476 Episodes

  1. #232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning

    Published: 10/20/2021
  2. #231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights

    Published: 10/16/2021
  3. #230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love

    Published: 10/14/2021
  4. #229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution

    Published: 10/10/2021
  5. #228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death

    Published: 10/5/2021
  6. #227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning

    Published: 9/30/2021
  7. #226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math

    Published: 9/27/2021
  8. #225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

    Published: 9/26/2021
  9. #224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming

    Published: 9/23/2021
  10. #223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness

    Published: 9/21/2021
  11. #222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

    Published: 9/20/2021
  12. #221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI

    Published: 9/15/2021
  13. #220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11

    Published: 9/11/2021
  14. #219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life

    Published: 9/9/2021
  15. #218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

    Published: 9/6/2021
  16. #217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics

    Published: 9/3/2021
  17. #216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines

    Published: 9/1/2021
  18. #215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI

    Published: 8/29/2021
  19. #214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science

    Published: 8/27/2021
  20. #213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built

    Published: 8/23/2021

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