Entanglements, by Undark

About Entanglements, by Undark

After a two-year hiatus, the Undark podcast returns with a new format and a new name: Entanglements. Join science journalists Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild as they invite guests with both expertise and divergent opinions on some of the most contentious and politicized areas of science today, from vaccines and GMOs to deep sea mining, AI, and the origins of Covid. Their goal: To see if they can break through the discord and find common ground. Far from an exercise in false balance, Entanglements, like Undark, seeks to bring civil discussion — and a bit of fun and wonder — back to the intersection of science and culture.

Publisher

Undark Magazine

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Mar 2016

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

84 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Which Animals Are Conscious?

   This week on Entanglements: Are octopuses conscious? What about lobsters? Or mosquitoes? Our hosts talk to two philosophers — one at the University of Southampton in the U.K, another is the director of the Critical Thinking Project at the University of Queensland in Australia — about which animals are sentient, and why.

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   2 Oct 2026

   Is ADHD Actually a Disorder?

   This week on Entanglements: Is ADHD a disorder? The symptoms are certainly real, but scientists are not in agreement whether or not to call ADHD a true disorder. Our hosts dig in with a professor of molecular psychiatry at Radboud University in the Netherlands and a developmental psychologist and professor at King's College London.

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   25 Sept 2026

   Welcome to Season 3: Should We Put AI-Enabled Tech in Our Brains?

   We're back again! This week on Entanglements: Should we allow AI technology to be put in our brains? It sounds like something out of science fiction, but our hosts discuss the current research on neural implants with a professor of neurology and neuroethics at the University of British Columbia and a physician scientist and medical ethicist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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