Kara Miller

Host

As a host, Kara has interviewed Deepak Chopra, Sherry Turkle, Jared Diamond, Sal Khan, David Pogue, Michael Sandel, Brian Greene, and Marissa Mayer, among others.

Kara Miller is the host and executive editor of Innovation Hub, which she launched in 2011. PRI took the program national in 2014. Kara has also appeared on “The Takeaway,”  “PRI's The World,” and “Marketplace Tech." 

Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The National Journal, TheAtlantic.com, The Huffington Post, and The International Herald Tribune. Kara holds a Ph.D. from Tufts and a B.A. from Yale. She serves on the advisory committee of the Lemelson Foundation.

Follow Kara on Twitter: @karaemiller

a man looks at an algorithm on a computer screen

Can an algorithm keep kids safe?

There are four million referrals to child welfare services in America every year. How should cities and states decide which ones to respond to?

Can an algorithm keep kids safe?
The White House

5 challenges facing the next president — whoever it is

5 challenges facing the next president — whoever it is
sprouts

Why hating certain foods may be an illusion

Why hating certain foods may be an illusion
Online learning

The online post that led to a $1.5 billion LinkedIn purchase

The online post that led to a $1.5 billion LinkedIn purchase
Albert Einstein’s work made clear that clocks in space move at a different speed than clocks on Earth. Taking into account those differences is crucial to ensuring GPS’ accuracy.

The next time your GPS gets you somewhere on time, thank Albert Einstein

The next time your GPS gets you somewhere on time, thank Albert Einstein
Even after he came up with E=mc2, young Albert Einstein was still unable to get a job teaching physics.

Albert Einstein: The slacker years

Fear not, job seekers. Even Albert Einstein failed to find immediate success after developing his famous Theory of General Relativity. He couldn't even get a job teaching high school math.

Albert Einstein: The slacker years
According to the US Census, 74 percent of those with a bachelor's degree in STEM subjects don't work in STEM jobs.

Are we producing too many STEM grads?

The number of STEM jobs is lagging behind the larger number of STEM graduates. But that may not be the point.

Are we producing too many STEM grads?
Google founder Sergey Brin (L) and designer Diane von Furstenberg sit and watch the rehearsal for her Spring/Summer 2013 collection show during New York Fashion Week September.

The tech invasion of fashion? The flirting has begun.

Experts say the fashion industry has craved tech’s cool factor, and Silicon Valley needs advice on high style. "All the sudden you see these brands — they’re flirting with each other right now,'' says Harvard Business School's Ryan Raffaelli.

The tech invasion of fashion? The flirting has begun.
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, 1920

How the Nazis helped Coco Chanel — and Chanel No. 5

The story behind Chanel No. 5 is complex, in which an icon of fashion fraternized with fascists to try to eliminate her Jewish partners.

How the Nazis helped Coco Chanel — and Chanel No. 5
Senior citizen on Facebook

The latest wave of tech startups are targeting the senior citizen set

Most of the most buzzy tech startups have focused on solving problems for young people. New ways to text? New ways to get food? Done and done. But the senior citizen population is on pace to reach its largest level ever — and that's a market tech startups can no longer afford to ignore.

The latest wave of tech startups are targeting the senior citizen set
Gillette Field

Data analytics are playing an increasingly important role in sports — on and off the field

Sports franchises have been using advanced analytics to measure their players for years, ever since Moneyball became popular. But now teams are using big data analytics to track fan behavior and tailor offerings to them.

Data analytics are playing an increasingly important role in sports — on and off the field
A woman holds a birth control pill at her home in Nice, France.

The inside, not-always-ethical story of how 'The Pill' was made

Birth control was a major leap forward for gender equality, but developing the pill wasn't easy at a time when even discussing it was illegal in some states. So Margaret Sanger and the team that created the first birth control pill had to get sneaky to test it out and make sure it was safe.

The inside, not-always-ethical story of how 'The Pill' was made
Google self-driving car

Automation in our jobs is both a blessing and a curse

More and more tasks are being handled by specialized machines. There's the autopilot for flying planes, automated mail sorters at the post office and, perhaps soon, even a self-driving car. But all this automation comes at a price.

Automation in our jobs is both a blessing and a curse
A TV plays a soccer match

Why TV audience measurement remains stuck in an analog age

Our habits are more well-known than ever before: What websites we visit, what products we buy from Amazon, what videos we watched on the Internet. But what we watch on TV remains somewhat of a mystery, with Nielsen ratings the only window into Americans' viewing habits.

Why TV audience measurement remains stuck in an analog age
Beer brewing in Massachusetts

Today's craft beer selection still pales in comparison to what was available centuries ago

Craft beer is booming across the US, giving beer drinkers more choices than they've had at any point in recent memory. But while the shelves are practically overflowing now, there's still a long way to go to have the same breadth of choices as there were back when beer was first introduced.

Today's craft beer selection still pales in comparison to what was available centuries ago