Podcast Episodes

JARON LANIER on Tech, Music, Creativity & Who Owns the Future - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1110

“What I meant when I said there is no AI is that I don't think we serve ourselves well when we put our own technology up as if it were a new God that we created. I think we confuse ourselves too easi…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

AI, Virtual Reality & Dawn of the New Everything w/ JARON LANIER, Father of VR, Musician, Author

Season 14 Episode 1109

“AI is obviously the dominant topic in tech lately, and I think occasionally there's AI that's nonsense, and occasionally there's AI that's great. I love finding new proteins for medicine and so on. …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is there so much conflict over people, land and resources? AUDREA LIM - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1108

“When I first started writing this book, it really foregrounded the problems within our land ownership system, which treats land as a commodity. The way we talk about land and issues like racial and …

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy? JAMES FISHKIN - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1107

“The three ills of democracy that I propose to address with this method, which we've perfected over the last several decades. Democracy is supposed to make some connection with the "will of the peopl…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Free the Land: How We Can Fight Poverty & Climate Chaos with AUDREA LIM

Season 14 Episode 1106

Why is there so much conflict over people, land, and resources? How can we rethink capitalism and land ownership to create a fairer, more equitable society?

Audrea Lim is a Brooklyn-based freelance wr…

Published on 9 months ago

What is Deliberative Democracy & How Can it Serve Society? w/ JAMES S. FISHKIN

Season 14 Episode 1105

“Deliberative democracy is itself, when properly done, a kind of democracy that can speak to the interests of a community. And we need that all over the world.”

James S. Fishkin holds the Janet M. Pe…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

The Imagination Emporium with Fmr. VP of Innovation & Creativity at Disney DUNCAN WARDLE

Season 14 Episode 1104

How can we free our minds to cultivate curiosity, innovation, and creativity in our daily lives? In this age of AI, where creative tasks are increasingly being performed for us, what is intelligence?…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education with JESSE HAGOPIAN

Season 14 Episode 1104

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with activist and educator Jesse Hagopian about his new book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. Th…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Feminism in the 21st Century - Artists, Writers, Filmmakers Share their Stories

Season 14 Episode 1103

How has feminism changed in light of the way we live now?

DEAN SPADE (Author of Love in a F*cked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up & Raise Hell Together) on recognizing political condition…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hidden Humans Behind Artificial Intelligence & the Sociopathology of Elon Musk

Season 14 Episode 1102

In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Sarah T. Roberts about the hidden humans behind Artificial Intelligence, which is reliant on executives and bus…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago