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Our emotional state at any given moment is how we assess the quality of our lives. Whether we’re happy, sad, angry, depressed … that’s who we are. But where do emotions come from? Do we own them or do they own us? Today’

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Our emotional state at any given moment is how we assess the quality of our lives. Whether we’re happy, sad, angry, depressed … that’s who we are. But where do emotions come from? Do we own them or do they own us? Today’

With satellites now enveloping our world, empowering a seemingly infinite suite of options for connecting, we have officially entered a new frontier of communications. In this unexplored wilderness, the rules have yet to

What are the implications of an intoxicated army? Today’s guest, Adam Zientek, is a historian whose book on the French army’s use of wine during World War I begs answers to new questions about what it means for a governm

The world has certainly seen its share of economic crises before. But have we ever seen anything like this? How did we get here? How long might this last? What might it look like on the other side? And what’s with all th

The word “wellness” has been appropriated by a handful of for-profit industries, each with an interest in branding the concept as something achievable through their products or services. The upside of this branding is th

So, you want to build a better baby. While many who have tried in the past have done so for not-so-good reasons, today’s emerging technology — while not capable of producing fully customized super-offspring — does allow

How dark were the Dark Ages? Were they dark for everyone, or was the darkness local to an unfortunate few? How did they break out of the darkness? And what of us? Today’s guest, Mikhaila Redovian, an expert on the period

During a recent trip to Syria to study the post-civil war healing process, Keith Watenpaugh found himself in the midst of a fresh conflict — a war declared by the United States and Israel on Iran. In this special episode

For centuries, the physical sciences have offered us ways to make sense of the physical world — the world we perceive with our senses. But what about the world beyond our perceptions? The one we can only infer — the quan

To say that Islam is misunderstood would be misleading. It would be much more accurate to say that Islam is not understood at all — at least by most people in the United States. What many of us think we know is actually

Imagine a place that checks nearly every box in the search for Utopia — sustainable, energy efficient, communal, safe. For the past half-century, Village Homes, a visionary housing development in Davis, California, has c

To suggest that tea is merely something to drink seems somewhat superficial. After all, tea has been found at the center of diplomatic negotiations, rebellions, and national economies. It contains high antioxidant conten

This January, as the country observes National Poverty Month, we ask how it is that the wealthiest nation in the world manages to rank 79th out of 91 countries in terms of poverty, according to the World Population Revie

While the act of genocide dates back to the 13th century, the word itself is fairly young — coined in 1944. Keith David Watenpaugh, one of the country’s leading experts on human rights and the history of genocide, sits d

In this episode of Minds Over Matters, lighting designer and director of the California Lighting Technology Center Jae Yong Suk joins host Ed Kiggins to discuss lighting, smart homes, and energy resiliency in the 21st ce

In this episode of Minds Over Matters, oceanographer and climate scientist Dr. Tessa Hill joins host Ed Kiggins to discuss the concerning shifts in the Earth’s climates due to human activities and pollution. How are our

Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor is a historian whose new book Under the Hammer is the first to document how auctions in early America, for everything from sacks of sugar to enslaved people and Indigenous land, shaped the way we

Giovanni Peri is an award-winning global economist and one of the world’s leading experts on migration. He is the Founding Director of the Global Migration Center, an interdisciplinary research center focusing on migrati

In the debut episode of Minds Over Matters, evolutionary anthropologist Dr. Manvir Singh joins host Ed Kiggins for a wide-ranging conversation about a phenomenon that continuously pops up across human cultures: shamanism
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