MIT Compass: Thinking & Talking About Being Human is a show about exploring fundamental questions: What do we value – and why? What do we know – and how do we know it? What do we owe to each other? Hosted by MIT professors from across the humanities, arts, and social sciences, each episode takes on the moral and social questions of the human experience.
For a transcript of this episode, click here (https://sites.mit.edu/compass/files/2025/06/Power-podcast-transcript.pdf). In this episode, we’ll get into exercises of power and how they have changed through the ages with MIT professors from sociology and history (classical Roman history, medieval northern Europe, and early modern Atlantic capitalism). Featuring: Susan Silbey, Professor of Sociology (host); Will Broadhead, Professor of History; Anne McCants, Professor of History; and Malick Gha...
3 Feb 2025
What are truth & knowledge?
For a transcript of this episode, click here (https://sites.mit.edu/compass/files/2025/06/Truth-and-Knowledge-Transcript-1.pdf). This episode explores the question “What are truth and knowledge?” with MIT professors from philosophy, history, mechanical engineering, and brain and cognitive sciences. Featuring: Alex Byrne, Professor of Philosophy (host); Jim DiCarlo, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Anette (Peko) Hosoi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering; and Anne McCants, Prof...
3 Feb 2025
What is value?
For a transcript of this episode, click here (https://sites.mit.edu/compass/files/2025/06/Value-Podcast-Transcript.pdf). This episode explores the question “What is value?” with MIT professors from philosophy, science, technology and society (STS), history, electrical engineering and computer science. Featuring: Sally Haslanger, Professor of Philosophy (host); Munther Dahleh, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; William Deringer, Program in Science, Technology, and ...
8 Jan 2025
What is genius?
For a transcript of this episode, click here (https://sites.mit.edu/compass/files/2025/06/Genius-Podcast-Transcript.pdf). This episode explores the question ”What makes a genius and why does it matter?” with insights from MIT professors of music, math, physics, and history of science. Featuring: Emily Richmond Pollock, Professor of Music (host); Larry Guth, Professor of Mathematics; and, David Kaiser, Professor of Physics and History of Science (STS). This podcast was created as p...
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