Podcasts
Who are they?
Scientists and Environmentalists,
Indigenous Leaders and Activists,
Teachers and Artists
Hosted by Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University
01. Beginning of the Universe
Joel Primack, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
How did our universe emerge? Did it expand? And where did stars and galaxies come from? What is "cold dark matter” and “dark energy”?
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01. Beginning of the Universe
Joel Primack, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
How did our universe emerge? Did it expand? And where did stars and galaxies come from? What is "cold dark matter” and “dark energy”?
02. Galaxies Forming
Todd Duncan, Ph.D, Astrophysics, University of Chicago
Joel Primack, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
How did galaxies form? What are the shapes of these galaxies? How did the Milky Way emerge?
02. Galaxies Forming
Todd Duncan, Ph.D, Astrophysics, University of Chicago
How did galaxies form? What are the shapes of these galaxies? How did the Milky Way emerge?
03. The Emanating Brilliance of Stars
Joel Primack, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Todd Duncan, Ph.D, Astrophysics, University of Chicago
What are stars? How are they birthed? How do they die? And what is a supernova explosion? How does this explosion give rise to the elements that form life itself.
03. The Emanating Brilliance of Stars
Joel Primack, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
What are stars? How are they birthed? How do they die? And what is a supernova explosion? How does this explosion give rise to the elements that form life itself.
04. Birth of the Solar System
Craig Kochel, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Bucknell University
How did our solar system come about? How did the Moon originate? What is the creative role of plate tectonics? How does geology impact Earth’s biology?
04. Birth of the Solar System
Craig Kochel, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Bucknell University
How did our solar system come about? How did the Moon originate? What is the creative role of plate tectonics? How does geology impact Earth’s biology?
05. Life's Emergence
Ursula Goodenough, Emerita Professor of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
Terrence Deacon, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
How did the first cells emerge? What characterizes them? How do we explain the patterning found in DNA and in multicellular organisms?
05. Life's Emergence
Ursula Goodenough, Emerita Professor of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
How did the first cells emerge? What characterizes them? How do we explain the patterning found in DNA and in multicellular organisms?
06. Learning, Living, and Dying
Terrence Deacon, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
How did the brain evolve over time from single cell organisms to vertebrates? What is consciousness and responsiveness? How can we compare the adaptive brains of humans, chimpanzees, and our many evolutionary ancestors?
06. Learning, Living, and Dying
Terrence Deacon, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
How did the brain evolve over time from single cell organisms to vertebrates? What is consciousness and responsiveness? How can we compare the adaptive brains of humans, chimpanzees, and our many evolutionary ancestors?
07. The Passion of Animals
Scott Sampson, President, Science World, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Discover the compelling story of Earth’s fossil record. What were the ecosystems of dinosaurs? How did humans co-evolve with other species? What are mass extinctions?
07. The Passion of Animals
Scott Sampson, President, Science World, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Discover the compelling story of Earth’s fossil record. What were the ecosystems of dinosaurs? How did humans co-evolve with other species? What are mass extinctions?
08. The Origin of the Human
John Grim, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Yale University
Melissa Nelson, President, The Cultural Conservancy; Professor, San Francisco State University
John and Melissa explore the history of early humans in relation to kinship with land and animals. Contemporary indigenous lifeways are also highlighted, especially the sustaining power of rituals that locate humans within the rhythms of Earth’s transformative systems.
08. The Origin of the Human
John Grim, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Yale University
John and Melissa explore the history of early humans in relation to kinship with land and animals. Contemporary indigenous lifeways are also highlighted, especially the sustaining power of rituals that locate humans within the rhythms of Earth’s transformative systems.
09. Becoming a Planetary Presence
Cynthia Brown, Emerita Professor of History, Dominican University of California
Cynthia describes the “big history” beyond simply human history that includes cosmic, Earth, and human evolution. She highlights eight key threshold moments of evolutionary change from universe emergence and solar systems to life forms, including humans.
09. Becoming a Planetary Presence
Cynthia Brown, Emerita Professor of History, Dominican University of California
Cynthia describes the “big history” beyond simply human history that includes cosmic, Earth, and human evolution. She highlights eight key threshold moments of evolutionary change from universe emergence and solar systems to life forms, including humans.
10. Conversation Series Transition
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Mary Evelyn introduces a collection of creative thinkers who are drawing upon the story of the universe to re-envision and create mutually enhancing human-Earth relations.
10. Conversation Series Transition
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Mary Evelyn introduces a collection of creative thinkers who are drawing upon the story of the universe to re-envision and create mutually enhancing human-Earth relations.