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Episodes: 76
Frequency: Multiple_weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.5M subscribers
Instagram: 106.0k followers
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nova@wgbh.org
devin_robins@wgbh.org
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Hakeem Oluseyi - Astrophysicist and science communicator known for making complex scientific ideas accessible to broad audiences.
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Jordan Ellenberg - Mathematical Uncertainty, Geometry, Probability, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, And The Mathematics Underlying Everyday Life.
Jordan Ellenberg - Mathematical Certainty, Probability, Uncertainty, Quantum Physics, And The Difference Between The Unknown And The Unknowable.
Jordan Ellenberg - Geometry, Distance, Multidimensional Spaces, Artificial Intelligence, Family Trees, And Human Relationships.
Jordan Ellenberg - The Mathematics Of Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Machine Learning, And Engineered Chatbot Behavior.
Ella Al-Shamahi - Human Evolution, Neanderthals, Denisovans, Other Human Species, Paleoanthropological Fieldwork, And Her Journey Into Science.
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Secret Language of Apes
September 22, 2026
Federico Rossano says the secret to speaking with apes is trust. For primates, the world is full of high-stakes friends and foes, and of course, there are always predators to worry about. Our closest relatives see the world a little differently than we do, and that can teach us a lot about our own communication. Federico is a cognitive scientist who questions the assumptions beneath human conversations, and in this episode, he shares lessons from the animal kingdom with Hakeem. From apes best...
What Are Dogs Saying?
September 17, 2026
Federico Rossano caught dogs doing something that looks a lot like telling jokes. The cognitive scientist shares what he learned from speaking with dogs. Dogs can smell, hear, and in some ways see better than humans. So why wouldn’t they have something interesting to say if they could speak? Federico has found a dog's mind may be closer to a human toddler's than anyone previously believed and believes we are close to learning important lessons from our canine companions.Learn more about NOVA ...
How Dogs Talk
September 15, 2026
Federico Rossano didn't care about talking dogs until science made it impossible to ignore. The cognitive scientist joins Hakeem to reveal how a viral social media trend turned into the largest citizen-science study of animal communication ever conducted, tracking over 10,000 dogs and 700 cats across 47 countries. But how can you trust a study done by volunteers from around the world? Federico shares how he secured quantity and quality data and the messages dogs want to share. Learn more abou...
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