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Description
Doing a job most of us could never do, paranormal investigator David Gibb – director of the Canadian Haunting and Paranormal Society – describes what his line of work entails. Media and tech reporter Sydney Bradley explains how Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting from beyond the grave. Information systems researcher Jose Oros shares his research detailing how as AI-generated music advances, humans still lead in creativity. Psychology researcher Connor Leshner sheds light on the psychology behind the phenomenon of waifus and husbandos. Sydney Bradley rejoins the program along with reporter Dan Whateley and the two outline how hitting the social media jackpot is harder than ever, and how that's changing the creator economy. Behavioral neuroscientist Dr. Jim Pfaus and David discuss where orgasms are formed, and his recent study that confirms non-genitally stimulated orgasms are biologically real. Family estrangement and emotional healing expert Tania Khazaal explains why she believes that you should think twice before cutting off your parents completely. Microbial ecologist Lars Behrendt describes how strange microbes that photosynthesize in the dark of deep caves are transforming our search for extraterrestrial life.
Segments:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (01:18) David Gibb
- (10:00) Sydney Bradley
- (20:00) Jose Oros
- (30:00) Connor Leshner
- (39:50) Dan Whateley & Sydney Bradley
- (49:50) Dr. Jim Pfaus
- (59:50) Tania Khazaal
- (1:09:50) Lars Behrendt
- (1:19:10) Sign-off
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