Iconic baseball writer Bill James, in 1987, frustrated with MLB’s labor stoppages and the decline of the minor leagues, wrote that the minors “were an abomination … if you’re selling a sport and the players don’t care about winning, that’s not a sport. That’s a… Read More »Salary Caps, Pro Sports & Mediocrity with Bruce Dowbiggin
Zach Schonbrun is a contributor to the New York Times, and has been studying athletes and neuroscience for his book “The Performance Cortex: How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius.” We find out how the brain training is changing the game for Major League Baseball. This… Read More »The Science of Sports Training with Zach Schonbrun
What if you could train better by prepping your brain? In part two of our Future of Sports theme, we talk to the CEO of Haloneuro, Dr. Daniel Chao, about his product that sends electric currents to specific parts of the brain in order to… Read More »Hacking Your Brain for Fun and Profit with Dr. Daniel Chao
To close out the Future of Sports theme, we talk to Oakland A’s team President, Dave Kaval. He breaks down his hopes and challenges during the process of building a modern ballpark in Oakland, and how improving the current fan experience while attracting a new,… Read More »Building a Modern Ballpark for Oakland with Dave Kaval
Do you think of gaming first when you think of VR? We did, too, but that’s not necessarily the case at Stanford. We take a virtual walk through the mind of Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Not with an… Read More »Inside Stanford’s VR Lab with Jeremy Bailenson
850 million people showed up to museums last year, and, by comparison, 453 million people attended major sporting events. At the start of this week’s show, we examine what keeps people coming to museums with Anastasia James, the associate curator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum.… Read More »Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition with Anastasia James
