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.

Author

Gill Eapen

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.scientificsense.com

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Prof. Robert Sternberg of Cornell University on Intelligence and Wisdom 05.10.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert Sternberg is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. His research include intelligence, creativity and wisdom, Styles of thinking, Cognitive modifiability, Leadership, Love and hate

Prof. Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania on Privacy 26.09.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Anita Allen is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is as an expert on philosophical and social justice dimensions of privacy and data protection law; ethics; bioethics; legal philosophy; women’s reproductive rights; and faculty advancement. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/...

Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão of Harvard on Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) 21.09.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Astrophysics at the Smithsonian Institute of Harvard University. She is interested in multi wavelength studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN), their evolution, and connection to the interstellar medium. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation...

Prof. Mike Wiest of Wellesley College on Consciousness 12.09.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mike Wiest is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Wellesley College. He researches the physical basis of Consciousness. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer of the University of Sydney on battery technologies and plastics recycling. 24.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, serves as Founding Director of the Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability (School of Chemistry), and is Founder of Gelion Technologies Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Ben Levinstein of the University of Illinois on the mind of ChatGPT (Part 2) 20.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ben Levinstein is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of Ben's past work has developed new accounts of rationality for both belief and action. Please subscribe to this channel: ht...

Prof. Ben Levinstein of the University of Illinois on the mind of ChatGPT - Part I 17.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ben Levinstein is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, who specializes in formal epistemology, decision theory, philosophy of science, and—increasingly—in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of Ben's past work has developed new accounts of rationality for both belief and action. Please subscribe to this channel: ht...

Prof. Sharon Block of Harvard on worker power, rights, unions and policy 14.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sharon Block is a Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. She has held key labor policy positions across the legislative and executive branches in both Obama and Biden administrations. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Robert George of Princeton on the Truth-Seeking Mission of the University and Its Conditions. 11.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert George is Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is a specialist in moral and political philosophy, constitutional law, bioethics, and the theory of conscience. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Rebecca Tushnet of Harvard on the first amendment, copyright and commercial speech doctrine 07.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Rebecca Tushnet is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Her work currently focuses on copyright, trademark and false advertising law. She is also an expert on the law of engagement rings. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Martha Minow of Harvard on Constitutional Preconditions, Divided Societies, and Local News 01.08.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Martha Minow is Professor of Law at Harvard. She has taught at Harvard Law School since 1981 and served as dean between 2009 & 2017. Her prior books include Saving the News: Why The Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve the Freedom of Speech (2021); When Should Law Forgive? (2019); In Brown’s Wake: Legacies of America’s Constitutional Land...

Prof. Karla Kaun of Brown University on addiction and the brain 19.07.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Karla Kaun is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University. Her research interests include Synaptic networks of reward and addiction, cognitive decline, and effects of aging on substance abuse. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Harold Koh of Yale on the National Security Constitution 11.07.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Harold Koh is Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. He has authored or co-authored nine books, published more than 200 articles, testified regularly before Congress, and litigated numerous cases involving international law issues in both U.S. and international tribunals. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense...

Prof.Tim Maudlin of NYU on Physics and Philosophy 06.07.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU. His research interests include foundations of physics, metaphysics, logic, and philosophy of science. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Burt Neuborne of NYU and Berkeley on the Supreme Court 29.06.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Burt Neuborne is Professor of Civil Liberties and founding Legal Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. He was the National Legal Director of the ACLU , special Counsel to the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and a member of the New York City Human Rights Commission. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Scien...

Prof. Philip Koopman of Carnegie Mellon University on autonomous vehicles. 22.06.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Philip Koopman is Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests focus on self-driving car safety and embedded systems Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Peter Littlewood on phase transitions, and the connections between Physics, Biology and AI 05.06.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Peter Littlewood is professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. His research activities include the dynamics of collective transport and phenomenology and microscopic theory of superconductors. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Michael Dorf of Cornell on the nonidentity problem, debt ceiling, and Civil Disobedience 03.06.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Michael Dorf is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. He has authored or co-authored well over one hundred scholarly articles and essays for law reviews, books, and peer-reviewed science and social science journals. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Bruce Ovbiagele of UCSF on Stroke and Global Health Equity 31.05.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Bruce Ovbiagele, is a professor of neurology and associate dean at UCSF, and chief of staff at the San Francisco Veterans Health Care System. Dr. Ovbiagele’s research focuses on reducing the burden of stroke in both the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Prof. Viral Acharya of NYU on myopic governments, decarbonization, contingent credit, and employment 23.05.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Viral Acharya is Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. He was a Resident Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2017 to 2019 in charge of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, Financial Stability, and Research. Please subscribe...

Prof. Thane Rosenbaum of Touro University on the first amendment, society, religion and policy 14.05.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thane Rosenbaum is Professor of Law at Touro University. He is also the director of the Forum on Life, Culture, & Society, hosted by Touro University. Additionally, he serves as the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio and frequently appears on cable television news programs1. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_co...

Prof. Joel Bakan on the New Corporation 11.05.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Joel Bakan is an author, filmmaker and a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. His work examines the social, economic, and political dimensions of law. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

Prof. Chris Barrett on ‘Benevolent’ patent extensions, community forests, and crop yield estimation 07.05.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Chris Barrett is Professor of Applied Economics and Management and an international professor of agriculture at Cornell University. He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Food Policy and edits the Palgrave Macmillan book series Agricultural Economics and Food Policy. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmatio...

Dr. Paul Heggarty on the history and progression of Indo-Europeans 03.05.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Paul Heggarty is a research scientist at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. His research focus is on language (pre)history, aiming to ensure that the perspective from linguistics is better understood outside that field. He works closely with archaeologists, geneticists and historians. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Scientifi...

Prof. Eugene Volokh of UCLA on freedom of speech for humans, organizations, and AI. 18.04.2024

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Eugene Volokh is Professor of Law at UCLA. He teaches First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and firearms regulation policy. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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