded in August of 2022.In the latest Elucidation, Matt talks to Witold Więcek about the difficulties that come up for researchers who would like to draw upon stati...Show More
2) Episode 150: Shruti Rajagopalan discusses talent in India
In this episode, Matt sits down with Shruti Rajagopalan (Mercatus Center) to talk about what the future holds for India.We often have a tendency to think of the current economic and geopolit...Show More
3) Episode 149: Lainie Ross and Christos Lazaridis talk about defining death
In this episode, we are joined by Lainie Ross (University of Rochester Medical Center) and (once again!) Christos Lazaridis (UChicago Medicine), this time to talk about the differe...Show More
4) Episode 148: Christos Lazaridis discusses brain death
In this episode, Matt sits down with Christos Lazaridis (University of Chicago Medicine) to chat about what brain death is and whether brain death should count as, like, death death.Modern l...Show More
5) Episode 147: Gabriella Gonzalez discusses the intersection of algebra and programming
In this episode, Matt talks to Gabriella Gonzalez about how basic concepts from the branch of math known as abstract algebra can help us simplify our computer programs and organize...Show More
6) Episode 146: Gaurav Venkataraman discusses memory in DNA and RNA
In this episode, Matt sits down with Gaurav Vankataraman (Trisk Bio) to talk about how human memory is physically realized.Where do your memories live? In the brain, right? They’re, like, im...Show More
7) Episode 145: Andrew Sepielli discusses quietism and metaethics
This episode, Matt and Joseph sit down with Andrew Sepielli (University of Toronto) to talk about metaethical quietism. His new book on the topic, Pragmatist Quietism, is out ...Show More
8) Episode 144: Christopher Beem discusses democratic virtues
This episode, Matt talks to Christopher Beem (Penn State University) about how we can cultivate those skills that conduce to having a functioning democracy. His book on the topic, The S...Show More
9) Episode 143: Mark Linsenmayer discusses alternative models of education
This episode, Matt Teichman talks to Mark Linsenmayer about alternative models of education. Mark is creator and host of the Partially Examined Life, Nakedly Examined Music, Pretty Much Pop, and Philo...Show More
10) Episode 142: Emily Dupree discusses the rationality of revenge
In this episode of Elucidations, Matt sits down with Emily Dupree to learn about whether it’s rational or irrational to try to seek revenge.As a culture, we kind can’t decide what we think a...Show More
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