Slice of MIT

Slice of MIT


Latest Episodes

Food for Thought: What's New in Food Science?
November 23, 2015

MIT has a long history with food, from nutrition …

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun (Alumni Books Podcast)
November 17, 2015

As a young boy growing up in Prague, Michael Grue…

Gross Science: Fecal Transplants and the Microbiome
October 28, 2015

Some scientists say that human beings are more ba…

Phishing for Phools (Alumni Books Podcast)
October 27, 2015

Robert Shiller SM '68, PhD '72 discusses his new …

Wild Places (Alumni Books Podcast)
October 09, 2015

Hal Linder '58 paid $4,000 for his bachelor's deg…

The Mindset Of Big Ideas
October 02, 2015

Good ideas never exist in a vacuum—they come from…

Tales from Bronze Beavers
September 21, 2015

The MIT Alumni Leadership Conference (ALC), Sept.…

First to File: Patents for Today's Scientist and Engineer (Alumni Books Podcast)
August 28, 2015

Well over 1,000 patent applications are filed eac…

Making Makers (Alumni Books Podcast)
August 05, 2015

AnnMarie Thomas '01 talks about Making Makers: Ki…

What Makes Rock Band Rock?
July 29, 2015

Eran Egozy, one of the faces behind acclaimed vid…