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Science, Technology, and Society
Interviews with scholars of science, technology and society about their new books.
October 12, 2026
"The humanities should really matter to STEM disciplines"
This is the first episode in a series that explores the intersections of science and the humanities in university life. In today’s conversation, Jeffr…
October 7, 2026
Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions
What does it mean to learn when algorithms increasingly shape how knowledge is produced, organized, and interpreted? Editors Elizabeth de Freitas, Mat…
October 7, 2026
Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World
Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century,…
October 4, 2026
Obsolete
Today I’m speaking with Garrison Lovely, technology journalist and author of the new book, Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace…
October 1, 2026
Aarthi Vadde has a Platform (JP)
It is fair to say Aarthi Vadde's wonderful new book, We The Platform, demostrates "how literature changes our perspective on the internet." But you al…
October 1, 2026
Assassins and Secret Listeners
Throughout Britain, all day, every day and in the dead of night, the secret listeners went about their solitary work. Hands on headphones, these men a…
October 1, 2026
The Generative Organization
How Do AI & Innovation Cohabitate? Bryan Cassady is an author, professor, and all-around innovator, whether in book form or in classrooms, real a…
September 30, 2026
How to Stay Human Forever
Many Americans have a constant dread of impending doom. Glued to the screens of our computers and smartphones, we sense that some total catastrophe is…
September 30, 2026
Who Gets to Write History?
Most of us use Wikipedia without thinking very much about it. A name comes up in conversation, an argument breaks out, or we suddenly need to know wha…
September 27, 2026
“Ten Percent”
Could humanity’s most powerful invention become a threat to its survival? In this episode of The Survival Curve, we examine the disturbing prospect be…
September 25, 2026
Projecting Knowledge
Projecting Knowledge: The Optical Lantern and Science Communication, 1880s-1940s (Brepols, 2026) takes one of those fundamental questions - how does k…
September 25, 2026
Miracle Road
Research Triangle Park in North Carolina (RTP) emerged under the unique circumstances of a poor Southern state that needed to find a way to offset the…
September 24, 2026
The New Geography of Innovation
Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Aliba…
September 22, 2026
The Discursive-Digital Link
We are in a state of crisis. Democracy is under threat, authoritarian politics are on the rise, and digital media—once heralded as emancipatory techno…
September 21, 2026
Library Technical Services
Library Technical Services: Future Forward (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino looks at the future of technical services …
September 18, 2026
Museums in Digital Age
How are museums adapting to the digital age, and what transformations are taking place in institutions we often consider to be highly conservative? In…
September 18, 2026
Building Better Scientific Teams through Team Science and TeamMAPPS
This inaugural podcast for the Voices of Discovery podcast from the University of Houston Clear Lake features a discussion of Team MAPPS, a federally-…
September 17, 2026
What does the Pope have to teach us about AI?
When I heard that Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” was about “Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,”…
September 17, 2026
For Customers Only
Americans have nowhere to go. Nationwide, countless public spaces lack one crucial thing: bathrooms, never mind ones that are safe and functional. Yet…
September 16, 2026
Billionaire Backlash
In this episode of International Horizons, host John Torpey sits with Pepper Culpepper, Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy at the Uni…