The Rhys Show
142 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPodcast by Rhys Lindmark
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Visual Thinking and Spatial Cognition with Barbara Tversky
June 26, 2023 10:31 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBJoin us on The Rhys Show as we delve into the captivating realm of spatial cognition with renowned psychologist Barbara Tversky. In her groundbreaking book "Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought," Barbara challenges conventional wisdom by revealing the profound influence of movement on human cognition. Discover the intricate relationship between our physical surroundings, actions, and the way we think, create, and communicate. Explore the power of gestures, diagrams, and non-verbal commun...
Recoding America: Understanding Government Failure in the Digital Age with Jennifer Pahlka
June 19, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBIn this episode, Jennifer Pahlka, a businesswoman and political advisor, joins us to delve into the failures of government in the digital age and how we can drive meaningful change. Her book "Recoding America" provides valuable insights into why government struggles with technology and offers solutions for improvement. Discover the complexities of government computer systems, the gap between policy intentions and outcomes, and strategies for enhancing service delivery. Join us as we explore t...
Power and Progress: Does technology lead to progress or inequality with Daron Acemoglu
June 12, 2023 12:33 - 54 minutes - 50 MBJoin renowned economist Dr. Daron Acemoglu as he explores the intricate relationship between technology, power, and prosperity in this eye-opening episode. Discover why technological progress is not translating into widespread gains, delve into the history of technological advancements, and uncover the potential impact of AI on shared prosperity. Gain valuable insights on innovative approaches to create a more equitable distribution of benefits and learn about the key role of incentives, regu...
Unraveling the Mysteries of Alien Technology and Objects in Space with Avi Loeb
June 05, 2023 11:52 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBJoin renowned astrophysicist and bestselling author Avi Loeb as he takes us on a mind-bending journey through the cosmos in this captivating episode. Discover the fascinating possibilities of advanced technology created by distant alien civilizations and its potential impact on our growth as a species. Delve into the Galileo project, an ambitious endeavor to track mysterious objects in our solar system, and unravel the profound questions surrounding the existence of aliens and their relations...
Animal Liberation Now: Exploring the Ethics of Animal Rights with Peter Singer
May 29, 2023 12:08 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBIn this thought-provoking episode, moral philosopher Peter Singer discusses the state of the modern animal rights movement, the urgent need to oppose factory farming, and the ethical obligations we have towards animals and the planet. Join the conversation as we delve into the harsh realities of factory farming, the environmental impact, the power of education, and exciting advancements in cell-based alternatives. Don't miss this eye-opening discussion on creating a more compassionate world. ...
Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building with Claire Hughes Johnson
May 15, 2023 11:28 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIn this episode, Claire Hughes Johnson, the corporate officer and advisor at Stripe, shares invaluable insights from her latest book "Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building." Join the conversation as Claire talks about her four operating principles, how to respond to inbound demands and manage hypergrowth, and advice for founders focusing on trusting instincts and moving faster. Learn the importance of building self-awareness, improving internal communications, and the di...
How can you actually make money while closing the tech gap? with Freada Kapor Klein
May 08, 2023 12:11 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBIn this episode, Freada Kapor Klein shares her expertise on investing in seed-stage tech startups that aim to close gaps of access, opportunity, and outcome for low-income communities and communities of color. As a venture capitalist, philanthropist, and author of "Closing the Equity Gap," Freada offers a comprehensive approach to making the tech industry more diverse and inclusive. She also discusses how investing in these gap-closing startups can lead to a more equitable future while genera...
Becoming Better Ancestors: Wisdom for Progressing in Life with Kevin Kelly
May 01, 2023 10:40 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBIn this episode, Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired and acclaimed author, joins us to discuss his latest book, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier. Kelly shares his insights on how to become better ancestors and create a better world for ourselves and future generations. His pocket-book with 450 mantras is filled with wisdom snippets he began to write down for his young adult children. Kelly offers guidance on living life the right way, setting ambitious goals, optimizi...
How to Leverage Collective Intelligence for Transformative Tech Governance with Saffron Huang
April 24, 2023 11:19 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this episode, Saffron Huang, technologist and researcher, discusses how to leverage collective intelligence to govern and benefit from transformative technologies such as AI. As the Co-Director at Collective Intelligence Project, Saffron explains how their organization is developing decision-making technologies and processes that expand a group’s capacity to construct and cooperate towards shared goals. She shares insights on value elicitation, how to aggregate conflicting values of groups...
How Hypergrowth Startups are Built by Human Connection with Elizabeth Weil
April 17, 2023 11:53 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBIn this episode, Elizabeth Weil, investor, advisor, entrepreneur, super-connector, ultra-marathon runner, and mother of three, talks about her more than two decade experience in the venture capital business and technology companies. We dive deep into her early stages in Twitter as it grew from 50 to 3000 employees, the importance of human elements to scale a business, and her path to venture capital. Elizabeth also discusses her own firm, Scribble Ventures, and how she started it during the t...
The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Impacts the US Economy with Christopher Leonard
April 10, 2023 12:28 - 1 hour - 117 MBJoin investigative reporter and author Christopher Leonard in this thought-provoking episode as he uncovers the dark side of the US Federal Reserve and its policies. Discover how the Fed's massive borrowing through quantitative easing policy has contributed to inflation, widened the wealth gap, and increased the risk system since the Great Recession of 2008. Leonard contextualizes the Fed's history and connects the dots between the easy money environment, the state of capitalism, and the rese...
Neuroscientist Konrad Kording reveals shocking truth about machine learning and the brain
April 03, 2023 12:21 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBIn this episode, we sit down with Konrad Kording, a neuroscientist and professor who delves into the intersection of brains, AI, and causality. We explore the evolution of machine learning and delve into a deep learning-based view of the brain. Konrad shares his experiences coding neural networks 20 years ago and how he eventually arrived at the idea of gradient descent. We also discuss deconstraints in both biology and machine learning and how these systems allow for faster progress in AI. F...
Immigration, Innovation, and the Future of Human Agency: A Conversation with Minn Kim
March 27, 2023 11:26 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBIn this episode, Minn Kim, an early-stage investor, talent scout, and community builder, shares her insights on supporting technology talent that enables step changes in human agency. Minn is building Plymouth Street to help extraordinary talent immigrate to the US, she is the founder of Stealth and is the lead at Dialogue, a community and newsletter on accelerating technological, industrial and scientific progress; they bring you perspective and insights by builders, investors and policy m...
How Psychedelics and AI Are Unveiling the Secrets of Consciousness with Andrés Gómez Emilsson
March 20, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 83 MBIn this episode, Andrés Gómez Emilsson, President and Director of Research at Qualia Research Institute (QRI), delves into the future of consciousness and what it really means. With a professional background in graph theory, statistics, and affective science, Andrés discusses QRI's mission to uncover the mathematical structure of consciousness, covering topics such as the blinding problem, boundary problem, and valence realism. We also explore how AI can become positively conscious and the us...
Venture Capital in the Next 20 Years with Vedika Jain
March 13, 2023 12:32 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBIn this episode, Vedika Jain, a Partner at Weekend Fund and Co-founder at Signature Block, shares insights on how to make an outsized impact and navigate the venture capital industry in the next 20 years. We delve into Vedika's work with Weekend Fund and Signature Block, and her investment strategy. We also discuss how they are demystifying venture capital, the emergence of new managers forming squads and collectives, and the thriving solo capitalism trend. Weekend Fund is an early-stage st...
Operators: The Future of Startups with Mallun Yen
March 06, 2023 14:17 - 47 minutes - 65 MBMallun Yen, founder of Operator Collective (@OpCo_VC), joins us to talk about the future of startups, venture capital, and the role operators, the people who help, grow, and scale up these companies, play in them. Every job Mallun had gave her the tools and led her to create Operator Collective. But one thing stands out, learning the ability to build communities. And Operator Collective is all about it; a venture fund and dream team community of founders and operator LPs from diverse backg...
Democratizing Venture Capital with Steph Mui
February 20, 2023 17:34 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBIn this episode Steph Mui, founder and CEO of PIN, talks about how to democratize access to venture capital. Steph Mui is a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Financial Markets (Algorithmic trading, Statistics and Computer Science, and is a former VC. She is the co-founder of GSB 2020, an investment club seeking to democratize access to early stage investing and the founder and CEO of PIN, (Power in Numbers) a startup innovating the venture capital model through community funds. We talk about ...
Learning About Tech in India With Pankaj Jain
December 26, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this episode Pankaj Jain, founder and managing partner of Saka Ventures, talks about tech in India that is focussed on targeting large global markets. Pankaj has 25 years of international experience that integrates technology, finance, entrepreneurship, venture capital and blockchain. He views business models and startups through a cross-cultural lens coupled with an understanding of global markets. Jain has been an active angel investor as well as an advisor to venture capital funds, sta...
How to Address Humanity’s Most Important Challenges and Opportunities With Pooja Shah
December 19, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBIn this episode Pooja Shah, founder and CEO at Tephra Labs, talks about how decentralized human networks can address large-scale problems. Governments and corporations have failed to move the needle against many of humanity’s most important challenges and opportunities. Pooja believes that decentralized human networks have the right meta-coordinating structures to do so. These networks can captivate participants from everywhere and grow exponentially, and furthermore, don’t rely on a central...
NeuroAI: The Intersection of AI and the Brain with Patrick Mineault
December 05, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBIn this episode, Patrick Mineault, a recognized AI researcher and neuroscientist, takes us through the field of AI and how it is connected to Neuroscience. He helps us understand the intersection between brain work and AI. He gives us an insight of how neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence interconnect and nourish each other. Patrick provides his perspective about ‘Brain on Demand’ which is a concept that states the AI modeling the brain to be able to use it for testing on content, health ...
How Life Evolves From an Electrical Gradient Perspective With Nick Lane
November 28, 2022 12:41 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBIn this episode, evolutionary biochemist, professor and writer Nick Lane joins us to talk about how life evolves from an energy flow perspective. Nick Lane’s research is on the way that energy flow has shaped evolution over 4 billion years, using a mixture of theoretical and experimental work to address the origin of life, the evolution of complex cells and downright peculiar behaviour such as sex. We dive deep into the origin of life and early evolution: hydrothermal vents, the krebs cy...
How to Build More and Better Housing With Jessica Trounstine & Omar Wasow
November 21, 2022 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBIn this episode, political science professors Jessica Trounstine & Omar Wasow join us to talk about how we can improve housing, build more housing and the history of racial segregation housing. Jessica’s work studies the process and quality of representation in American democracy. She is focused on the ways in which formal and informal local political institutions generate inequalities. She has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice, city governments, and various community...
How Data Is Being Used to Generate Insights for Humanity With Shruti Gandhi
November 14, 2022 14:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode, Shruti Gandhi joins us to talk about how data is being used to generate insights for humanity and the backend infrastructure to power that. Shruti Gandhi is the Founder and Managing Partner of Array Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund that focuses on solving pressing problems in large industries using data, AI, and ML. Shruti has investments in over 60 early stage companies with 6 exits to companies such as Apple, PayPal, ServiceNow, and The We Company. We dive de...
The Massive Rise of Yimby Movement With Sonja Trauss
October 31, 2022 13:28 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBIn this episode, Sonja Trauss joins us to talk about the YIMBY movement and its overnight success. Sonja helps us understand the history and future of this movement. Frustrated by high rents in San Francisco, Sonja Trauss started taking part in local planning meetings in 2014 to stand up for more house construction and taller buildings. That led her to co-found the YIMBY movement (yes in my backyard) a political action committee, and YIMBY Law, a nonprofit Trauss runs to advocate for develop...
How to Do Good Easier With Kat Woods
October 17, 2022 12:38 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBIn this episode, Kat Woods joins us to talk about impact for charities over time and how to create incubation ecosystems and angel ecosystems for them. Kat is the co-founder of several entrepreneurial ecosystems in effective altruism. Effective altruism (EA) is a research field and practical community that looks for the best ways to help others, and put them into practice. It is about prioritizing our efforts when doing good, so we can help others as much as we can. We dive deep into the jo...
How to Decrease Polarization and Run Mega Studies With Jan Voelkel
September 26, 2022 12:51 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIn this episode Jan Voelkel, Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University and also a member of the Polarization and Social Change Lab, joins us to talk about how to decrease polarization and run mega studies. Jan is the leading author of “The Strengthening Democracy Challenge” a mega study which brought academics, practitioners, and industry experts together in a collective effort to identify effective interventions to improve Americans’ commitment to democratic princi...
How to build the future of crypto with Kinjal Shah
September 19, 2022 13:19 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBIn this episode Kinjal Shah, investor at Blockchain Capital, joins us to talk about where she sees the web3 (the third generation of the evolution of web technologies) system today and where it is headed. Kinjal Shah is a Partner at Blockchain Capital. Kinjal leads Blockchain Capital’s research content strategy, conducts investment diligence, and supports their portfolio companies. At Blockchain Capital, she focuses on taking an interdisciplinary approach to investing in the crypto and bloc...
How to Bring the World Back Together With Anthea Roberts
September 12, 2022 13:18 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode, professor, researcher and author Anthea Roberts joins us to talk about how to view the world and current debates from different lenses. Anthea specializes in public international law, international trade and investment law, global governance and geoeconomics. She is the co-author of ”Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses And Why It Matters”, selected as one of the best economic books of 2021. In this book Anthea and her co-author identify six main narratives dri...
Revealing Our Human Evolution Mystery Through Ancient Fossils With Chris Stringer
August 29, 2022 13:46 - 54 minutes - 50 MBIn this episode, physical anthropologist and archaeologist Chris Stringer joins us to explore fossil records and what they tell us about the birth of our species and its staying power on Earth. Chris is known as one of the leading proponents of the “Recent African Origins” hypothesis, which is currently the most widely accepted model for the origin of our species. This hypothesis is that the modern form of Homo sapiens and human behavior had evolved in Africa by at least 150,000 years ago. A...
Understanding Machine & Human Minds with Kanjun Qiu
August 16, 2022 13:18 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBIn this episode Kanjun Qiu, the CEO and co-founder of Generally Intelligent joins us to chat about replicators, Genes, Memes and “Temes”, talk about what her company does and help us understand the fundamentals of learning across humans and machines. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/PDAPkhNxrC Who is Kanjun Qiu? Kanjun Qiu is the CEO and co-founder of Generally Intelligent, an AI research company working directly on human-like ...
Fossils, Mothers & Babies Revealing the Way Human Brains Have Evolved With Dean Falk
August 08, 2022 14:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBIn this episode, renowned paleo-anthropologist Dean Falk joins us to talk about how the evolution of our brains led to the emergence of language and how we differ from apes in terms of language and tools. Dean Falk shares her interesting perspective on how language began and the biases we have trying to understand our past from a male and female perspective which helps us acknowledge how humans evolved. A lot was going on 7MM years ago all the way to and through 200/300K years ago. We dive...
Boosting Cooperative Thoughts for a More Thrivable World With Jean M. Russell
August 01, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIn this episode, social ecosystem designer, culture hacker, and facilitator Jean M. Russell joins us to talk about how a participatory and cooperative approach instead of a brutal approach enables us to envision and co-create a world of wellbeing and health. As the founder of the thrivability movement and expert on collective thriving, Jean speaks about THRIVABILITY. She believes this word is a gift. It inspires you to wonder what it looks like in your context and make it show up. What come...
The Unknown Power of AI to Maximize Your Creativity With Gene Kogan
July 25, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBIn this episode, artist and programmer Gene Kogan joins us to talk about new AI-Generated Art and how AI assistants are going to provide us with interfaces to maximize our creativity. Gene is interested in advancing scientific literacy through creativity and play, and building educational spaces which are as open and accessible as possible. Currently, he is leading an open project to create an autonomous artificial artist. We dive deep into different generative AI interfaces such as Dall-E...
Changing Education From a Student-Centered Perspective With Danielle Strachman
July 18, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBIn this episode, Co-founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund Danielle Strachman joins us to talk about her perspective on the current state of education and the importance of changing it from a students center perspective. Danielle is passionate about progressive education, all the way from homeschooling and giving kids freedom and autonomy to build new things, to backing founders at the earliest stages of their careers and companies. We dive deep into homeschooling, the charter student-le...
How to Make Crucial Knowledge Accessible & Understandable for Us All With Saloni Dattani
July 11, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBIn this episode, researcher, writer, editor and PhD student in psychiatric genetics Saloni Dattani joins us to talk about her view of the world in different movements she tracks and how she does the research process. It is possible to make progress against the huge problems we are all facing in the world by sharing new and underrated ideas of amazing thinkers. Why don’t we? Because research and data isn't accessible. Saloni works through different fields making that knowledge accessible and ...
How to Contribute to the Public Commons in a Positive Way With Jerry Michalski
July 04, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBIn this episode, curator of the world’s most extensive mind map Jerry Michalski joins us to talk about how we as a society can contribute to the public commons in a positive way and why we must. Jerry shares the mission behind his distinguished idea of creating a second brain! He has been working on this brain map for more than 24 years and has introduced almost 500 THOUSAND THOUGHTS in his brain and keeps it up! We dive deep into how he created this system that gives access to tons of kn...
How Precedents Forge Your Path With Hollis Robbins
June 27, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBInterested in KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION or how humanities can help us understand the present? Then this episode is for you! In today’s chapter, Dean of Arts and Humanities Hollis Robbins joins us to talk about the extraordinary way in which she views the world. We dive deep into how to scaffold students' learning, how knowledge production works, and how the humanities of the 19th century can inform the present and the future of technology. Furthermore Hollis shares her thoughts about organizatio...
How to Prepare for Uncertain Futures with David Christian
June 20, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBIn this episode, historian, scholar of Russian history, professor emeritus and author David Christian joins us once again to talk about his new book Future Stories, a guide with a big-history perspective that helps us get prepared for the future. David Christian is the creator of Big History, a holistic and interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the history of human existence on a broad scale, from the Big Bang up to the present and the future. We dive deep into crucial patterns and pro...
How to Create Abundant Housing With Annie Fryman
June 13, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBIn this episode, architectural designer and public policy professional Annie Fryman joins us to talk about how to create abundant housing, the housing policies she led to address the California housing shortage by increasing housing supply, and how she managed permitting time to go down from 8 1/2 years to 60 days. Currently, Annie is the Director of Cities at Abodu, a Bay Area based company that builds affordable and high-quality accessory dwelling units in California and Washington. We div...
Wisdom Age and the Evolution of Society: Rhys Lindmark at The Index Show
June 06, 2022 14:30 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBRhys was a guest at The Index Show with host Alex Kehaya. A great conversation about the Web3 ecosystem, why capitalism needs marriage counseling, and the evolution of society. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark JOIN OUR DISCORD: discord.gg/PDAPkhNxrC
Achieving Growth Through Long Term Aspirations With Esther Dyson
May 23, 2022 14:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode, investor, journalist, philanthropist, and amateur cosmonaut Esther Dyson joins us to talk about the importance of moving from short-term self interest to long-term shared interest. Esther is the executive founding soul behind Wellville. She talks about this ten-year project and the five US communities participating to improve their own health and wellbeing while inspiring other communities to do the same. We converse about the importance of shifting from a “we” centered wa...
Understanding Machine & Human Minds to Build a Creative Equitable Future with Kanjun Qiu
May 09, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBIn this episode Kanjun Qiu, the CEO and co-founder of Generally Intelligent joins us to chat about replicators, Genes, Memes and “Temes”, talk about what her company does and help us understand the fundamentals of learning across humans and machines. Generalized Darwinism is the principle that when any kind of information is copied with variation and selection an evolutionary process inevitably begins. Genes, memes, and now what? Evolution's third replicator: technological “Temes”. Digita...
The Free Energy Principle in Our Daily Life With Karl Friston
April 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBIn this episode, theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging Karl Friston, helps us understand his Free Energy Principle (FEP) for how life works and evolves. We tackle this theory from five different perspectives to gain a deeper understanding; all the way from RNA and primordial soup to the future and safety of artificial intelligence. The Free Energy Principle describes with mathematical precision how the brain conserves energy by minimizing surprise. Life at every scale of...
How to Protect Your Future Baby From Inheriting Genetic Susceptibility to Disease With Noor Siddiqui
April 11, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this episode our guest is Noor Siddiqui, founder and CEO of Orchid. Noor explains her mission behind Orchid helping couples achieve parenthood and healthy babies through genetic risk and single cell testing. We dive deep into the history of reproductive technology. Noor takes us along the journey from old days where birth control was obscene and controversial, to modern days with ultra high resolution genetic testing systems for couples, advanced embryo screening for families going throug...
This Is How Science Will Cure Diseases and End Hunger With Melinda Kliegman
April 04, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBCRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and it is a genome editing technology that allows scientists to cut DNA with precision and insert or delete DNA to correct unwanted mutations. In this episode I talk with Melinda Kliegman about this tool that was discovered ten years ago and how it can benefit humanity by healing genetic disease, by enabling a sustainable agriculture to ensure food security, by helping achieve a carbon-neutral economy to sustain the ...
Dr. Joshua Bongard & Dr. Michael Levin on All You Need to Know About Coexisting With Living Robots
March 28, 2022 13:53 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBNot long ago a machine designed by a computer and constructed of living cells was something crazy to imagine. Not anymore. In this episode I talk with Josh Bongard and Mike Levin about how this is becoming a reality. There are lots of physical possibilities for how animals and robots can coexist but we have only explored a small part of the morphology design space. Life began on Earth at least 3.5 to 4 billion years ago, and it has been evolving ever since. The diversity of life on Earth ...
Genetic Screening to Rewrite Future Generations with Stephen Hsu
March 21, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBGenetic Screening is a DNA tool that predicts traits, including height, physical appearance, IQ and illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and many more which are known to be heritable. The genetic component is spread over thousands of DNA regions. In the past decade, extensive genetic databases can screen for these traits. Through analyzing genes, it is possible to calculate polygenic risk scores, which give a person’s plausibility of getting some kind of disease or having a certain trait....
#94 Alta Charo: Utopia and Dystopia of Genetic Engineering
February 10, 2022 19:34 - 51 minutes - 43.5 MBAlta is a Professor Emerita of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She’s been focused on bioethics for a few decades across government, academia, and industry. She was featured in the Netflix documentary on CRISPR, Human Nature. https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/racharo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Charo https://www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark https://www.roote.co/
#93 Alan Durning: Making Housing Abundant Again
December 01, 2021 04:19 - 55 minutes - 63 MBAlan Durning is the founder and executive director of Sightline Institute, a think-tank for sustainability in the Pacific Northwest. We chat about how to make housing abundant. https://www.sightline.org/2021/02/25/the-contradiction-at-the-heart-of-housing-policy/ patreon.com/rhyslindmark www.roote.co/
#92 Tamim Ansary: Understanding The US Exit from Afghanistan from an Islamic Worldview
October 13, 2021 21:01 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBTamim Ansary is an Afghan-American author and public speaker. He is the author of the excellent books Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes and Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan. We chat about the Muslim view of history and how that informs our understanding of the US pull out from Afghanistan. https://patreon.com/rhyslindmark https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13394802-destiny-disrupted https://www.roote.co/