Best Timothy Dick Podcasts (2024)

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 73: Zhanet Zaharieva, Chief Operating Officer of Quantum Dice 34:52

2h ago34:52

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Zhanet Zaharieva, Chief Operating Officer of Quantum Dice, is live!Zhanet earned a DPhil from the University of Oxford in Materials Science where she designed novel methods for the development of quantum dot technologies.As the result of creating a patent application from her doctoral research, Zhanet began consideri…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 72: Andrei Dragomir, Aquark Technologies 41:46

8m ago41:46

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Andrei Dragomir – Co-Founder and CEO of quantum company Aquark Technologies is live!Andrei grew up in Romania in a house with a scientific focus: his mother is a professor of physics, and his father is an engineer. He remembers as a kid going to his mom's lab after school, where his toys of choice were the devices ly…

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Cut for Time - Frank's Story - Puttering About in a Small Land 54:19

24d ago54:19

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Here is the intro slash bio slash interview with PKD collector and scholar Frank Hollander from our discussion of Puttering About in a Small Land. He asked if we wanted the long version and I'm glad we said we did. Enjoy.•Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed•Electric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722268643…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 71: Lawrence Gasman, President, IQT Research – Inside Quantum Technology 31:21

5d ago31:21

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Lawrence Gasman, President of IQT Research, is live! Lawrence Gasman, a renowned expert in quantum technology, hails from North London and is an alumnus of Manchester University, where he studied mathematics and philosophy. He further honed his skills with an MBA from the prestigious London Business School. Over the …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 70: Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Nu Quantum Founder & CEO 29:39

26d ago29:39

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO of quantum company Nu Quantum, is live! Carmen grew up in Spain and received an MSc in Physics from Imperial College London and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Nu Quantum was a spin-out of the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory in 2018. They are building…

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Interview #32 - Reggie Herbert & Victoria Stewart - 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick 1:18:52

1M ago1:18:52

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800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick is a play about the last few days of Philip K. Dick's life and supposes the internal worlds he might have lived in since the VALIS incident or maybe even his whole life. All three DickHeads Podcast hosts made it to this interview with the playwright, Victoria Stewart, and Reggie Herbert, the co-direct…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 69: Jan Goetz, Co-founder & CEO, IQM Quantum Computers 34:06

2M ago34:06

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Jan Goetz, Co-CEO of leading quantum company IQM Quantum Computers is live! Jan is a quantum physicist who earned his superconducting quantum circuits doctorate at Technical University of Munich.His company IQM Quantum Computers was founded in 2018 and is building Finland’s first commercial 54-qubit quantum computer …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 68: Peter Chapman, CEO, IonQ 48:34

2M ago48:34

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Peter Chapman, President and CEO, of leading quantum computing company, IonQ, is live! Peter had an atypical childhood. He grew up near the Johnson Space Center in Houston because his father was an astronaut who used to fly over the house in his trainer jet. In high school, Peter went to study with the well-known cog…

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Episode #49 - The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike 2:10:58

3M ago2:10:58

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Hello PKD fans. A land deal goes south, and someone has to take the fall. Revenge is the name of the game in this cat-and-cat thriller set in a small coastal town in Northern California. Who will win the neighborhood, their pride, and possibly even the water company in this battle of wits—even more importantly—what do three DickHeads think of all t…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 67: Silicon Based Quantum Computing with Maud Vinet, Quobly CEO 32:52

3M ago32:52

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Maud Vinet, Co-founder and CEO of quantum computing company Quobly, is live! Dr. Vinet received her Ph.D. in quantum physics from the University of Grenoble Alpes and has authored or co-authored over 300 papers. She owns more than 70 patents related to nanotechnology, and her Google H index is 57, with more than 11,0…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 66: Elie Girard, Executive Chairman, Alice & Bob 33:13

4M ago33:13

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Elie Girard, Executive Chairman of quantum company Alice & Bob, is live! Elie has over 20 years of leadership experience in various companies, including his most recent role as CEO and director at Atos.His company, Alice & Bob, focuses on cat qubits, a novel approach that enables them to reduce hardware requirements …

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Interview #31 - Bill Sarill - VALIS: An Opera 48:25

4M ago48:25

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Back in September of last year there was a single weekend run of VALIS: An Opera at the MIT Theater Arts Performance Space in Cambridge, MA. While the Dickheads weren't lucky enough to bag tickets, one of the OG Dickheads was. And in this interview, Bill Sarill discusses said opera, his thoughts on the production, and some aspects of his longtime f…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 65: Ken Durazzo, VP of Dell Research 39:30

4M ago39:30

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Ken Durazzo, VP of tech company Dell Research, is live! Prior to joining Dell Research, Ken worked at Cisco for 20 years on myriad technologies. In 2016, he started leading research into quantum at Dell.At Dell Research, Ken's current focus includes hybrid quantum computing, quantum-safe cryptography, as well as gene…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 64: Kurt Stokbro, CEO, Sparrow Quantum 27:31

5M ago27:31

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod episode with Kurt Stokbro, CEO of quantum company Sparrow Quantum is live! Sparrow Quantum is a quantum photonics company based in Copenhagen, founded in 2016 by Professor Peter Lodahl. It is widely recognized as a leader in single photon sources, achieving the world's highest light matter coupling efficiency. Kurt is the…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 63: Grégoire Ribordy, CEO, ID Quantique (IDQ) 34:03

5M ago34:03

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My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Grégoire Ribordy, CEO of ID Quantique (IDQ)is live! Gregoire went to EPFL (Écolepolytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) - the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - where he studied physics. After working for a year in Japan at Nikon, the camera company, he returned to Switzerland in the mid-90s. Interesting back story:…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 62: Kristin Gilkes, EY Global Quantum Leader 20:13

6M ago20:13

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Kristin M. Gilkes, Ph.D., Global Quantum Leader at EY, is live!Kristin has a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and a graduate diploma in artificial intelligence from the University of Oxford. She also has an MBA from the University of Colorado and a BBA in computer science from Texas A&M University.She and her t…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 61: Quantum Control Stacks with Qblox Co-Founder & CEO Niels Bultink 26:32

6M ago26:32

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Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Niels Bultink, CEO and Co-Founder of Qblox, a leading quantum company, is live! Chris first spoke to Niels almost two years ago and wanted to check in to see what he and his team have been up to.Qblox provides quantum control stacks that combine unequaled noise performance and low-latency arbitrary …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 60: QKD solutions with LuxQuanta CEO Vanesa Diaz 32:08

6M ago32:08

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Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Vanesa Diaz, CEO of quantum computing company LuxQuanta is live!Vanesa grew up in a small village in the north of Spain and because she was good at math, she eventually got a degree in engineering.Her early career found her in tech roles, but she wanted to spend less time in the lab and more time wi…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 59: Théau Peronnin, CEO and Co-Founder, Alice & Bob 27:59

6M ago27:59

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Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Théau Peronnin, CEO and Co-Founder of Alice & Bob, is live! As a student, Théau was into both physics and electronics. An innovator to the core, he competed in the International Young Physicist tournament but soon realized he was 50 years too late to develop new groundbreaking low level electronics.…

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Episode #48 - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer 2:27:34

7M ago2:27:34

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Hello PKD fans. Published the month after his death Philip K. Dick's, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer distinguishes itself in several ways. It is a straight novel, a semi-biography of Bishop James Pike, as well as being the final book in his VALIS trilogy. See what the two David's and a Langhorne think of this departure from Dick's usual writi…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 58: Quantum Consulting for the Fortune 100 with Konstantinos Karagiannis, Protiviti 39:38

8M ago39:38

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To celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod is a conversation with Konstantinos Karagiannis, Director of Quantum Computing Services at Protiviti. Konstantinos has been involved in the quantum computing industry since 2012 and has worked in information security since the 1990s. Protiviti is a global busin…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 57: John Levy – CEO, Chair, Co-Founder – Seeqc 33:22

8M ago33:22

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Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with John Levy, CEO, Chair and Co-Founder of Seeqc is live!Seeqc was spun out of Hypres in 2018 where John had served as Chair for 8 years and where he remains a board member.His company is one of the first to have built a superconductor, multi-layer commercial chip foundry to design, test, and manufactu…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 56: Quantum Sensors Roundtable-Stuart Woods (Quantum Exponential), Niall Holmes (Cerca Magnetics), Pete Stirling (Delta g) 41:23

8M ago41:23

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Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod is a roundtable discussion on the exciting state of quantum sensors. Guests included Stuart Woods, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, Quantum Exponential ; Niall Holmes, Founder and Scientific Advisor, Cerca Magnetics Limited, and Pete Stirling, CEO at Delta g.Cerca Magnetics Limited has created OPM-M…

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Interview #30 - Lord Running Clam - Pink Beam 1:18:02

8M ago1:18:02

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Ganymedean slime mold, festival organizer, chronicler, and ultimate PKD fan Lord Running Clam, stopped by to chat with our two Davids about his history, where PKD fandom is now, and where it might lead as we look into the future.Our Patreon ►► http://www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweedElectric Larryland Discord ►► https://discord.com/channels/557458722…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 55: Quantum Machines CTO Yonatan Cohen 33:31

9M ago33:31

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Christopher Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Yonatan Cohen, Co-Founder and CTO, Quantum Machines is live!Dr. Cohen is a quantum physicist, entrepreneur and co-founder and ex-managing director of the entrepreneurship program at The Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv. He founded Quantum Machines in 2018.His company just announced OPX1000 …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 54: Silicon Spin Quantum Computing with Stephanie Simmons, Chief Quantum Officer, Photonic 32:06

10M ago32:06

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Dr. Stephanie Simmons, Chief Quantum Officer at Photonic is live!Stephanie describes herself as a “quantum native” - she was a huge nerd growing up and was upset that her parents only introduced her to programming at age nine! She came across quantum when she was 16 and has been heads down into it ever si…

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Interview #29 - Keith Giles - The Gospel of Philip K. Dick 1:01:18

10M ago1:01:18

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The two Davids chat with the exceedingly busy and prolific Keith Giles about the many projects he has going on right now, including his new book, Sola Deus: What If God Is All of Us?, his introduction to and publishing of a series of Philip K. Dick short story collections, Sci-Fi Lullabies Volumes 1-3, and his upcoming 28-lesson class on PKD's phil…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 53: Si-Hui Tan, Chief Science Officer, Horizon Quantum Computing 33:49

10M ago33:49

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Si-Hui Tan, Chief Science Officer at Horizon Quantum Computing is live! Dr. Tan has a Bachelor of Science with honors in Physics from Caltech and PhD in Physics from MIT.Prior to joining Horizon, she spent 5 years as a researcher at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Dr. Tan also spent a y…

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Episode #47 - The Divine Invasion 2:35:07

10M ago2:35:07

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Editor's Note: We recommend you check out our interview with Judaic scholar, Aharon Varady, before listening to this episode.•Interview #28 - Aharon Varady - PKD & Judaism ►► https://soundcloud.com/dickheadspodcast/interview-28-ahjaron-varady-pkd-judaismHello PKD fans. Welcome to a brand new episode with a brand new cohost. The book: The Divine Inv…

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Interview #28 - Aharon Varady - PKD & Judaism 1:17:50

10M ago1:17:50

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With The Divine Invasion lurking in the shadows of our near future, David figured it might benefit all who are interested in a deeper understanding of the novel to speak to a religious scholar. Aharon Varady is just that person. Recommended by friend of the podcast David Gill, Aharon is not only well-versed in the Jewish faith's writing, history, a…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 52: Dr. Antti Vasara, President & CEO of VTT 30:35

10M ago30:35

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Antti Vasara, President & CEO of VTT is live!VTT is a state-owned and controlled non-profit, limited liability company based in Helsinki, Finland with over 2000 people. It is one of Europe’s leading research, development and innovation institutions.Almost two years ago, the VTT Technical Research Centre d…

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Dick Adjacent #18 - Dick Adjacent - Hugo Winners 1966 & 68 - Roger Zelazny - with Mark Conlan 43:01

11M ago43:01

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Hello Zelaznuts and DickHeads alike. Here at last, after three and a half years of gathering dust on the shelf, is the final episode in David's Hugo Winners of the 1960s series. Frequent guest Mark Conlan joins him to discuss the pluses and minuses of Roger Zelazny's This Immortal (Hugo Award for Best Novel 1966)and Lord of Light (Hugo Award for Be…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 51: Quantum Internet Roundtable with Duncan Earl (Qubitekk) and David Wade (EPB) 39:48

10M ago39:48

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Duncan Earl, President & CTO of Qubitekk, Inc., and David Wade, President & CEO, EPB is live!Chris led a roundtable discussion on the exciting partnership between EPB and Qubitekk to develop the EBP Quantum Network in Chattanooga, Tennessee - America’s first industry-led, commercially available quantum ne…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 50: infinityQ CEO Aurélie Hélouis 20:39

11M ago20:39

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Aurélie Hélouis, CEO and Founder infinityQ Technology Inc is live!At age 24, Aurélie was the Deputy Head Officer of the Rafale jet aircraft maintenance workshop for the French navy where she served for 16 years. After moving to Montreal, she received her MBA from McGill and then worked at the Quebec Artif…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 49: Alexander Keesling, QuEra Computing CEO 38:19

1y ago38:19

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Alexander Keesling, CEO, QuEra Computing Inc. is live!Alex is an expert in quantum computing and quantum simulation with neutral atoms. While at #Harvard , he pioneered the development of programmable Rydberg atom arrays into a leading technology for quantum information processing.Among his accomplishment…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 48: QC Ware CEO Matt Johnson 47:30

1y ago47:30

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Matt Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO, QC Ware is live!Matt was a captain in the Air Force on active duty for five years and then worked as a managing director in private equity at Apollo Management.His company, QC Ware, is a quantum and classical computing software and services company focused on delivering e…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 47: Brian Lenahan & Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Discuss Their Book ‘On the Shoulders of Giants’ 33:11

1y ago33:11

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod features Brian Lenahan and Kenna Hughes-Castleberry discussing their latest book “On the Shoulders of Giants” which shares stories of 10 unsung heroes in quantum physics, engineering, and mathematics.Brian is the Founder & Chair of the Quantum Strategy Institute and the author of two seminal books on quantum a…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 46: Andrew Dzurak, Diraq CEO and Founder 43:28

1y ago43:28

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Andrew Dzurak, CEO & Founder, Diraq is live! Andrew was a key participant over 20 years ago in establishing the Australian Research Council Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Along with his colleague Andrea Morello, they demonstrated the world’s first silicon quantum bits (qubits) in 2012.Today, they…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 45: D-Wave CEO Alan Baratz 40:28

1y ago40:28

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave is live.He became CEO in 2020 and previously served as EVP of R&D and Chief Product Officer. Alan has over 25 years of experience bringing new products to market at leading technology companies and software startups.He was the 1st president of JavaSoft at Sun Microsystems and over…

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Episode #46 - VALIS - special guest David Gill 2:25:43

1y ago2:25:43

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Editor's Note: We recommend you check out our VALIS Incident episode to get more insight into the subject matter before you dive into this one.We have dedicated this episode to the memory of Phil's good friend and fellow writer, Radell Faraday Nelson, 1931-2022. R.I.P.Greetings, PKD fans. David Gill joins the usual DickHeads to discuss PKD's religi…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 44: Qruise CEO Shai Machnes 24:34

1y ago24:34

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Shai Machnes, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Qruise is live! Shai’s team is using machine learning & Quantum Optimal Control to improve control of the current generation of noisy intermediate scale quantum computers (NISQ devices). His company is also developing Machine Learning for Science as a …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 43: Charles Robinson, IBM Quantum Safe Team 28:36

1+ y ago28:36

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Inside Quantum Technology is delighted to support Black History Month with Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod - an interview with Charles Robinson, Public Sector Leader IBM Quantum Computing & World Wide leader Quantum Safe Team. Charles is a veteran and a graduate of Howard University with over 30 years’ experience in information technology, b…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 42: Dr. Dana Anderson, CSO, Infleqtion 47:45

1+ y ago47:45

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Dana Anderson, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, ColdQuanta Infleqtion is live! His father was a physicist and professor at the U of Chicago and worked with Enrico Fermi! Dana got a Ph.D. in quantum optics at the U of Arizona and started guiding cold atoms through hollow core optical fibers in the mi…

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Interview #27 - Walter Nelson - Ray Nelson 51:06

1+ y ago51:06

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David chats with Walter Nelson on the legacy of his recently passed father, Ray Nelson, and how growing up the son of a famous author in the Berkeley scene was different than the typical American upbringing. Including what it was like having PKD as a babysitter. Unfortunately, this interview is a bittersweet one, as Ray Nelson recently passed away …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 41: Jack Hidary, SandboxAQ CEO 56:10

1+ y ago56:10

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Jack Hidary CEO of SandboxAQ is live! Jack is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of several tech companies, including EarthWeb/Dice, which he led from its founding through IPO. In July, SandboxAQ was selected for NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography P…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 40: Quantinuum Chief Scientist Bob Coecke 41:34

1+ y ago41:34

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Bob Coecke, Chief Scientist, Quantinuum is live! Bob initially studied architecture and engineering but, after an internship, discovered he didn’t like it and moved to physics where he got a PhD. Bob and Chris discussed ZX calculus (a key element of TKET), category theory, Quantum Foundations, linear logi…

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Episode #45 - A Scanner Darkly - Book Vs. Film 1:13:48

1+ y ago1:13:48

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Hello, and welcome back. Richard Linklater's 2006 adaptation of A Scanner Darkly is considered by many to be the ultimate adaption of a Philip K. Dick novel. But is it perfect? And is it really faithful to the source material? What would PKD himself think of it? The DickHeads attempt to answer these questions and more. Plus: Snooty film guy ascot. …

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 39: Qunnect CEO Noel Goddard 58:24

1+ y ago58:24

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Noel Goddard, CEO, Qunnect is live! Noel was an avid sportbike motorcyclist for 10 years in a former life! She is also a serial entrepreneur who founded/led two biotech startup companies and was a seed investor with the Accelerate NY Seed Fund - she built a portfolio of 24 companies across deep technology…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 38: Tony Uttley, Quantinuum President and COO 42:55

1+ y ago42:55

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Tony Uttley, COO and President of Quantinuum is live! Tony saw the movie “The Right Stuff” and wanted to be an astronaut! (He did eventually spend 10 years in management roles at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Human #Space Flight program.) Tony founded Honeywell Quantum Solutions a…

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Quantum Tech Pod Episode 37: Eric Holland, Keysight Solutions Director of Strategic Growth Initiatives 41:08

1+ y ago41:08

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Chris Bishop’s latest Quantum Tech Pod with Eric Holland, Director, Strategic Growth Initiatives, Quantum Engineering Solutions at Keysight Technologies is live! Eric grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and after getting a PhD in physics from Yale, worked as Fermilab’s Deputy Director of Quantum Technology as well as Lawrence Livermore Nationa…

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