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A podcast where the life of the mind meets everyday life. Join Harvard Gazette writer Samantha Laine Perfas as she convenes experts from different disciplines for conversations about issues that affect people in real, tangible ways. Produced by Harvard University. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
Featured Episode
In this episode of the “Harvard Thinking” podcast, experts break down “biological contradiction” of a 65-year-old with the memory of a 25-year-old — and what that means for the rest of us.
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Priced out of the American dream
In podcast, experts discuss factors fueling housing crisis — from overregulation to NIMBYism — and how to fix it
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‘Harvard Thinking’: The things we carry
In podcast, experts discuss how trauma can reshape us — down to the cellular level
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Is marriage worth saving?
In podcast, experts dig into why wedlock’s appeal is fading — for one group especially — and how to make it work better
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Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts
In podcast, teachers talk about how they’re using technology to supercharge critical thinking rather than replace it
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The perils of perfectionism
In podcast, experts discuss different types of toxic achievers and the case for embracing your ‘beautiful mess’
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How memory works (and doesn’t)
In podcast, scientists explain why remembering is more reconstruction than replay
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Why the Mediterranean diet works
In podcast, experts break down universal appeal, research-backed benefits of a health trend that adds more than it takes away
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Are you getting enough sleep? Probably not.
In podcast, experts discuss how to tap into powerful but often neglected key to health and well-being
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Is there a right way to write?
In podcast, professionals share tips on technique, process — and tapping ‘deepest part of yourself, even if you’re writing something that is set on a spaceship’
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Cancer is rising among younger people — why?
In podcast, experts outline potential factors driving trend and how to reduce risk
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What’s driving decline in U.S. literacy rates?
In podcast, experts discuss why learning to love to read again may be key to reversing trend
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Can people change?
One thing is certain in the new year — we’ll evolve, with or without resolutions. In podcast, experts consider our responsibility.
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New frontiers in cancer care
In podcast, experts discuss breakthroughs in treatment, from genomic sequencing to AI, and how close we are to personalized vaccines
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Are optimists the realists?
Humanity is doing better than ever yet it often doesn’t seem that way. In podcast, experts make the case for fact-based hope.
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Plastics are everywhere, even in our bodies
We ingest equivalent of credit card per week — how worried should we be? In ‘Harvard Thinking,’ experts discuss how to minimize exposure, possible solutions.
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What skeptics get wrong about liberal arts
In podcast episode, an economist, an educator, and a philosopher make the case it’s as essential as ever in today’s job market
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Taking the phones out of school
Experts discuss growing movement to restrict devices in class
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How far has COVID set back students?
An economist, a policy expert, and a teacher explain why learning losses are worse than many parents realize
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Forgiving what you can’t forget
Wronged and can’t move on? A theologian, a psychologist, and a public health expert discuss why and how to heal.
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Is AI friend or foe? Wrong question.
A lawyer, a computer scientist, and a statistician debate ethics of artificial intelligence
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Facing death with dignity
A chaplain, a bioethicist, and a doctor talk about end-of-life care
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Climate alignment is no easy task
Experts at the Salata Institute outline tensions between global and local priorities
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Our democracy problem
‘Harvard Thinking’ asks three scholars how a ‘big, heterogeneous, diverse country’ can avoid coming apart
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What do we do with our loneliness?
‘Harvard Thinking’ looks at health crisis with experts Jeremy Nobel and Milena Batanova
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How much drinking is too much?
‘Harvard Thinking’ explores the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption
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Harvard Thinking: Where the life of the mind meets everyday life
A new podcast with an interdisciplinary focus on today’s big issues