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Current Events
Spend some time catching up on current events, life's lessons, and whatever is funny, meaningful, annoying, delightful, or interesting that week.
A variety science podcast
Science gets complicated. People do too.
We read the research, try to understand it, and then invite the people who did the work to tell us what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we completely missed. Follow along and learn with us.
We record Thursdays. Live episodes begin in the new year at 4:45 PM ET.
Latest episode
Ready or Not: CTE, Mindfulness, and Halloween
Our first real guest episode. We talk about readiness, CTE research and selection bias, mindfulness in sport with Tommy Minkler, and Halloween in Beyond the Lab with Heather.
Next Tuesday
Coming next
First full episode coming soon
What are we reading, what do we think it means, and what will the person who actually did the work tell us we missed?
Guest: Guest announcement coming soon
How the show works
Read it. Talk about it. Ask the expert. Wander somewhere weird.
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Try to understand something
We take on research and work through what we think it means in approachable language, and share our process of learning.
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Ask someone who knows
An author or expert joins us to tell us what landed, what didn't, and what nuance disappeared on the way.
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Beyond the Lab with Heather
Heather takes us beyond the lab to explore something creative, unexpected, or simply funny.
“Being curious doesn't mean pretending to know everything. It means doing the work, respecting expertise, asking better questions, and being willing to change your mind.”
Why this exists
Love is part of the method.
We started this because we wanted something together that would provide an excuse to spend time together. The science matters. So do kindness, creativity, positive regard, laughter, and being allowed to be imperfect humans in public.
Meet the humansHave something we should read?
Send us a paper, creative work, guest suggestion, or a polite explanation of something we misunderstood.
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