Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAdrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)
Episode 2850
Imagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are alive, clothing has opinions and all human knowledge fits into a …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Kristan Stoddart, "Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West" (de Gruyter, 2025)
Episode 2848
Kristan Stoddart's Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West (de Gruyter, 2025) is a timely and systematic analysis of Russian hybrid warfar…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Ibrahim J. Gedeon and Kyle Murray, "Automata: The Power of AI Integrated with Advanced Robotics" (U Toronto Press, 2026)
Episode 2847
Automata examines how AI and advanced robotics are rapidly surpassing human abilities in fields once thought uniquely ours – from playing chess to di…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Keith Cooper, "Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact" (Reaktion, 2025)
Episode 2846
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a double sunset on Tatooine, stand among the sand dunes of Arrakis or gaze at the gas-giant pla…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Nabil Ali, "Gold from Newton's Apple Tree: Historical Recipes for Natural Inks, Paints, and Dyes" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 2845
Flowering currant, ivy, Portuguese laurel, and woad might all have grown in a medieval garden, but it would have taken special expertise to extract a…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
David Kirsch on the Dot Com Bubble and Bust
Episode 2844
We chat with historian David Kirsch, Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School, about…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Alberto Galasso, "The Management of Innovation: Managing and Creating Technology Capital" (Rotman-UTP Publishing, 2024)
Episode 2843
Despite the importance of innovation for the growth of firms, industries, and the national economy, the strategic tools available to effectively mana…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Flower Darby, "The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes" (U Oklahoma Press, 2026)
Episode 2842
The happier the teacher, the better the learning experience--for instructor and student alike. With this equation at its core, The Joyful Online Teac…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Peter D. McDonald, "The Impossible Reversal: A History of How We Play" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)
Episode 2841
Tracing the cultural history of play--from Fluxus to SimCity Games and gamified activities have become ubiquitous in many adults' lives, and play is …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Green Transition and the Politics of Lithium Extraction
Episode 2840
Lithium is necessary for the green transition but its mining comes with significant environmental and social harms. This is the conundrum at the core…
6 months, 3 weeks ago