Sensing Episode 3: Flavor on the Brain
When you taste the subtle flavor of a perfectly brewed cup of coffee, or smell the funk of an aged blue cheese – you don’t just experience t...
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Do you have a curious mind? Do you sometimes daydream about having a PhD in literature, science, or history? Go inside the minds of PhDs at Harvard University with the Veritalk podcast. Veri...
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Listen to Veritalk, a Education podcast by Harvard University. Stream 22 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 22 episodesSensing Episode 2: Squish Goes the Robot!
Can robots ever learn to feel? Our ability to perform delicate tasks, like giving a gentle hug or picking a piece of fruit, is something tha...
Sensing Episode 1: It's All within Reach
From the moment you open your eyes in the morning, your sense of sight helps you navigate and interact with the world. But how do our brains...
Monsters Episode 3: King Kong vs. Gravity (Re-Release)
Why isn’t King Kong scaling the Empire State Building right now? Should we worry about Godzilla rising from the depths of the Pacific Ocean?...
Monsters Episode 2: Parasites (Re-Release)
Some monsters live inside us. PhD candidate in Biological Sciences in Public Health Maddy McFarland studies Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite th...
Monsters Episode 1: Mermaids (Re-Release)
Mermaids: They’re cute, innocent, and great singers, right? Think again! PhD candidate in Celtic Languages and Literatures Greg Darwin expla...
Food Episode 4: Your Body Isn't Broken
Can nutrition education solve the obesity epidemic? Hannah Cory asked that question over and over while working as a dietician in a public s...
Food Episode 3: Go with Your Gut
What does it mean to have a "healthy gut?" Is it worth drinking kombucha or taking probiotics? What about that gut-brain connection? PhD can...
Food Episode 2: Veritalk Goes Vegan
In the last few years, the popularity of "plant-based diets" has exploded. Celebrities from Tom Brady to Beyoncé promote eating less meat. E...
Food Episode 1: Turmeric Lattes and Tikka Masala
After moving to the US from Mauritius, PhD candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures Nikhita Obeegadoo felt homesick. Her experience ea...
4.3 Who Owns the Night?
When developers try to revitalize the nightlife in Johannesburg, not everyone is invited to the party. PhD candidate Chrystel Oloukoi explor...
4.2 Pothole Politics
Potholes are an everyday annoyance for commuters, but they're a really complex problem for cities to solve. Many cities, including Boston, h...
4.1 Hello, you’ve reached. . . Manila?
One jetlagged night in Manila leads PhD candidate Justin Stern into the world of business process outsourcing. The first episode in Veritalk...
Monsters Episode 3: King Kong vs. Gravity
Why isn’t King Kong scaling the Empire State Building right now? Should we worry about Godzilla rising from the depths of the Pacific Ocean?...
Monsters Episode 2: Parasites
Some monsters live inside us. PhD candidate in Biological Sciences in Public Health Maddy McFarland studies Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite th...
Monsters Episode 1: Mermaids
Mermaids: They’re cute, innocent, and great singers, right? Think again! PhD candidate in Celtic Languages and Literatures Greg Darwin expla...
Displacement Episode 3: The Estranged
PhD graduate in Sociology Monica Bell’s interviews with poor youth of color in Baltimore led her to formulate the idea of “legal estrangemen...
Displacement Episode 2: The Shipwreck
During World War II, many Greek people had to flee their homes and seek safety in the Middle East. Today, Syrian refugees flee violence in t...
Displacement Episode 1: The Rohingya
Almost no outsiders have visited the internally displaced persons camps in Burma where over 140,000 Rohingya Muslims are forced to live. Cre...
Plumage Episode 3: Puttin' on the Ritz
In our last episode about plumage, Chloe Chapin, PhD student in American Studies, explores how humans have used fashion to express gender an...
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