Episodes

  • Dr Vishal Gajjar of SETI Institute on finding technologically advanced extraterrestrial life
    May 5 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Vishal Gajjar is an Astronomer with the SETI institute. He is also a project scientist for Breakthrough Listen's international collaboration where he works with around half a-dozen radio observatories across the globe to enable special observing campaigns in search of technologically advanced extraterrestrial life.

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    53 mins
  • Prof. Lawrence Friedman of New England Law School on The Varieties of Substantive Due Process
    Apr 30 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Lawrence Friedman is Professor of Law at New England Law School, Boston. His interests include privacy law, national security, and related issues that test the boundaries of federal and state constitutional law to the digital age.

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    54 mins
  • Prof. Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez of the University of Pennsylvania on Immigration.
    Apr 24 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez is Professor of strategy at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s an expert on global and corporate strategy, with a focus on how the movement of talent, ideas, and firms creates economic prosperity.

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    56 mins
  • Prof. Mark Aldenderfer of the University of California, Merced on high altitude adaptation of humans
    Apr 18 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mark Aldenderfer is Professor Emeritus of anthropology and heritage studies at the University of California, Merced. His research includes high-altitude adaptation and quantitative methods in archaeology.


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    53 mins
  • Prof. Valerie Fridland of the Univ of Nevada on Why We Talk Funny, The Real Story Behind Our Accents
    Apr 12 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at University of Nevada. Her latest book is Why We Talk Funny - The Real Story Behind Our Accents.


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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Prof. Rosemary Joyce of the University of California, Berkeley, on ancient Honduras.
    Apr 7 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rosemary Joyce is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research is concerned with questions about the ways people employ things in actively negotiating their place in society, the lives and itineraries of objects, and the reframing of human engagement with the world in terms of materiality.


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Dr. Christopher DeArmitt on Plastics.
    Apr 3 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Christopher DeArmitt is a polymer chemist and materials scientist. He is the founder of Phantom Plastics and the Plastics Research Council. His research includes polymer additives, nano-fillers, and studies on the environmental impact of plastics.

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    59 mins
  • Prof. Gunther Kletetschka of University of Alaska on A Radical New Theory: Is Time 3-Dimensional?
    Mar 27 2026

    Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gunther Kletetschka is Associate Research Professor at the University of Alaska. His expertise includes physics, geology, biology, and astronomy



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    54 mins