Best Pelly Podcasts (2024)

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Homeostasis Preview | Welcome to Pellis Profundus 9:09

3h ago9:09

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Welcome to Pellis Profundus! The Cornucopia Planet! Just five or so clicks off of the Horsehead Trading Freeway. ----more---- A group of independent contractors are summoned to Squam Tower for a fantastic corporate opportunity! We hope you enjoy a special preview of our next Oneshot, another John original adventure called Homeostasis. Homeostasis i…

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We should all switch to Linux from May 27, 2024

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We should all switch to Linux Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter" [0:08:43] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:52] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [thanks to Evan "Funk" Davies] [0:54:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140361By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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What's eating Google? from May 20, 2024

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What's eating Google? Exploring Google's descent into AI madness. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:30]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140133By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for from May 13, 2024

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Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's Intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:03:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:05] Hurst & Ottsc - "AI" - Spameater [0:52:45]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139898By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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"Data Grab" by Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry from May 6, 2024

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Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry on “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's Intro" [0:00:04] - "Interview with Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:00] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:39]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139638…

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Nature & Nurture #140: Dr. Beatriz Luna - Adolescent Brain Development, Dopamine, & Risk-Taking 1:00:29

4d ago1:00:29

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Dr. Beatriz Luna is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, where she directs the Laboratory of Neurocognitive Development. Dr. Luna is an expert in adolescent brain development and the neurodevelopment of the dopamine reward system, and its interactions with inhibitory control to produce developmental changes in se…

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Michael Shelley on AI-generated music from Apr 29, 2024

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AI-generated music: a conversation with Michael Shelley, WFMU DJ Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Shelley" [0:06:21] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:19] AI - "The Techtonic Twist" - n/a [0:55:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139403By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" from Apr 22, 2024

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Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" n/a - "Interview with Eve Herold" - n/a [0:03:33] Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" [0:40:46] Hurst & Ottsc - "Spameater" - Spameater [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139154…

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Nature & Nurture #139: Dr. Rob Chavez - Computational Neuroscience & Social Cognition 51:46

1M ago51:46

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Dr. Robert Chavez is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Oregon, where he directs the Computational Social Neuroscience Lab. https://csnl.uoregon.edu/ In this episode, Rob and I discuss our shared background in cognitive science and statistics, our mutual interests in neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, soc…

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Ghosts and The Machine | Campaign Retrospective | Part 2 2:00:57

1M ago2:00:57

2:00:57

Join the crew as we answer many of the burning listener questions. ----more---- Part 2 of our Retrospective is here! This time we answer some of your questions submitted to us since the campaign ended. There were some really great ones and we hope we answered them thoroughly!. This was a great way to wrap up the campaign, we got some very thought o…

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Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" from Apr 15, 2024

1M ago

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Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Richard Polt" [0:03:07] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:43] Boston Typewriter Orchestra - "Left Blank" [0:54:34]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138921By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Ghosts and The Machine | Campaign Retrospective | Part 1 1:56:58

2M ago1:56:58

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Join the crew as we reflect back on the campaign and our experience. ----more---- Hello everyone! Join us as we look back on the podcast, do some final epilogues for our characters and answer some of your questions about the campaign. In Part 1 of our Retrospective we catch up on what we've all been doing and then jump into some epilogue scenes for…

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Outrage roundup from Apr 8, 2024

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Outrage roundup: antitrust, AI, and Big Tech invading New York City Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Glass Bead Band - "I Am a Computer" [0:54:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138717By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Another Bug Hunt | Episode 3 | Game Over. 55:22

2M ago55:22

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The crew cut their losses and attempt to survive their way back to the dropship. ----more---- The finale of our OneShot of Another Bug Hunt for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG! It's another photo finish for our characters, we hope you stick around for the mini-review/retrospective of the first mission of the module. Remember to check out the aweso…

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Nature & Nurture #138: Dr. Adriene Beltz - Hormones, Sex Differences, & Contraceptives 50:49

1M ago50:49

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Dr. Adriene Beltz is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, where she directs the Methods, Sex Differences, and Development Lab.

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I've been waiting years to say this from Apr 1, 2024

2M ago

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Better late than never... Mark covers some tech news he's been waiting awhile to bring up. Kenta Nagata - "Koopa Troopa Beach" - Mario Kart 64 - "Mark's comments" - "Interview with Stashu and ChukAmok" [0:27:42] Tykwer, Heil, and Klimek - "Running One" - Lola Rennt [0:54:29]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138478…

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Another Bug Hunt | Episode 2 | Comms Off! 1:08:54

2M ago1:08:54

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The Greta Base is less deserted than it would appear as the cause of the devastation is unleashed upon the crew!. ----more---- Happy Easter!, we hope you enjoy our Actual Play of the first scenario of Another Bug Hunt, the introductory adventure for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG by Tuesday Knight Games. This content was made possible by our gene…

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Guest host Lily Wen interviews Liz Pelly from Mar 25, 2024

2M ago

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DJ PAYPAL - "Go Off!" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "Work" - Drake Edits Vol. 2 Music behind DJ: [Guest host Lily Wen interviews NY-based journalist Liz Pelly about how surveillance changes listening habits.] DJ PAYPAL - "Whisper Zone" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "We Finally Made It (feat. DJ Earl)" - Sold Outhttps://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138198…

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Nature & Nurture #137: Dr. Larry Young - Hormones & Sexual Behavior Across Species 1:01:45

2M ago1:01:45

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Dr. Larry Young is the William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry at Emory School of Medicine, where he directs the Center for Translational Social Neuroscience and the Silvio O. Conte Center for Oxytocin and Social Cognition at Emory University. He is the author of The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction explores the late…

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Another Bug Hunt | Episode 1 | There Are No Lights 1:12:42

2M ago1:12:42

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Deep in the jungles of Samsa VI the Greta Base has gone dark. A crack team of expendables are 'dropped in the shit' to find out why. Look alive maggots! it's just Another Bug Hunt. ----more---- We hope you enjoy our Actual Play of the first scenario of Another Bug Hunt, the introductory adventure for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG by Tuesday Knig…

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Ian Johnson, author of "Sparks," on China's underground historians from Mar 18, 2024

2M ago

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Ian Johnson, author of "Sparks," on China's underground historians Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ian Johnson" [0:08:24] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:33] The Harp Twins - "500 Miles" [0:55:05]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138018By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Nature & Nurture #136: Dr. Steve Rathje - The Global Social Media Experiment 1:29:03

2M ago1:29:03

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Steve Rathjay is a Psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Social Identity and Morality Lab of New York University. He is an expert in the psychology of social media use and one of the leaders of the Global Social Media Experiment, an international collaboration examining the causal impact of social media usage in 76 countries around t…

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Marathon week 2 w/cohost Dave the Spazz from Mar 11, 2024

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Mark Hurst and his co-host Dave the Spazz Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Pledge 1-800-989-WFMU or online at wfmu.org!" Pink Tiles - "The Internet"https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137814By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman from Mar 4, 2024

2M ago

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Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark and Ken raise money for WFMU" Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [0:54:37]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137587By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Nature & Nurture #135: Dr. Rob Henderson - Childhood Instability, Poverty, Education, & Resilience 1:33:11

3M ago1:33:11

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Dr. Rob Henderson is a Psychologist, Air Force Veteran, and author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Expanding on our past episode, in which we discuss luxury beliefs, social status, and classism at length, this time our discussion is much more personal. In this episode, Rob and I discuss formative experiences written …

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Nature & Nurture #134: Dr. Sergio Pellis - The Neurobiology of Play 1:11:53

3M ago1:11:53

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Dr. Sergio Pellis is a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge and one of the world’s leading experts in the neurobiology of play. In this episode, we discuss how play behavior across mammals relies on the same neural reward circuitry, the evolutionary origins and benefits of play, and how hormones contribute to sex differences in…

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Dystopia update from Feb 26, 2024

3M ago

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Dystopia update: surveillance cameras everywhere and ChatGPT going haywire Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Daona - "Live Machines" [0:53:14]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137363By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Podcast Update 1 & Another Bug Hunt Trailer 9:59

3M ago9:59

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What's next for Nobody Wake The Bugbear and the trailer for our upcoming Oneshot of Another Bug Hunt! ----more---- Join us on our discord HERE and submit questions for our Campaign Q&A and Retrospective. Submissions close March 30th so get them in! You can also submit questions by email HERE or there's a Q&A thread over on our Patreon open to free …

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Nature & Nurture #133: Angel Millar - The Path of the Warrior-Mystic 1:01:21

3M ago1:01:21

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Angel Millar is a hypnotist, martial artist, and author of The Path of the Warrior-Mystic: Being a Man in an Age of Chaos. In this episode we discuss the balance between masculine and feminine traits, discipline and creativity, mind and body, and tradition and modernity. The warrior-mystic, Angel explains, represents the ideal balance between these…

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Scott Shapiro, author, "Fancy Bear Goes Phishing" from Feb 19, 2024

3M ago

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Scott Shapiro, author, "Fancy Bear Goes Phishing" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Scott Shapiro" [0:03:06] - "Mark's comments" [0:36:30] Peter Frampton feat. Courtney Pine - "Boot It Up" [0:53:56]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137124By Mark Hurst and WFMU

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Ghosts and The Machine | Episode 18 | Let There Be Light 1:55:10

4M ago1:55:10

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The crew attempt to escape The Deep for the last time. ----more---- Well everyone we made it, the grand finale. This episode probably has the full gamut of experience we have at the table, the whole campaign has been a blast and there's a big feeling of achievement at the end. We hope the show will stand as not only one of the best Mothership AP's,…

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Nature & Nurture #132: Dr. Daniel Quintana - Oxytocin & Sex Hormones 1:04:47

4M ago1:04:47

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Daniel Quintana is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. He leads a lab investigating biological systems that link psychological and social factors to health, with a focus on neuroendocrine systems (e.g., oxytocin) and the autonomic nervous system. His lab uses various research approaches, including intranasal …

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Astronomer Sam Lawler on the danger of Starlink satellites from Feb 12, 2024

4M ago

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Astronomer Sam Lawler on the danger of Starlink satellites Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:06:46] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:43] Devo - "Space Junk" - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! [0:54:11]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136860…

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Ghosts and The Machine | Episode 17 | Electric Shepherd 1:59:55

4M ago1:59:55

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MKBH falls deep into the depths of his own psyche, will he guide the crew to their salvation or their destruction? ----more---- Here it is, the penultimate Episode! Thank you all for following and to the Patrons for supporting the show. It's the endgame now, lets bring this baby home! I hope you enjoy the heavy mixture of gripping in character role…

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