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BornCurious

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  • BornCurious is—like its home—about unbounded curiosity. Coming to you from Harvard Radcliffe Institute, one of the world’s leading centers for interdisciplinary exploration, this podcast brings together scholars, students, artists, and doers. Our conversations traverse current affairs, scientific breakthroughs, cutting-edge research, art making, and storytelling. Join us as we talk with and learn from the many people in our Radcliffe community whose work and lives are shaped by curiosity.
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Episodes
  • Artificial Intelligence—How Does It Work?

    Artificial Intelligence—How Does It Work?
    May 2 2024
    These days, it seems everyone is talking about artificial intelligence and machine learning—think ChatGPT. But how do these work, and where do they fall short? In this week’s episode, we do a deep dive on these tools with Fernanda Viégas, whose work in academia and industry focuses on people-centered machine learning. This episode was recorded on February 29, 2024. Released on May 2, 2024. Episode Transcript Guest Fernanda Viégas is a Sally Starling Seaver Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and an affiliate with Harvard Business School. With her longtime collaborator, Martin Wattenberg, she coleads Google’s People + AI Research (PAIR) initiative, which advances the research and design of people-centric AI systems. Related Content Fernanda Viégas: Fellowship Biography Fellow’s Talk: What’s Inside a Generative Artificial-Intelligence Model? And Why Should We Care? People + AI Research Credits Ivelisse Estrada is your cohost and the editorial manager at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), where she edits Radcliffe Magazine. Kevin Grady is the multimedia producer at HRI. Alan Catello Grazioso is the executive producer of BornCurious and the senior multimedia manager at HRI. Jeff Hayash is a freelance sound engineer and recordist. Heather Min is your cohost and the senior manager of digital strategy at HRI. Anna Soong is the production assistant at HRI. Mahbuba Sumiya is a multimedia intern at HRI and a Harvard College student.
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    57 mins
  • Kindness—It’s Good for You!

    Kindness—It’s Good for You!
    Apr 18 2024
    We’ve long known that our kindnesses benefit others, but did you know that they also benefit our own health? In this episode, our hosts sit down with the coauthors of a new book, The Biology of Kindness: Six Daily Choices for Health, Well-Being, and Longevity (MIT Press, 2024), that lays out the ways that science has shown prosocial behaviors to benefit us. Guests Immaculata De Vivo is the Melanie Mason Niemiec ’71 Faculty Codirector of the Sciences at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School for Public Health, and an international leader in the area of molecular and genetic epidemiology of cancer. Daniel Lumera is a wildlife biologist, a research fellow in the sociology of cultural and communicative processes, and a lecturer and international reference in the area of wellness sciences, quality of life, and the practice of meditation. This episode was recorded on February 29, 2024. Released on April 18, 2024. Episode Transcript Guests Immaculata De Vivo is the Melanie Mason Niemiec ’71 Faculty Codirector of the Sciences at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School for Public Health, and an international leader in the area of molecular and genetic epidemiology of cancer. Daniel Lumera is a wildlife biologist, a research fellow in the sociology of cultural and communicative processes, and a lecturer and international reference in the area of wellness sciences, quality of life, and the practice of meditation. Related Content The Biology of Kindness: Six Daily Choices for Health, Well-Being, and Longevity Immaculata De Vivo Radcliffe Biography Daniel Lumera Personal Website Credits Ivelisse Estrada is your cohost and the editorial manager at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), where she edits Radcliffe Magazine. Alan Catello Grazioso is your cohost, the executive producer of BornCurious, and the senior multimedia manager at HRI. Jeff Hayash is a freelance sound engineer and recordist. Marcus Knoke is a multimedia intern at HRI, a Harvard College student, and the general manager of Harvard Radio Broadcasting. Anna Soong is the production assistant at HRI.
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    40 mins
  • Let’s Talk about Climate Resilience

    Let’s Talk about Climate Resilience
    Apr 11 2024
    Heat waves, floods, droughts—catastrophes attributed to climate change seem to be happening more often. But is there reason for hope? In this episode, the climate change and disaster policy expert Rob Verchick outlines the challenges of climate change, especially when it comes to the law, along with why—despite the bad news—he remains hopeful. This episode was recorded on December 5, 2023. Released on April 11, 2024. Episode Transcript Guest Rob Verchick is a legal scholar who specializes in climate change and disaster policy. He is the Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans, a senior fellow in disaster resilience at Tulane University, and the author, most recently, of The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience (Columbia University Press, 2023). Related Content Rob Verchick: Fellowship Biography The Octopus in the Parking Garage: A Call for Climate Resilience Fellow’s Talk: Nemo's Fever: Deep Thoughts on Water, Culture, and Climate Resilience Connect the Dots Podcast Credits Ivelisse Estrada is your cohost and the editorial manager at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), where she edits Radcliffe Magazine. Alan Catello Grazioso is the executive producer of BornCurious and the senior multimedia manager at HRI. Jeff Hayash is a freelance sound engineer and recordist. Marcus Knoke is a multimedia intern at HRI, a Harvard College student, and the general manager of Harvard Radio Broadcasting. Heather Min is your cohost and the senior manager of digital strategy at HRI. Anna Soong is the production assistant at HRI.
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    58 mins
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