Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEric Schmidt: AI: The Good, the Bad and the Scary.
Season 24
He was for many years the CEO of Google where he had a bird’s eye view of the dramatic evolution of artificial intelligence. And while he is alarmed …
2 years, 5 months ago
Fei-Fei Li: The Godmother of AI
Season 24
She earned that unofficial title from her peers through her pioneering work harvesting big data to power AI, leading to the recent breakthroughs such…
2 years, 5 months ago
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 24 trailer
Season 24
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd chat about and play excerpts from Alan's conversations with some of the guests in the new season, beginning …
2 years, 6 months ago
Cynthia Breazeal: Her Robots Have Warmth!
Season 23
Their social, communicative and emotional skills allow her robots to seamlessly collaborate with us. A pioneer in the field of social robotics, Cynth…
2 years, 6 months ago
Abraham Amiri: From Afghanistan to the Stars
Season 23
An unquenchable passion for astronomy born from gazing at the stars from a rooftop as a child led to his setting up a nationwide program in astronomy…
2 years, 6 months ago
Steve Inskeep: Lessons from Lincoln
Season 23
A new book takes a fresh look at Abraham Lincoln’s life by recounting sixteen face-to-face encounters Lincoln had with people who differed with him, …
2 years, 6 months ago
Leslie Odom Jr: Bursting Out
Season 23
A Tony winner for his performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, he is now starring on Broadway in the hit play Purlie Victorious. One of the secrets to …
2 years, 7 months ago
Kate Cohen: Asks if You Need God to be Good
Season 23
It took her years to admit to family and friends that she was a non-believer. But she found that pretending to believe wasn’t working. Her book is“W…
2 years, 7 months ago
Peter Hotez: The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science
Season 23
In his new book, the doctor familiar on TV in his white coat and bow tie tells how his attempts to correct lies about covid vaccines led to death thr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Heather Cox Richardson: She’ll Write You a Letter
Season 23
Two million of us get a letter in our inboxes every morning with a calm, clarifying take on what happened yesterday— from the perspective of a histor…
2 years, 7 months ago