- 226
- Episodes
- 50
- Transcribed
- 636
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About Big Brains
Big Brains explores the groundbreaking research and discoveries that are changing our world. In each episode, we talk to leading experts and unpack their work in straightforward terms. Interesting conversations that cover a gamut of topics from how music affects our brains to what happens after we die.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Podcast Network
- Category
- education · science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
50 of 226 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Recreating A Sense of Touch, Using Our Minds, with Nicholas Hatsopoulos
20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why The Key to Treating Cancer May Be In Your Gut, with Thomas Gajewski
9 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Raise Kids in the Age of AI, with Dana Suskind
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Recreating A Sense of Touch, Using Our Minds, with Nicholas Hatsopoulos
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, I think that when we move from just cursor control, that's how we start it. our first BrainGate human subjects, the first one in 2004. He was a spinal cord injured individual, and he was controlling a cursor to surf the web, check his emails, and he used vision, and it worked. We definitely, proof of principle, it worked. But we soon realized, well, if If that's important, interacting with a computer is important, but that's not all there is to life. There's interacting with a real physical world, dressing yourself, feeding yourself, whatever. It wasn't so much a discovery. It was just a realization that the next step would require this kind of sensory feedback. that was missing. […]
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- Nicholas Hatsopoulos
- Thomas Gajewski
- Dana Suskind
- Sarah Newman
- Marshini Chetty
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 482 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 154 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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