Best Gec Podcasts (2024)

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Religion, Science, and an Arab Renaissance Man

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with Peter Hill hosted by Matthew Ghazarian | Across the 19th century Arab East, or Mashriq, there were two simultaneous but seemingly contradictory trends afoot. On the one hand, new ways of understanding religion, science, and community, often associated with the intellectual 'revival' of the Arab Nahda, ushered in new forms of thought and more f…

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Religion, Science, and an Arab Renaissance Man | Peter Hill 25:41

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E568 | Across the 19th century Arab East, or Mashriq, there were two simultaneous but seemingly contradictory trends afoot. On the one hand, new ways of understanding religion, science, and community, often associated with the intellectual 'revival' of the Arab Nahda, ushered in new forms of thought and more fluid subjectivities. On the other hand,…

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E30: The Economics of Game Development 1:00:54

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Send us a text Eric develops an economic model to explore or exploit game development decisions, while Phil wants a block-grant style gate process to align incentives. Chris is back at Marvel Snap, and boogies with some new social casino mechanics. The team reviews a new Call of Duty matchmaking paper with some surprising and revealing data...…

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Ottoman Passports

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with İlkay Yılmaz hosted by Sam Dolbee | Passports are objects at once momentous and mundane. How did they come about in the late Ottoman Empire? In this episode, İlkay Yılmaz discusses the history of this technology, and how the state effort to manage information about identity and control people's movement emerged alongside international police e…

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Ottoman Passports | İlkay Yılmaz 35:33

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E567 | Passports are objects at once momentous and mundane. How did they come about in the late Ottoman Empire? In this episode, İlkay Yılmaz discusses the history of this technology, and how the state effort to manage information about identity and control people's movement emerged alongside international police efforts to control anarchist and re…

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North Caucasian Refugees and the Late Ottoman State

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with Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky hosted by Chris Gratien & Can Gümüş | During the late 19th and early 20th century, tens of millions of migrants crossed the seas, settling in the Americas and beyond in a mass migration event that reshaped politics and economies throughout the world. In this episode, we focus on one of the most ignored groups within th…

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North Caucasian Refugees and the Late Ottoman State | Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky 46:24

15d ago46:24

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E566 | During the late 19th and early 20th century, tens of millions of migrants crossed the seas, settling in the Americas and beyond in a mass migration event that reshaped politics and economies throughout the world. In this episode, we focus on one of the most ignored groups within the history of those momentous events: North Caucasian Muslims.…

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The Evolution of GenAI: From GANs to Multi-Agent Systems 43:27

15d ago43:27

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Early Interest in Generative AI Martin's initial exposure to Generative AI in 2016 through a conference talk in Milano, Italy, and his early work with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). Development of GANs and Early Language Models since 2016 The evolution of Generative AI from visual content generation to text generation with models like Goog…

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Future AI Trends: Strategy, Hardware & AI Security at Intel 1:02:33

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In this episode, we sit down with Steve Orrin, Federal Chief Technology Officer at Intel Corporation. Steve shares his extensive experience and insights on the transformative power of AI and its parallels with past technological revolutions. He discusses Intel’s pioneering role in enabling these shifts through innovations in microprocessors, wirele…

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E29: Can a Stick of Butter Keep You Sober? 1:17:05

2M ago1:17:05

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Send us a text Can a stick of butter keep you sober during high-stakes diplomatic meetings? Eric is sure to tell us. Chris provides a compelling theory for the death of mods, while Phil undergoes a Supercell detox after analyzing Squad Buster's launch. The crew gets back in touch with their microeconomic selves and looks at one of the most interest…

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E28: B-A-N-A-N-A! 58:16

3M ago58:16

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Send us a text Play to earn hits Steam, and the crew is here to dissect the phenomenon. Why now, and why bananas? Phil is back into the economics of social casinos, while Chris develops a progression model for Darts. Eric and Phil debate the externalities of bots, while Chris solves for equilibrium.By Phillip Black

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E27: The Best Game Economy of All-Time 1:04:20

3M ago1:04:20

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Send us a text The crew convenes to square off on....what counts as a store of value? Is Match3 the best game economy of all time? Is progression a wage rate? Will Chris buy digital Gloomhaven? Was Eric among the five people who watched Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire? Will Phil get the crew on a regular posting schedule? E27 IS HERE!…

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Enhancing GenAI with Knowledge Graphs: A Deep Dive with Kirk Marple 44:46

3M ago44:46

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In this episode we talk to Kirk Marple about the power of Knowledge Graphs when combined with GenAI models. Kirk explained the growing relevance of knowledge graphs in the AI era, the practical applications, their integration with LLMs, and the future potential of Graph RAG. Kirk Marple a veteran of Microsoft and General Motors, Kirk has spent the …

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E26: Price Theorists Battle Behavioralists for Marvel Snap 1:05:42

4M ago1:05:42

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Send us a text Phil gets Eric pilled into a trio of roguelikes, where we prime the pump for Squad Buster's eventual shake-up of the genre. Chris ran another NFT sale and lived to tell about it. We Snap our fingers for Eric's take on Snap's doubling cube mechanic. Should all ranked systems use it? Should the bet limit expand to infinity? We conclude…

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E25: The Veblen Goods Model That Explains Web3 (w/Dr.Sam Rosen) 56:35

5M ago56:35

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Send us a text Dr. Sam Rosen of Temple University finally unleashes the Veblen Goods model for which every Game Economist yearns. We discuss: Why don't sold-out artists raise ticket prices? Why do NFT projects go boom or bust? Should auction-based goods mask demand for their products? What types of Pokémon are optimal for collecting in Go? Dr.Rosen…

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E24: Tragedy of the UGC Commons & Gold Bugs 1:03:43

5M ago1:03:43

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Send us a text Eric reminds us that The Wizard of Oz is a heated monetarism debate, while Chris goes six layers deep on enforcing royalties. Phil thinks Warzone Mobile is a good executive Powerpoint math muddled with poor execution, but good economics secured him Taylor Swift tickets. Subscribe to Chris' Substack and Eric's Substack Limit Break's N…

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An Ottoman Imam in Brazil

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with Ali Kulez hosted by Sam Dolbee | In 1866, a series of unexpected events led to an Ottoman imam by the name of Abd al-Rahman al-Baghdadi ending up in Rio de Janeiro. In this episode, Ali Kulez explains how he got there, and what happened when al-Baghdadi became close with enslaved and free Afro-Brazilian Muslims, and attempted to teach them his…

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An Ottoman Imam in Brazil | Ali Kulez 37:20

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E565 | In 1866, a series of unexpected events led to an Ottoman imam by the name of Abd al-Rahman al-Baghdadi ending up in Rio de Janeiro. In this episode, Ali Kulez explains how he got there, and what happened when al-Baghdadi became close with enslaved and free Afro-Brazilian Muslims, and attempted to teach them his vision of Islamic orthodoxy. I…

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Media of the Masses in Modern Egypt

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with Andrew Simon, Alia Mossallam, and Ziad Fahmy hosted by Chris Gratien | The Egyptian revolution of 2011 is one of the most spectacular examples of how social media has played a pivotal role in political movements of the 21st century. However, in this final installment of our four-part series on "The Sound of Revolution in Modern Egypt," we argu…

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GEC BONUS EP: What's up at GDC 2024? 49:46

6M ago49:46

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Send us a text Eric Guan on the economics of the video game job market Phillip Black on why big gaming co. employees are frustrated Dr. Julian Runge build a theory of persona and personalization in an Uber to the airport Christopher Kaczmarczyk-Smith solve for the missing web3 UGC game Plus, a GEC After Hours on the state of San Francisco.…

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Nazareth, the Nakba, and the Remaking of Palestinian Politics

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with Leena Dallasheh hosted by Chris Gratien | As an Arab city inside the 1948 borders of Israel, Nazareth defies many of the general narratives of both Israeli and Palestinian histories. But as our guest Leena Dallasheh explains, that does not mean that Nazareth is necessarily an exception. In fact, its paradoxical survival is key to understanding…

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Nazareth, the Nakba, and the Remaking of Palestinian Politics | Leena Dallasheh 36:48

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E563 | As an Arab city inside the 1948 borders of Israel, Nazareth defies many of the general narratives of both Israeli and Palestinian histories. But as our guest Leena Dallasheh explains, that does not mean that Nazareth is necessarily an exception. In fact, its paradoxical survival is key to understanding the history of modern Palestinian polit…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Gec Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Ottoman History Podcast

ottomanhistorypodcast.com

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Game Economist Cast

Phillip Black

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Data Science Conversations

Damien Deighan and Philipp Diesinger

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You Feel Me?

Skullcandy

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The Joe and Brody Show

Trey Stetler

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Religion, Science, and an Arab Renaissance Man

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Religion, Science, and an Arab Renaissance Man | Peter Hill 25:41

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E30: The Economics of Game Development 1:00:54

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Ottoman Passports

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Ottoman Passports | İlkay Yılmaz 35:33

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North Caucasian Refugees and the Late Ottoman State

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North Caucasian Refugees and the Late Ottoman State | Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky 46:24

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The Evolution of GenAI: From GANs to Multi-Agent Systems 43:27

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Future AI Trends: Strategy, Hardware & AI Security at Intel 1:02:33

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E29: Can a Stick of Butter Keep You Sober? 1:17:05

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E28: B-A-N-A-N-A! 58:16

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E27: The Best Game Economy of All-Time 1:04:20

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Enhancing GenAI with Knowledge Graphs: A Deep Dive with Kirk Marple 44:46

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E26: Price Theorists Battle Behavioralists for Marvel Snap 1:05:42

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E25: The Veblen Goods Model That Explains Web3 (w/Dr.Sam Rosen) 56:35

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E24: Tragedy of the UGC Commons & Gold Bugs 1:03:43

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An Ottoman Imam in Brazil

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An Ottoman Imam in Brazil | Ali Kulez 37:20

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Media of the Masses in Modern Egypt

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GEC BONUS EP: What's up at GDC 2024? 49:46

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Nazareth, the Nakba, and the Remaking of Palestinian Politics

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Nazareth, the Nakba, and the Remaking of Palestinian Politics | Leena Dallasheh 36:48

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