Regina Barber

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5,506 appearances 193 recordings 8 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 5d ago

Regina Barber’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Short Wave · How should we decide who, or what, is conscious? · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

I want to hear about this magnet. matched

I'm trying to imagine this. matched

So it's like if you touch a block of jello and it like jiggles. matched

Yeah. matched

So what do other researchers think about this test? matched

Okay, so she's saying this is one option, but we should use it with other things, things like that imagination exercise we heard about earlier. matched

Oh, OK. matched

I know we talked about the medical reasons a test for consciousness would be helpful, but I imagine this could go south like pretty quickly. matched

So are there any reasons we shouldn't have tests like these? matched

OK, so we're always kind of making these assumptions anyway. matched

So having a better way to measure it means that we'll have more data to work with. matched

Rachel Carlson, thank you so much for bringing us the story. matched

It's made me think about consciousness so much more. matched

Thanks, Gina. matched

This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson and Hannah Chin. matched

It was edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez, and it was fact-checked by Tyler Jones. matched

Robert Rodriguez was the audio engineer. matched

I'm Regina Barber. matched

Thank you for listening to Shortwave from NPR. matched

Short Wave · Plot twist: We're probably way undercounting insects on Earth · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

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