Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds
By Dr Waseem Akhtar
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In-depth conversations with researchers, explorers and thought leaders from around the world, on cutting edge research and original ideas.
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“The Painful Truth about Hunger in America” with Professor Mariana Chilton
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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“The Network of Life: A New View of Evolution” with Professor David Mindell
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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“Middle Tech: Software Work and the Culture of Good Enough” with Professor Paula Bialski
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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“Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech” with Professor Payal Arora
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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“The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience” with Professor Adam Frank
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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“The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty” with Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
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May 20, 2024 |
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“Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space” with Dr Erika Nesvold
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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“Evolutionary Intelligence: How Technology Will Make Us Smarter” with Professor W. Russell Neuman
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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“Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered” with Professor Don Norman
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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“The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment” with Eric Siegel
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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“Sharing Our Science: How to Write and Speak STEM” with Professor Brandon Brown
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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“The Good-Enough Life” with Dr Avram Alpert
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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“Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness” with Professor Nicholas Humphrey
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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“The Smartness Mandate” with Professor Orit Halpern
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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“Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion” with Richard Conniff
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May 28, 2023 |
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“Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub” with Robert Buderi
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May 20, 2023 |
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“Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity” with Prof. Chris Impey
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Reclaiming Human Intelligence and “How to Stay Smart in a Smart World” with Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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“A Traveller’s Guide to the Stars” with Physicist, Author and Nasa Technologist Les Johnson
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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“When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn” with Professor Richard Ellis
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Cloud Empires: Governing State-like Digital Platforms & Regaining Control with Prof Vili Lehdonvirta
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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“The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart” with Professor Sian Harding
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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“Working with AI”: Human-Machine Collaborations with Prof. Thomas Davenport and Prof. Steven Miller
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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"Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built" with Professor William Harris
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Oct 15, 2022 |
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“The Case Against Reality” and The Hard Problem of Consciousness with Professor Donald Hoffman
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Augmented Thinking: The New Convergence of Art, Technology, and Science with Professor Julio Ottino
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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“Machines like Us: TOWARD AI WITH COMMON SENSE” with Professor Ronald Brachman
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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“The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” with Professor Christopher Mason
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May 19, 2022 |
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"The Joy of Science" with Professor Jim Al-Khalili
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May 13, 2022 |
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"Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" with Professor Melanie Mitchell
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May 01, 2022 |
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The End of Astronauts, Robotic Space Missions and Our Future on Earth & Beyond with Prof Martin Rees
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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"Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life" with Professor Timothy Jorgensen
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Asking Better Questions for Problem Solving, Innovation and Effective Leadership with Hal Gregersen
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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On Public Communication of Science and Technology with Professor Bruce Lewenstein
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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"Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering" with Dr Scott Small
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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"Learning How to Learn": Techniques to Help You Learn with Dr Barbra Oakley (CLASSIC)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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"The Self-Assembling Brain" and Quest for Improved AI with Professor Peter Robin Hiesinger
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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Quantum Computers: Building and Harnessing the Power of Quantum Machines with Prof. Andrea Morello
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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"Nano Comes to Life": DNA NanoTech, Medicine and the Future of Biology with Professor Sonia Contera
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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"Free Will" Through the Lenses of Philosophy and Neuroscience with Dr Alfred Mele
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Time, Space and Nature of Reality through the Lens of Quantum Theory with Dr Carlo Rovelli
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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The Spike: Journey of Electric Signals in Brain from Perception to Action with Prof. Mark Humphries
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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History of Information with Professor Paul Duguid
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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"On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" with Professor David Badre
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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"Philosophy & Ethics of Technology" with Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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"A Passion for Ignorance" and for Denials and Negations with Professor Renata Salecl
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Intriguing Science of Sense of Smell with Professor Matthew Cobb
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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"Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds" with Dr Dan Hooper
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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"The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)" with Dr Katie Mack
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Artificial Intelligence: Fascinating Opportunities & Emerging Challenges with Professor Bart Selman
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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"Philosophy of Information" and "Ethics of Information" with Professor Luciano Floridi
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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"The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for The Anthropocene" with Professor Jürgen Renn
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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"Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" with Professor David Hand
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Origin Of Mathematics and Mathematical Thinking with Dr Keith Devlin
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Timefulness: Thinking Like a Geologist with Professor Marcia Bjornerud
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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"The Technology Trap" and the Future of Work with Dr Carl Frey
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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How Cooking Made Us Human with Professor Richard Wrangham
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Jul 20, 2019 |
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Spitzer Space Telescope: Discovering "More Things in the Heavens" with Michael Werner
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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"Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason" with Justin Smith
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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"2062: The World That AI Made" with Professor Toby Walsh
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Robots, Artificial Life and Technology Imagined by the Ancients with Adrienne Mayor
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Origin of Human Emotions and Underlying Neurophysiological Functions with Professor Joseph LeDoux
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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A History of the Concept of Genius from Antiquity to the Modern Time with Professor Darrin McMohan
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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Memory Slips, Ageing and Strategies For Keeping Brain Healthy with Dr Gary Small
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Nov 17, 2018 |
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Phoenix Mars Mission with NASA's Peter Smith
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Nov 17, 2018 |
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False Memories, Misinformation Effect and Eyewitness Testimony: Professor Elizabeth Loftus
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age with Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
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Feb 17, 2018 |
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Why You Are Not Your Brain? A Conversation on Consciousness with Alva Noe
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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Everything a Curious Mind Should Know About Planetary Ring Systems: Dr Mark Showalter @ BTG
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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A Conversation with Dr Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut and Sixth Person to Walk on the Moon
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Nov 06, 2016 |
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Giant Magellan Telescope: Past, Present and Future of Space Exploration with Ground Based Telescopes
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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Education: What works and what does not, with Professor John Hattie
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Dec 31, 2015 |
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Search for Exoplanets: A Discussion with Professor Sara Seager @ BTG
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Oct 16, 2015 |
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New Horizons Spacecraft's Pluto Flyby with Dr Mark Showalter
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May 17, 2015 |
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Multiple Intelligences and Future Minds with Dr Howard Gardner
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Mar 07, 2015 |
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From Consciousness to Synthetic Consciousness: Prof. David Chalmers
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Mar 01, 2015 |
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Dr Jill Tarter
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Dec 27, 2014 |
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Growth Mindset: Professor Carol Dweck at BTG
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Nov 30, 2014 |
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Memory: Professor Daniel Schacter at BTG
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Nov 30, 2014 |
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Philosophy of Science: Professor Tim Maudlin at BTG
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Nov 30, 2014 |
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Meta-awareness and Mind Wandering: Professor Jonathan Schooler at BTG
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Oct 24, 2014 |