All Episodes

Necessary Friction (the fragility of today’s givens with Tim Minshall)

Convenience Costs (the extraction economy with Tim Wu)

Ordinary People Rule (finding a path to true democracy with James Bacchus)

Victims, Scammers, and Scammers Who Are Victims (the dark side of the digital economy with Mark Bo and Ivan Franceschini)

Decoding Brain Data (the possibilities and pitfalls of neurotech with Jared Genser)

Scientists and AI: Partners in Discovery (understanding AI’s role in scientific research with Rebecca Willett)

Space Is a Human Domain (discussing governance challenges with Esther Brimmer and Jessica West)

The Trust Battle: Stablecoins, Crypto and the Future of Money (with Ali Abou Daya and Morva Rohani)

From Shipping Things to Spreading Ideas (unboxing global trade with Marc Levinson)

Perfect Fit Content (from elevator music to your AI DJ with Liz Pelly)

What Does Innovation Actually Mean? (talking research, the academy and AI with Joel Blit)

Measuring and Visualizing AI (grounding decisions in data with Nestor Maslej)

Where Do Art History and Computer Science Meet? (drawing lessons with Amanda Wasielewski)

How to Predict the Future with Accuracy (throwing darts with Robert de Neufville)

In Our Computational World, What Do We Know? (seeing the many worlds with Michael Richardson)

“The Empire of IP”: How Did We Get Here? (talking history of copyright with David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu)

The Competition Cage Match (Vass Bednar and Denise Hearn weigh in)

How Refrigeration Changed Our Palates, Our Plates and Our Planet (a taste of history with Nicola Twilley)

A look at News, Memes, and Wireless Tech from More than 100 Years Ago (Heidi Tworek calls from Germany)

How Every Computer Is a Chinese Computer (twirling the cord with Thomas Mullaney)

Siri, Tell Us About Human Rights and Robot Wrongs (a conversation with Susie Alegre)

History Claps Back on Techno-Optimism, with Daron Acemoglu

A Crash Course on the “Corpocene”: The Influencer Factory, with Grant Bollmer and Katherine Guinness

CTRL+ALT+Revolt: The Tech Coup, with Marietje Schaake

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