STANFORD Out Loud
STANFORD Out Loud
STANFORD magazine
Podcast by STANFORD magazine
The Menace Within
More than 40 years after the Stanford Prison Experiment took place, how do the guards, prisoners and researchers feel about the roles they played? Featuring the voices of study leader Philip Zimbardo, emeritus professor of psychology, and five participants from the original experiment.
Feb 8, 2016
21 min
The Man Who Stopped Time
In 1872, Leland Stanford Sr. hired photographic artist and adventurer Eadweard Muybridge to capture an image of a horse in the act of flying, setting the stage for the invention of the motion picture. Featuring the voice of Gail Wight, associate professor of art practice, whose work in sculpture, video and interactive media explores the relationship between art and biology.
Feb 1, 2016
16 min
About a Boy
His death broke his parents’ hearts and spawned a university. But who was Leland Stanford Jr.? Featuring the voice of Theresa Johnston, contributing writer for STANFORD magazine.
Jan 25, 2016
15 min
Outbreak
How a band of student volunteers and a campus physician with a carnation in his lapel helped confine the tragedy of the 1903 typhoid epidemic. Featuring the voice of Robert Siegel, professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford School of Medicine.
Jan 19, 2016
10 min
Sex Scholar
Stanford professor Clelia Mosher polled Victorian-era women on their bedroom behavior—and then kept the startling results under wraps. Featuring the voice of Herant Katchadourian, emeritus professor of psychiatry and human biology.
Jan 11, 2016
15 min
Who Killed Jane Stanford?
Investigations confirm she was poisoned by strychnine, but the case will never be solved. Someone got away with murder. Featuring the voice of STANFORD magazine editor Kevin Cool.
Dec 14, 2015
9 min