Podcast Episodes featuring Neal Stephenson

#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity

Lex Fridman Podcast - November 11, 2021 21:24 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), former Chief Futurist at Magic Leap and first employee of Blue Origin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.com and use code LEX to get $35 off...

Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality

Conversations with Tyler - July 17, 2019 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
If you want to speculate on the development of tech, no one has a better brain to pick than Neal Stephenson. Across more than a dozen books, he’s created vast story worlds driven by futuristic technologies that have both prophesied and even provoked real-world progress in crypto, social networks...

How Today’s Stories Drive Tomorrow's Reality with Neal Stephenson

Mission Daily - July 03, 2019 19:52 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 220 ratings
“We’re living in a story-based world. We’re hard-wired to process things through the lens of stories which are linear narratives.” - Neal Stephenson Writer and futurist Neal Stephenson sees mythology everywhere; from the stories we tell ourselves, to the stories the media tells the masses, to ...

Neal Stephenson - Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

Inquiring Minds - July 02, 2019 05:06 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratings
We talk to celebrated speculative fiction writer Neal Stephenson about his latest book Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

2075: A 2019 Interview with Neal Stephenson

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - June 11, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Neal Stephenson discusses Fall, or Dodge in Hell.

2074: A Short 2018 Interview with Neal Stephenson

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - June 11, 2019 13:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Neal Stephenson discusses Fall, or Dodge in Hell.

Freeman Dyson with Neal Stephenson

Town Hall Seattle Science Series - May 21, 2018 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
While recognizing that quantum mechanics “demands serious attention,” Albert Einstein in 1926 admonished that the theory “does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One.” Aware that “there are deep mysteries that Nature intends to keep for herself,” 94-year-old theoretical physicist Free...

107. Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland (Authors) – The Garden of Forking Paths

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - July 15, 2017 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. Since 2015, the Think Again podcast has been taking us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Today, for ...

1871: A 2015 Interview with Neal Stephenson

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - June 26, 2015 19:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
"...and know that you're never going to se a tree again..."

47. Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash) / Computer RPG Design (with Keith Burgun)

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast - October 21, 2011 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 875 ratings
Science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman (#253), George R. R. Martin (#22), Richard Dawkins (#46), Simon Pegg (#39), Bill Nye (#273), Margaret Atwood (#94), Neil deGrasse Tyson (#32), and Ursula K. Le Guin (#65)....

1147: A 2011 Interview with Neal Stephenson

Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column - September 26, 2011 02:00 ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
"Here you're asking me to engage into more self-examination than is my wont..."

Backstage Podcast: Neal Stephenson

"Backstage" podcast from Word magazine - October 20, 2008 15:47 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Andrew Harrison talks to author Neal Stephenson about his acclaimed "Baroque Cycle" and his new book "Anathem".