This playlist consists of our series Secret Science Club North.The Secret Science Club is a science lecture, arts, and performance series based in Brooklyn.

The SSC hosts live science events for the general public, featuring subjects ranging from Black Holes and Dinosaurs to Human Evolution and the Human Brain. Every month, leading scientists give talks on discoveries in their fields and unleash their research on an inquisitive audience.

In 2014, The Secret Science Club extended its borders NORTH to Symphony Space in Manhattan, bringing great science programming to a broader audience and continuing to give the public direct access to scientific information “straight from the horses’ mouths."

Secret Science Club Playlist

Secret Science Club North- Priyamvada Natarajan - Secret Science Club North

Secret Science Club North: What are You Eating? What's Eating You?

Secret Science Club North Introduction - Secret Science Club North: Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker - Secret Science Club North: Steven Pinker

Q & A with Steven Pinker - Secret Science Club North: Steven Pinker

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity with Astrophysicist Jason Kalirai

- Secret Science Club North: Whats that Smell? with Neuroscientist Leslie Vosshall

Think the friction between red states and blue states is rough? Try checking out the culture wars over “proper" English. In this special talk coinciding with the release of his new book Words on the Move, linguist and master observer of American culture John McWhorter examines and parses our shape-shifting language and explores why some of the tensions over Lingua Americana may be central to our identities and views about culture and race in America.

Secret Science Club: Words on the Move

Join evolutionary biologist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins to commemorate the 40th anniversary of The Selfish Gene and a lifetime of thinking and writing about science. Starting with The Selfish Gene—his classic exposition of evolutionary thought—Richard Dawkins gives a gene’s eye view of evolution that is imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant.

Are our bodies merely vehicles for ensuring the immortality of our genes? How can selfish genes support kindness and altruism? Why does our understanding of the evolution of life matter?

The anniversary celebration continues and expands as Richard Dawkins discusses marking the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Blind Watchmaker, the 20th anniversary of Climbing Mount Improbable, and the 10th anniversary of The God Delusion.

As our knowledge of the genome grows by leaps and bounds in the 21st century, Richard Dawkins continues to change and challenge our view of Earth’s life forms and our own human experience.

Secret Science Club: Richard Dawkins

Say hello to your little friends—all 100 trillion of them. Enjoy an evening of riveting conversation and science-themed cocktails in a fun, informal setting, as microbiologist Dr. Martin Blaser explores new research on the human microbiome (the 1,000 or so microbial species that inhabit our noses, mouths, guts, and skin), the dangers posed to our health by the overuse of antibiotics, and how obesity, asthma, diabetes, and even mood swings may be linked to changes in our microbiota.

Secret Science Club: Marvels of the Microbiome

Enjoy the best of Symphony Space's music, literature, comedy and family shows. Listen free on your computer or mobile device. Symphony Space was founded almost 40 years ago in the belief that the arts bring people together, transcend barriers, and celebrate both our similarities and our differences. That belief remains our guiding principle and is more important now than ever. Your generosity during the Covid19 crisis will help us continue to provide great programs free of charge. Thank you for your support.