Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchReinvention in an Era of Volatility
Episode 22
Caroline Stokes is a strategist who works with C-Suites and Boards to lead their organizations through AI disruption, climate risk, and geopolitical …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
John Longhurst, "Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Faith" (CMU Press, 2024)
Episode 21
One of the things that stood out in my conversation with John Longhurst about his book Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Fait…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota
Episode 20
Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for sup…
4 months ago
Ginger Dellenbaugh, "Maria Callas's Lyric and Coloratura Arias" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Episode 19
More than 40 years after her death, the legend of Maria Callas, "La Divina Assoluta," remains unsurpassed. Much has been written about her sensationa…
4 months ago
In Search of Trustworthy AI
Episode 18
Craig Hatkoff has spent four decades at the intersection of innovation, culture-building, and institutional transformation. He pioneered commercial m…
4 months, 1 week ago
Pedro Domingos, "The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World" (Basic Books, 2018)
Episode 17
In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to
invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge…
4 months, 1 week ago
What AI Means for Fiction: A Discussion with Literary Critic Mark McGurl
Episode 16
How is the tool of Artificial Intelligence shaping the writing of fiction? Is AI emerging as more than just a potentially handy aid to an author—and,…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Yosef Grodzinsky, "How Deeply Human Is Language?: Chomsky, the Brain, and the AI Fantasy" (MIT Press, 2026)
Episode 15
How Deeply Human Is Language? Chomsky, the Brain, and the AI Fantasy (MIT Press, 2026) is Yosef Grodzinsky’s exploration of the criticality of the l…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Sarah Murray, "Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI" (NYU Press, 2026)
Episode 179
Powered by Smart traces the techno-cultural evolutions that made artificial intelligence feel more familiar than futuristic. From wearables and strea…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Adrian Woolfson, "On the Future of Species: Authoring Life by Means of Artificial Biological Intelligence" (MIT Press, 2026)
Episode 13
Imagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are alive, clothing has opinions and all human knowledge fits into a …
5 months, 3 weeks ago