Tell Me More
Episodes
46 episodes
The Ocean Gives Up Its Secrets
In a Tell Me More podcast episode, faculty and alumni plumb the depths to better know our watery planet, from sea-level rise to shipwrecks to giant squid
Foods of the Future
In a Tell Me More podcast, experts predict that tomorrow's meals will marry familiar favorites with radically new ingredients.
How to Decide What to Keep and What to Let Go
A Tell Me More podcast shares stories about choosing what’s worth holding onto, from Dad’s books to old home movies to endangered animals
Does Everything Get Better with Age?
From people to fine wine to TV shows, a Tell Me More podcast explores the good and bad of changing over time.
How to Pay Attention
In a Tell Me More podcast, Tufts experts explore the nature of attention, from the trouble with multitasking to the cost of sometimes staying too focused.
Seven Stories of Regeneration
Tufts experts talk about the wonders of renewal, from animals that regrow body parts to people who rise from tragedy.
How to Be Alone Without Feeling Lonely
A Buddhist monk, a long-distance hiker, and other seclusion-seekers give advice for getting by in times of isolation.
Eric Holder on the Arc of Justice
Former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder talks about being smart on crime, making life and death decisions, and what the average person can do to make our nation a little bit better.
Mary Otto and the Silent Epidemic in Oral Health
Mary Otto, journalist and author of "Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America," speaks about the struggles and barriers that Medicaid and uninsured patients face to receive necessary oral healthcare.
World-Renowned Chef José Andrés on the Power of Food
Chef José Andrés speaks about humanitarian aid, food policy, and transforming communities through the power of food. Twice named to Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list and awarded “Outstanding Chef” and “Humanitarian of the Year” by the J...
Karl Rove and Election Strategies
How much credit should political advisor Karl Rove get for Donald Trump’s White House win? In 2016, Rove — the man who helped architect George W. Bush’s successful gubernatorial and presidential campaigns — gave candidate Trump a lesson on how ...
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld on Immigration and Impeachment
Now a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, the former Massachusetts governor visited Tufts recently as a participant in a Presidential Town Hall hosted by the Tisch College of Civic Life. In this episode, he talks about his st...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor: 'If You Deal With People Out of Respect, You Can Disagree Agreeably'
Tufts students have a wide-ranging conversation with Justice Sotomayor as she addresses a crowd of almost 3,000 at the university in September, sharing a variety of advice and insights about the need for diversity of life experiences on the Cou...
Beto O'Rourke on Cybersecurity, the Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S. Border and More
From 2013 to 2019, Beto O’Rourke represented the 16th Congressionaldistrict of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. In March 2017, he launched a historic campaign to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Running the largest grassroots camp...
Congressman Will Hurd on Crossing the Political Divide
Tufts undergraduate George Behrakis interviews Will Hurd, a Republican Texas Congressman leaving the House of Representatives next year, about his now-famous livestreamed road trip with fellow Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, the lessons Hurd l...
Photojournalist Nichole Sobecki in the War Zones
What’s it like to be a conflict photographer who travels the globe—often in harm’s way—to record the strife and turbulence of our times? In this episode, Tufts alumna Nichole Sobecki — an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in Kenya ...
Doing Well in Business by Doing Good
Warby Parker co-founder Neil Blumenthal, A02, tells a Tufts podcast how he bakes social activism into his eyeglass business—and listens to his customers.
Engineering Positive Change
Engineers Without Borders leader Catherine Leslie tells a Tufts podcast about the thousands of students and professionals who volunteer worldwide to build everything from water systems to energy projects.
Lessons from a Peacemaker
In this episode of Tell Me More, Juan Manuel Santos talks with Ian Johnstone, interim dean of The Fletcher School, about how he persisted despite such challenges—and how he hopes the peace agreement will help all Colombians.
How to Combat Extremism
In this episode of Tell Me More, Farah Pandith—an alumna of Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy—talks with Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at The Fletcher School, about the fight against extremism—and the role we all must p...
The Promise and Problems of Cannabis
Recreational cannabis with mind-altering levels of THC is now legal in 10 states. Many more states allow sales of CBD, a chemical from cannabis that won’t get you high, but is claimed to have myriad health benefits. Yet big questions remain: Ho...
Bringing Puffins Back to Maine
About 100 years ago, there were less than five puffins left in all of Maine. But now, thanks to the conservationists, the Atlantic puffin is making a comeback on a few islands. And they’re becoming a model for how people can help other species ...
Can Artificial Intelligence Make Us Smarter?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to enrich our lives. But it can also drive people apart and cause tremendous harm. Olaf Groth, a professor at Hult International Business School and CEO of the Cambrian Group, explores how this technolo...
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof on Immigration, and More
Nicholas Kristof is a journalist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and longtime columnist for the New York Times. He has written extensively about immigration around the world, critiquing policies but also telling the stories of the families liv...
How Deke Sharon Became the ‘Father of Contemporary A Cappella’
Deke Sharon, often called “the father of contemporary a cappella,” has made it his life’s work to bring vocals-only music to the masses. As director of the Tufts ensemble the Beelzebubs in the early 1990s, his experimental take on a Peter Gabri...