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The 7th Avenue Project

Remembering Comedian Garry Shandling with Paul Provenza

There are a lot of comedians whose work I'm partial to, but I have a special place in my pantheon...

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Gravity Waves Explained by Physicist Anthony Aguirre

If the news coverage of recently discovered gravitational waves left you with lingering...

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Gwendolyn Mok: Pianist and Musical Medium

Gwendolyn Mok may have flunked her first Juilliard audition at the age of 5, but that was just a...

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George Yancy: Philosophizing While Black

“As a black male in the United States,” says George Yancy, “to do philosophy in the abstract...

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Molecular Biologist Kevin Esvelt: Gene Drives, CRISPR Critters and Evolutionary Sculpting

It's one thing to genetically modify an organism in the lab. It's another thing entirely to...

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Comic Book Artist Dean Haspiel: Superheroes, Antiheroes, Fantasy and Autobiography

If you're going to tell cool stories in comic books, it helps to have had a colorful life and...

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Comic Book Artist Dean Haspiel: Superheroes, Antiheroes, Fantasy and Autobiography

If you’re going to tell cool stories in comic books, it helps to have had a colorful life and...

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Jonathan Gottschall: "The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch"

Jonathan Gottschall's career as a college English prof was on the rocks, and he was desperate to...

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Jonathan Gottschall: "The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch"

Jonathan Gottschall’s career as a college English prof was on the rocks, and he was desperate to...

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Jonathan Ames: From Writer to Sitcom Showrunner

"I was an obscure novelist and then I was given the keys to this production, and I had to learn...

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Jonathan Ames: From Writer to Sitcom Showrunner

"I was an obscure novelist and then I was given the keys to this production, and I had to learn...

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Is Most Scientific Research Wrong? Psychologist Mike Frank on the "Reproducibility Crisis"

It's been called the "decline effect," "the proteus phenomenon," and "the reproducibility...

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Is Most Scientific Research Wrong? Psychologist Mike Frank on the "Reproducibility Crisis"

It’s been called the "decline effect," "the proteus phenomenon," and "the reproducibility...

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Policing: Myths Vs. Realities with Seth Stoughton

Cop shows and tough-on-crime rhetoric often depict a world so brutish that police have no choice...

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Huang Ruo: A Composer's Journey

Huang Ruo's career wasn't his to choose. His fortune-teller grandfather and composer father did...

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Huang Ruo: A Composer’s Journey

Huang Ruo’s career wasn’t his to choose. His fortune-teller grandfather and composer father did...

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Anil Ananthaswamy on Neuroscience and Our Sense of Self

People suffering from Cotard's Syndrome think they're dead. Victims of body integrity identity...

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Anil Ananthaswamy on Neuroscience and Our Sense of Self

People suffering from Cotard’s Syndrome think they’re dead. Victims of body integrity identity...

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Composers at Cabrillo: Hannah Lash, Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music brings together some of the best and brightest...

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Composers at Cabrillo: Hannah Lash, Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music brings together some of the best and brightest...

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