Episodes
Ask Me Anything episode for November 2024.
Published 11/04/24
I talk with biochemist Addy Pross about Dynamic Kinetic Stability and its relevance to the origins of life and consciousness.
Published 10/28/24
I talk with Doyne Farmer about how economists can take advantage of the tools of complexity science.
Published 10/21/24
I talk with philosopher Jonathan Birch about how to think about sentience in other organisms.
Published 10/14/24
Ask Me Anything episode for October 2024.
Published 10/07/24
I talk with biologist Venki Ramakrishnan about how we age, why we die, and what it all means.
Published 09/30/24
I talk with political scientist Hahrie Han about how people can organize to make democracy work.
Published 09/23/24
I talk with particle physicist Cari Cesarotti about muon colliders and other ways of exploring the frontier of new physics.
Published 09/16/24
I talk with classical composer Max Richter about composing and the place of modern classical music.
Published 09/09/24
Ask Me Anything episode for September 2024.
Published 09/02/24
I talk with political economist Jean-Paul Faguet about scientifically measuring the contemporary impact of historical institutions.
Published 08/26/24
I talk with computer scientist Blaise Agüera y Arcas about a new simulation of initially random code that begins to self-replicate.
Published 08/19/24
I talk with Nate Silver about the kind of person who embraces taking risks.
Published 08/12/24
Ask Me Anything episode for August 2024.
Published 08/05/24
I talk with neuroscientist Doris Tsao about how face recognition and other visual processes work in the brain.
Published 07/29/24
I talk with economist Daron Acemoglu about the relationship between new technologies, institutions, and economic inequality.
Published 07/22/24
I talk with mathematician and philosopher John David Hamkins about whether math is real and how to think about infinity.
Published 07/15/24
Ask Me Anything episode for July 2024.
Published 07/08/24
I talk with philosopher of biology Samir Okasha about what we mean by life, agents, and selection.
Published 07/01/24
I talk with deep-learning researcher François Chollet about the nature of intelligence and whether large language models qualify.
Published 06/24/24
I talk with psychologist Ellen Langer about the relationship between mindfulness and the body.
Published 06/17/24
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Published 06/11/24
I talk with sociologist Kieran Healy about how technology is used to quantify and rank ourselves and our fellow human beings.
Published 06/10/24
Ask Me Anything episode for June 2024.
Published 06/03/24