Ask a Harvard Professor

Arts & Culture Podcasts

A podcast presented by Harvard Magazine. Managing editor Jonathan Shaw sits down with some of the world’s most thoughtful scholars to discuss everything from academic ethics – to hip hop music and medical marijuana.

Episodes

Rudolph Tanzi: What Can People Do To Maintain Brain Health As They Age?

Makeda Best: What Does Landscape Photography Say About Our Politics?

Claudia Goldin: Why Do Women Still Make Less Than Men?

Jerrold Rosenbaum: Are Psychedelics an Effective Treatment for Mood Disorders?

Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Why Does Gerrymandering Matter So Much?

Emily Broad Leib: What Can be Done About Food Waste?

Sandeep Robert Datta and Venkatesh Murthy: Why is Smell Such a Mystery to Scientists?

Michael Mina: Why Do We Still Need Rapid Tests?

Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor, Season Four

Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?

Francesca Dominici: How Does Air Pollution Affect COVID-19?

Rebecca Henderson: Does Capitalism Need to be Reimagined?

Jeannie Suk Gersen: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Americans?

Danielle Allen: What Do COVID-19 and Extreme Inequality Mean for American Democracy?

Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?

Daniel Schrag and David Keith: Can solar geoengineering help fight climate change?

Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor, Season Three

Doug Elmendorf and Karen Dynan: How much can the federal budget and the deficit continue to grow?

William C. Kirby: Is China ready for leadership on the global stage?

Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block: When did labor law stop working?