Brainwaves

Welcome to Brainwaves, a podcast exploring big ideas. The show is produced at the University of Colorado Boulder. Subscribe here:

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Recent Episodes

Mass shootings: What science says about an American epidemic

Sept. 10, 2019

In this week's episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we explore questions around mass shootings and also look at a new tool aimed at stopping a different kind of epidemic—firearm suicides.

Accessibility: How soda bottles, the law and augmented reality are helping differently abled people

Aug. 28, 2019

We talk to a CEO making prostheses from plastic bottles, a lawyer fighting international copyrights for disability accommodations and a PhD student working on augmented reality lenses for NASA’s astronauts that could one day help blind people.

Media, money and trust: How journalism’s business and ethics are changing in the digital age

Aug. 20, 2019

Journalism is changing. Print is struggling. Digital media is thriving. That’s changing how journalists make money and how the public trusts in the fourth estate.

Running back Phillip Lindsay on the field

Concussions: How science is shaping the future of America’s favorite sport

Aug. 13, 2019

On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we look at how scientists and health professionals are thinking about concussions as the football season approaches.

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