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Harvard Medical School professor of neurology Rudolph Tanzi discusses how lifestyle choices can help maintain brain health during a person’s lifespan. Topics include Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia, the role of genetics and environment in health, and the importance of sleep, exercise, and diet in controlling neuroinflammation.
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32 - Rudolph Tanzi: What Can People Do To Maintain Brain Health As They Age?Mon, 20 Dec 2021
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31 - Makeda Best: What Does Landscape Photography Say About Our Politics?Mon, 13 Dec 2021
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30 - Claudia Goldin: Why Do Women Still Make Less Than Men?Mon, 6 Dec 2021
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29 - Jerrold Rosenbaum: Are Psychedelics an Effective Treatment for Mood Disorders?Mon, 29 Nov 2021
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28 - Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Why Does Gerrymandering Matter So Much?Mon, 22 Nov 2021
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27 - Emily Broad Leib: What Can be Done About Food Waste?Mon, 15 Nov 2021
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26 - Sandeep Robert Datta and Venkatesh Murthy: Why is Smell Such a Mystery to Scientists?Mon, 8 Nov 2021
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25 - Michael Mina: Why Do We Still Need Rapid Tests?Mon, 1 Nov 2021
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24 - Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor, Season FourThu, 28 Oct 2021
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23 - Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?Mon, 30 Nov 2020
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22 - Francesca Dominici: How Does Air Pollution Affect COVID-19?Mon, 23 Nov 2020
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21 - Rebecca Henderson: Does Capitalism Need to be Reimagined?Mon, 16 Nov 2020
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20 - Jeannie Suk Gersen: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Americans?Mon, 9 Nov 2020
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19 - Danielle Allen: What Do COVID-19 and Extreme Inequality Mean for American Democracy?Mon, 2 Nov 2020
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18 - Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?Mon, 26 Oct 2020
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17 - Daniel Schrag and David Keith: Can solar geoengineering help fight climate change?Mon, 19 Oct 2020
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16 - Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor, Season ThreeFri, 16 Oct 2020
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15 - Doug Elmendorf and Karen Dynan: How much can the federal budget and the deficit continue to grow?Mon, 13 Apr 2020
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14 - William C. Kirby: Is China ready for leadership on the global stage?Mon, 6 Apr 2020
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13 - Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block: When did labor law stop working?Mon, 30 Mar 2020
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12 - Nicholas Burns: Why Does Good Diplomacy Matter?Mon, 23 Mar 2020
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11 - Maya Sen: Have U.S. courts become political prizes?Mon, 16 Mar 2020
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10 - David Cutler: Can the U.S. Healthcare System Be Fixed?Mon, 9 Mar 2020
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9 - Joseph S. Nye: How Do Past Presidents Rank in Foreign Policy?Mon, 2 Mar 2020
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8 - Preview: Ask a Harvard Professor Season TwoWed, 26 Feb 2020
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7 - Marcyliena Morgan: How has Harvard Cultivated Hiphop?Mon, 21 Oct 2019
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6 - Robin Kelsey: Is a Photograph a Work of Art?Mon, 7 Oct 2019
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5 - Edward Glaeser: Should We All Be Living in Cities?Mon, 30 Sep 2019
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4 - David Hemenway: Who Can Solve America’s Gun Problem?Mon, 23 Sep 2019
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3 - Staci Gruber: How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?Mon, 16 Sep 2019
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2 - Lawrence Lessig: What leads to academic corruption?Mon, 9 Sep 2019
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