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Humanize with Wesley J. Smith from Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism, where human rights meet human responsibilities. We speak on the controversial issues of human life and human thriving that impact our daily lives.
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On the Mind Matters podcast, Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence considers the implications and misconceptions, the opportunities and limitations, and the applications and challenges presented by intelligent agents and their algorithms. Episode notes and archives available at mindmatters.ai/podcast.
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A podcast about BSA LifeStructures, an architecture, engineering, planning and interior design firm. Expert analysis and discussion of the AEC industry. BSA is guided by a mission to improve the human experience through design. Our work doesn't just shape buildings; it transforms healthcare environments, educational spaces, and research facilities into places that promote healing, learning, and discovery.
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On this episode, host Pat Flynn concludes a three-part conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord about all things related to AI, consciousness, and rationality. In Part 3, Flynn and Bringsjord summarize their points about integrated information theory and an alternative view, cognitive consciousness. The discussion explores the challenges of explaini…
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It’s tempting to think that human trafficking is a problem in a far-away land. Unfortunately, it’s much closer. Like in our back yard closer. On this episode, host Robert J. Marks speaks with Charlie Crockett, head educational trainer with Unbound Now, an organization that works to combat human trafficking through education, training, victim servic…
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Renovations & Revitalizations of Lab Buildings on Higher Ed Campuses
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Kay Townsend, Steve Brupbacher and Derek West discuss main drivers and current trends of renovating lab buildings on higher education campuses. Additionally, how does BSA assess these buildings for renovation, preserving architecture, flexibility, sustainability, space efficiency, new technologies, and much more. Host: Brian Moore Guests: Kay Towns…
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Dr. Keri D. Ingraham on the Most Important Issues in American K-12 Education
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It’s no secret that American education is experiencing a profound crisis. Many of our children can’t read, do mathematics, or learn basic life skills. At the same time, many accuse the education establishment of imposing radical ideological views on children such as gender ideology and anti-Americanism. The good news is that concerted efforts are u…
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On this episode, host Pat Flynn continues a three-part conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord about all things related to AI, consciousness, and rationality. In Part 2, the discussion turns to Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and its claims about consciousness. IIT proposes that consciousness arises from the degree of informational integration …
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On this episode, host Pat Flynn begins a three-part conversation with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord about all things related to AI, consciousness, and rationality. Dr. Bringsjord has been studying and debating issues related to AI and the nature of consciousness for decades, and he shares his predictions about the capabilities and limitations of AI systems…
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Case Study: The Wake Tech Education & Innovation Center
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This episode is a case study on the Wake Tech Education & Innovation Center that opened to Wake Tech students in August of 2024. Project leads and designers Mark Searls, Emmie Tyson and Josh Vel share insights on the buildings features, sustainability, evidence-based biophilic design and more. Additionally, Wake Tech project manager Sarah Burnette …
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Timothy S. Goeglein on the Dangers of Utopianism
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American institutions are less trusted than ever before, our society is deeply divided, and much of the world is in turmoil. The problem isn’t religion, atheism, or ideology, per se. Rather, the real culprit — and one that receives far too little attention in public discourse — is the widespread embrace by social activists of utopianism, a zealous …
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What kind of being must exist for consciousness to exist? On this episode, hosts Robert J. Marks and Angus Menuge conclude their discussion with Dr. Mihretu Guta about his contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. The first half of this conversation centered on the amazing nature of consciousness and how it really doesn’t reduce to anyth…
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On this episode, hosts Robert J. Marks and Angus Menuge welcome Dr. Mihretu Guta to discuss his contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Dr. Guta discusses the nature of consciousness and the challenges in understanding it from a philosophical perspective. He argues that consciousness is a unique property that is deeply subjective and p…
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Starting with Why: Vision-Centric Planning
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Andrew Lough discusses vision-centric planning and about working with clients to understand the whys behind a project, the point of master planning and how to develop around technology when planning spaces. Host: Brian Moore Guest: Andrew Lough Want to learn more about BSA? Visit bsalifestructures.com. Feedback? Email bmoore@bsalifestructures.com.…
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Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing
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Whether to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of the most culturally contentious — and important — public policy debates of our time. Supporters of legalization call it a compassionate “last resort” means of preventing unnecessary suffering and promoting autonomy. Opponents see the intentional ending of the lives of the ill as a profou…
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On this episode out of the vault, neuroscientist Dr. Michael Egnor welcomes Dr. Joshua Farris for a discussion about his recent published paper “Descartes’ New Clothes: Cartesian Thought in Philosophy, Neuroscience and Theism.” Descartes is famous for his dictum “I think, therefore I am.” Farris and Egnor discuss this statement and its implications…
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Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain? This is the mind-body problem, and it has captivated curious minds since the dawn of human contemplation. Today many insist that the mind is completely reducible to the brain. But is that claim justified? On this Read More › Source…
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Members of BSA's Interior Design team share takeaways and insights from NeoCon 2024. Host: Brian Moore Guests: Katie Kenagy, Kayli Mayne, and Danielle Henke Want to learn more about BSA? Visit bsalifestructures.com. Feedback? Email bmoore@bsalifestructures.com.By BSA LifeStructures
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Sam Brownback on the Connection Between Religious Freedom and Human Rights
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In the modern era, religious freedom — the ability to live and act according to one's faith — has been seen as a profoundly important human right. To a disturbing degree, that is no longer true. No one has put more thought into this urgent matter of human freedom than my guest today, Sam Brownback.By Discovery Institute Center on Human Exceptionalism
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In this recent radio interview, prefaced by a brief introduction from Discovery Institute representative Dr. Tom Winkler, host Mark Davis speaks with Dr. Robert Marks, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Baylor University and director of the Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Marks…
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The Rational Soul: Rethinking Materialism with Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor
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In this episode, Pat Flynn and Dr. Michael Egnor conclude their discussion of Dr. Egnor’s contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Flynn and Dr. Egnor discuss Thomistic dualism and its relation to neuroscience and the soul. Thomistic dualism is the belief that the soul is a separate entity from the body and that the rational aspects of …
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Facility Guidelines Institute & 2026 FGI Code
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Heather Livingston and John Williams from Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) join BSA's Teri Joy and Craig Puccetti to talk about the history of FGI, the HGRC process and important proposed changes to the 2026 FGI code. Host: Brian Moore Guests: Heather Livingston, John Williams, Teri Joy and Craig Puccetti Learn more about Facility Guidelines Ins…
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Richard Stevens on All Things AI and Law
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In this episode, lawyer and Mind Matters News contributor Richard W. Stevens is on the show to discuss the legal issues and challenges around copyright, fair use, and the use of copyrighted material by AI systems. They discuss the implications of a recent Supreme Court case, Warhol vs. Goldsmith, that tackles the legal concepts of “derivative work”…
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Dr. Michael Egnor: Neuroscience, the Soul, and the Limits of Materialism
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In this episode, Pat Flynn and Dr. Michael Egnor continue their discussion of Dr. Egnor’s contribution to the recent volume Minding the Brain. Flynn and Egnor discuss various criticisms of materialism in neuroscience. They touch on topics such as near-death experiences, the limitations of the computational theory of mind, and the nature of artifici…
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Justin Beadle discusses how collaboration can drive the design process, future trends, and how to foster a healthy design culture on projects and with teams. Host: Brian Moore Guest: Justin Beadle Want to learn more about BSA? Visit bsalifestructures.com. Feedback? Email bmoore@bsalifestructures.com.…
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