The Smithsonian astrophysicist talks with the Disney imagineer about leveraging technology as a tool to help us understand each other

The Long Conversation 2018: Mercedes Lopez-Morales Interviews Bei Yang (12:49)

The Smithsonian geologist talks with the Librarian of Congress about how young people’s growing interest in civics will lead to an informed citizenry

The Long Conversation 2018: Liz Cottrell Interviews Carla Hayden (11:50)

The technologist talks with the inventor about humankind’s amazing capacity to solve problems

The Long Conversation 2018: Obi Felten Interviews Danny Hillis (10:57)

The founder of Uncharted Power talks with the comedian about pockets of political change in America’s South

The Long Conversation 2018: Jessica Matthews Interviews Roy Wood, Jr. (11:21)

The opera singer and the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art talk about fostering inclusivity in the arts

The Long Conversation 2018: Larisa Martinez Interviews Michael Govan (10:59)

The inventor talks with the Smithsonian geologist about the resiliency of life on Earth

The Long Conversation 2018: Danny Hillis Interviews Liz Cottrell (11:56)

The co-founder of the Carlyle Group talks with the principal investigator for NASA’s Juno spacecraft about Jupiter and what humans could learn from exploring it

The Long Conversation 2018: David Rubenstein Interviews Scott Bolton (10:20)

The co-founder of the Good Food Institute talks with the breast cancer oncology specialist about personalization in medicine

The Long Conversation 2018: Bruce Friedrich Interviews Laura Esserman (12:30)

The actress talks with the co-founder of the Good Food Institute about solving the problems of industrial animal agriculture by growing cells and developing plant-based meat

The Long Conversation 2018: Alfre Woodard Interviews Bruce Friedrich (11:23)

The co-founder of One Common Unity talks with the music manager about how technology can have a positive impact on artists

The Long Conversation 2018: Hawah Kasat Interviews Troy Carter (17:07)

Before performing, the drag queen talks with the award-winning filmmaker about breaking down barriers between people

The Long Conversation 2018: Sasha Velour Interviews Malak Wazne (12:52)

The Smithsonian curator of political history talks with the co-founder of One Common Unity about creativity, education and solving the world’s biggest problems

The Long Conversation 2018: Jon Grinspan Interviews Hawah Kasat (11:57)

The molecular geneticist talks with the founder of Step Afrika! about the art form of stepping, created by African American fraternities and sororities

The Long Conversation 2018: Jean Bennett Interviews C. Brian Williams (10:24)

Walt Disney Imagineering Technology Executive Bei Yang interviews Naomi Wadler, a sixth-grade activist from Alexandria, Virginia.

The Long Conversation: Bei Yang interviews Naomi Wadler (11:14)

The Librarian of Congress talks with the actor and comedian about why he’s optimistic about the future

The Long Conversation 2018: Carla Hayden Interviews Cheech Marin (11:17)

The music manager gets the Smithsonian paleontologist talking about how taking interest in our natural history can help us know where we are going as a species and a planet

The Long Conversation 2018: Troy Carter Interviews Nick Pyenson (11:36)

The performance poet talks with the co-director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas about the changing culture of gender-based violence

The Long Conversation 2018: Jacqueline Suskin Interviews Mily Treviño-Sauceda (17:16)

The New York Times columnist and the Smithsonian curator of political history talk about what we can learn from partisan struggles of the past

The Long Conversation 2018: David Brooks Interviews Jon Grinspan (11:36)

The chef speaks with the molecular geneticist who, with her husband, developed a new treatment for blindness using gene therapy

The Long Conversation 2018: Spike Gjerde Interviews Jean Bennett (11:21)

The Smithsonian astrophysicist tells the comedian she’s hopeful about finding more Earth-size planets

The Long Conversation 2018: Roy Wood, Jr. Interviews Mercedes Lopez-Morales (11:44)

The breast cancer oncology specialist talks with the drag queen about how the art of drag rethinks the possibilities of gender

The Long Conversation 2018: Laura Esserman Interviews Sasha Velour (12:34)

Atlantic staff writer Frank Foer interviews Damion Thomas about athletes moving from a position of apathy to engagement

A Smithsonian Sports Curator Explains How Athletes Turn Social and Political Issues into National Conversations (15:38)

Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter interviews the co-founder of MIT’s Little Devices Lab about democratizing health technology

Jose Gomez-Marquez Wants to Turn Every Doctor and Nurse into a Maker (14:58)

In a conversation with architect David Rockwell, the philanthropic chef urges an invested effort to create technology that could collect water from the clouds

Restaurateur José Andrés Dreams of Milking the Clouds (14:40)

Latina American writer Gabby Rivera interviews the co-founder of Global Air Media about giving students access to the technology

Eno Umoh Is Getting Kids to Think About the Positive Powers of Drones (15:02)

Autodesk vice president Brian Mathews talks with the NASA science communicator about the search for life on other planets and why it’s important

Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller On Understanding Our Place in the Universe (14:49)

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks with the founder of the Girls Computing League about the promise of her generation

The Future Is Bright If More Teens Think About High School the Way Kavya Kopparapu Does (19:07)

John Grant explains how in the near future we are going to know if life exists elsewhere in the universe

AOL Co-Founder Probes Smithsonian Geologist John Grant About Finding Life on Mars (15:34)

DC chef Erik Bruner-Yang interviews Jill-of-all-trades Kaitlyn Hova about her plan to infuse STEM education with open source, 3D printable instruments.

Could 3D Printing Save Music Education? (16:23)

In 1923, Tokyo lay in ruins after the devastation of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Just seven years later, it was a city reborn: from the iconic Ginza shopping center to the world famous Kabuki-za Theater.

Tokyo's Modernization Was Fueled by This Disastrous Earthquake (2:08)