Podcast Episodes

What does the future hold for our late-stage capitalist society with mega-corps controlling everything? - Highlights - KYLE HIGGINS, KARINA MANASHIL & KID CUDI

Season 1

“I write science fiction, so it's fascinating from a technological standpoint, but we have dozens and dozens of years of science fiction warning us about technology unchecked. The irony is that now s…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Comics, Music, Ethics & AI: KYLE HIGGINS, KARINA MANASHIL & KID CUDI on the Making of Moon Man

Season 1

What does the future hold for our late-stage capitalist society with mega-corporations owning and controlling everything? How can the world-building skills of the makers of films and comics help us i…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Tech, Spirituality & Selfhood: TARA ISABELLA BURTON - Author of Here in Avalon, Social Creature, & Self-Made

Season 1

"So everyone should probably throw their smartphones in a river, myself included. And I think that it is hard. There's never going to be a version where you get the right answer, and suddenly your li…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

What is the impact of AI on how we live, burn energy, and mitigate climate change? - KATHLEEN ROGERS - President, EarthDay.ORG

Season 1

How can we reimagine a world without plastic? How can we push governments and companies to admit what they know about the health impacts of plastics and change public policy?

Kathleen Rogers is the Pr…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How will AI change the film and television industry? - ALAN POUL - ALAN POUL - Emmy & Golden Globe-winning Producer/Director

Season 1

"There will come a time when AI will have consumed and devoured all the works of all the great filmmakers. And you'll be able to say, I want you to cut this scene as if it was in an Antonioni film. O…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Can AI help us understand animal intelligence? - Highlights - POORVA JOSHIPURA

Season 1

“With AI, I do think it is our societal responsibility to be aware of how it can be used to harm animals. For instance, there's the worry that the same types of ways that AI might help, for instance,…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How Will AI & New Technologies Change the Role of Artists? - Highlights - JONATHAN YEO

Season 1

"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 1

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 1

"AI is neither inherently good nor inherently bad. It promises both enormous potential and capability from helping with medical diagnosis and catching cancer early or removing a lot of tedium and rep…

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 1

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