How to Cover Science Under Trump
In the Season 2 finale, our hosts talk to Tom Zeller Jr., Undark’s editor-in-chief, about covering science under the Trump administration. W...
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20 of 82 episodesDo We Know Enough to Use Psychedelics As Medicine?
This week on Entanglements: Do we have enough scientific evidence to approve psychedelics as medicine? Our hosts unpack the data with Albert...
What Should We Risk to Settle Space?
This week on Entanglements: Should we live on Mars, and beyond? Our hosts talk to Tiffany Vora, a biologist and space advocate who has done...
Should Companies Decide Our Tech Future?
This week on Entanglements: Should tech companies — and the billionaires that often run them — decide for the rest of us how artificial inte...
Should We Revamp Our Voting System?
This week on Entanglements: Should we switch all U.S. elections to ranked choice voting? Our hosts discuss the pros and cons with Deb Otis,...
Should We Change Our Planet's Climate...On Purpose?
This week on Entanglements: Should we run outdoor geoengineering experiments? Our hosts dive into this fiercely debated topic with an atmosp...
Should We Try to Prevent Autism?
This week on Entanglements: Should we try to prevent autism? Our hosts speak with Jill Escher, a philanthropist, president of the National C...
Kicking Off Season 2: Should We Make Viruses More Dangerous – For Science?
We're back! This week on Entanglements: Should we make viruses more dangerous? Our hosts discuss this question, and its contentious history,...
Wrapping Up Season 1
This week on Entanglements: What did we learn from our first season? What’s on deck for the future? Our hosts explore these questions and mo...
Is Fluoride Toxic at Low Levels?
This week on Entanglements: Is fluoride toxic at low levels? Our hosts explore this question in conversations with a professor from the Univ...
Should We Unleash GMO Mosquitoes?
This week on Entanglements: Should we unleash GMO mosquitoes? Our hosts explore this question in conversations with a molecular biologist fr...
Is the Misinformation Crisis Overblown?
This week on Entanglements: Is the misinformation crisis overblown? Our hosts explore this question in conversations with a social psycholog...
Cannabis and Severe Mental Health Disorders
This week on Entanglements: Is cannabis safe for people with severe mental health disorders? Our hosts explore this question in conversation...
Is It Likely that Covid-19 Came From a Lab?
This week on Entanglements: Could the Covid-19 pandemic have been sparked by a lab leak? Our hosts explore this hot-button question in conve...
Risky Science and Public Consent
This week on Entanglements: Should citizens decide on risky science? Our hosts talk to an Oxford political scientist and a former law and et...
Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Us All?
This week on Entanglements, hosts Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild talk to a former OpenAI employee and a Princeton professor about AI and d...
The Undark Podcast Returns — as "Entanglements"
The Undark podcast is back with a new format and a new name: Entanglements. Tune in as our hosts explore some of the most contentious topics...
Ep. 63: For Deep Ocean Mining, Questions Abound
This month: Some regions of the deep ocean contain vast amounts of key minerals, like cobalt and nickel, that are needed to power clean ener...
Ep. 62: Restoring Landscapes and Livelihoods in Western Bosnia
This month: Twenty-six years after the end of the Bosnian War, farmers in Livno are once again making cheese the traditional way, grazing he...
Ep. 61: When Accents Speak Louder Than Words
For scientists who come from abroad to live and work in America, accents can be personal. It's discouraging to be misunderstood, even when t...