Podcast Episodes

ED ZWICK - Academy Award-winning Writer, Director & Producer - Glory, The Last Samurai, Shakespeare in Love, Thirtysomething

Season 12

Ed Zwick is a writer, director, and producer who's been active in the film industry for over 40 years. He has been nominated for two Golden Globes for directing the films Glory and Legends of the Fal…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How can we improve animal-human relationships? - Highlights - POORVA JOSHIPURA

Season 12

“I would go back to that very simple thing of treating animals the way that you would like to be treated. And I know that humane education is becoming a more welcome subject or way of teaching in sch…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

POORVA JOSHIPURA - Senior VP, PETA UK - Author of Survival at Stake: How Our Treatment of Animals is Key to Human Existence

Season 12

How can we improve animal-human relationships? How can we increase our sensitivity to the other animals who share this planet with us?

Poorva Joshipura is PETA U.K. Senior Vice President. She is the A…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How can the arts help cultivate our intuitive intelligence? - Highlights - JONATHAN YEO

Season 12

"I'm optimistic about education. There will likely be more traffic between technology and the arts. The tech world needs more creative-minded people and less literal people who have some understandin…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

JONATHAN YEO - Celebrated Portrait Artist on the Importance of Connection & Intuitive Intelligence

Season 12

How can the arts help cultivate our intuitive intelligence? What does visual art teach us about consciousness and the human condition?   

Jonathan Yeo is one of the world’s leading figurative artists …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How has our biology shaped world history? - Highlights - LEWIS DARTNELL

Season 12

"It seems that a lot of education is a little bit obsessed with training students to remember facts and figures. In the modern world, when every one of us has got the total of human knowledge in our …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

LEWIS DARTNELL - Author of Origins: How the Earth Made Us & Being Human: How Our Biology Shaped World History

Season 12

How have our psychology and cognitive biases altered the course of human history? What would you do if you had to rebuild our world from scratch?

Lewis Dartnell is an author, researcher, and holds the…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How can we develop AI systems that are more respectful, ethical, and sustainable? - Highlights - DR. SASHA LUCCIONI

Season 12

“When people say, oh, yeah, AI is going to help everyone or change humanity or all these claims, they don't realize people don't have access to the Internet in some places or cell phones or the fact …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

DR. SASHA LUCCIONI - Founding Member Climate Change AI - Climate Lead & AI Researcher - Hugging Face

Season 12

What are the pros and cons of AI’s integration into our institutions, political systems, culture, and society? How can we develop AI systems that are more respectful, ethical, and sustainable?

Dr. Sas…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How can enlightened self-interest advance social equity & climate action? - Highlights - DR. SHIV SOMESHWAR

Season 12

"Now, we are so careless in the way we approach things we think we understand. And we're dismissive. We are quick to judgment. And that's one thing that I hope in my class and the current generation …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago