Best Singularity University Podcasts (2024)

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The rise of digital pandemics, with James Ball 39:31

1h ago39:31

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Our guest in this episode is the journalist and author James Ball. James has worked for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The Guardian, WikiLeaks, BuzzFeed, The New European, and The Washington Post, among other organisations. As special projects editor at The Guardian, James played a key role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the NSA…

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Episode 143: Why University Doesn’t Work Anymore 22:47

4h ago22:47

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Curious about the future of higher education? Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explore the potential demise of traditional universities, the true value of college experiences, and how AI might revolutionize learning. Discover why your future should always be bigger than your past in this thought-provoking discussion on reinventing education. In thi…

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Thinking more athletically about the future, with Brett King and Rob Tercek 55:24

1d ago55:24

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In this episode, we have not one guest but two – Brett King and Robert Tercek, the hosts of the Futurists Podcast. Brett King is originally from Australia, and is now based in Thailand. He is a renowned author, and the founder of a breakthrough digital bank. He consults extensively with clients in the financial services industry. Robert Tercek, bas…

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The low-cost future of preserving brains, with Jordan Sparks 37:55

11d ago37:55

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Our guest in this episode is Jordan Sparks, the founder and executive director of Oregon Brain Preservation (OBP), which is located at Salem, the capital city of Oregon. OBP offers the service of chemically preserving the brain in the hope of future restoration. Previously, Jordan was a dentist and a computer programmer, and he was successful enoug…

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Drugged Out

25d ago

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Join the team from Failure - the Podcast (a/k/a Innovation Blab) as they stumble upon the dark underbelly of Big Pharma. Our guest, Imran Nasrullah, has 25+ years of experience in the industry, specializing in drug licensing and business development. He tell tales that few know or want to believe. One in ten thousand, for example: 9,999 candidate d…

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Surveillance and diversity: surprising insights from the Gulf, with Holly Joint 35:36

19d ago35:36

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Our guest in this episode is Holly Joint, who was born and educated in the UK, but lives in Abu Dhabi in the UAE. Holly started her career with five years at the business consultancy Accenture, and then worked in telecomms and banking. The latter took her to the Gulf, where she then spent what must have been a fascinating year as programme director…

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The double-edged sword of technology, with Wendell Wallach 53:53

25d ago53:53

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How do we keep technology from slipping beyond our control? That’s the subtitle of the latest book by our guest in this episode, Wendell Wallach. Wendell is the Carnegie-Uehiro fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where he co-directs the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative. He is also Emeritus Chair of Technolog…

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Who Knew? A Time-Sink in Two Parts. Part 2: The Singularity is Nigh. 45:28

1M ago45:28

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Who knew? Join the Innovation Blab (a/k/a Failure - the Podcast) in a double-header. A two-fer. “Episode 80 - Broken Down Cars” and “Episode 81 - The Singularity is Nigh.” Our special guests are … well … special. Milind Sawant is an AI guru, currently with Siemens Healthcare and leading a team of 50 engineers and a $15M budget to drive AI integrati…

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Who Knew? A Time-Sink in Two Parts. Part 1: Broken Down Cars. 45:28

1M ago45:28

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Who knew? Join Innovation Blab/Failure - the Podcast in a double-header. A two-fer. “Episode 80 - Broken Down Cars” and “Episode 81 - The Singularity is Nigh.” Our special guests are … well … special. Sydney Robinson is CEO and co-founder of Vessl Prosthetics, an Ontario-based startup that is hellbent on improving the lives of below-knee amputees a…

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Stop cryocrastinating! with Emil Kendziorra 40:05

1M ago40:05

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Our guest in this episode is Dr. Emil Kendziorra. Emil graduated summa cum laude, which means, with the highest honours, from the University of Göttingen in Germany, having previously studied at the University of Pécs in Hungary. For several years, he then devoted himself to cancer research with the hope of contributing to longevity science. After …

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Episode 142: What AI’s Advancement Means For Humanity 27:59

2M ago27:59

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Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis discuss why there’s no reason to fear AI, and how to take the best advantage of AI-driven exponential tech to serve your own purposes. They present a compelling case for optimism and proactive engagement with this transformative technology. In this episode: Many people don’t have more than a 24-hour vision of where …

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Introducing Conscium, with Daniel Hulme and Ted Lappas 42:01

1M ago42:01

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This episode is a bit different from the usual, because we are interviewing Calum's boss. Calum says that mainly to tease him, because he thinks the word “boss” is a dirty word. His name is Daniel Hulme, and this is his second appearance on the podcast. He was one of our earliest guests, long ago, in episode 8. Back then, Daniel had just sold his A…

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Nasty, Brutish and Short 1:02:58

2M ago1:02:58

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Catch them on a good day, and we suspect that many an entrepreneur would say that bootstrapping a business is like a bowl of cherries, pits and all. Leaving aside the independently wealthy, that more traditional approach may destine the enterprise to slower, bounded growth. A lifestyle business. One that’s likely to yield more pits than flesh early…

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Taming the Machine, with Nell Watson 45:07

2M ago45:07

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Those who rush to leverage AI’s power without adequate preparation face difficult blowback, scandals, and could provoke harsh regulatory measures. However, those who have a balanced, informed view on the risks and benefits of AI, and who, with care and knowledge, avoid either complacent optimism or defeatist pessimism, can harness AI’s potential, a…

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AI Impacts Survey - The key implications, with Katja Grace 33:21

2M ago33:21

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Our guest in this episode grew up in an abandoned town in Tasmania, and is now a researcher and blogger in Berkeley, California. After taking a degree in human ecology and science communication, Katja Grace co-founded AI Impacts, a research organisation trying to answer questions about the future of artificial intelligence. Since 2016, Katja and he…

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The Question 1:27:27

2M ago1:27:27

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Ask an entrepreneur: “what keeps you up at night?” They’ve heard The Question before and have an answer at the ready. But they’ll make you wait through a feigned moment of reflection before they launch into it. Investors play the game, too. Get a group of them together and, invariably, one of them will pose The Question whenever an entrepreneur doe…

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Cryonics, cryocrastination, and the future: changing minds, with Max More 48:52

2M ago48:52

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Our guest in this episode is Max More. Max is a philosopher, a futurist, and a transhumanist - a term which he coined in 1990, the same year that he legally changed his name from O’Connor to More. One of the tenets of transhumanism is that technology will allow us to prevent and reverse the aging process, and in the meantime we can preserve our bra…

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Episode 141: The Speed of Normalization

3M ago

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Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis delve into the emerging trend of reindustrialization in America. They examine how leveraging advanced technologies is a strategic business move, and how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of having critical manufacturing capabilities within the nation’s borders. In this episode: Rising labor costs in c…

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Stem cells, lab-grown meat, and potential new medical treatments, with Mark Kotter 34:33

3M ago34:33

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Our guest in this episode is Dr. Mark Kotter. Mark is a neurosurgeon, stem cell biologist, and founder or co-founder of three biotech start-up companies that have collectively raised hundreds of millions of pounds: bit.bio, clock.bio, and Meatable. In addition, Mark still conducts neurosurgeries on patients weekly at the University of Cambridge. We…

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The economic case for a second longevity revolution, with Andrew Scott 41:04

3M ago41:04

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The public discussion in a number of countries around the world expresses worries about what is called an aging society. These countries anticipate a future with fewer younger people who are active members of the economy, and a growing number of older people who need to be supported by the people still in the workforce. It’s an inversion of the usu…

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Can AI be conscious? with Nicholas Humphrey 45:43

3M ago45:43

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In this episode we return to the subject of whether AIs will become conscious, or, to use a word from the title of the latest book from our guest today, whether AIs will become sentient. Our guest is Nicholas Humphrey, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at London School of Economics, and Bye Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. His latest book is “Se…

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Progress with ending aging, with Aubrey de Grey 40:52

4M ago40:52

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Our topic in this episode is progress with ending aging. Our guest is the person who literally wrote the book on that subject, namely the book, “Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime”. He is Aubrey de Grey, who describes himself in his Twitter biography as “spearheading the global crusade to def…

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What’s it like to be an AI, with Anil Seth 44:20

4M ago44:20

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As artificial intelligence models become increasingly powerful, they both raise - and might help to answer - some very important questions about one of the most intriguing, fascinating aspects of our lives, namely consciousness. It is possible that in the coming years or decades, we will create conscious machines. If we do so without realising it, …

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Episode 140: Unlimited Optimism in the Age of AI 23:33

5M ago23:33

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Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan discuss Peter’s conversation with Elon Musk, and delve into the importance of optimism, technology’s role in creating abundance, and the bright future ahead for the United States. They also touch on author Peter Zeihan’s unique perspective on world events post-World War II. In this episode: The fundamentals of the h…

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Regulating Big Tech, with Adam Kovacevich 38:01

4M ago38:01

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Our guest in this episode is Adam Kovacevich. Adam is the Founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress, which describes itself as a center-left tech industry policy coalition that works to ensure that all citizens benefit from technological leaps, and that the tech industry operates responsibly and fairly. Adam has had a front row seat for more than …

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The case for brain preservation, with Kenneth Hayworth 42:11

5M ago42:11

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In this episode, we are delving into the fascinating topic of mind uploading. We suspect this idea is about to explode into public consciousness, because Nick Bostrom has a new book out shortly called “Deep Utopia”, which addresses what happens if superintelligence arrives and everything goes well. It was Bostrom’s last book, “Superintelligence”, t…

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Blab, yes. Innovation, not so much. 1:03:02

5M ago1:03:02

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Election fever. With all the news, who can avoid it? Not a news ticker scrolls by without a mention of Biden's age, Trump's trials and RFK's betrayals. We're not immune to it. So when a scheduled guest went AWOL, we figured we'd talk about the first thing that came to mind. Suffice it to say that MAGA conservatives aren't the only ones who hang out…

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AGI alignment: the case for hope, with Lou de K 34:42

5M ago34:42

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Our guest in this episode is Lou de K, Program Director at the Foresight Institute. David recently saw Lou give a marvellous talk at the TransVision conference in Utrecht in the Netherlands, on the subject of “AGI Alignment: Challenges and Hope”. Lou kindly agreed to join us to review some of the ideas in that talk and to explore their consequences…

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The Political Singularity and a Worthy Successor, with Daniel Faggella 42:27

5M ago42:27

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Calum and David recently attended the BGI24 event in Panama City, that is, the Beneficial General Intelligence summit and unconference. One of the speakers we particularly enjoyed listening to was Daniel Faggella, the Founder and Head of Research of Emerj. Something that featured in his talk was a 3 by 3 matrix, which he calls the Intelligence Traj…

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The Longevity Singularity, with Daniel Ives 46:55

5M ago46:55

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In the wide and complex subject of biological aging, one particular kind of biological aging has been receiving a great deal of attention in recent years. That’s the field of epigenetic aging, where parts of the packaging or covering, as we might call it, of the DNA in all of our cells, alters over time, changing which genes are turned on and turne…

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Teaching Innovation 1:14:35

6M ago1:14:35

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Join us in a discussion with Diane Bouis, director of MedTech Innovator, the world’s largest life science startup accelerator program.By Innovation Blab

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Episode 139: The Reindustrialization of The United States 21:35

6M ago21:35

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Many people don’t know this, but everything that affects the costs of money, energy, labor, or transport also affects the other three factors. It can be difficult to understand how it works and how it directly affects you. Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain the importance of quality transportation routes, explain why the United States is in t…

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Where are all the Dyson spheres? with Paul Sutter 39:14

6M ago39:14

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In this episode, we look further into the future than usual. We explore what humanity might get up to in a thousand years or more: surrounding whole stars with energy harvesting panels, sending easily detectable messages across space which will last until the stars die out. Our guide to these fascinating thought experiments in Paul M. Sutter, a NAS…

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Artist Xu Zhen reinvents the Lady Dior: invitation to discover his unique imagination revisiting the spirit of this iconic object of desire 15:27

6M ago15:27

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique piece of art. With his 360-degree vision of the art world, as a galleris…

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Provably safe AGI, with Steve Omohundro 42:59

6M ago42:59

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AI systems have become more powerful in the last few years, and are expected to become even more powerful in the years ahead. The question naturally arises: what, if anything, should humanity be doing to increase the likelihood that these forthcoming powerful systems will be safe, rather than destructive? Our guest in this episode has a long and di…

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Artist Mircea Cantor revisits the Lady Dior through an entrancing interplay of optical effects, textures and perspectives 22:07

7M ago22:07

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique piece of art. In this new episode, we immerse ourselves in the poetic un…

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Robots and the people who love them, with Eve Herold 36:42

6M ago36:42

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In this episode, our subject is the rise of the robots – not the military kind of robots, or the automated manufacturing kind that increasingly fill factories, but social robots. These are robots that could take roles such as nannies, friends, therapists, caregivers, and lovers. They are the subject of the important new book Robots and the People W…

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Make Innovation Great Again! 52:20

7M ago52:20

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Not that we have a vested interest, but we’d suggest that Joe Biden make a go at it with a blue baseball cap sporting the acronym MIGA. You know, “make innovation great again!” Speaking of innovation, today’s guest is John Daniels, a tinkerer turned entrepreneur who is daring fate by joining the Innovation Blab in a discussion of his latest venture…

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Artist Mariko Mori transforms the Lady Dior into an emblem suffused with light 19:28

7M ago19:28

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique work of art. In this latest episode, we plunge into the esoteric, cosmic…

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Episode 138: Capabilities That Keep You Young 29:07

7M ago29:07

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Throughout human history, you were as old as your chronological age. Now, it’s becoming possible to be decades younger physically than the number of years you’ve been alive. Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain the simple actions you can take right now to extend your life, why you shouldn’t even be thinking about retiring, and how there’s a $10…

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Education and work - past, present, and future, with Riaz Shah 36:41

7M ago36:41

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Our guest in this episode is Riaz Shah. Until recently, Riaz was a partner at EY, where he was for 27 years, specialising in technology and innovation. Towards the end of his time at EY he became a Professor for Innovation & Leadership at Hult International Business School, where he leads sessions with senior executives of global companies. In 2016…

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Artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan reinvents the Lady Dior, an invitation to her powerful yet delicate universe 23:54

7M ago23:54

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique piece of art. Known for her colorful, lush, light and airy botanical pai…

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What is your p(doom)? with Darren McKee 42:17

7M ago42:17

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In this episode, our subject is Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World. That’s a new book on a vitally important subject. The book’s front cover carries this endorsement from Professor Max Tegmark of MIT: “A captivating, balanced and remarkably up-to-date book on the most important issue of our tim…

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The University Perspective 53:51

8M ago53:51

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Welcome to Innovation Blab, a new series of podcasts (…keep fingers crossed…) offering the B-side to Failure - the Podcast. Yes, Mark will be back, and we hope to put up both Innovation and Failure posts in the coming days (months, more likely), but as they say about the alleged clandestine romantic relationship surrounding appointment of the speci…

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Artist Hilary Pecis revisits the Lady Dior, adorning it with enchanting embroidered flowers 19:58

8M ago19:58

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique piece of art. Bringing the joyous vibrancy of her work to the Lady Dior …

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Climate Change: There’s good news and bad news, with Nick Mabey 44:44

7M ago44:44

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Our guest in this episode is Nick Mabey, the co-founder and co-CEO of one of the world’s most influential climate change think tanks, E3G, where the name stands for Third Generation Environmentalism. As well as his roles with E3G, Nick is founder and chair of London Climate Action Week, and he has several independent appointments including as a Lon…

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Meet the electrome! with Sally Adee 36:41

7M ago36:41

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Our subject in this episode is the idea that the body uses electricity in more ways than are presently fully understood. We consider ways in which electricity, applied with care, might at some point in the future help to improve the performance of the brain, to heal wounds, to stimulate the regeneration of limbs or organs, to turn the tide against …

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Artist Ludovic Nkoth reinterprets the iconic cannage for Dior Lady Art 25:36

8M ago25:36

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique work of art. “Class at its highest standard” is how our latest guest, Lu…

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Don't try to make AI safe; instead, make safe AI, with Stuart Russell 49:04

8M ago49:04

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We are honoured to have as our guest in this episode Professor Stuart Russell. Stuart is professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and the traditional way to introduce him is to say that he literally wrote the book on AI. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, which he co-wrote with Peter Norvig, was first publis…

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Artist Jeffrey Gibson takes part in the VIIIth edition of Dior Lady Art, a passionate tribute to audacity 23:50

8M ago23:50

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the eighth edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this highly-anticipated edition, 12 artists from around the world were invited to transform the iconic Lady Dior handbag into a unique work of art. Bridging heritage and reinvention, New York-based Jeffrey G…

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