Katharine is an expert on the legalities of what big tech companies can do with our data, what those terms and conditions statements that none of us actually read mean and who else will use all the data that is collected about each and everyone one of us. Katharine is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales. Her research focuses on competition law (particularly misuse of market power), consumer protection and data privacy in financial and tech services.

David is a Professor at Harvard Medical school, has founded or co-founded around 15 companies, his new book Lifespan: Why we age and why we don't have to, has just come out and is already a best seller. David is famous for his discoveries of the effects of resveratrol and its effects of Sirtuins and is now one of the top go-to people for all things anti-aging, with specific focus on NAD precursors, nicotinamide riboside or NMN. He is famous for taking these supplements himself and talks about...

Emma Johnston is the Dean of Science at the University of New South Wales, the president of Science and Technology Australia, the host of the TV show Coast Australia and Professor of Marine ecology.

Amantha Imber is an innovation psychologist, founder of Inventium, an innovation consultancy, and co-creator of the Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list. Amantha has a PhD in organisational psychology from Monash University and has helped companies such as Google, Apple, Disney, LEGO, Virgin Australia, to innovate more successfully. Amantha has written two books the “The Creativity Formula” and “The Innovation Formula” and many popular articles on innovation and how to...

Adam is a New York Times bestselling author of two books: Irresistible, which considers why people today are addicted to so many behaviours, from incessant smartphone use to video games and online shopping, and Drunk Tank Pink, which investigates how hidden forces in the world around us shape our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Adam is an Associate Prof. of Marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business. Adam has also written for the New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, WIRED, and...

Toby is a leader in Artificial intelligence, he is a Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, he is the author of multiple books, including It's Alive! and 2062. He is the co-chair of the Effective and ethical development of artificial intelligence working group consulting with the Australian government on how to deal with Artificial Intelligence. This episode is a great introduction to the current state of Artificial intelligence.

Alex is a leader in the field of meta-science, the science of science. He is doing important and interesting work on the science replication, author contributions and generally how to make science more open and transparent. In this episode we discuss: Meta-science, The Replication crisis, pre-registration, replication vs discovery science, agile science, funding, the file draw problem, publishing science, Elsevier, science communication, the role of tech and radical new models of science.

Professor Emad (@emadelomar) is a world expert on the microbiome and the Director of the Microbiome Research Centre in Australia. In this episode we discuss: How to repair your microbiome after antibiotics, Biohacking and the gut, the links between the gut and the brain, commercialisation of microbiome research, health, diet, intermittent fasting, centenarians, ketogenic diet and microbiome, diversity of microbiota, genetics of the microbiota, stomach acid and using probiotics as the new gene...

Stephen Kosslyn (@skosslyn) is the President and CEO of Foundry College. He was previously the Founding Dean and CAO at Minerva University, and a Professor of Psychology and Dean of Social Science at Harvard University. Steve is a prolific writer publishing over 15 books and many psychology papers. In this episode, we discuss the application of psychology and neuroscience, what kind of jobs AI will and won’t take, for-profits vs not-for-profits, mental imagery, the future of education and...

Ed Catmull ran Industrial Light and Magic for George Lucas at LucasFilm before co-founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and becoming president of Disney Studios. Ed is a computer science PhD and an Academy Award winner as well as an author of the bestseller 'Creativity Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.' In this episode, we discuss art vs technology as a driver and passion for Ed, his love of animation, and how art and tech belong together - plus a lot more.

Joel Pearson is a university professor in cognitive neuroscience and innovation, with a background in art, he is an author, public speaker, entrepreneur and public intellectual working at the forefront of science, innovation, agile science and biohacking. Prof. Joel Pearson and his guests talk entrepreneurship, leadership, science, health, performance, longevity, education, biohacks, critical thinking, art and technology. With a theme of what drives people to do the amazing things they do.