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Vint Cerf (vice-president and chief Internet evangelist for Google)
Episode 277
The Internet – how will it evolve? Where does the freedom on the web end and its abuse start? We contacted Vint Cerf, the vice-president of Google an…
6 years, 3 months ago
Stefan Hell (Nobel Prize for Chemistry laureate)
Episode 276
He broke the barrier that was supposed to be unbreakable and thanks to him we can see for example how cells in our brain change - Stefan Hell, a laur…
6 years, 3 months ago
Daniel Dennett (philosopher)
Episode 275
Freewill, consciousness, understanding but also technology and the impact of religion on our society - these are the topics studied by professor Dani…
6 years, 3 months ago
James Kakalios (physicist)
Episode 274
Superman, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Flash, Thor or Iron Man - superheroes that save the world and help teach students. The physicist James Kakalios has a …
6 years, 3 months ago
Cédric Villani (mathematician)
Episode 273
The human brain is not designed for math, it is made for language and stories, says Cedric Villani, a mathematician and a laureate of the Fields Meda…
6 years, 3 months ago
Jane Goodall (primatologist)
Episode 272
Chimpanzees have their own language, they use tools, eat meat, their groups have a strict hierarchy and in many ways they behave just like humans. Th…
6 years, 3 months ago
Paul Rusesabagina (Rwanda genocide)
Episode 271
Paul Rusesabagina saved 1,268 people by hiding them during the Rwanda genocide in the hotel that he managed. He risked his life as well as the life o…
6 years, 3 months ago
Dalai Lama
Episode 270
Interview about Václav Havel, relationship with China, pope Francis, the crisis in the Middle East, religious harmony, education and relationship bet…
6 years, 3 months ago
Philip Zimbardo (psychologist)
Episode 269
How thin is the line between good and evil? How and why good people become evil. Would we all become evil under certain conditions? Professor Philip …
6 years, 3 months ago
Noam Chomsky (linguist)
Episode 268
The father of modern linguistics. A political activist. One of the world’s most cited scientists. About learning languages. Human rights. US and Russ…
6 years, 3 months ago