Brain Food Dude #53

The 53rd episode of our podcast is now available. Listen here, or subscribe on itunes.

Humor as Translation

Chris Bliss talks humor theory:

Isaac Newton

Radiolab has an awesome show this week on the topic of "escape."

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/20/12.

Is Obesity the Government's Business?

Listen to this debate from Intelligence Squared, about whether or not the government should take a role in the obesity crisis.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/13/12.

Real Life Super Powers

We may soon be able to do what only super heroes have been able to do in the past. Learn more on this episode of Skeptically Speaking.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/12/12.

Super PAC

Want to figure out exactly what a Super PAC is? Listen to this Fresh Air interview with Trevor Potter.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/23/12.

Brain Food Dude #52

Episode 52 of our podcast is now available. Listen here, or subscribe to our podcast on itunes.

More Unintended Consequences

This week on Econ Talk, and interview with David Owen, author of The Conundrum.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/13/12.

Too Much Sugar

Why is too much sugar bad for us? Learn on this episode of Science Friday.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/17/12.

The History of Dating

This week on Backstory, a history of dating and courtship.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/13/12.

Human Trafficking

This week on Here's the Thing, an interview with Rob Morris, co-founder of Love 146.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/12/12.

Unintended Consequences

This episode of The Cato Daily Podcast interviews Todd Myers, author of Eco-Fads. They discuss how sometimes even the best intentions can have negative outcomes.

Watch below, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/14/12.

Brain Food Dude #51

Brain Food Dude #51 is now available. Listen here, or subscribe on itunes.

Basketball & Compassion

Why did the best-female basketball player in the nation choose to stay home rather than play at a top school? To spend time with her disabled sister.

Check out and listen to the story here.

Choosing the Gun

If there's ever been a good argument for peace through the use of a gun, this is it:

Indian Slums

Learn about what happens in the slums of Mumbai, India, on this episode of Fresh Air.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/8/12.

Medicine & Compassion

On this episode of To the Best of Our Knowledge, listen to an interview with the Dali Lama's doctor, and a lot of other people who speak of medicine and compassion.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/21/12.

Journalism & Compassion

Listen to this great interview with Nicholas Kristof on the On Being podcast.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/9/12.

Humanity 2.0

What will it be like to be a human in 300 years? How about 1,000 years? According to Robert Sawyer, a few of us might even live to find out. Learn more in this lecture on the Big Ideas podcast.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 2/3/12.

Brain Food Dude #50

Brain Food Dude #50 is now available. Listen now, or subscribe on itunes.

1948 Olympics in London

A lot has changed since 1948, listen to what the Olympics were like the last time they were in London, on this episode of BBC Witness.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was`1/18/12.

The Happy Secret to Better Work

Check out this TED Talk by Shawn Achor.

Creating Dog Breeds

On NPR this week, an interview with Evan Ratliff about the history of dog breeding.

Listen here.

Behind the Curtain of a Washington Lobbyist

Planet Money is doing a great series on Lobbyists. This episode is great.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/27/12.

Nikola Tesla

Studio 360 did an entire show about the original mad scientist: Nikola Tesla.

Listen now, or download on itunes. The itunes release date was 1/26/12.