Podcast Episodes

‘Genius’ Entrepreneurs, Technofacists & Phobic Misogynists with BECCA LEWIS

Season 15

“I think I've always been interested in the far-right end of technology, or I should say for several years that’s what I’ve been studying. However, I kept feeling that gender was understudied in thes…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America From Around the Globe w/ NATASHA HAKIMI ZAPATA

Season 15 Episode 1145

“ It's a really dangerous time we're living through, and I do think that when we talk about these progressive policies, a huge problem in the US is that we still have a lot of stigma left over from t…

Published on 2 months ago

AI, Universities & Student Surveillance in the Digital Age - LINDSAY WEINBERG & ROBERT OVETZ

Season 15 Episode 1144

In this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast, Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Lindsay Weinberg and Robert Ovetz about the use of Artificial Intelligence in higher education. Under the …

Published on 2 months ago

THE DREAM HOTEL with LAILA LALAMI

Season 15 Episode 1143

What happens when the state, with the pretext of protecting public safety, can detain indefinitely certain individuals whose dreams seem to indicate they may be capable of committing a crime?  Set in…

Published on 2 months ago

The Evolutionary Brain - DR. FERNANDO GARCÍA-MORENO on Creativity & Survival

Season 15 Episode 1141

We are working in the lab to understand this moment in development, which is called phylotypic. This is something that has been known for over a hundred years. When you see many vertebrate embryos at…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

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 4 months, 3 weeks ago

AI, Virtual Reality & Dawn of the New Everything w/ JARON LANIER, VR Pioneer, 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 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Can AI-moderated 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 4 months, 4 weeks ago

How can we meet the Climate Accords thru Environmental Credit Solutions? with BILL FLEDERBACH

Season 14

How can we meet the Paris Climate Accords through Environmental Credit Solutions?

Bill Flederbach is the President & CEO of ClimeCo and is a respected leader in the global environmental commodities ma…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks 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 5 months ago