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	Brian Stelter, media reporter for the New York Times, talks about the changing landscape of television. Will cable soon be a relic of the past?

Future of TV with Brian Stelter

	Guy Kawasaki, former Chief Evangelist for Apple and special adviser at Google, gives us his take on what's new in the world of technology for the fall.

Future of Tech with Guy Kawasaki

In this exclusive web extra, we asked Jon Gruber of MIT and Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Health about the role doctors should play in reforming the health care system.

Web Extra: Health Care

What if doctors could prescribe food, shelter, and insurance to patients in need? We talked to Rebecca Onie, co-founder and CEO of Health Leads, an organization that aims to do just that.

Rethinking the Prescription Pad

Health care in America is breaking the bank - but can we bring it under control? We asked a panel of experts about what needs to be done to contain health care costs.

The Cost of Health

What's Watson the supercomputer up to these days? We examine how this Jeopardy champion has gone from winning game shows to changing health care, finance, and education.

Watson After Jeopardy!

Robots are coming…for our jobs?! A new study out of Oxford predicts that 47% of American jobs may become automated in the next two decades.

Our Disappearing Jobs

What does it look like when you're creating and selling your own product? Your own brisket, pickles, or ideas? We talked to Susan Piver, director of the Open Heart Project, an online meditation and mindfulness guide.

The Open Heart Project

Think about those emails you get every minute, the texts constantly vibrating in your pocket, a news cycle that never ends. In his book Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, best-selling author Douglas Rushkoff offers up an arresting theory about how living in this brave new world changes us. Part 2 of 2: the economy.

Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock and the Economy

Think about those emails you get every minute, the texts constantly vibrating in your pocket, a news cycle that never ends. In his book Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, best-selling author Douglas Rushkoff offers up an arresting theory about how living in this brave new world changes us. Part 1 of 2: Entertainment.

Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock and Entertainment

Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center presents “The Founders of Modern Physics,” a panel discussion among eminent scientists exploring the revolution in quantum mechanics and its intellectual milieu. This panel was part of “Intellectual Circles and Twentieth-Century Science,” a conference organized in conjunction with a series of events surrounding the 2008 Tanner Lectures on Human Values delivered by Noble Prize–winning physicist Steven Chu. Dec 21, 2010

The Founders of Modern Physics

Tversky taught at Hebrew University and at Stanford University, where she is emerita professor of psychology. Much of her work involves human perception of space and explores topics such as memory, categorization and language; the metaphorically spatial, especially time and event perception and cognition; and applications, notably diagrams, interfaces, design and visual communication. Her recent articles include "Visualspatial Reasoning," "Some Ways that Graphics Communicate," "What Do Sketches Say About Thinking?" and "Multiple Mental Spaces." Sep 07, 2010

Spatial Thinking

New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger, a senior fellow at the Belfer Center, speaks about the growing challenge of cyber warfare, who is engaged in it, what the perpetrators of these attacks stand to gain and how it can be defended against—if at all.

David Sanger on Cyber Warfare | PolicyCast

How to fund innovation — from venture capital to government dollars.

How to Fund Innovation

The workplace of tomorrow — no corporate hierarchy or five day workweek required. Kara Miller speaks with Jason Fried of 37signals, Maynard Webb, former COO of eBay, and Bob Pozen, Harvard Business School lecturer.

The Future of Work

What helps us win? Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, bestselling authors of "Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing," investigate the art of competition.

The Science of Competition

What makes rivalries different than other competitions? Edgar B. Herwick III, chief of WGBH’s Curiosity Desk, shares his insight.

Rivalry: A Double-Edged Sword

Are robots coming — for your job? Kara Miller led a discussion about ingenuity and automation at Innovation Hub's first live panel. 

Robots Are Coming, Part 2

Robots Are Coming, Part 1

Innovation Hub looks at how to reinvent our world – from medicine to education, relationships to time management. Great thinkers and great ideas, designed to make your life better.