The Ignorance Podcast
The Ignorance Podcast
Podcast Description
Each episode, Mayla will interview a researcher or scientist about what questions excite them, what questions they’re currently pondering or working on, and the broader impact of these questions. The guests’ specific job and field will not be revealed until the end of the episode, as the point is for listeners to get a picture of the guest based solely on the questions they are asking.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes around scientific inquiry, personal reflections, and the broader implications of research. Episodes focus on the guests' curiosity-driven questions, as seen in the debut episode featuring James Wilson discussing energy costs in computation and the importance of small victories in academia.
Each episode, Mayla will interview a researcher or scientist about what questions excite them, what questions they’re currently pondering or working on, and the broader impact of these questions. The guests’ specific job and field will not be revealed until the end of the episode, as the point is for listeners to get a picture of the guest based solely on the questions they are asking.
Aaron Greenberg is asking “What is justice and how do we realize it in the world?”
Mayla:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav
Aaron Greenberg:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-greenberg-a5489010/
Citations:
”Roger Federer as Religious Experience.” David Foster Wallace. 2006. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html
”The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of Its Traditional Defense.” Reinhold Niebuhr. 1944. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo12091283.html
”Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government.” Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels. 2016. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169446/democracy-for-realists?srsltid=AfmBOopAK2Co40seN-2kKh6ulefG0yLbQDNhRY2j9U8tOkeJ8ghWqcFs
”The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy.” Samuel Ely Bagg. 2024. https://academic.oup.com/book/55806
”Politics Is for Power How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change.” Eitan Hirsch. 2020. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Politics-Is-for-Power/Eitan-Hersh/9781982116798
”The principles of representative government.” Bernard Manin. 1995. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/principles-of-representative-government/B5F086D557F0A0995D6FEB2730C29EC9#fndtn-information
”Politics without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule.” Hélène Landemore. 2026. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730879/politics-without-politicians-by-helene-landemore/
”Why Parties? A Second Look.” John Aldrich. 2011. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo11315021.html
“Full- and Part-Time Legislatures.” National Conference of State Legislatures. 2021. https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures
“How Have Term Limits Affected the California Legislature?” Public Policy Institute of California. 2004. https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/content/pubs/rb/RB_1104BCRB.pdf
“Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney will not run for reelection.” Mark Pazniokas. CT Mirror. 2026. https://ctmirror.org/2026/05/02/senate-president-pro-tem-martin-looney-will-not-run-for-reelection/
”A Collective Bargain Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy.” Jane MacAlevey. 2020. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-collective-bargain-jane-mcalevey?variant=32138473734178
Dwight D. Eisenhower: ”The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980.” Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle. 1990. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691006079/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-new-deal-order-1930-1980?srsltid=AfmBOopO4fm_p4svMS9Y446osINdAqk21alGxQ5nWwrx6x8M438cRpTa
Bill Clinton: ”A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism.” Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein. 2023. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691245508/a-fabulous-failure?srsltid=AfmBOoqvHxi18_kWRXR3gT2H_R0RebZuYf_39xlPChufE66752Y0V6Bm
”Politics.” Aristotle. https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html
”Leviathan” (Chapter XI). Thomas Hobbes. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm
”Heuristics and Biases in Political Decision Making.” Céline Colombo and Marco R Steenbergen. 2020. https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62239/chapter-abstract/550820700?redirectedFrom=fulltext
”A Theory of Justice.” John Rawls. 1971. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674000780
”Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics.” Reinhold Niebuhr. 1932. https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664266355-moral-man-and-immoral-society/
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