About Great Talks at American Philosophical Society
Great Talks at the American Philosophical Society explores some of the most interesting lectures given at Society meetings throughout the years. Each episode dives deep into a diverse array of themes to reveal the relevance of these talks to the pressing issues of today.
Science “knows not party politics”: The Life of Dr. Hosack
Dr. Patrick Spero talks with Dr. Victoria Johnson on her book "American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic."
1 Apr 2020
Good Numbers Make a Good Democracy: Kenneth Prewitt on the Census
Dr. Patrick Spero talks with Dr. Kenneth Prewitt on the history of the U.S. Census and Prewitt’s time as Director of the United States Census Bureau.
9 Mar 2020
Helen Quinn on Doing and Teaching Science
Dr. Patrick Spero talks with Dr. Helen Quinn about her career as a particle physicist and
her work on a new framework for K-12 science education.
5 Aug 2019
Franklin, Jefferson, & America’s First Institutions
On this episode, Dr. Patrick Spero and Dr. John Van Horne discuss Franklin, Jefferson, and their contributions to the founding and early growth of the American Philosophical Society and other Philadelphia institutions.
15 Apr 2019
A Long History of Climate Science
Dr. Patrick Spero talks with Dr. Walter Munk and Dr. Charles Kennel about the oceans and climate change.
22 Jan 2019
The Paradox of the Mexico-U.S. Border
Dr. Patrick Spero talks to Dr. Douglas Massey about the history and paradoxes of the Mexico-U.S. borderland.
10 Dec 2018
The Life and Times of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Dr. Patrick Spero discusses the life and legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer with Dr. Martin Sherwin, co-author with Kai Bird of the Pulitzer-prize winning biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. He is professor emeritus at Tufts University and a University Professor at George Mason University.
2 Nov 2018
Life of a Journalist
Dr. Patrick Spero talks to Linda Greenhouse about truth, journalism, and how the profession has evolved during her decades-long tenure at The New York Times.
26 Sept 2018
The Demise of “Fact” in Political Discourse
On the first episode of the APS podcast, host Dr. Patrick Spero interviews Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson about the attack on facts in political dialogue and what that means for governance. Dr. Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, the Walter and Leonore Director of the university’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, author of numerous books on political communication, and an APS Member. She gave a talk at the April 2013 APS meeting entitled, “Implications of the Attack on ‘Fact’ in Contemporary Politics,” the full recording is below. Dr. Spero and Dr. Jamieson delve into the themes of her 2013 presentation as well its relevance for today.
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