Joi's Conversations Podcast
44 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsJoi Ito's conversations with interesting people.
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44: Conversation with Jessy Lin
August 08, 2018 14:46 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBConversation with Jessy Lin from the infamous MIT labsix that did adversarial AI project "Fooling Neural Networks in the Physical World with 3D Adversarial Objects" project https://www.labsix.org/physical-objects-that-fool-neural-nets/ [EP-EN-44]
43: Conversation with Nikola Danaylov
July 04, 2018 21:55 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBConversation with Nikola Danaylov of Singularity.fm. He interviewed me for his show a few weeks ago and now I'm interviewing him back. We will talk about the transhumanist movement, cryonics, "beating death," and singularity. [EP-EN-43]
42: Conversation with Anjali Sastry
July 04, 2018 21:27 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBConversation with Anjali Sastry about systems dynamics, cybernetics and society. [EP-EN-42]
41: Conversation with Kade Crockford
October 05, 2017 22:04 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBConversation with Kade Crockford the Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts. Kade ensures privacy and civil liberties law keeps pace with new technologies, with a focus on how systems of surveillance and control impact not just the society in general but their primary targets—people of color, Muslims, immigrants, and dissidents. [EP-EN-41]
40: Conversation with Martha Minow
September 07, 2017 09:39 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBConversation with Martha Minow, Harvard Law Professor and former Dean of Harvard Law School. We talk about forgiveness, the judicial system and the future of law in a world of new technologies such as AI. [EP-EN-40]
39: Conversation with Gerald Holton
July 31, 2017 22:19 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBConversation with Gerald Holton, a science historian and physicist talking about letters from Albert Einstein to Gene Sharp recently found by Jamila Raqib. The letters are an important part of a conversation about the role of Einstein in thinking about science, ethics and activism. [EP-EN-39]
38: Conversation with Joseph Bolen
July 06, 2017 11:22 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBConversation with Dr. Joseph Bolen, Chief Scientific Officer, PureTech Health about a perspective for understanding chronic human diseases. http://www.puretechhealth.com/team/josephb.php (Disclosure: I'm the chair of the board of PureTech Health.) [EP-EN-38]
37 : Conversation with Nadya Peek
April 23, 2017 21:51 - 44 minutes - 31.1 MBConversation with Nadya Peek, a postdoc in the Center for Bits and Atoms. We will be talking about many things including an additive manufacturing and 3D steganography using 3D printers that she recently invented. [EP-EN-37]
36 : Conversation with Christopher Filardi
April 23, 2017 21:42 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBTalking to Christopher Filardi, Senior Scientist at Conservation International about indigenous people's stewardship of the vital ecosystems. I interviewed him over a very bad connection in November last year. Better connection and lots of interesting new things. [EP-EN-36]
35 : Conversation with Jeff Howe
February 25, 2017 17:58 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBThis is a recording of a conversation with Jeff Howe, the co-author of our new book Whiplash. The conversation and the subsequent Q&A were recorded live at the Harvard Book Store on February 24th. [EP-EN-35]
34 : Conversation with Megan Smith
February 23, 2017 02:40 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBMegan Smith - the former CTO of the United States serving under President Obama. In conversation about tech, digital government, inclusion and the opportunities ahead. [EP-EN-34]
33 : Conversation with Mimi Ito
February 12, 2017 22:58 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBTalking to my sister Mimi about learning, social science and digital media.[EP-EN-33]
32 : Conversation with Jonathan Zittrain
January 30, 2017 03:06 - 54 minutes - 38.2 MBTalking about Internet, Society and Protests. Jonathan is a Harvard Law School Professor and Faculty Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. [EP-EN-32]
31 : Conversation with Jamila Raqib
January 30, 2017 02:52 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBOriginally recorded as an MIT Media Lab #MLTalk. Jamila Raqib is Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution and a research affiliate at the Media Lab. In this MLTalk, she’ll start by speaking about building a toolbox for nonviolent resistance, and its potential both to fight oppressive systems and to preserve democratic rights and freedoms for all. After her presentation, there is a conversation with Joi and then a discussion with the audience. Photo Credit : David Grossman ...
30 : Conversation with Steven Johnson and Tom Malone
January 28, 2017 23:04 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBConversation with Steven Johnson and Tom Malone about Emergence and Collective Intelligence. A longer conversation as part of an experimental Facebook Live stream using Soapbox.tv for my new Facebook group for Whiplash. A few technical problems, but interesting conversation so I left it all in. [EP-EN-30]
29 : Conversation with Karole Armitage
January 22, 2017 22:07 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBConversation with choreographer Karole Armitage about her work as a Director's Fellow of the Media Lab and thoughts on conservation, punk rock and other things. [EP-EN-29]
28 : Conversation with Virginia Heffernan
January 04, 2017 01:54 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBConversation with Virginia Heffernan (@page88), digital culture expert and author of MAGIC AND LOSS: The Internet as Art. Conversation originally organized as a Skype call by Heleo - Transcript and article available here: https://heleo.com/conversation-me [EP-EN-28]
27: Conversation with Andre and Karthik
December 28, 2016 21:15 - 52 minutes - 36.5 MBConversation with Andre and Karthik about non-duality and artificial intelligence. [EP-EN-27]
26 : Conversation with Shaka Senghor
December 24, 2016 19:22 - 47 minutes - 34.1 MBTalking to Shaka Senghor, author of Writing My Wrongs about incarceration, forgiveness, Detroit, writing, the Media Lab and his journey. [EP-EN-26]
25 : Conversation with Katy Croff Bell
December 23, 2016 16:49 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBConversation with Katy Croff Bell about oceans, deep sea exploration and Nautilus Live. ( http://www.nautiluslive.org/ ) [EP-EN-25]
24 : Conversation with Christopher Schroeder
December 21, 2016 03:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBConversation with Christopher M. Schroeder about Whiplash The Book, entrepreneurship, the Middle East, media and many other things. [EP-EN-24]
23 : Conversation with Stephen Downs
December 21, 2016 02:57 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBConversation with Stephen Downs, Chief Technology and Strategy officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation talking about health, technology, RWJF and the MIT Media Lab. [EP-EN-23]
22 : Conversation with Michael Harren
December 17, 2016 12:30 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBFacebook Live conversation with Michael Harren, host of the podcast MikeyPod. ( http://mikeypod.com/ ) Talking about my new book Whiplash, the future, art, culture, the creative process, podcasting, engineering and using new tools and being vegan... among other things. [EP-EN-22]
21 : Conversation at Chicago Metro with owner Joe Shanahan, former DJ Jeff Pazen and former bartender Aldona Urbutis
December 12, 2016 05:43 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBLive from the Metro Smart Bar in Chicago where I worked in the 80s with owner Joe Shanahan, former Metro DJ Jeff Pazen and former bartender Aldona Urbutis. Talking about how a club thrives for 40 years, what it was like in the 1980s, how to build enduring cultures and how to have fun while you do it. [EP-EN-21]
20 : Conversation with Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan Strategist for Goldman Sachs
December 10, 2016 02:17 - 48 minutes - 34.1 MBConversation with Kathy Matsui, Chief Japan strategist for Goldman Sachs about women's role in Japanese business, business culture and a bit about Kathy's background and path. [EP-EN-20]
19 : Conversation with Kevin Esvelt about CRISPR Gene Drive and Whiplash
December 09, 2016 23:59 - 59 minutes - 42 MBKevin Esvelt, Assistant Professor at the Media Lab, describes his work in CRISPR Gene Drives, bioethics, and my new book Whiplash which he just read. Originally streamed on Facebook Live. [EP-EN-19]
18 : Conversation with my Safecast co-founders, Sean and Pieter about Whiplash and citizen science
December 09, 2016 22:54 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBConversation with my Safecast co-founders, Sean Bonner and Pieter Frank about Whiplash and citizen science. Safecast is an international, volunteer-centered organization devoted to open citizen science for the environment. After the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck eastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and the subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, accurate and trustworthy radiation information was publicly unavailable. Safecast was formed in response, an...
17 : Conversation with Chia and Jeff about Whiplash
December 08, 2016 08:17 - 40 minutes - 28.9 MBWe did a Facebook Q&A about our new book Whiplash : Surviving a Faster Future with co-authors, Joi and Jeff and our researcher Chia. This is the audio from that Q&A. It ended abruptly when the streaming failed. Sorry about that! [EP-EN-17]
16 : Conversation with Reid Hoffman about Whiplash
December 03, 2016 21:44 - 34 minutes - 24.4 MBFirst in a series of conversation with interesting people about my new book Whiplash co-author with Jeff Howe. Reid and I talk about systems, startups, risk, the election, markets, media and how to think about networks. [EP-EN-16]
15 : Conversation with Peter Seligmann
November 24, 2016 18:48 - 47 minutes - 33.2 MBPeter is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder of Conservation International. Talking about biodiversity, COP22, sustainability, conservation, indigenous people, climate change, complex systems and the theory of change. Thumbnail photo by : Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung [EP-EN-15]
14 : Conversation with Christopher Filardi
November 24, 2016 15:44 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBConversation with Christopher Filardi, an evolutionary biologist and conservation activist working with indigenous people. I met Christopher in Marrakech last week and had an amazing conversation with him. We had a quick chat while I was in an airport lounge in Dubai so the audio is a bit choppy. I'll try to do a longer higher quality conversation with him soon. [EP-EN-14]
13 : Conversation with Robleh Ali
October 15, 2016 01:33 - 57 minutes - 40.2 MBRob will be joining us at the Media Lab and the Digital Currency Initiative. He is the former Manager of Digital Currencies at the Bank of England. [EP-EN-13]
12 : Conversation with Jamila, Alia and Tenzin
September 23, 2016 22:29 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBConversation with Jamila, Alia from The Albert Einstein Institution and Tenzin about nonviolent action. [EP-EN-12]
11 : Conversation with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi
September 21, 2016 01:49 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBConversation with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi about disciplined compassion and nonviolence. [EP-EN-11]
10 : Conversation with Isha Datar
September 16, 2016 15:19 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBTalking with Isha Datar, CEO of New Harvest, about cellular agriculture and cell-cultured foods. [EP-EN-10]
9 : Conversation with Neha Narula
September 16, 2016 01:49 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBTalking about the MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative and other things with Neha Narula, the Research Director of the DCI. [EP-EN-9]
8 : Conversation with Adafruit
September 12, 2016 02:05 - 56 minutes - 39.7 MBConversation with Limor “Lady Ada” Friend and Phil Torrone of Adafruit about making, electronics, business, learning, live video and more. [EP-EN-8]
7 : Conversation with Seth Godin
September 12, 2016 01:58 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBTalking about, media, books, life and the future of everything. (Fixed audio) [EP-EN-7]
6 : Conversation with Danny Hillis
September 06, 2016 20:14 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBConversation with Danny Hillis Inventor of the Connection Machine, Co-Founder of the Long Now Foundation and visiting professor at the Media Lab. Talking about Turning, the universe and other things. [EP-EN-6]
5 : Interviewing Bob Langer
September 06, 2016 02:21 - 24 minutes - 17 MBJoi Ito interviewing Bob Langer about science, engineering, peer review, funding and the translation of technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Langer [EP-EN-5]
4 : Conversation with Julia Reda MEP and Pirate Party of Germany about copyright and other things
September 03, 2016 23:19 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBJulia Reda is a Member of the European Parliament representing Germany, and she also serves as a Vice-President of the Greens/EFA group, president of the Young Pirates of Europe and a member of the Pirate Party of Germany. [EP-EN-4]
3 : Sultan Al-Qassemi and Joi Ito Conversation
September 01, 2016 21:19 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBSultan Al-Qassemi and Joi Ito conversation about the Middle East, the UAE, art, culture, emergent democracy and other things. [EP-EN-3]
2 : Daiko Matsuyama, The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi and Joi Ito
August 29, 2016 17:45 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBTalking about Zen, meditation, mindfulness and other things. Taizoin Zen Buddhist Temple Deputy Head Priest Daiko Matsuyama - http://www.taizoin.com/en/ The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi - Indo-Tibetan and Japanese Buddhist Monk - http://www.imonk.org/biography/ Discussion on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joiito/videos/1070662889686312/ [EP-EN-2]
1 : Conversation with Martin Nowak
August 29, 2016 17:41 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBTalking about evolution, math, design, medicine, philosophy of science, communication with alien intelligence and many other things. Martin’s lab: http://ped.fas.harvard.edu/ Discussion on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joiito/videos/1070073449745256/ [EP-EN-1]