Dan Simon on the Intersection of Law and Psychology
While writing his dissertation, Dan Simon began to wonder how judges make decisions not from a legal, sociological, or economic perspective...
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Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa
Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa is a podcast from The Phi Beta Kappa Society's Visiting Scholars program, featuring leading scholars across multiple disciplines in conversation with Fr...
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14 episodes
Alfred Spector Sees Tech Integration Everywhere
In this episode, Dr. Alfred Spector discusses the past, present, and future of data science. Through his experiences in creating a company,...
How Neuroscientist Susan Birren Is Mapping New Pathways from the Brain
The human brain has 100 million cells, and there's still so much to discover about it. Brandeis University neuroscientist Susan Birren has d...
REPLAY: 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 that impacted many pe...
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 specializes in Rena...
REPLAY: Former Diplomat Harold Koh Is Worried
In our first episode, Fred Lawrence, Secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society , chats with his longtime friend, professor Harold Hong...
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 the region's histor...
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 frank discussion ab...
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 1700s. But there is...
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 that impacted many pe...
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 from Swarthmore Colle...
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 . She specializes in Renaissance drama a...
Legal Scholar Harold Hongju Koh Talks International Law and College Cafeterias
In our first episode, Fred Lawrence, Secretary and CEO of the Phi Beta Kappa Society , chats with his longtime friend, professor Harold Hong...
Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa Trailer
The Phi Beta Kappa Society presents Key Conversations with Phi Beta Kappa , a podcast that features intimate and in-depth conversations with...