Displaying episodes 91 - 110 of 110 in total
Ted Chiang on Free Will, Time Travel, Many Worlds, Genetic Engineering, and Hard Science Fiction – #19
Steve and Corey speak with Ted Chiang about his recent story collection “Exhalation” and his inaugural essay for the New York Times series, Op-Eds from the Future.
Rebecca Campbell on Identifying Serial Perpetrators, Rape Investigations and Untested Rape Kits – #18
Dr. Rebecca Campbell is a Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, whose research focuses on violence against women and children with an emphasis on sexua...
Mark Moffett on the Life and Death of Human Societies – #17
Steve and Corey talk with Mark Moffett, Photographer and Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, about his new book The Human Swarm: How our Societies Arise, Thr...
John Schulman: OpenAI and recent advances in Artificial Intelligence – #16
John Schulman is a research scientist at OpenAI.
Daniel Max on Writing a Literary non-Fiction Classic and Prion Diseases Then and Now – #15
Daniel Max, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Every Love Story is A Ghost Story, a biography of David Foster Wallace, speaks with Corey and Steve about his ...
Stuart Firestein on Why Ignorance and Failure Lead to Scientific Progress – Episode #14
Steve and Corey speak with Stuart Firestein (Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, specializing in the olfactory system) about his two books Ignorance: How...
Joe Cesario on Political Bias and Problematic Research Methods in Social Psychology – #13
Corey and Steve continue their discussion with Joe Cesario and examine methodological biases in the design and conduct of experiments in social psychology and ideologi...
James Cham on Venture Capital, Risk Taking, and the Future Impacts of AI – Episode #12
James Cham is a partner at Bloomberg Beta, a venture capital firm focused on the future of work.
Joe Cesario on Police Decision Making and Racial Bias in Deadly Force Decisions – Episode #11
Corey and Steve talk with Joe Cesario about his recent work showing that, contrary to many activist claims and media reports, there is no widespread racial bias in pol...
Ron Unz on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, The Unz Review, and the Harvard Admissions Scandal – Episode #10
Ron Unz is the publisher of the Unz Review, a controversial, but widely read, alternative media site hosting opinion outside of the mainstream, including from both the...
Philosopher Sam Kerstein on the Morality of Genome Engineering, Inequality, and Star Trek – Episode #9
Corey and Steve speak with Samuel Kerstein, Professor of Philosophy and expert in Medical Ethics at the University of Maryland.
Sabine Hossenfelder on the Crisis in Particle Physics and Against the Next Big Collider – #8
Hossenfelder is a Research Associate at the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies.
David Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery, and the Future of Our Species – Episode #7
David Skrbina is a philosopher at the University of Michigan.
John Hawks on Human Evolution, Ancient DNA, and Big Labs Devouring Fossils – Episode #6
Hawks is the Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Kaiser Kuo of Sinica on Modern China and US-China relations – Episode #5
Kaiser Kuo is a host and co-founder of Sinica, a current affairs podcast originally based in Beijing.
Ted Schultz on Ants, Emergent Behavior, and the Molecular Revolution in Systematics – Episode #4
Corey and Steve speak with Ted Shultz, research Entomologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Noor Siddiqui, Thiel Fellow, on Stanford and Silicon Valley – Episode #3
Corey and Steve interview Noor Siddiqui, a student at Stanford studying AI, Machine Learning, and Genomics.
Bobby Kasthuri & Brain Mapping - Episode #2
Corey and Steve are joined by Bobby Kausthuri, a Neuroscientist at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago.
CRISPR Babies — Episode #1
Corey and Steve discuss news of gene edited babies in China, and the future of human genetic engineering.
Introductions — Episode #0
Corey and Steve, friends for almost 30 years, introduce each other to the audience.Caltech Traditions and Prankshttp://www.admissions.caltech.edu/exp...Steve’s blog, I...