Brave New Planet

Pushkin Industries

Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us.In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and more. They have amazing potential upsides, but we can’t ignore the serious risks that come with them.Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician who was a leader of the Human Genome Project and for eight years served as a science advisor to the White House for President Obama. He’s also the host of Brave New Planet, and he’s talked to leading researchers, journalists, doctors, policy makers, activists, and legal experts to illuminate how this generation’s choices will shape the future as never before.Brave New Planet is a partnership between the Broad Institute, Pushkin Industries, and The Boston Globe's Opinion team.

  • 21 September 2023, 4:05 am

    RSV: The Quest for a New Vaccine

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    23 minutes 12 seconds
  • 17 June 2021, 9:00 am

    Pushkin Honors Juneteenth

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    27 minutes 51 seconds
  • 23 November 2020, 10:00 am

    What Will It Take?

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    28 minutes 9 seconds
  • 9 November 2020, 10:00 am

    Reshaping Nature Through Gene Drives

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    1 hour 10 minutes
  • 2 November 2020, 10:00 am

    What Algorithms Say About You

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    1 hour 10 minutes
  • 26 October 2020, 9:00 am

    Killer Robots and the Future of War

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    1 hour 3 minutes
  • 19 October 2020, 9:05 am

    A Radical Approach to Climate Change

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    58 minutes 5 seconds
  • 12 October 2020, 9:05 am

    Deepfakes and the Future of Truth

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    1 hour 11 minutes
  • 12 October 2020, 9:00 am

    What’s at Stake

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    19 minutes 43 seconds
  • 28 September 2020, 7:30 pm

    Introducing Brave New Planet

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    3 minutes 38 seconds
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