Science amazing, production a bit overdone
The new reboot of Complexity podcast is very different. It has all the science I love, and “high” production values (sound effects and scoring) and “best” practices (male-female voice alternations, etc.). But somehow it feels a bit overproduced, overwritten, over-rehearsed, flatly delivered. I am probably not its target audience (longtime listener, academic professor in adjacent science areas). It seems aimed at a more popular accessible level, which is great - donors for instance, not least! Even for that purpose, I wonder if it could gain some ineffable sparkle from being read standing up in a room with “audience” even just >3 humans, maybe one or more from its target audience? This is an intimate medium and a subtle flatness can be unfortunately important. The text occasionally veers from clear top-level plain-speak statements (almost tropes
MiamiBrian via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/05/24
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I’m a long time fan of the work of the Santa Fe Institute and had somehow missed this podcast. It’s amazing, in particular the recent Transmission series with David Krakauer blew me away. In each episode Krakauer talks about five papers written by SFI-related scholars. It’s pure pleasure to...Read full review »
heyitsnoah via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/12/20
My true review would be 3 or 4 stars, but in order to increase the informational content of my review I’m giving it 2 stars. This is a fascinating podcast with really great guests discussing boundary-pushing ideas in the sciences. If you’re familiar with the Santa Fe Institute and what it’s all...Read full review »
ofdavis123 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/05/22
For those curious about complexity science and how it can help make sense of the complex, the u certain, the confounding, the wicked problems… hosted by Michael who helps bring highly challenging and sometimes very abstract thought to life and pointing it towards where it can help change the world
SenecaTheMiddleAged via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/12/22
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