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#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
RZA is a rapper, record producer, filmmaker, actor, writer, philosopher, and the mastermind of the legendary hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
Sean Kelly is a philosopher at Harvard specializing in existentialism and the philosophy of mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford and the co-founder of youcubed. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
Jeffrey Shainline is a physicist at NIST working on. Note: Opinions expressed by Jeff do not represent NIST. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
Travis Stevens is the 2016 Olympic Judo silver medalist and BJJ black belt. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
Jay McClelland is a cognitive scientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please support this podcast by checking out our…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago