Entrepreneurship gets a lot of media attention. But despite all the hype, data shows the ranks of...
Podcasts de Kara Miller
11.29.14 - Unwrapping the Future
Forget apps to help you with last-minute shopping. This season, we look at how innovations are...
A Dip Into History: Toying Around
A stray piece of metal in a Philadelphia shipyard provided the inspiration for an affordable toy...
The Genius of Starbucks and Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, created a cultural shift in the way that we consume coffee. But...
Chocolate: Tastier When Shared
Don’t keep all those holiday truffles to yourself this year. Yale researchers report that...
As technology makes communication easier, some worry that it may fundamentally change language....
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...
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...
Highways are useful, but they can be really dangerous. One Dutch designer is using a new...
11.15.14 - Success in the Details
Innovation Hub looks at the importance of precision. First, we look at how far sports analytics...
The Next Wave of Sports Analytics
The difference between winning or losing a game can come down to fractions of a second. Ben...
Healthcare: Little Changes Could Save Big
Jon Gruber, the Director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research,...
Everyone fails - the difference is whether you fail the right way or the wrong way. Anjali...
Knowledge is now available faster than our brains can process it, but the information rushing at...
11.8.14 - Power at Your Fingertips
We're examining the unprecedented power at peoples' fingertips and its consequences. First up,...
Innovation Hub Live: The Power of You
In the 21st century, are creativity and power shifting from large corporations to individuals?...
The Pill that Changed Everything
It’s simply known as “the pill,” but Jonathan Eig relates its unexpected history in his book,...
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...
Move over, Britney there's a new kind of celebrity in town. American University's Declan Fahy...
The Lessons Pirates and Gangsters Can Teach Us
The mafia, pirates, gangs, and hackers. What can we learn from them? According to author Alexa...