BI 74 Brian Keating talks about Cosmology and Losing the Nobel Prize

BI 74 Brian Keating talks about Cosmology and...

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BI 77 "The Surprising Truth About Language" with David Shariatmadari

This episode of Books and Ideas is an interview with David Shariatmadari author of "Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language." We explore some of the common myths about language. This includes a follow up of our recent discussion on Brain Science about the eviden ...  Show more

BI 76 Jeremy Sherman, author of "Neither Ghost or Machine"

Several years ago I interviewed Terrence Deacon about his fascinating book Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter. His goal was to propose a theory of how purpose evolved in a universe without purpose. His argument was persuasive, but highly technical. In this month's ep ...  Show more

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