Sounds About Right: Audiobooks to Help Us Understand the World

In this episode, I sat down with Kevin McCain,  Professor &  author of the book Understanding How Science Explains the World. Some of topics in the episode we discussed includes: The process of getting the book published, including creating the manuscript and the helpful feedback from  peer review. The challenges to perspectives that the book can bring. How a false theory can lead to an accura...

In this episode, I sat down with Paul Morland,  author of the book Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers We discussed:  The driving  role education plays in demography and its link to decreased infant mortality and agricultural productivity.  How technology is making people more productive but still: A Bookkeeper has more to worry about than a Dustbin man if robots ever tak...

In this episode, I sat down with David de Jong,  author of the book Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties.  We discussed the businessmen who's wealth grew exponentially during the Third Reich and Nazism, the forced slave labour and horrific working conditions  in their factories, why the Allies let them get away with it and how to this day, some of these busine...