Big Brains

Translating groundbreaking research into digestible brain food. Big Brains, little bites. Produced out at the University of Chicago. Winner of CASE "Grand Gold" award in 2022, Gold award in 2021, and named Adweek's "Best Branded Podcast" in 2020. Topics are wide-ranging with a variety of experts in their respective scientific fields including quantum computing, the origins of civilization, crime, dreaming, heat waves, and more.
 

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American Potential

American Potential shares how individuals are taking action in their community to break barriers. While some of the guests may be public officials or influencers, many are ordinary Americans who decided, “Enough is enough,” and are stepping up in a big way.

This podcast shares policy solutions to the most important challenges America faces and talks to people who are doing something about it. The whole point of this podcast is that when you hear about other people’s stories of success – and struggle – you will realize that you are capable of doing extraordinary things within your community and know that you are not alone.
 

Discover AG

"Agriculture you can relate to". - On Discover Ag hosts Natalie Kovarik and Tara Vander Dussen give their professional farming opinions on the top trending topics in the ag and food space to help you better understand the food system and connect with the hands that feed us. Expect to be wildly entertained and informed as you tune in each week and discover what's new in the world of agriculture.

Makeshift Stories - Original Science Fiction

Makeshift Stories is an independently produced sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction podcast for all ages. Twice a month, escape the ordinary and join us on a journey through space, time, possible futures, alternative pasts and the unexplainable.

Have a Nice Future

The future. It’s exciting; it’s discomforting. We don’t know what’s happening next— in the next four minutes on Twitter or in the next four years of democracy.

Have a Nice Future is a new podcast from WIRED, where each week, Wired’s Editor-in-Chief Gideon Lichfield and Senior Writer Lauren Goode speak with the top technologists, thinkers, and creators who are shaping this future we’re racing into. Every episode, the show asks each guest—and themselves—the same question: Is this the future we want? And if not, where do we go from here?