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Art & Science of Serendipity

Many discoveries and inventions arise from the convergence of curiosity, accidents and unexpected outcomes. This is not luck but an emergent property of the creative and prepared mind. Science writer Pagan Kennedy explores the role of serendipity behind innovation, inventions and breakthrough thinking.
Season 2017 Episode 10 Length 58:49 Premiere: 08/21/17

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Art & Science of Serendipity
S2017 E10 Length 58:49 Premiere Date 08/21/17

Nonsense
S2017 E9 Length 54:43 Premiere Date 08/07/17

Art @ The Edge
S2017 E8 Length 54:48 Premiere Date 07/31/17

Conscious Capitalism
S2017 E7 Length 56:13 Premiere Date 07/24/17

Alien Minds
S2017 E6 Length 54:08 Premiere Date 07/17/17

The Future of Higher Education
S2017 E5 Length 57:48 Premiere Date 07/14/17

Overdiagnosed
S2017 E4 Length 57:23 Premiere Date 07/07/17

Virtual Reality
S2017 E3 Length 57:38 Premiere Date 07/07/17

King of the Hill
S2017 E2 Length 57:43 Premiere Date 06/19/17

Pandemic: Tracking Contagion
S2017 E1 Length 53:38 Premiere Date 06/12/17

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Overdiagnosed - S1 E4

Premiered On: 07/03/2017

Incredible advances in medical diagnostics and treatments have contributed to better health for countless people. But recent data demonstrates an emerging downside - too much medicine, too many tests and treatments may be resulting in not more but less health. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society and Harald Schmidt, medical ethicist at the University of Pennsylvania discuss. A 2017 KET Production.

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Future of Higher Education - S1 E5

Premiered On: 07/10/2017

MIT professor Christine Ortiz stepped down as the dean for graduate education in July 2016 to launch a new residential research university that will have no disciplinary departments, no classrooms, no traditional on-ground passive lectures, no majors and no pedagogical distinction between undergraduate and graduate education. She discusses her remarkable new vision for higher education. A 2017 KET Production.

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Alien Minds - S1 E6

Premiered On: 07/17/2017

Susan Schneider, cognitive scientist and philosopher, discusses her work for NASA that delves into the question: If we were to encounter extraterrestrial intelligence and consciousness...what might it "look" like and would we even recognize it? A 2017 KET Production.

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Does Doing Good Mean Doing Better? - S1 E7

Premiered On: 07/24/2017

In recent years, the conscious capitalism movement has not only been growing, but increasingly arguing that companies that put community, ethics and sustainability at the forefront will out-perform more traditional, profit-driven companies. James Ledbetter, editor of "Inc." magazine and Inc.com, moderates a discussion with Greg Christian, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners; Tammy York Day, Delta Dental of Kentucky; and Jeff Senne, PwC. A 2017 KET Production.

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Art @ The Edge - S1 E8

Premiered On: 07/31/2017

Suzy Delvalle, New York-based Creative Capital president, brings to Idea Festival a group of artists (Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Jeffrey Gibson, Phillip Andrew Lewis, Shawn Peters) whose unique and sometimes controversial work pushes the edges of the creative envelope. A 2017 KET Production.

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Overdiagnosed - S1 E4

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Virtual Reality - S1 E3

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King of the Hill: The Evolutionary Roots of Power and Dominance - S1 E2

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Pandemic: Tracking Contagion from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond - S1 E1

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