Curiosity Unbounded
Episodes
Inside Efficient AI: From GPUs to GPTs — Song Han
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Song Han is an associate professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science whose research focuses on efficient AI computing. His work spans hig...
From boom to bust, the workings of financial crises — Emil Verner
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emil Verner is the Jerome and Dorthy Lemelson Professor of Management and Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research exam...
Toxoplasma and the Human Host — Sebastian Lourido
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Lourido is an associate professor of biology and a member of the Whitehead Institute. Sebastian studies human pathogens and seeks to unravel...
Making sense of your dollars — Christopher Palmer
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Palmer is an Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bu...
Putting a glacier in its place — Brent Minchew
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brent Minchew is an Associate Professor of Geophysics in the department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. He studies the behavior o...
The future of customizable 3D printing — Stefanie Mueller
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stefanie Mueller is an associate professor with a joint appointment in MIT's Electrical and Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering departments. ...
Making sense of cities — Andres Sevtsuk
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andres Sevtsuk is an associate professor of Urban Science and Planning at MIT. His work focuses on the influence of urban design on travel behavior an...
Get out the vote — Ariel White
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ariel White is an associate professor of Political Science at MIT. She studies voting and voting rights, race, the criminal legal system, and bureaucr...
Making medicine easier to swallow — Giovanni Traverso
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Giovanni "Gio" Traverso is an associate professor in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering and a gastroenterologist at Boston's Brigham and Women...
Silk, the fabric of more sustainable agriculture — Benedetto Marelli
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Benedetto Marelli is a biomedical engineer by training and a materials scientist. He is an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Civil and Envi...
Hard facts on soft skills — Namrata Kala
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Namrata Kala is an associate professor in applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She studies the value of employee training and ince...
Staying radical and relevant — Skylar Tibbits
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Skylar Tibbits is a designer and computer scientist whose research focuses on self-assembling and programmable materials, and 3D and 4D printing. He i...
Healing the ailing heart — Ellen Roche
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen Roche is an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the associate head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her researc...
Beyond words — Joshua Bennett
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Bennett is a professor of literature and distinguished chair of the humanities at MIT. Additionally, he is an accomplished spoken word artist, ...
Build your own superpower, then share it with the world — Fadel Adib
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fadel Adib is an associate professor at the MIT Media Lab and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His work pushes the limits of...
Decoding the tree of life — Greg Fournier
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Fournier is an associate professor of geobiology at MIT. Greg’s work focuses on the microbial world, and by studying the evolution of microbes,...
Bureaucracies, dictatorships, and the power of Africa's people — Mai Hassan
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, MIT President Sally Kornbluth sits down with associate professor of political science and faculty co-director of MIT-Africa, Mai Hass...
How a free-range kid from Maine is helping green-up industrial practices — Desirée Plata
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, MIT President Sally Kornbluth sits down with newly tenured associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Desirée Plata...