Science “knows not party politics”: The Life of Dr. Hosack
Politics in the early republic, like today, was bitterly partisan, but in 1811, one of the nation’s most renowned doctors David Hosack took the positi...
Great Talks at American Philosophical Society
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Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society explores some of the most interesting lectures given at Society meetings throughout the years. Each episode dives deep into a diverse array of themes to reveal the relevance of these talks to the pressing issues of today.
Good Numbers Make a Good Democracy: Kenneth Prewitt on the Census
It’s census season in the United States and some may be asking what exactly the census is, how it’s done, why. On this episode, Dr. Patrick Spero talk...
Helen Quinn on Doing and Teaching Science
How do we understand the things we cannot see – the tiniest building blocks that make up our physical world? And then how do we teach about them? On t...
Franklin, Jefferson, & America’s First Institutions
The final episode of season one of Great Talks at the APS departs slightly from the format of featuring an APS Meeting talk, instead featuring a paper...
A Long History of Climate Science
As we face the consequences of climate change, it may surprise some to learn just how long scientists—and denialists—have been talking about this prob...
The Paradox of the Mexico-U.S. Border
Why is it that at a time when Mexican migration across the Southern U.S. border is historically low, public dialogue surrounding the Mexico-U.S. borde...
The Life and Times of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Dr. Patrick Spero discusses the life and legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer with Dr. Martin Sherwin, co-author with Kai Bird of the Pulitzer-prize winnin...
Life of a Journalist
What does truth have to do with journalism? How has the profession evolved over the last half-century? On this episode, host Dr. Patrick Spero talks t...
The Demise of “Fact” in Political Discourse
On the first episode of the APS podcast, host Dr. Patrick Spero interviews Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson about the attack on facts in political dialogue ...