Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Kelly Corrigan takeover)
AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah …
9 months ago
Can AI companions help heal loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda
AI companions could either be the cure to our loneliness epidemic … or humanity’s final downfall, says Eugenia Kuyda, creator of Replika — an app tha…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Why are we sending critical metals to the dump? | Jeff More
The world is heading toward a massive copper shortage that could derail the clean energy transition, says mining expert Jeff More. He shows how advan…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | TED Health
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?" The p…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
What a wolf’s howl can tell us about the future of AI | Jeffrey T. Reed
“Everybody likes nature, even though we’re watching it slowly degrade away. And that’s the big challenge of our time,” says linguist software enginee…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The best invention since sliced bread? | Rachel Yang
Industrial manufacturers spend a huge amount of energy generating heat to make everyday materials and objects, like cement, steel, and paper. And sin…
10 months ago
How AI models steal creative work — and what to do about it | Ed Newton-Rex
Generative AI is built on three key resources: people, compute and data. While companies invest heavily in the first two, they often use unlicensed c…
10 months, 1 week ago
How Substack is breaking down traditional media gatekeepers | Hamish McKenzie
“The whole Substack ecosystem is about more power because it’s based on those relationships between the publisher and their subscribers, or the video…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Whitney Houston Hologram: The Zombification of an Icon | There Are No Girls on the Internet
This episode is part of a feed swap with our friend podcast There Are No Girls On The Internet, hosted by Bridget Todd. She is an expert on tech cult…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The food that fertilizes itself | Giles E.D. Oldroyd
Could the key to a sustainable food system already be growing in the world’s farms? Plant scientist Giles E.D. Oldroyd explores how a special quirk o…
11 months ago