Curiosity Unbounded

The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her g

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Inside Efficient AI: From GPUs to GPTs — Song Han

Posted March 11, 2026 • 00:27:13

Song Han is an associate professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science whose research focuses on efficient AI computing. His work spans high-resolution...

From boom to bust, the workings of financial crises — Emil Verner

Posted February 11, 2026 • 00:30:20

Emil Verner is the Jerome and Dorthy Lemelson Professor of Management and Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research examines...

Toxoplasma and the Human Host — Sebastian Lourido

Posted January 14, 2026 • 00:41:49

Sebastian Lourido is an associate professor of biology and a member of the Whitehead Institute. Sebastian studies human pathogens and seeks to unravel...

Making sense of your dollars — Christopher Palmer

Posted April 1, 2025 • 00:32:37

Christopher Palmer is an Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National...

Putting a glacier in its place — Brent Minchew

Posted February 25, 2025 • 00:29:29

Brent Minchew is an Associate Professor of Geophysics in the department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. He studies the behavior...