Cool Stanford Podcasts

New podcast! Stanford Medicine’s Health Compass podcast, brings the latest medical research to life through compelling stories that connect with your everyday health experiences. Dr. Maya Adam, a Stanford Medicine faculty member and health educator, interviews leading experts on crucial health topics featured in Stanford Medicine magazine. From AI and health to women and risk for autoimmune diseases, to blue zones and longevity, each episode breaks down complex science and helps keep you informed about your own health choices.

Century Lives Podcast - The Century Lives podcast is produced by Stanford's Center on Longevity and explores the discrepancies in life expectancies across American Communities. In the first season, we asked how COVID-19 was changing the way we live and how that impacts our longevity. Then we moved on to the world of education, work, and healthcare to see how our future as a population of centenarians has already started.

Democracy IRL -  Fostering and maintaining democracy, development and the rule of law is the great challenge of our time. Join Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law and our host, political scientist Francis Fukuyama, for a series of conversations with thought leaders and academics alike that touch on the ways in which democracy and development are being challenged today by authoritarian resurgence, misinformation, the perils of a changing climate, and more.

ENCOUNTERS - Encounters delves into the evolving nexus of creative and scientific inquiry at the dynamic research ecosystem of Stanford University with host Janani Balasubramanian, a Stanford alum and Denning Visiting Artist. Running once a week July 17 through Aug. 4, 2024, the titles include, "What is Co-Creation?" "Art as a Meeting Place," "Challenging Metaphors: Redefining Scientific Narratives in Astrophysics" and "The Future of Co-Creation." 

ETL - Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: A candid exploration of the entrepreneurial journey where informed leaders share personal stories of the secrets and setbacks behind real success. From the Stanford School of Engineering and Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center.

From Our Neurons to Yours - We criss-cross scientific disciplines to bring listeners to the frontiers of brain science. Leading scientists to help us understand the three pounds of matter within our skulls and how new discoveries, treatments and technologies are transforming our relationship with the brain. From Stanford’s Wu-Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

Good Fellows - A weekly Hoover Institution broadcast, features senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster discussing the social, economic, and geostrategic ramifications of this changed world.

Health Compass - Join Dr. Maya Adam, a Stanford Medicine faculty member and health educator, as she interviews leading experts on crucial health topics featured in Stanford Medicine magazine — from breakthroughs in mental health treatment to the transformative role of artificial intelligence in medicine. Be inspired to make informed health choices. 

Human-Centered - Interviews with renowned fellows from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences over the years, as well as conversations about cross-disciplinary social science research undertaken by current fellows of the Center, known as CASBS, and its project/program affiliates.

If/Then - Aims to answer some of the most complex questions today’s leaders face. Season One, launched in 2024, features 13 Stanford GSB professors discussing their research. Topics include: Integrating AI into a business, how remote work affects creativity, power dynamics in the workplace, and what Uber drivers (and Taylor Swift tickets) can teach us about economics.

Imagine A World - In a world marked by discord and short attention spans, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars community stands apart in its desire to seek deep conversations spanning disciplines and backgrounds. It was conceived by KH scholars as a way to hear directly from a wide variety of individuals about the questions they are wrestling with and their dreams for building a better future.

Leading Matters - Join Tina Seelig, Executive Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS) as she interviews KHS Founder and Director John Hennessy on leadership. In their conversations, John shares about his experiences and what he has learned in different roles, including as a faculty member, entrepreneur, president of Stanford University, and founder of Knight-Hennessy Scholars.

Philosophy Talk - Known as "the program that questions everything -- except your intelligence,” Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways. This nationally syndicated public radio program and podcast hosted by Stanford professors Josh Landy and Ray Briggs. 

Podcasts: Case Studies, Reimagined -  The Stanford Graduate School of Business brings case studies to life. Available to the general public, they are used as supplements to class materials.

Reasonable Disagreements - Hoover Institution fellows Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss major legal and policy issues and debate points of disagreement between their libertarian and conservative perspectives.

School's In - This award-winning podcast explores issues in education through its hosts: Graduate School of Education Dean Dan Schwartz and GSE senior lecturer Denise Pope. Examples of topics include chronic absenteeism, youth mental health, and AI in education.

Scrubcast - A podcast exploring clinical, translational, and health services research from Stanford University's Department of Surgery through conversations with the authors. Each episode focuses on a recently published paper by one of our faculty and/or trainees. Listen to the stories behind the data and be the first to hear what our PIs are working on next! 

Stanford Legal - Law touches most aspects of life. Here to help make sense of it, is a podcast and radio show Stanford Legal. Co-hosted by Stanford Law professors Joe Bankman, a tax law expert and clinical psychologist, and Richard Thompson Ford, an expert on civil rights and anti-discrimination law, the show brings together attorneys, scholars, and experts in a range of fields from across Stanford and the country to discuss timely legal issues of the day.

Stanford Medcast - An educational podcast ideal for the clinician on the go. Interviews featuring SoM faculty and other experts; hot topics in medicine, education and healthcare. Produced by Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education

Stanford MS&E Stories and Voices - Interviews with students of the Department of Management Science & Engineering. What brought them to MS&E? What was their experience like in the program, and where will they go after graduation?

Stanford Psychology Podcast - The Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to talk about what’s on their mind lately. Every week, an episode will bring you new findings from psychological science and how they can be applied to everyday life.

The Future of Everything - Host and bioengineering professor Russ Altman explores how technology, science and medicine are shaping our lives. From stretchable electronics to ecological surveillance, foldable microscopes and video editing with artificial intelligence, Altman asks his guests to discuss their role in creating the future — of everything. From the Stanford School of Engineering. 

The Minor Consult - Are good leaders born, or are they made? Can the skills and qualities of leadership be taught? Throughout his career, Stanford School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor has been fascinated by these questions – and in this new podcast series, he convenes top minds from many fields to find the answers. The Minor Consult explores the events that have forged today’s greatest leaders and discuss what it means to lead, especially in times of upheaval and uncertainty.  

The South Asian Studies at Stanford Podcast -  Also known as SASSpod, it features conversations between the Center for South Asia at Stanford and guests who have a connection to Stanford as faculty, staff, students, alumni, or partners.

The Storytelling Project's Off the Page - Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program.

The Storytelling Project's State of the Human - State of the Human shares stories that deepen our understanding of single, common human experiences—belonging, giving, lying, forgiveness—all drawn from the experiences and research of the Stanford community.

View From the Top - This podcast features recorded live interviews from the dean’s speaker series of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prominent leaders from around the world join MBA students for a conversation on effective leadership, core values, and lessons learned throughout their careers.

World Class - Each episode, Michael McFaul, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute, talks with world-renowned scholars at FSI about the critical issues the world is facing: Russia, China, nuclear security, democracy, cybersecurity, climate change, and more.