The Disruptors

The Disruptors

232 episodes

Long-form TED level conversations with top thinkers, founders and scientists on how advances in biotech & genomics, space travel, IoT, AI and other exponential tech converge to create our collective future and what we can do, from a research and policy perspective to shape the technology, trends and societal norms for a better world.

If in-depth, unscripted conversations with the researchers, startups and future thinkers transforming our future in a Tim Ferriss meets Sam Harris, Kara Swisher, a16z and Joe Rogan Experience type no-holds-barred interview show is your cup of tea you’ve come to the right place. Some episodes feature Intelligence Squared esque lively debates and Planet Money like in-depth discussions on health and intermittent fasting, automation and unemployment, healthcare, the economy, etc... while others would fit right in with a Kevin Rose or Jason Calacanis casual fireside chat.

We cover EVERYTHING, from artificial intelligence, the ethics, economics and leadership of our coming century, futurism, combatting climate change, fixing blockchain and redesigning democracy and politics from the ground up. Longevity, virtual reality, surveillance capitalism and social media... we got it all.

Past guests including Douglas Rushkoff of Team Human, Isaac Arthur of SFiA, Cory Doctorow, Nikola Danaylov of SingularityFM, Fraser Cain of Astronomy Cast, Aubrey de Grey, presidential advisors, top economists, venture capital investors and more...

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About the host: Matt Ward is a serial entrepreneur, investor, futurist, startup advisor and business consultant whose built and sold 3 companies, created multiple top podcasts and is focused on building a better world through innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Podcasts

REPLAY: Frans von der Dunk – Space Law, Piracy, Profit and Militarization in Age of Star Wars

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 8:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 seconds

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REPLAY: Russell Gold – Energy, Infrastructure, Fracking and the Future of Journalism

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 8:50 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 23 seconds

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REPLAY: Death Donor 2 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Dec. 12, 2020, 8:54 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 49 seconds

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REPLAY: Death Donor 1 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part Seven

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 8:16 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 4 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part Six

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 8:29 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part Five

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 8:19 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part Four

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part Three

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 8:21 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part Two

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 57 seconds

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Neanderthal King: A Medieval Epic Adventure: Part One

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 5:52 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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REPLAY: Dr James Canton – The 5 Most Impactful Technologies of 21st Century

Published: Oct. 19, 2020, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds

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REPLAY: Geoff Ralston – How YCombinator is Working to Save the US Education System from Collapse

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 8:19 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 20 seconds

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REPLAY: Eric Ward – The 4 Main Hurdles Holding Humanity Back From Space Colonization

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 8:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 21 seconds

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REPLAY: Ashwin Seetharaman – Genetic Engineering Will Cure Disease, End Aging and Evolve All of Us

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 10:56 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 26 seconds

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Death Donor 5 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 8:56 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 10 seconds

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Death Donor 4 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 10:37 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 52 seconds

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Death Donor 3 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 8:39 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 38 seconds

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Death Donor 2 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 8:59 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds

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Death Donor 1 – A Dystopian SciFi Techno Thriller Novel

Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 8:51 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 20 seconds

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REPLAY: Ariel Garten – The Science of Meditation and Superhuman Brain Performance

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 49 seconds

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REPLAY: Yotam Ariel – Satellites, Creating Renaissance of Space Tech Startups and Combatting Climate Change

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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REPLAY: Fraser Cain – Why We Are Entering a New Space Race and Where We Go from Here

Published: July 27, 2020, 9:12 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 47 seconds

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REPLAY: George Dvorsky – The Dangers of AI and Safety of Mutually Assured Destruction

Published: July 20, 2020, 8:15 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes

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REPLAY: Andrew Maynard – What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential Risk

Published: July 13, 2020, 8:06 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 3 seconds

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REPLAY: Isaac Arthur – Colonizing Space, the Fermi Paradox and Future of Genetic Engineering

Published: July 6, 2020, 8:14 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 23 seconds

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190. Rewriting the Black American Dream to Building Better Communities at Home | Majora Carter

Published: June 22, 2020, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 52 seconds

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189. Objectivity is a Fictitious Thing We Like to Pretend Exists | Charles Arthur

Published: June 16, 2020, 1:44 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 15 seconds

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REPLAY: Byron Reese – AI Consciousness, Tech Progress and 4th Age of Humanity

Published: June 8, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 1 second

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REPLAY: Garry Golden – Why Elon Musk Is Wrong About Electric Vehicles and Future of Energy

Published: June 1, 2020, 1:03 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 51 seconds

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184. Investing in Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychedelics for a Better Mental Health Future | Charlie Hartwell

Published: May 11, 2020, 8:16 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 59 seconds

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180. Modeling COVID after the Polio Epidemic and What a Post Corona Future Looks Like | Mary Robinette Kowal

Published: April 13, 2020, 8:18 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 8 seconds

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176. Leading Spain in Paris Accords and Pushing Climate Policy Today | Miguel Arias Cañete

Published: April 6, 2020, 8:18 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 19 seconds

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179. Leading Spain in Paris Accords and Pushing Climate Policy Today | Miguel Arias Cañete

Published: April 6, 2020, 8:18 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 19 seconds

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REPLAY: Ramez Naam – How Renewable Energy Killed Coal and Why Radical Life Extension Isn’t Going to Happen

Published: March 30, 2020, 8:56 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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Cynetic Wolf Excerpt – My Dystopian Sci-Fi Technothriller

Published: March 26, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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My Post-Bioplague Dystopian Audiobook: Cynetic Wolf – 1st Two Chapters for your COVID-19 Quarantine

Published: March 23, 2020, 10:57 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 14 seconds

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REPLAY: Bruce Schneier – Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security, Privacy, Social Media and Politics

Published: March 16, 2020, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 48 seconds

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177. Accelerated Climate Change, the Melt and Science Fiction’s Role in Saving Humanity | KE Lanning

Published: March 9, 2020, 11:39 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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175. Accelerated Climate Change, the Melt and Science Fiction’s Role in Saving Humanity | KE Lanning

Published: March 9, 2020, 11:39 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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174. Blockchain, Building Recycled Plastic Homes and Redistributing Wealth | Morten Bove

Published: March 2, 2020, 8:48 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 11 seconds

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172. Energy, the Environment and Journalistic Integrity in a Post-Truth Influencer World | Amy Harder

Published: Feb. 17, 2020, 9:46 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 47 seconds

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171. Venture Bubbles, the Trade War and Tech Investing in the 2020s | Chip Meakem

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 37 seconds

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170. Derek Sivers on Minimalism, Mastery and Avoiding New Technology

Published: Feb. 3, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 7 seconds

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169. Programming Life, Preventing Bioterrorism and Viruses that Kill Cancer | Andrew Hessel

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 13 seconds

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168. David Heinemeier Hansson Uncensored on Healthcare, Privacy, Education and Inequality

Published: Jan. 20, 2020, 8:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 46 seconds

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167. Exploding Space Debris, Asteroid Mining and Geoengineering Us into Oblivion | Moriba Jah

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 8 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds

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166. Solving the Climate Crisis by Fixing the Politics of Kyoto Protocol and Paris Accords | Gerald Kutney

Published: Jan. 2, 2020, 7:40 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 21 seconds

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164. Mars, Michael Jackson, Impeaching Trump and the Grand Unified Theory of Everything | Howard Bloom

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 22 seconds

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163. Ethics of Automation and Utopia for Human Flourishing in World Without Work | John Danaher

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 8:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 seconds

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156. Energy, Infrastructure, Fracking and the Future of Journalism | Russell Gold

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 8:03 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 54 seconds

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155. The Gig Economy and Why Government (and Big Business) Are So Inefficient | Rob Biederman

Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 48 seconds

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154. Andy Rachleff on Founding Benchmark, Wealthfront and Fixing F’ed Up Finance Industry with Big Data

Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds

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153. Former Alexa Head on Amazon, AI, Tech Monopolies and Future of Voice Computing | Alex Spinelli

Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 2:31 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 44 seconds

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151. Tackling Climate Change With Economic Incentives and Circular Economics | Andrew Winston

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 9:48 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 49 seconds

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150. Delivery Drones and Our Robot Future | Tessa Lau

Published: Oct. 7, 2019, 8:15 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 39 seconds

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149. Moving Beyond Meat, Burning Down The Amazon and Business for Good | Paul Shapiro

Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 8:24 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 5 seconds

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147. How Sharing Cities Saves the World From Destructive Big Tech Capitalism and Libertarianism | Neal Gorenflo

Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 3 seconds

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142. WIRED Editor Nick Thompson on Free Speech, Fake News, Regulating Big Tech and Coming Cold War with China

Published: Sept. 9, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 5 seconds

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141. How Nanotech Tattoos Will Give Us Superhuman Strength, Senses and Merge with Biotech | Carson Bruns

Published: Sept. 6, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 28 seconds

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140. How to Have Your Meat and Eat It Too While Combatting Climate Change | Bruce Friedrich

Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 27 seconds

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139. The AI Arms Race to Build Humanity’s Successor or Spark World War III | Dan Faggella

Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 2:38 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 35 seconds

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137. Nir Eyal on Habit Forming Products and Why Tech is More Like Cannabis than Cigarettes

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 8:21 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 50 seconds

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135. AJ Jacobs on Happiness, Helping Tim Ferriss and Answering the Age Old Question of Religion

Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 8:58 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds

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134. Augmented Reality, Automation and Life After Move Fast and Break Things | Galit Ariel

Published: Aug. 12, 2019, 9:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 seconds

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132. The Failed Drug War, Unintended Consequences and Future of Sustainable Agriculture | Richard Brion

Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 27 seconds

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131. 68 Years Young and the Prospects for Superhuman Longevity and a Better Tomorrow | Mark Sackler

Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds

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BONUS Future Snippets: The technologies and trends that most worry Nikola Danalyov

Published: July 31, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds

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130. Life Is Pain and BS, Then You Die, Unless you Find a Way to Make it Mean Something | Keith Kirkland

Published: July 29, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 59 seconds

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128. Saving Lives and Stopping Disease Through Clean Air and Startup Innovations | Jaya Rao

Published: July 22, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 34 seconds

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127. AI Created Hans Zimmer Compositions, Deep Fakes the Future of Art | Pierre Barreau

Published: July 19, 2019, 9:53 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds

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123. Space Law, Piracy, Profit and Militarization in Age of Star Wars | Frans von der Dunk

Published: July 5, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 12 seconds

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122. A Whole New Unexplored World Under the Sea | Karen Lloyd

Published: July 1, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 31 seconds

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121. Eyes in the Sky Surveillance, Drone Warfare and the Future of Freedom | Arthur Holland Michel

Published: June 28, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds

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120. The Epic Battle Between Technologists and Naturalists Trying to Stop Climate Change | Charles Mann

Published: June 26, 2019, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 7 seconds

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119. Sustainability to Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Automation and Nuclear War | Mark Diesendorf

Published: June 21, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 36 seconds

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118. The Youngest Dragon’s Den Investor on Future of Ecommerce and Entrepreneurship | Michele Romanow

Published: June 17, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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117. Breaking Up Big Tech, Internet Ethics and Risks of Trump’s Trade War | Richard Whitt

Published: June 14, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 13 seconds

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116. Sleeping Your Way to Superhuman Lifespan Before We Become Cyborgs | Dan Gartenberg

Published: June 10, 2019, 8:07 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 2 seconds

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115. The Scientist Behind (and Inspiration of) Jurassic Park Who’s Also Birthing a Dino Chicken | Jack Horner

Published: June 7, 2019, 8:51 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 33 seconds

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110. A Biotech Solution to Pesticide-Free Food to Feed the World, and Mars Colonies | Fatma Kaplan

Published: May 20, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 57 seconds

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109. Neuroscience, Bioelectric Biohacking and the Future of AI | Isy Goldwasser

Published: May 18, 2019, 6:44 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 45 seconds

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108. A Deeper Diver into UBI, Automation and the Economy of Tomorrow | Martin Ford

Published: May 13, 2019, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 26 seconds

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106. Education Inflation, a New Aristocracy and Peak Employment and Equality | Bryan Alexander

Published: May 6, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 seconds

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105. George Church on Synthetic Biology, Climate Change and the SUPERHUMAN Genome Project

Published: April 29, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 3 seconds

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103. LEGOs in Space, Blockchain vs Big Tech and the Uber that Ultimately Failed | Steve Sammartino

Published: April 22, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 23 seconds

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102. Resetting Governments and Getting a New Deal on Democracy and Market-Driven Dystopian Bliss | Robin Hanson

Published: April 19, 2019, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 15 seconds

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100. Why CRISPR is Overrated and Gene Drives are Terrifyingly Powerful | Gabriel Licina

Published: April 12, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 4 seconds

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99. Why Hacking and Cyberwarfare is Big Business for Russia, the Mafia and CIA | Eric Cole

Published: April 8, 2019, 6:01 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 12 seconds

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98. Becoming an Opportunistic Optimist and Saving Our Kids from Soul-Crushing Effects of School | John Doran

Published: April 5, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 34 seconds

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97. The Most Important, Non-Obvious Technologies and Trends of 2019 and Beyond | Rohit Bhargava

Published: April 1, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 14 seconds

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96. Polarization, Powerful Billionaires and the Eroding Effects of Inequality | Rahaf Harfoush

Published: March 29, 2019, 8:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 25 seconds

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95. How to Fix Politics, Redesign Education and Stop Climate Change Cold | Mark Stevenson

Published: March 25, 2019, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 28 seconds

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92. Education, Isolationism and Power of Clayton Christensen’s Market Creating Innovations | Karen Dillon

Published: March 15, 2019, 8:25 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 56 seconds

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91. Coal is Dead, Climate Change is Real, and Bezos and Alexa for President | Nikolas Badminton

Published: March 11, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 44 seconds

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90. Smart Cities that Function Like Startups and Ayesha Khanna

Published: March 8, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 seconds

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88. AI, Apple, Autonomous Vehicles and Reducing 51% of CO2 Emissions | Kevin Surace

Published: March 1, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 12 seconds

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87. Atheism, Evolution and the Future of PZ Myers

Published: Feb. 25, 2019, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 10 seconds

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86. Why We’re Basically Just Bonobos Monkeys with Better Tech | Rebecca Costa

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 17 seconds

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85. A New Story for Climate Change and Creating a Better World | Charles Eisenstein

Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 52 seconds

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84. Consistently Predicting Tech Trends Decades Before They Happen | Daniel Burrus

Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 42 seconds

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83. Studying Ants Emergent Behavior to Advance AI, Robotics and Even Neuroscience | Deborah Gordon

Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 47 seconds

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82. Why Who is More Important than How for Leadership, Business and Happiness | Lolly Daskal

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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81. Blockchain, Isolationism, Space Exploration and the Future of Nations | David Orban of Singularity University

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 51 seconds

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80. Gigaom CEO Byron Reese on AI Consciousness, Tech Progress and 4th Age of Humanity

Published: Feb. 1, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 4 seconds

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79. The Science of Brain Aging, Basis of Consciousness and Future of Neuroscience | Dr. Brynn Winegard

Published: Jan. 28, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 29 seconds

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78. Catching the Most Notorious Spy in US History and Why James Bond’s Just a Hacker | Eric O’Neill

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 8 seconds

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76. Climate Change, Mass Extinctions and the Doom of the Dinosaurs | Peter Brannen

Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 12:10 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 44 seconds

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75. Designer Babies, Reviving the Neanderthals and Funding Fundamental Science | Prosanta Chakrabarty

Published: Jan. 14, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 17 seconds

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74. Megashifts, AI and Why the Future is More Unknowable than Ever | Gerd Leonhard

Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 19 seconds

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72. Seth Shostak on SETI, Space and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Big Picture Science

Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 24 seconds

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70. The End of Oceans and Life as We Know It? | Carl Safina

Published: Dec. 28, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 21 seconds

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69. Bio Inspired Robotics, Drones on Battlefield and Building Realworld C3PO? | Auke Ijspeert

Published: Dec. 26, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 21 seconds

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68. Hillary Clinton’s Top Advisor on Technology, Innovation, Biotech and Future of Politics | Alec Ross

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 32 seconds

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66. Inventing TV on the Internet a Tad Bit Too Early | Scott Klososky

Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 18 seconds

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65. Artificial Intelligence for Good | XPrize Adivsor Oliver Christie

Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 49 seconds

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64. The Dangers of AI and Safety of Mutually Assured Destruction | George Dvorsky

Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds

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63. Understanding the Adoption Curve of VR and Mixed Reality | Sam Watts

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 45 seconds

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62. Combatting Climate Change 2M Subscribers at a Time | Alex Reich of MinuteEarth

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 48 seconds

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61. Arduino Co-founder David Cuartielles on the Open Source Movement and Future of Education

Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 56 seconds

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60. The Future of Commerce, Customer Service and Personalization | Blake Morgan

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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59. Why the US Has the Worst Voting System in the World | Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds

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58. Glenn Loury on The Intellectual Dark Web, Affirmative Action and Social Policy

Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 14 seconds

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57. The Bluezone Secrets to Health, Happiness and Longevity | Jason Prall of Human Longevity Project

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 22 seconds

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56. What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential Risk | Andrew Maynard

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 42 seconds

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55. The 5 Trends Transforming Future of Work | Jacob Morgan

Published: Nov. 23, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 47 seconds

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54. Gad Saad on Science, Logic and Reason in an Age of Hysteria

Published: Nov. 21, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 1 second

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53. Designing the Mars One Colony and Mining Asteroids in Space | Bryan Versteeg of Deep Space Industries

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 3 seconds

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52. Music as Medicine and Performance Enhancement | Alex Doman

Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 8:02 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 32 seconds

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51. Cannabis and Psychedelics to Cure Chronic Illness and Mental Health Issues | Dr Michele Ross

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

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50. Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security, Privacy, Social Media and Politics | Bruce Schneier

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 44 seconds

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49. Why 21st Century Will Be Defined by Biotech | Ramphis Castro of ScienceVest

Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds

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48. Why Elon Musk Is Wrong About Electric Vehicles and Future of Energy | Garry Golden

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, noon
Duration: 50 minutes 25 seconds

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47. Why Automation Equals More Jobs | Former Presidential Advisor Pippa Malmgren

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 5 seconds

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Tech Talks 9 – How Autonomous Vehicles Take Your Job and Give You a Life

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 15 seconds

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46. The Ethics of AI in an Era of Big Data | David Smith

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 14 seconds

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45. Bioengineering Food to Feed Humanity’s Future | Kevin Folta of the Talking Biotech Podcast

Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 37 seconds

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Tech Talks 8 – The Ultimate Guide to Alexa and the Future of Voice Computing

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 57 seconds

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43. The Future of the Internet and Governments | Clay Collins of the Flippening Podcast

Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 34 seconds

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42. The Accidental Invention of Graphene and What It Means for Humanity | Joseph Meany

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 51 seconds

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41. The Ultimate Guide to Quantum Computing | Eric Ladizinsky of D-Wave Systems

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 35 seconds

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Tech Talks 7 – The Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Without All the Hype!

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 8 seconds

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40. How YCombinator is Working to Save the US Education System from Collapse | Geoff Ralston of YC

Published: Oct. 8, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 19 seconds

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39. The 5 Most Impactful Technologies of 21st Century | Dr James Canton

Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 19 seconds

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Tech Talks 6 – The Future of Robotics

Published: Oct. 3, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 58 seconds

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38. Bitcoin, Blockchain and Building a Better Future | Travis Scher of Digital Currency Group

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 52 seconds

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Tech Talks 5 – The Future of Biotech, Gene Editing and the Human Species

Published: Sept. 30, 2018, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 43 seconds

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37. The End of College and Era of Automation | Thomas Frey

Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 2 seconds

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Tech Talks 4 – 3D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 8:08 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 40 seconds

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Tech Talks 3 – VR and Life in the Matrix

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 28 seconds

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Tech Talks 2 – The Future of Clean Meat, Farming and Animal Agriculture

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 9:12 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 32 seconds

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36. The 4 Main Hurdles Holding Humanity Back From Space Colonization | Eric Ward

Published: Sept. 24, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 45 seconds

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35. Effective Altruism - A Better Way to Judge Charity Work | Isabel Arjmand of GiveWell

Published: Sept. 21, 2018, 8:37 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 6 seconds

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Tech Talks 1 – The Future of Ecommerce & Shopping

Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 10:36 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 8 seconds

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34. How Graphene Transforms the Industries of the Future and Why the Time is Now | John Lettow of Vorbeck

Published: Sept. 17, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 16 seconds

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33. The Ultimate Guide to Nanotechnology | Steve Burgess of Foresight Institute

Published: Sept. 14, 2018, 8:08 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 14 seconds

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31. Overcoming Existential Risks by Redesigning Civilization | Daniel Schmachtenberger of Neurohacker Collective

Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 8:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 34 seconds

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30. Lessons Learned from a Worldclass Science Fiction Author | Joe Haldeman of The Forever War

Published: Sept. 3, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 16 seconds

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29 – Why We Are Entering a New Space Race and Where We Go from Here with Fraser Cain of Astronomy Cast

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 29 seconds

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28. Cory Doctorow on The Future of Surveillance Capitalism and How to Solve It

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 24 seconds

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26. Genetic Engineering Will Cure Disease, End Aging and Evolve All of Us | Ashwin Seetharaman

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 44 seconds

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25. Rewriting Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics | Prof Joanna Bryson

Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes

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24. AI, AR, Education and the Future of Jobs | Brad Waid

Published: Aug. 13, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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22. Software is Eating the World and AI is Eating Software | Amir Husain

Published: Aug. 6, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 20 seconds

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21. The Science of Meditation and Superhuman Brain Performance | Ariel Garten of InteraXon

Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes

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20. Isaac Arthur on Colonizing Space, the Fermi Paradox and Future of Genetic Engineering

Published: July 30, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 57 seconds

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18. Aubrey de Grey on the End of Aging, Increased Human Longevity and Living to 1000 Years

Published: July 23, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 23 seconds

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17. AI, Education and Role of Women in Tech and Venture | Ann Miura-Ko, General Partner at Floodgate

Published: July 20, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds

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16. Launching a Space Hotel 200 Miles Above Earth at $792,000 Per Night | Frank Bunger of Orion Span

Published: July 16, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 40 seconds

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14. Inside the Mind of a Human Artificial Intelligence | Professor Robin Hanson

Published: July 9, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 2 seconds

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13. Defying Death, Living Forever and Coming Back to Life | Dennis Kowalski of Cryonics Institute

Published: July 6, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 1 second

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10. Superhuman Mental and Physical Performance, Quantified Self and Extending Human Longevity | Geoff Woo of HVMN

Published: June 25, 2018, 8:04 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 39 seconds

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9. The Rise of Mega Cities, Fall of Governments and Future of Asia Influence | Parag Khanna

Published: June 22, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 48 seconds

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6. Ethereum, IoT, Augmented Reality and Exploring Crypto Rabbit Hole | Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital

Published: June 11, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 23 seconds

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4. Creating Artificial Life and 3D Printing Personalized Medicines | Prof Lee Cronin

Published: June 6, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 59 seconds

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