The implicit arrangement between science and society—funding and autonomy in exchange for substantial but unpredictable benefits—is under strain. Canadians are increasingly skeptical that scientists conduct themselves ethically, or that the government is capable of regulating disruptive technologies. Jeff Kinder discusses what a reinvigorated socia…

Keeping global temperatures to safe levels will require unlikely and disruptive discoveries from unexpected places. Medicine is a promising frontier. Kin Chan discusses his medical research on DNA damage and cancer, and explains how an enzyme that he discovered could eventually help pave the way for a new generation of low-carbon fuels. Recommendat…

A melting Arctic is opening up Canadian waters and coastlines to the world. Canada needs a vision for how it will handle this new activity and build out the necessary infrastructure in previously inaccessible locations. Jackie Dawson explains what a Canadian vision for the Arctic might include, and what makes crafting policy for Canada’s North such…

The Arctic is warming at twice the global average. In the Canadian Arctic, it's three times the global average. Jackie Dawson explains the scale of this transformation, and what a melting Arctic means for the future of trade, geopolitics, and Northern communities.

Climate change is the ultimate disruptor. On timescales that matter for people alive today, it’s a question of slowing climate change down rather than “solving” or “fixing” it. Geoengineering might be our most drastic option. Jason Blackstock explains the potential scientific and geopolitical implications of geoengineering, and explores future scen…

Nations constantly make decisions about national security in the face of uncertainty or incomplete information. The outcomes of these decisions are often unpredictable, and success is often invisible. Mark Salter explains how the national security apparatus is built to withstand disruption and why Canadians’ sense of what constitutes a national sec…

Misinformation is influencing public opinion, decision making, and even geopolitics. And it’s not just coming from Facebook and Twitter—it’s coming from our political leaders. Yet our ability to detect misinformation is diminishing. Kimberly Girling discusses the disruptive influence of misinformation on societies, and explains what individuals can…

Canada-China relations are in uncharted territory. To understand the current tangle of trade disputes and hostage diplomacy, it helps to go back to the beginning. Margaret McCuaig-Johnston traces Canada's relationship with China back to the establishment of formal diplomatic ties in 1970, discusses China's scientific ambitions, and lays out the sta…

Big data can dramatically improve decision-making, but the design and imagining of what we can and should use big data for is happening largely outside of the purview of public debate. Kelly Bronson explains big data's arrival in the public sphere and—using Canada’s agricultural sector as case study—discusses how the use of big data is pushing us t…

We live in an era of information abundance. But converting information into knowledge and applying that knowledge to improve society are massive tasks. Marc Saner explains the challenge of turning increasingly complex scientific knowledge into tangible benefits, what it means to seek knowledge responsibly, and how Canada can better use expertise to…

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The SOGOpod is BACK! Fresh off a baby, and a vacation, Kinder and Frank try to find literally ANYTHING to talk about!By SOGOpod

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The Dark Souls master of memes, himself OnlyAfro joins The SOGOpod to talk Dark Souls 3! OnlyAfro is a YouTube celeb, singlehandedly responsible for many Dark Souls memes, including Giantdad, "The Basscannon" chaos Zwei build, and partially for popularizing the term"Git Gud"! We discuss his content, Dark Souls meta, YouTube drama, and the life of Y…

Kinder hops on with Twitch streamer Dammit_Jeff, and creator of Video Game Fiends, Marcus Aurelius to talk about Dark Souls and the ethics, and progress of emulation! It's bonfire lit AF!By SOGOpod

The SOGOpod gets a fully functioning soundboard, makes jokes in terribly bad taste, talks about movies, like Creed, a Slenderman movie, Batman VS. Superman, and the Avengers, Nintendo, VR, and MORE!!!By SOGOpod

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In this EXTRA large Extended Edition of the Gaming Edition of the Podcast known as SOGOpod, Kinder, Frank, and Karley talk about Arcades, Virtual Reality, the future of gaming, crowdfunding and Psychonauts! The second half is mostly Star Wars and movie talk, so if you're looking for that old school SOGOpod feel then listen to the end! Thanks Bravo,…

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