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Season Two: Episode Directory


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Episodes

What is the complexity in simplicity?

Howard Gardner with Gabrielle Oliveira

November 1, 2021

Everyone has heard the mantra: keep it simple. Why make something more complicated than it needs to be? In this episode, Howard Gardner reflects on the complexities inherent in simplicity via the global uptake of his famous theory of multiple intelligences.

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What if art and science aren’t opposites?

Ellen Winner withÌýKeith Sawyer

November 8, 2021

There is a seemingly age-old division between art and science, which on one hand attributes emotions and creativity to art, and on the other hand, espouses science with logic and reason. Join Ellen Winner in this episode as she troubles this dichotomy and helps us to see the ways that art and science overlap.

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What if we are not alone in the universe?

Andrea ViciniÌýwithÌýKristina Wirtz

November 15, 2021

The possibility of extra-terrestrial or beyond human life is a common theme in popular culture. However, in this episode, Andrea Vicini asks us to seriously entertain what an encounter with the Other might help us learn about our own humanity.

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