Research Matters

The Research Matters podcast features candid conversations with Cornell University researchers who are tackling some of society’s most urgent challenges and finding solutions that make a difference. Hear from experts who are not just studying the world, but changing it, turning data into discoveries, and ideas into impact. Produced by Cornell University Relations. Read more at news.cornell.edu.

Research Matters is a education podcast hosted by Cornell University, with 36 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Cornell University hosts Research Matters, a education show with 36 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  How does that manure get in our water? - Research Matters S2E5

  Sep 22, 202623 minS2

  That green scum on the lake in August? There's a real chance it started on a farm. Kirsten Workman, Cornell's Nutrient Management and Environmental Sustainability Specialist, joins Research Matters to explain how manure — a valuable nutrient package when it stays put — becomes a public health hazard when it doesn't. From phosphorus indexes to injection versus spraying to the runoff forecast tool she built, this is a close look at the unglamorous, high-stakes science of keeping farm nutrients where they belong: in the soil, not the water supply.

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  Episode #4

  Who will take care of us when we're old? - Research Matters S2E4

  Sep 15, 202626 minS2

  America is aging faster than its systems are prepared for. In this two-guest conversation, Jenna Wells and Adriana Reyes bring their research to bear on the realities of eldercare today: who provides it, who pays for it, and what happens when both run short. It's a grounded, research-backed look at one of the biggest quiet crises facing families right now.

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  What if buildings were made to be remade? - Research Matters S2E3

  Sep 8, 202630 minS2

  What if the building coming down next door could become the one going up down the street? Felix Heisel joins Research Matters to explain circular construction — the practice of designing buildings to be disassembled, reused and reborn instead of landfilled. It's a rethink of how we build, one that could turn the construction industry's waste problem into its next resource.

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  Episode #2

  Who gets to decide where free speech ends? - Research Matters S2E2

  Sep 1, 202628 minS2

  Free speech feels simple until you're the one drawing the lines. In this episode of Research Matters, Cornell's Gautam Hans unpacks the messy, high-stakes reality of civil liberties in America today, from campus speech fights to the digital platforms reshaping what "free expression" even means. It's a clear-eyed look at a right everyone claims to understand and almost no one agrees on.

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  Why don't we do the things we know we should? - Research Matters S2E1

  Aug 25, 202625 minS2

  Why do smart, capable people still blow off health screenings, hoard a bottle of wine "for a special occasion" and keep a box of college notebooks they'll never open again? Cornell behavioral economist Suzanne Shu — a former electrical engineer turned behavioral economist — breaks down the psychology behind procrastination, overspending and our strange attachment to stuff. It's a funny, sharply researched look at why willpower isn't really the problem, and what actually helps.

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