Podcast Episodes

The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing w/ ADAM MOSS Fmr. Editor of New York Magazine

Season 14 Episode 1115

“ I was very interested in the state of mind of an artist as he or she goes about making. I think one of the things that artists have is not just an interest in their own subconscious, but also an ab…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

On Postactivism, Justice & Decolonization with BAYO AKOMOLAFE - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1114

“So, post-activism is not ‘post-activism’ in the sense of being after activism. It is not supposed to be a through line to results or resolutions or solutions.”

Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, ps…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Future of Activism: When Solutions Become Problems w/ BAYO AKOMOLAFE

Season 14 Episode 1113

“I learn more than anything else from my children. My son, he's seven, he's autistic, and I call him my prophet for a reason. He teaches me to meet myself in ways that are usually very stunning. I ca…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

KATIE KITAMURA on Language, Identity & the Search for Agency - Highlights

Season 14 Episode 1112

“This novel is the third in what I see as a little set of books that all feature unnamed female protagonists who have experienced varying degrees of passivity and agency in their lives. They're all w…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Art, Performance & the Illusion of Agency - KATIE KITAMURA on her new novel AUDITION

Season 14 Episode 1111

“I'm really interested in the formal aspect of characters who are channeling language, who are speaking the words of other people, and in characters who are aware of how little agency they actually h…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks 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 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