Episode #93 - Understanding the “Self” Through the Lens of Neuroscience - with Harvard’s Dr. Rudolph Tanzi

Episode #93 – Understanding the “Self” Through the Lens of Neuroscience – with Harvard’s Dr. Rudolph Tanzi

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi is a neuroscientist and renowned researcher at Harvard University. Selected as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2015 for his groundbreaking alzheimer’s research, Dr. Tanzi also serves as the Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Episode #92 - How Can We Safely Build Something Smarter Than Us? - an Interview with Dr. Steve Omohundro

Episode #92 – How Can We Safely Build Something Smarter Than Us? – an Interview with Dr. Steve Omohundro

Dr. Steve Omohundro earned degrees in physics and mathematics from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Today, most of his best-known work is in the domains of natural and artificial intelligence.

Episode #91 - Transformative Future Next 10 Years of Emerging Technology - with Vivek Wadhwa of Singularity University

Episode #91 – Transformative Future Next 10 Years of Emerging Technology – with Vivek Wadhwa of Singularity University

Vivek Wadhwa began as a software entrepreneur and now is a well-known speaker, writer, and Vice President of Academics and Innovation at Singularity University.

Episode #89 - “Evolving Ourselves” - an Interview with Author, Speaker, and Investor Juan Enriquez

Episode #89 – “Evolving Ourselves” – an Interview with Author, Speaker, and Investor Juan Enriquez

Juan Enriquez gave a TED talk in 2009 called “The next species of human,” and video went viral - and is now one of the most popular futurist talks in TED history. In addition to previously founding the Life Sciences Project at the Harvard Business School, Juan is now managing partner in Excell Venture Management in Boston, MA.

Episode #87 - Fact and Fiction in the Left and Right Hemisphere - Neuroanatomy Basics with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Episode #87 – Fact and Fiction in the Left and Right Hemisphere – Neuroanatomy Basics with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor became remarkably well-known following her TED talk called “My stroke of insight,” where she explained her experience of having a stroke from her perspective… that is to say: perspective of a neuroscientist. Since then Jill has been featured on Oprah, and her book (with the same title as her TED talk) is available in over 30 languages worldwide.

Episode #86 - Basic Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence - with Dr. John MacCormick

Episode #86 – Basic Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence – with Dr. John MacCormick

Dr. John MacCormick is the author of the book “Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers,” and in this interview, he shares some of the fundamental algorithms that support modern artificial intelligence, and his optimistic views on the future of AI.

Episode #85 - What Would it Take to Model the Human Mind? - Computational Neuroanatomy with Dr. Gregory Hickok

Episode #85 – What Would it Take to Model the Human Mind? – Computational Neuroanatomy with Dr. Gregory Hickok

Dr. Gregory Hickok is working on modeling brain circuits related to hearing and auditory information at the University of California, Irvine.

Episode #84 - A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence, and a Look Towards it’s Future - with Stanford Researcher Dr. Nils Nilsson

Episode #84 – A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence, and a Look Towards it’s Future – with Stanford Researcher Dr. Nils Nilsson

Dr. Nils Nilsson was one of the early researchers in emerging technology back in the 1960s - graduating with his doctorate from Stanford before it had a computer science department.

Episode #81 - The Brain, Now Less of a Black Box - a Neuroscience Interview with Columbia’s Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman

Episode #81 – The Brain, Now Less of a Black Box – a Neuroscience Interview with Columbia’s Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman

Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman is no slouch when it comes to understanding the human mind - particularly the diagnoses and treatment of mental illness. In addition to being chair of psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Lieberman sits on the advisory board of many of the world’s largest drug companies.

Episode #80 - Applying Reason to the Future - Talking Singularity with Dr. Michael Shermer, Founder of Skeptic Magazine

Episode #80 – Applying Reason to the Future – Talking Singularity with Dr. Michael Shermer, Founder of Skeptic Magazine

There are “techno-optimists” and “techno-pessimists”… and there’s those who just don’t know what they’re talking about. Skeptic Magazine’s founder Michael Shermer shares his thoughts on what’s hyped-up and what’s worth considering in the human race to the future.