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Steven Pinker: My Cousins The Baboons

Steven Pinker is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Among many other subjects, he researches and explores cognition, language and the history of human violence. In his off-hours, he appears on "The Colbert Report" where he endures endless jokes about his hair from host Stephen Colbert.
Season 2014 Episode 1 Length 01:21 Premiere: 01/02/14

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Season 2014 Episodes

Mae Jemison: Starship
S2014 E60 Length 01:24 Premiere Date 08/11/14

Mae Jemison: The Cosmic Dance
S2014 E59 Length 01:46 Premiere Date 08/06/14

Mae Jemison: 30S on When An Astronaut Visits Star Trek
S2014 E58 Length 00:46 Premiere Date 07/31/14

Mae Jemison: I Wanted To Go Into Space
S2014 E57 Length 02:25 Premiere Date 07/31/14

Janna Levin: Questions for the Novelist
S2014 E56 Length 00:59 Premiere Date 07/24/14

Janna Levin: What's So Funny About The Big Bang Theory?
S2014 E55 Length 00:57 Premiere Date 07/22/14

Janna Levin: I'm Still That Same Kid
S2014 E54 Length 02:49 Premiere Date 07/17/14

Janna Levin: 30 Seconds on Why We Should Care
S2014 E53 Length 00:45 Premiere Date 07/17/14

Barrington Irving: Barrington Was A Rolling Stone
S2014 E52 Length 00:50 Premiere Date 07/10/14

Barrington Irving: It's Priceless
S2014 E51 Length 02:50 Premiere Date 07/09/14

Barrington Irving: 30S on Flying Around the World Solo
S2014 E50 Length 00:44 Premiere Date 07/03/14

Barrington Irving: Got 30 Dollars in My Pocket
S2014 E49 Length 02:58 Premiere Date 07/03/14

Amy Cuddy: More Questions on Power Posing
S2014 E48 Length 01:00 Premiere Date 06/26/14

Amy Cuddy: I Can't Not Dance
S2014 E47 Length 01:34 Premiere Date 06/24/14

Amy Cuddy: Turning the Power Back On
S2014 E46 Length 03:31 Premiere Date 06/19/14

Amy Cuddy: 30 Seconds on Power Poses
S2014 E45 Length 00:37 Premiere Date 06/19/14

Jill Tarter: Carl's Turning Over In His Grave
S2014 E44 Length 01:46 Premiere Date 06/12/14

Jill Tarter: Carl Sagan Contacted Me
S2014 E43 Length 03:23 Premiere Date 06/10/14

Jill Tarter: 30 Seconds On Why We Search For Aliens
S2014 E42 Length 00:50 Premiere Date 06/05/14

Jill Tarter: Different Than the Other Sons
S2014 E41 Length 01:59 Premiere Date 06/05/14

Tom Scholz: Sound Machine
S2014 E40 Length 09:18 Premiere Date 05/29/14

Tom Scholz: One In A Million
S2014 E39 Length 03:16 Premiere Date 05/27/14

Tom Scholz: 30 Seconds on Guitar Solos
S2014 E38 Length 00:38 Premiere Date 05/22/14

Tom Scholz: The Start of It
S2014 E37 Length 03:43 Premiere Date 05/22/14

James Levine: Different Banks On The Same River
S2014 E36 Length 01:41 Premiere Date 05/01/14

James Levine: What Is This Guy Doing Here?
S2014 E35 Length 02:39 Premiere Date 04/29/14

James Levine: 30 Seconds on Sitting
S2014 E34 Length 00:39 Premiere Date 04/24/14

James Levine: "I Came Alive as a Person"
S2014 E33 Length 03:03 Premiere Date 04/24/14

Crystal Dilworth: Because Science
S2014 E32 Length 01:18 Premiere Date 04/17/14

Crystal Dilworth: Shoes
S2014 E31 Length 01:44 Premiere Date 04/15/14

Crystal Dilworth: Ballet, Neuroscience & A Man Eating Plant
S2014 E30 Length 03:00 Premiere Date 04/10/14

Crystal Dilworth: 30 Seconds on Teaching Dance to Scientists
S2014 E29 Length 00:49 Premiere Date 04/10/14

Geoff Tabin: The Invention Of Bungee Jumping
S2014 E28 Length 01:08 Premiere Date 04/03/14

Geoff Tabin: Wheeeeeeee!
S2014 E27 Length 02:40 Premiere Date 04/01/14

Geoff Tabin: 30 Seconds on Cataracts
S2014 E26 Length 00:45 Premiere Date 03/27/14

Geoff Tabin: Getting Sight Back
S2014 E25 Length 03:19 Premiere Date 03/27/14

Bill Nye: I Took Astronomy From Carl Sagan
S2014 E24 Length 02:00 Premiere Date 03/21/14

Bill Nye: A Whale of a Joke
S2014 E23 Length 00:46 Premiere Date 03/13/14

Bill Nye: Dancing With The Science Guy
S2014 E22 Length 02:39 Premiere Date 03/11/14

Bill Nye: Change The World
S2014 E21 Length 04:08 Premiere Date 03/06/14

Bill Nye: The Bow Tie Guy
S2014 E20 Length 01:33 Premiere Date 03/04/14

Bill Nye: 30 Seconds on Tying Bow Ties
S2014 E19 Length 00:46 Premiere Date 03/04/14

Kate Sweeny: Becoming Another Person
S2014 E18 Length 00:59 Premiere Date 02/27/14

Kate Sweeny: 30 Seconds on Belly Dancing
S2014 E17 Length 00:43 Premiere Date 02/26/14

Kate Sweeny: Waiting Is The Hardest Part
S2014 E16 Length 01:13 Premiere Date 02/25/14

Kate Sweeny: Shake Off Your Anxiety
S2014 E15 Length 03:39 Premiere Date 02/20/14

Kate Sweeny: 30 Seconds on Waiting
S2014 E14 Length 00:43 Premiere Date 02/20/14

Preetha Ram: What's the Dalai Lama Really Like?
S2014 E13 Length 01:08 Premiere Date 02/13/14

Preetha Ram: Hello Dalai
S2014 E12 Length 02:41 Premiere Date 02/11/14

Preetha Ram: #IgnitingTheSpark
S2014 E11 Length 02:13 Premiere Date 02/06/14

Preetha Ram: 30 Seconds on Teaching Teens & Monks
S2014 E10 Length 00:45 Premiere Date 02/05/14

Myron Rolle: "Football gave me a platform."
S2014 E9 Length 01:32 Premiere Date 01/30/14

Myron Rolle: The Road to Rhodes and Back Again
S2014 E8 Length 02:20 Premiere Date 01/28/14

Myron Rolle: Rolle With It
S2014 E7 Length 03:17 Premiere Date 01/23/14

Myron Rolle: 30 Seconds On Being A Medical Student
S2014 E6 Length 00:48 Premiere Date 01/23/14

Rudy Tanzi: Rudy and Deepak Turn On Your Genes
S2014 E5 Length 01:25 Premiere Date 01/16/14

Rudy Tanzi: A Scientist Gets Transcendent
S2014 E4 Length 00:59 Premiere Date 01/14/14

Rudy Tanzi: Dream On
S2014 E3 Length 03:18 Premiere Date 01/09/14

30 Second Science: Rudy Tanzi
S2014 E2 Length 00:44 Premiere Date 01/09/14

Steven Pinker: My Cousins The Baboons
S2014 E1 Length 01:21 Premiere Date 01/02/14

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