Latest Interdisciplinary Podcast Episodes
Nuclear Fusion with Mileda Roveda, CTO of Gauss Fusion - Next 100 series
Last Week on Earth with GARI - July 02, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFusion energy, at the cutting edge of scientific advancement, offers a promising yet challenging path to sustainable power. Recent breakthroughs in magnetic confinement and laser-driven inertial fusion have moved us closer to net energy gain. However, significant obstacles remain in scaling stab...
The Big Global Energy Question - Next 100 series
Last Week on Earth with GARI - July 02, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBig Global Energy Question - N100 2024 Berlin This session provides a holistic overview of crucial trends and strategic realignments in global energy, emphasizing both a scientifically informed understanding and the practical aspect of crafting future policies. This stage debate addresses the cr...
Underestimating AI's long-term impact with Google DeepMind's Alexandra Belias
Last Week on Earth with GARI - October 04, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingUnderestimating AI's long-term impact - the 21st century's industrial revolution In this episode, we delve into the transformative world of AI, discussing how it's become the Industrial Revolution of the 21st century. Nowcasting: the high-resolution forecasting of rain up to two hours ahead, ...
The importance of data with Theresa Kushner
Last Week on Earth with GARI - July 10, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTheresa Kushner's journey in the world of high technology serves as an inspiration to aspiring professionals. From her early days in the field of journalism to her influential roles in renowned companies she is a true data-vangelist. Theresa graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at t...
M8 Alliance with Ambassador Sampaio
Last Week on Earth with GARI - June 25, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLuís de Almeida Sampaio, the Ambassador from Portugal to the Czech Republic, has held numerous posts around the world and has a deep interest in global health care. In this episode he covers the M8 Alliance. With regards to Ukraine, what has been the war's impact on European healthcare? What c...
Earth's past & future with Director of Max Planck Institute Bjorn Stevenson
Last Week on Earth with GARI - June 07, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBjorn Stevenson is the Director of the Max Plank Institute for Meteorology in Berlin - Bjorn is a top climate scientist, with particular expertise in clouds. New climate model simulations of the world - EVE) Earth Virtualisation Engines Human vs science-centric climate science Earth in 100 y...
Earth's past & future with Director of Max Planck Institute Bjorn Stevens
Last Week on Earth with GARI - June 07, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBjorn Stevens is the Director of the Max Plank Institute for Meteorology in Berlin - Bjorn is a top climate scientist, with particular expertise in clouds. New climate model simulations of the world - EVE) Earth Virtualisation Engines Human vs science-centric climate science Earth in 100 yea...
AI deep fakes - current & future impact with Henry Ajder
Last Week on Earth with GARI - May 30, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHenry Ajder, a globally recognised advisor, speaker, and broadcaster working at the frontier of the generative AI and synthetic media revolution. AI-generated deep fakes - their current and future impact, synthetic media How to do news sourcing and verifications and break breaking news as so...
Stakeholder Capitalism with Sibylle Barden
Last Week on Earth with GARI - May 24, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSibylle Barden is an author and SDG and ESG strategist. She is an early champion of Stakeholder Capitalism. Her latest political novel „The Honeyguide“ was selected by the Frankfurt Book Fair as “one of 8 revolutionary books recommended for film adaptation”. Your host for this episode is Michal ...
The Metaverse with Claudia May Del Pozo
Last Week on Earth with GARI - May 16, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAll there is to know about the metaverse with Claudia May del Pozo, Executive Director of the Eon Resilience Lab, under C Minds, a women-led action tank that works at the intersection of digitalization, new technologies, and society with a strong focus on Latin America. We’re going to be chattin...
Episode 36. Interview with Dr. Delores Phillips
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - May 04, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutesAAAD Center Director Dr. Delores Phillips speaks with us about what drew her to JMU and future plans for the AAAD Center.
Episode 35: interview with Dr. Michael Gubser
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - April 25, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutesProfessor of European intellectual history Dr. Michael Gubser speaks with us about his work in the history of international development and his Guggenheim Fellowship.
The Progress of AI: AI Index Report 2023 with Nestor Maslej, Stanford HAI
Last Week on Earth with GARI - April 24, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday’s guest is Stanford Institute of Human Centered AI’s Nestor Maslej here to chat about this year’s AI Index Report - this is the second time we’re here together and I’d highly recommend listening to last year’s episode with Nestor on the 2022 Report. What are the trends, opportunities and c...
Episode 34: Interview with Dr. Cyril Uy II
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - April 14, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutesAssistant professor of religion in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Dr. Cyril Uy speaks with us about his scholarship on medieval Sufism and Islamic philosophy.
Chat GPT, Destination Earth & progress of science with Peter Bauer of ECMWF
Last Week on Earth with GARI - April 13, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe chat today about chat GPT, Destination Earth as well as the changing approach to discovery and the advancement of science and technology. Enjoy, subscribe and share! Destination Earth (DestinE), is an ambitious initiative to create a digital twin – an interactive computer simulation – of our...
Episode 33: Interview with Dr. Graciela Perez
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - April 05, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutesAssistant professor of criminology in the Justice Studies Department Dr. Graciela Perez speaks with us about her scholarship that focuses on the intertwining forces of immigration and criminalization that impacts Latinx.
This world isn’t for Europe: Chinese reforms and global decoupling - the Last Week on Earth
Last Week on Earth with GARI - March 21, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe’re excited to launch a new series of shorter podcast episodes where we give you a deeper look into what is happening right now globally and regionally and GARI’s insights into it. GARI’s digital twin of the globalised world enables us to do complex analyses and have valuable insight into topi...
Episode 32: Interview with Dr. Deborwah Faulk
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - February 08, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutesAssistant professor of sociology Dr. Deborwah Faulk discusses her teaching and scholarship related to equity in high education and her role as DEI Faculty Fellow with The Graduate School.
Episode 15: Charlotte Doesburg
Midlands Music Musings - January 25, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutesThis episode’s guest is Charlotte Doesburg who is a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at University College London where she also completed her PhD in 2022. Her doctoral thesis analysed the adaptation of Baltic-Finnish folk poetry and the epic, the Kalevala, in metal music from Finland and...
Episode 31: Interview with Dr. Ja'La Wourman
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - January 17, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutesAssistant professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication Dr. Ja'La Wourman discusses her work in digital rhetoric, content strategy and Black entrepreneurship.
Episode 14: Madison Miller
Midlands Music Musings - December 21, 2022 00:00 - 31 minutesIn this episode, I speak to Madison Miller who is a PhD candidate studying nature soundscapes at the University of Wolverhampton. Madison has a background in multi-media and meditation practices and her creative practice involves pairing the sounds and images of nature to promote relaxat...
Episode 13: Tatjana Ostrovska
Midlands Music Musings - November 20, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutesThis episode’s guest is Tatjana Ostrovska who is a Latvian violinist and member of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, Tatjana founded the NYX Trio – an ensemble of violin, flute, and piano – which aims to promote Latvian music and encourage composers to write for this unco...
Our Ancient Futures
Outside In - October 19, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsWhat if there were a single solution to the seemingly disparate crises we face today? Helena Norberg-Hodge, best-selling author, filmmaker, and pioneer of the new economy movement, offers a path forward that stems from a transformative experience that she had in Ladakh, a remote region on the Ti...
Episode 30: Interview with Dr. Dennis Lo
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - October 11, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutesAssociate professor of English Dr. Dennis Lo discusses his work in global cinema at JMU.
Episode 29: Interview with Dr. Joost Burgers
James Madison University: Conversations at the Cohen Center - September 30, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutesAssociate professor of English Dr. Joost Burgers discusses his work with digital humanities at JMU.
Episode 12: Taylor Rogers
Midlands Music Musings - September 27, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutesIn this episode, I speak to Taylor Rogers who is a decolonial feminist scholar and artist in Chicago. Taylor completed her PhD at Northwestern University where she researched the role of emotional numbness in perpetuating oppression. She currently teaches Philosophy at Loyola University ...
Cosmic Aikido
Outside In - August 22, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsHuman activity does not have to be destructive. It can be a harmonizing source of health & renewal. Regenerative Development asks us to imagine cities, towns, and villages that possess greater natural beauty, ecological health, and productive capacity. To align our built environment and human sy...
Episode 11: Dan Boucher
Midlands Music Musings - August 19, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutesThis episode’s guest is Dan Boucher who is a second-year PhD student at the University of Birmingham where his project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK. His current research focusses on Germany’s opera culture in the Weimar Republic, particularly the role expressi...
Episode 10: Paul Adey
Midlands Music Musings - July 30, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutesIn this episode, I speak to Paul Adey, who is a PhD student at Nottingham Trent University, where he is completing his thesis on the presence and function of literary intertextuality in hip-hop. Paul’s thesis will culminate in the release of a trilogy of rap LPs titled CAPsule. As a rap ...
(Artificial) Intelligence, law and geopolitics with Joanna Bryson
Last Week on Earth with GARI - July 15, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday we’re chatting with intelligence expert Joanna Bryson on: The definition of intelligence, artificial and natural? AI as an efficiency tool Putting AI products into ordinary product law How do we perceive the global bi-polar AI situation? Why Google and Apple don’t patent that much C...
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