In this episode of "Luminous," we go inside Usona Institute’s chemistry lab and go deep with co-founder Bill Linton about what brought him to this unique moment in the psychedelic revolution. Read more
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Episode Archives
We celebrate Mother's Day with a collection of stories from our archives, by and about moms. Stories about care and about courage — about the work of mothering.Read more
Original Air Date:
May 13, 2023
In some of our favorite science interviews — discover the joy of studying fossils, the invention of a paper microscope, and the astrophysics of making a hard-boiled egg.Read more
Original Air Date:
April 22, 2023
In the first episode in our series about psychedelics, how can psilocybin ease our fears about dying and help us make peace with the end of our lives?Read more
Original Air Date:
April 08, 2023
You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are, how we got that way, and what to do about it.Read more
Original Air Date:
March 25, 2023
Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover your sense of wonder.Read more
Original Air Date:
March 18, 2023
Debates over American history are front-page news, and a new generation of public historians is re-shaping our national narrative.Read more
Original Air Date:
February 25, 2023
Radical politics and radical movements are on the rise everywhere. Maybe they're all — in one way or another — a rebellion against capitalism.Read more
Original Air Date:
February 11, 2023
A Native American hero — one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known — is now being celebrated by a new generation.Read more
Original Air Date:
January 14, 2023
Wakanda is a very American version of an idealized African future. So how do African science fiction writers tell stories about their own imagined future?Read more
Original Air Date:
December 10, 2022
In this final part of our series, we’re talking about work — specifically the right to meaningful work.Read more
Original Air Date:
November 19, 2022
PTSD and other mental health challenges can push people into poverty. How do you break the cycle? How do we truly care for people mentally and financially?Read more
Original Air Date:
November 12, 2022
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Recent Rebroadcasts
Exchanging glances with the natural world happens more often than you’d think. It can be so profound, there’s a name for it: eye-to-eye epiphany.Read more
Previous Airdates:
February 08, 2020
October 03, 2020
June 26, 2021
August 20, 2022
May 27, 2023
Scientists and explorers have found a whole new world under our feet. It's an exciting place, and it's changing what we know about the planet and ourselves.Read more
Previous Airdates:
November 02, 2019
July 18, 2020
February 27, 2021
October 23, 2021
July 16, 2022
May 27, 2023
As monocropping and agribusiness continue to dominate modern farming, we speak to farmers, botanists and indigenous people about how they are reclaiming our seeds.Read more
Previous Airdates:
September 14, 2019
May 30, 2020
March 27, 2021
November 13, 2021
July 02, 2022
May 20, 2023
We surround ourselves with possessions, but at what point do they start to possess us?Read more
Previous Airdates:
September 05, 2020
May 29, 2021
December 18, 2021
July 30, 2022
May 20, 2023
We owe our past and future existence on Earth to fungi. Some can heal you, some can kill you, and some can change you forever.Read more
Previous Airdates:
June 08, 2019
May 02, 2020
May 08, 2021
April 09, 2022
May 13, 2023
The pandemic has made clear that parents are walking a tightrope with no safety net. Is it time for a parenting revolution?Read more
Previous Airdates:
May 22, 2021
January 08, 2022
August 20, 2022
May 06, 2023
New experiences rewire the brain. So after all we’ve been through, are we different? We consider the "COVID brain" in both neuroscience and the arts.Read more
Previous Airdates:
October 10, 2020
June 12, 2021
January 15, 2022
August 06, 2022
May 06, 2023
Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cultures. How can that be undone?Read more
Previous Airdates:
March 20, 2021
November 06, 2021
July 09, 2022
April 29, 2023
Skin is the living tissue that simultaneously protects us from the world, and lets us feel it. In this episode, the politics, biology, and inner life of your skin.Read more
Previous Airdates:
April 18, 2020
December 12, 2020
August 07, 2021
April 02, 2022
April 29, 2023