Podcasts de Kara Miller

Entrepreneurs: A Dying Breed?

Entrepreneurship gets a lot of media attention. But despite all the hype, data shows the ranks of...

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11.29.14 - Unwrapping the Future

Forget apps to help you with last-minute shopping. This season, we look at how innovations are...

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A Dip Into History: Toying Around

A stray piece of metal in a Philadelphia shipyard provided the inspiration for an affordable toy...

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The Genius of Starbucks and Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, created a cultural shift in the way that we consume coffee. But...

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Chocolate: Tastier When Shared

Don’t keep all those holiday truffles to yourself this year. Yale researchers report that...

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Our Evolving Language

As technology makes communication easier, some worry that it may fundamentally change language....

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Media, Higher Ed, and Other Dinosaurs

Clay Shirky has been studying the Internet since before most of us had email. He says a number of...

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A Dip Into History: a Sticky Situation

Learn the story of a brightly colored object that might be in your pocket right now, and was...

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Could Glowing Highways Work?

Highways are useful, but they can be really dangerous. One Dutch designer is using a new...

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11.15.14 - Success in the Details

Innovation Hub looks at the importance of precision. First, we look at how far sports analytics...

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The Next Wave of Sports Analytics

The difference between winning or losing a game can come down to fractions of a second. Ben...

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Healthcare: Little Changes Could Save Big

Jon Gruber, the Director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research,...

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Why it's Time to Fail Better

Everyone fails - the difference is whether you fail the right way or the wrong way. Anjali...

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Why Automation Hurts Us

Knowledge is now available faster than our brains can process it, but the information rushing at...

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11.8.14 - Power at Your Fingertips

We're examining the unprecedented power at peoples' fingertips ­and its consequences. First up,...

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Innovation Hub Live: The Power of You

In the 21st century, are creativity and power shifting from large corporations to individuals?...

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The Pill that Changed Everything

It’s simply known as “the pill,” but Jonathan Eig relates its unexpected history in his book,...

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What Modern Architects Can Learn From Ancient Structures

The Burj Khalifa might be the tallest building in the world, but is it the most advanced? MIT...

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When Science Met Celebrity

Move over, Britney ­ there's a new kind of celebrity in town. American University's Declan Fahy...

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The Lessons Pirates and Gangsters Can Teach Us

The mafia, pirates, gangs, and hackers. What can we learn from them? According to author Alexa...

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