Up To Date | Polar Vortex Science, Brainwaves to Speech, Blowing Up the Brain

Inquiring Minds

Female Host, Critical Thinking, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Interview, Science, Social Sciences

4.4 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The science behind the polar vortex, a new study attempting to directly translate brain signals into speech, and an update on the incredible work of neuroscientist Ed Boyden.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's Monday, February 4th, 2019, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indravis Gontas.
0:07.5	And I'm Kishoreh. Each week, we bring you a new in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.
0:13.8	We endeavor. We endeavor. We endeavor. We endeavor. You can find us online at inquiring.com.
0:19.2	On Twitter, at Inquiring Show, and on Facebook.
0:22.0	You can also get an ad-free version of the show by supporting us at patreon.com slash inquiring
0:26.8	minds. And you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or any other podcasting app.
0:36.9	So, hey, do you listen to Reply All?
0:39.3	I don't, but that show is phenomenal.
0:41.8	Yeah, so this is like not actually an official advertisement for them.
0:45.1	I just really like the show.
0:46.5	But they have a segment on it called Yes, Yes, No,
0:49.7	where the two hosts, Alex and PJ, and usually Alex Bloomberg,
0:56.7	talk about a particular tweet,
1:00.4	and they try to see if they can all understand it.
1:03.6	So it usually starts out with like Alex and PJ or the yes and the yes.
1:04.9	They understand everything about the tweet.
1:06.7	And Alex Bloomberg is the no.
1:12.7	And so they like go through the origins of all the different parts of the tweet until they all get to yes, yes, yes.
1:14.2	Does that sound familiar?
1:15.0	Sure.
1:15.6	Okay.
1:22.1	Well, one of the things that reminded me of this yes, yes, yes, no this week is a tweet from the real Donald Trump.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Inquiring Minds, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Inquiring Minds and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.