Tell Me More

In a Tell Me More podcast episode, faculty and alumni plumb the depths to better know our watery planet, from sea-level rise to shipwrecks to giant squid

In a Tell Me More podcast, experts predict that tomorrow's meals will marry familiar favorites with radically new ingredients.

A Tell Me More podcast shares stories about choosing what’s worth holding onto, from Dad’s books to old home movies to endangered animals

From people to fine wine to TV shows, a Tell Me More podcast explores the good and bad of changing over time.

In a Tell Me More podcast, Tufts experts explore the nature of attention, from the trouble with multitasking to the cost of sometimes staying too focused.

Tufts experts talk about the wonders of renewal, from animals that regrow body parts to people who rise from tragedy.

A Buddhist monk, a long-distance hiker, and other seclusion-seekers give advice for getting by in times of isolation.

Former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder talks about being smart on crime, making life and death decisions, and what the average person can do to make our nation a little bit better.

Mary Otto, journalist and author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America," speaks about the struggles and barriers that Medicaid and uninsured patients face to receive necessary oral healthcare.

Chef José Andrés speaks about humanitarian aid, food policy, and transforming communities through the power of food. Twice named to Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list and awarded “Outstanding Chef” and “Humanitarian of the Year” by the James Beard Foundation, Andrés is an internationally recognized culinary innovator, New York Times best-selling author, educator, humanitarian, and chef/owne...

How much credit should political advisor Karl Rove get for Donald Trump’s White House win? In 2016, Rove — the man who helped architect George W. Bush’s successful gubernatorial and presidential campaigns — gave candidate Trump a lesson on how he did it. In this episode, Rove, who served as Bush’s senior advisor and deputy chief of staff, also talks about how the Republican Party has changed since...

Now a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, the former Massachusetts governor visited Tufts recently as a participant in a Presidential Town Hall hosted by the Tisch College of Civic Life. In this episode, he talks about his stance on immigration and impeachment and his plan to win the nomination.

Tufts students have a wide-ranging conversation with Justice Sotomayor as she addresses a crowd of almost 3,000 at the university in September, sharing a variety of advice and insights about the need for diversity of life experiences on the Court, the power of confidence, and the importance of listening to others, even if we don’t agree with them.

From 2013 to 2019, Beto O’Rourke represented the 16th Congressionaldistrict of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. In March 2017, he launched a historic campaign to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Running the largest grassroots campaign the state had ever seen, O’Rourke ultimately received more votes than any democrat in Texas history. Now a candidate for the Democratic nomination for...

Tufts undergraduate George Behrakis interviews Will Hurd, a Republican Texas Congressman leaving the House of Representatives next year, about his now-famous livestreamed road trip with fellow Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, the lessons Hurd learned from his experiences in the CIA, and his decision not to seek reelection in 2020. 

What’s it like to be a conflict photographer who travels the globe—often in harm’s way—to record the strife and turbulence of our times? In this episode, Tufts alumna Nichole Sobecki — an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in Kenya — shares stories of her work.

Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal, A02, tells a Tufts podcast how he bakes social activism into his eyeglass business—and listens to his customers.

Engineers Without Borders leader Catherine Leslie tells a Tufts podcast about the thousands of students and professionals who volunteer worldwide to build everything from water systems to energy projects.

In this episode of Tell Me More, Juan Manuel Santos talks with Ian Johnstone, interim dean of The Fletcher School, about how he persisted despite such challenges—and how he hopes the peace agreement will help all Colombians.

In this episode of Tell Me More, Farah Pandith—an alumna of Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy—talks with Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at The Fletcher School, about the fight against extremism—and the role we all must play to ensure a more peaceful future.

Recreational cannabis with mind-altering levels of THC is now legal in 10 states. Many more states allow sales of CBD, a chemical from cannabis that won’t get you high, but is claimed to have myriad health benefits. Yet big questions remain: How safe is cannabis? How should it be regulated? And who gets to profit from its sale? In this episode, plant chemist John de la Parra and attorney Ernest An...

About 100 years ago, there were less than five puffins left in all of Maine. But now, thanks to the conservationists, the Atlantic puffin is making a comeback on a few islands. And they’re becoming a model for how people can help other species on the brink. Journalist Derrick Jackson, an Environmental Writing Fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists, has been following the story for decades. He...

Artificial intelligence has the potential to enrich our lives. But it can also drive people apart and cause tremendous harm. Olaf Groth, a professor at Hult International Business School and CEO of the Cambrian Group, explores how this technology is reshaping societies in his new book, "Solomon's Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines." He co-authored the volume with Mark Ni...

Nicholas Kristof is a journalist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and longtime columnist for the New York Times. He has written extensively about immigration around the world, critiquing policies but also telling the stories of the families living with their consequences. As the son of an immigrant, Kristof is sympathetic to those looking for a better life in the United States, but also concerned...

Deke Sharon, often called “the father of contemporary a cappella,” has made it his life’s work to bring vocals-only music to the masses. As director of the Tufts ensemble the Beelzebubs in the early 1990s, his experimental take on a Peter Gabriel song—with voices standing in for instruments—inspired a new era in a cappella performance. Sharon has also helped popularize a cappella through movies li...