Gill Eapen

Scientific Sense ®

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Scientific Sense ® is an invigorating podcast that delves into the intricate tapestry of Science and Economics, serving as a nexus for intellectual exploration and fervor. This daily venture engages listeners by conversing with preeminent academics, unraveling their research, and unveiling emerging concepts across a diverse array of fields. Scientific Sense ® thoughtfully examines multifaceted themes such as the frameworks of worker rights and policy, the philosophical underpinnings of truth and its pursuit within academia, and constitutional discourse within divided societies.

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Author

Gill Eapen

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.scientificsense.com

Latest episode

Oct 30, 2026

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Episodes

Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé of Columbia on Exchange Controls, Nominal Wage Rigidity and inflation 05.08.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé is Professor of Economics at Columbia University, an Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Her research focuses on the design of monetary and fiscal policies, including optimal macroprudential policy, and on understanding the sources and propagation o...

Prof. Sriram Sankararaman of UCLA on Neanderthal introgression, and gene-environment interactions 29.07.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sriram Sankararaman is Professor of Computer Science, Human Genetics, and Computational Medicine at UCLA. He is broadly interested in problems at the intersection of computer science, statistics, and biomedicine. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Ian Williams on Science Funding Options 26.07.2025

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Ian Williams on Science Funding OptionsPlease subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Simon Hogg of Durham University on wind energy 22.07.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Simon Hogg is Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Durham University in the UK. His Research Interests include Power generation, turbomachinery, and Wind power Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Foy Scalf of the University of Chicago on funerary texts in ancient Egypt 17.07.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Foy Scalf is Head of Research Archives at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, and founder and co-editor of Oriental Institute Demotic Ostraca Online (OIDOO). His research focuses on the use of funerary texts in first-third century ad Egypt and the demise of indigenous funerary practices and scripts. He is interested in how language, text and ritual...

Dr. Heidi Gardner of Harvard Law School on collaboration, leaders and boards 13.07.2025

Decision Options ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Heidi Gardner is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and Program Chair of the Sector Leadership Master Class and Smarter Collaboration Master Class. Previously she was a professor at Harvard Business School. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Trey Ideker of UCSD on predictive oncology, genomics and Desmosome mutations 09.07.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Trey Ideker is Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science, and former Chief of Genetics, at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He is also the Director of the Bridge2AI Functional Genomics Data Generation Program and Co-Director of the Cancer Cell Map Initiative. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Scientifi...

Prof. Ernest Chi Fru of Cardiff University on the importance of Phosphorous on life 04.07.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ernest Chi Fru is Associate Professor of BioGeoChemistry at Cardiff University. He focuses on how life influences the cycling of elements like iron, sulfur, arsenic, phosphorus, copper, zinc and carbon through the geobiosphere, and how these processes have shaped Earth's atmosphere and environment over geological time. Please subscribe to this channel: h...

Prof. David Pearce of Northumbria University on the Microbial communities in the Artic and Antarctic. 01.07.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. David Pearce is Professor of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University. The underlying theme of his research is to use microbiology to understand Polar ecosystem function and the potential for shifts in biogeochemical activity that may result from environmental change. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmat...

Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini, Professor of Philosophy at the Univ of Missouri in St. Louis on the Mind 27.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Gualtiero Piccinini is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Center for Neurodynamics at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. His main interests include computational theories of mind and the relation between psychology and neuroscience, consciousness, and intentionality. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Scientif...

Dr. Ian Williams on Consciousness 24.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Williams on ConsciousnessPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Muhammad Usman of the University of Melbourne on Quantum Computing 22.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Muhammad Usman is Associate Professor in Quantum Computing at the University of Melbourne. He is also the head of Quantum Systems and Principal Staff Member at CSIRO’s Data61 which is Australia's National Research Organization. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof Stewart Friedman of University of Pennsylvania on work, life and leadership 21.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Stewart Friedman is an Emeritus Professor of Management Practice at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founding director of the Wharton Leadership Program and Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr. Ian Williams on different ideas. 17.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Ian Williams on different ideas. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof Peter Carruthers of the University of Maryland on Innateness in Mind 13.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof Peter Carruthers is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. His primary research interests include philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Dr Paavo Pylkkänen on Physics and Consciousness 09.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr Paavo Pylkkänen is Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. His main research areas are philosophy of mind, philosophy of physics and their intersection. The central problem in philosophy of mind is how to understand the place of mind – and especially conscious experience – in the physical world. Please subscribe to this channel:...

Prof. Joanna Masel of the University of Arizona on fitness, LUCA, and planning for the next pandemic 05.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Joanna Masel is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. She studies foundational questions in evolutionary theory, by building toy models to incorporate mechanistic phenomena within population genetic models, and by applying model insights to bioinformatic data. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Sc...

Prof. Meret Aeppli of EPFL on the complexity of soil as a system 01.06.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Meret Aeppli is Assistant professor and head of the soil biogeochemistry laboratory at EPFL in Switzerland. Her group aims to elucidate the fundamental principles and mechanisms of electron transfer reactions and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and metals in soil. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?s...

Prof. Claudia Maraston of the University of Portsmouth on stellar and galaxy evolution 29.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Claudia Maraston is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth. She designs models for the calculation of spectro-photometric evolution of stellar populations. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Tirthankar Roy of LSE and Dr. K. Ravi Raman of Kerala State Planning Board on Kerala, India 24.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tirthankar Roy is professor in economic history at the London School of Economics. His books include the co-authored Law and the Economy in Colonial India (2016) and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy (2022).Dr. K. Ravi Raman is an Expert Member of the Kerala State Planning Board. He is the author of Global Capital and Peripheral Labour (2009) and Poli...

Prof. Rodrigo Braga of Northwestern University on brain networks 22.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rodrigo Braga is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University. His research interests include Brain networks, cognitive neuroscience and neurodegenerative diseases. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Catherine Ramirez University of California, Santa Cruz on Carlisle Indian Industrial School 19.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Catherine Ramirez is Prof. of Latin American and Latino Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Elizabeth Johnson of Northwestern University on aging, cognition and brain stimulation. 16.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Elizabeth Johnson is Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Pediatrics at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Wendy Freedman of the University of Chicago on the Hubble Constant 12.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Wendy Freedman is Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her current projects involve measurements of the Hubble constant -- the current expansion rate, as well as the past expansion rate, providing constraints on the acceleration of the universe and dark energyPlease subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Scientif...

Prof. Kevin Tracey of Feinstein Institutes on the Great Nerve (Vagus Nerve) 07.05.2025

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Kevin Tracey is Professor of Molecular Medicine and Neurosurgery at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also the CEO of Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. His latest book is Great Nerve. Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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