The Big Data Revolution
Eric Lander, the head of the Broad Institute and the host of the Pushkin podcast “Brave New Planet,” explains how big data helped scientists in the search for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Jeff Tweedy’s Songwriting Masterclass
Photo: Sammy TweedyWilco’s Jeff Tweedy is a prolific songwriter and he’s ready to share his secrets. They’re all in his new book How to Write One Song. In today’s episode…
Solvable: The Depression and Anxiety We Can All Expect During This Pandemic
Astronaut Scott Kelly is no stranger to the impacts of social isolation after spending 520 days in space. He talks with Jacob Weisberg about how to confront the depression and…
Leslie Odom Jr. of ‘Hamilton’
Photo: Tony DuranLeslie Odom Jr., best known for playing Aaron Burr in âHamilton,â speaks to Bruce Headlam about his career on stage and in music and also his new Christmas…
Episode 7: What Will It Take?
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Mike Campbell On His First Post-Heartbreakers Album
Mike Campbell, guitarist, co-writer and original Heartbreaker talks to Rick Rubin about growing up with Tom Petty, working on “Wildflowers” and about his new album, “Wreckless Abandon,” with band The…
Enough is Enough (w/ Jackie Rowe-Adams)
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What We Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines
Dr. Paul Offit, a professor of vaccinology at the University of Pennsylvania and member of the F.D.A.’s vaccine advisory panel, discusses how the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines work and how…
Remote Music Collabroation Online (in real time) is Solvable
Mike Dickey is co-founder and chairman of the JackTrip Foundation and the creator of Virtual Studio. The awkward and disjointed experience of making music over the internet is a solvable…
Deep Sea Diver
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Sturgill Simpson
Kentucky singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson was in his mid-30s when he found fame as a country artist in Nashville. He had already lived a full life including a stint in the…
Becoming a District Attorney
Tali Farhadian Weinstein, the host of the Pushkin podcast “Hearing” and a candidate to become the next District Attorney of Manhattan, discusses how she thinks local prosecution can be reformed…