Episodes
There's a lot of misinformation going around about a "brand new" vaccine, but mRNA vaccines have been worked on since the 1970's. Luckily they were perfected just in time for the biggest crisis in modern history. Learn about how mRNA vaccines work and what one dedicated pediatrician has gone through in order to administer it to her community. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 04/23/21
Speedrunners are gamers that want to beat a game as fast as possible, but it isn’t just about speed. It’s about love. It’s about obsession... over all the ins and outs of a game, down to the very programming. Alex Cardinale @alexc_journals Weldon Green https://twitter.com/mindgamesweldon?lang=en Eric Zimmerman http://www.ericzimmerman.com/ DannyB https://www.twitch.tv/dannyb https://www.youtube.com/c/dannyb21892 https://twitter.com/dannyb21892 Chaos...
Published 02/28/21
Conversation with Alex Rivers, a professional busker and late bloomer trying to make a name for himself as a violinist. I also spoke with Noel Brown, an executive producer, podcast host and musician whose father forced him to learn violin at an early age. KGbdGqvGcmJ9DHnBmc60 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 02/06/21
Joshua Bell debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra at 14. Since then he's received a ton of awards and played with nearly every major orchestra in the world. His performance radiates emotion and rings with precision as the notes from his legendary Gibson Ex-Huberman Stradivarius spin through the halls. Joshua gives us an inside look at his upbringing, the story behind his violin, the washington post experiment, how he practices, his favorite composers and more. Learn more about your...
Published 01/30/21
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 35 years old. I describe my experience, the testing and the disorder. I also speak with a student with ADHD and Dr Gail Saltz about medication. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/22/21
Synesthesia is a connection between senses. It could be the key to understanding brilliance. Most people are born with it, but in a few rare cases people have acquired it after a traumatic brain injury. We'll also cover the neurodiversity of autism with Dr Simon Baron-Cohen. For resources and show notes visit the website. https://www.prodigypodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Published 01/15/21
John von Neumann made major contributions to multiple fields including computers, physics, mathematics, economics and statistics. He helped design the atomic bomb, created game theory, provided the architecture for the modern computer, pioneered the concept of mutually assured destruction and developed the foundation for quantum physics. Daniel Whiteson, particle physicist and host of the show Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, joins us to describe the significance of von Neumann's...
Published 01/08/21
Ted Kaczynski had a higher IQ than Einstein and used the postal service to deliver handmade bombs to targets over the course of a 17 year long domestic terrorism campaign. It became the longest and most expensive manhunt in FBI history.  The question is not what he did, but why... This episode was written by Gabe Luzier Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 01/01/21
Learn about the queen’s gambit opening strategy, the indian defense and Paul Morphy. Also the psychology of gift giving with Dr. Jeff Galak, a marketing professor at Carnegie Mellon who studies consumer behavior and runs the youtube channel Data Demystified. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Published 12/24/20
Every human being shares a 99.9% identical DNA code. It's that .1% that makes us unique. We could see the influence of genetics before we unlocked it, but now that we've learned how to measure those differences, the knowledge could be dangerous. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 12/18/20
Is elite performance just a matter of how much and how well you practice? I interview a man known as the expert on experts, Dr Anders Ericsson and discuss the controversy surrounding Deliberate Practice. Learn about how we learn in this episode of Prodigy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Published 12/10/20
Can prodigies be created with early specialization? Laszlo Polgar was an educational psychologist who believed they could. He experimented with his own children and the results were fascinating. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Published 12/03/20
If genes don't matter then why do prodigies exist? Listen to Prodigy, every thursday, to discover our current understanding of intelligence, skill acquisition and expert performance. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Published 07/29/20