Format: Podcast
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Health
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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Nation & World
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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Health
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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Work & Economy
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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Nation & World
Taking the phones out of school
In podcast episode, experts discuss growing movement to restrict devices in class
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Nation & World
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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Health
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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Science & Tech
Is AI friend or foe? Wrong question.
A lawyer, a computer scientist, and a statistician debate ethics of artificial intelligence
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Health
Facing death with dignity
A chaplain, a bioethicist, and a doctor talk about end-of-life care
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Science & Tech
Climate alignment is no easy task
Experts at the Salata Institute outline tensions between global and local priorities
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Nation & World
Our democracy problem
‘Harvard Thinking’ asks three scholars how a ‘big, heterogeneous, diverse country’ can avoid coming apart
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Health
What do we do with our loneliness?
‘Harvard Thinking’ looks at health crisis with experts Jeremy Nobel and Milena Batanova
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Health
How much drinking is too much?
‘Harvard Thinking’ explores the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption
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Campus & Community
Harvard Thinking: Where the life of the mind meets everyday life
A new podcast with an interdisciplinary focus on today’s big issues