Podcast Episodes

The First Artist-Led Global Summit & The Future of Museums w/ NICOLA LEES, Director, Aspen Art Museum

Season 15 Episode 1152

“It's a complicated time to think about how we can slow down, be still, and bring a brilliant group of people together to do something that feels purposeful and can be productive. It's a moment where…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

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

Season 4

“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 5 months, 2 weeks 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 6 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 6 months ago

Examining Monuments, Memory & The History of White Supremacy IRVIN WEATHERSBY JR. - Highlights

Season 15 Episode 1142

“I'm hopeful for revolution. I'm optimistic. I want radical change. I think there's such a disinterest in education in America that it is sickening. I think we are repeating history. We are going thr…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

From Spy Thrillers to Police Dramas w/ Writer, Creator, Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY

Season 14 Episode 1085

“There used to be a time when leading men were okay with falling down as a character. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones is a prime example of that. Even going back to the fifties, they understood that f…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

JARON LANIER on Tech, Music, Creativity & Who Owns the Future - Highlights

Season 3 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, VR Pioneer, Musician, Author

Season 3 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

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 8 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 9 months, 1 week ago