Latest Technoculture Podcast Episodes
#48 The psychology of the metaverse
Technoculture - April 23, 2024 21:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTechnoculture podcast explores how digital technology influences our lives, our experiences, and ultimately what it means to be human today. Now, if we agree that the social and technological environment influences or shapes who we are and how we interact with each other, what will it mean to be ...
#47 Collaborative couples in science
Technoculture - January 12, 2022 12:27 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode is about collaborative couples in science, i.e. men and women who work in science and who are partners, husband and wife, sometimes lovers, etc. My guest, Annette Lykknes, is professor of chemistry education and historian of chemistry at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and ...
#46 Science & trust
Technoculture - October 13, 2021 09:57 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsScience as we know it today is an institutionalized social practice, with a mechanism designed to distribute trust and credibility. Trust IN science and trust WITHIN science are two dimentions of the same question that allow the process of investigation and discovery to keep moving forward. If yo...
#45 Longevity and the digitization of health
Technoculture - September 15, 2021 09:09 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsExtending the human life with science and technology will re-shape society. It is not just a matter of living longer and healthier. We need to prepare for the consequences of longevity, from the job market to housing and banking, from politics to psychological well-being, Dmitry talks about his v...
Space 2.0: A spacefaring species
Technoculture - July 26, 2021 17:24 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSpace travel may not be an impossible dream anymore. Access to a diverse pool of talents is a great asset, and ESA's new cohort of astronauts reflects this, with the first parastronaut program. With this interview, I wanted to learn more about the selection process, how the requirements are evolv...
#44 Space 2.0: A spacefaring species
Technoculture - July 26, 2021 17:24 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSpace travel may not be an impossible dream anymore. Access to a diverse pool of talents is a great asset, and ESA's new cohort of astronauts reflects this, with the first parastronaut program. With this interview, I wanted to learn more about the selection process, how the requirements are evolv...
#43 The science of complex systems and COVID-19
Technoculture - June 03, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsYaneer Bar-Yam is the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) in Cambridge, MA. An MIT-trained physicist, Yaneer combines quantitative foundation in physics, computer science and mathematics with computer simulations and high dimensional data analysis to study coll...
The science of complex systems and COVID-19
Technoculture - June 03, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsYaneer Bar-Yam is the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) in Cambridge, MA. An MIT-trained physicist, Yaneer combines quantitative foundation in physics, computer science and mathematics with computer simulations and high dimensional data analysis to study coll...
#42 Audio mastering
Technoculture - March 17, 2021 23:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMastering is a crucial step in the production of a music record, but not everybody knows what it is. What does a mastering engineer do? I asked the best of the best, in his studio in Hollywood. Peter explains what mastering entails and where it comes from. And we glance at the future of mastering...
#41 A provoking, plausible, and desirable future
Technoculture - December 06, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat does it mean to study the future? Nobody can predict the future. But we can look at emergent signals, signals of change, that reveal where we are today and enable us to be active creators of our collective future. Toshi Anders Hoo is the Director of the Emerging Media Lab (EML) at Institute ...
#40 The artistic gesture: Research at CCRMA
Technoculture - October 17, 2020 18:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJohn Chowning means FM synthesis to everyone in the audio community worldwide. But the man is no less extraordinary than his discovery. Co-founder of one of the most important centres for music research in the world, CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) at Stanford Universi...
#39 Scientific balloon missions
Technoculture - October 07, 2020 21:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJosé V. Siles is a radio frequency engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. His research area is known as plantary science, i.e. the study of the celestial bodies that orbit stars, with a particular focus on our own solar system. José and his colleagues are tryi...
#38 Music, technology, and social meaning
Technoculture - September 21, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsRobert Margouleff doesn't like to live in history, but "he knows he's made some." After a lifetime of achievements, he still looks ahead and experiments with audio spacialization, new artists, new sounds. An incredible privilege to hear Robert's opinion on technology, pop music, his collaboration...
Spirituality and quantum physics: The scientific study of consciousness (Extra) ITALIANO
Technoculture - May 30, 2020 21:02 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBonus content for episode #37 with Federico Faggin. After our regular interview in English, I decided to interview Federico Faggin again in Italian, as a tribute to our friends and colleagues in Italy. The questions are not the same, but on the podcast website and in the description of the YouTu...
#37 Spirituality and quantum physics: The scientific study of consciousness (Extra) ITALIANO
Technoculture - May 30, 2020 21:02 - 1 day ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBonus content for episode #37 with Federico Faggin. After our regular interview in English, I decided to interview Federico Faggin again in Italian, as a tribute to our friends and colleagues in Italy. The questions are not the same, but on the podcast website and in the description of the YouTub...
Spirituality and quantum physics: The scientific study of consciousness
Technoculture - May 28, 2020 23:42 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt's hard to imagine the world without the microprocessor. And without the touchscreen. We owe both inventions to one man, Federico Faggin. An innovator all his life, he is currently devoting his efforts to the scientific study of consciousness, bringing spirituality and quantum physics together...
#37 Spirituality and quantum physics: The scientific study of consciousness
Technoculture - May 28, 2020 23:42 - 1 day ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt's hard to imagine the world without the microprocessor. And without the touchscreen. We owe both inventions to one man, Federico Faggin. An innovator all his life, he is currently devoting his efforts to the scientific study of consciousness, bringing spirituality and quantum physics together....
#36 Fulbright and international exchange programs
Technoculture - November 25, 2019 17:00 - 1 day ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsRick Ruth, Senior Advisor at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, talks about the importance of investing in face-to-face diplomacy today. "I have thought of everything I can think of, and the one thing that gives me some hope is the ethos that underlies...
Technoculture #36 Fulbright and international exchange programs
Technoculture - November 25, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsRick Ruth, Senior Advisor at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, talks about the importance of investing in face-to-face diplomacy today. "I have thought of everything I can think of, and the one thing that gives me some hope is the ethos that underlie...
Technoculture #35 The big ideas of physics: Between what and why (Extra)
Technoculture - November 02, 2019 15:09 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBonus content for episode #35 with Bibhushan Shakya. I challenged Bibhushan to explain some complex concepts of physics in simple terms. The first concept is supersimmetry (at minute 00:53); the second is the cutest expression I've ever heard in physics: "a baby universe in a black hole" (well, ...
#35 The big ideas of physics: Between what and why (Extra)
Technoculture - November 02, 2019 15:09 - 13 hours ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBonus content for episode #35. I challenged Bibhushan to explain some complex concepts of physics in simple terms. The first concept is supersimmetry (at minute 00:53); the second is the cutest expression I've ever heard in physics: "a baby universe in a black hole" (well, the baby part is cute a...
Technoculture #35 The big ideas of physics: Between what and why
Technoculture - November 02, 2019 15:08 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhen we ask questions about ourselves, our place in the universe... we are also asking questions about the universe: we are part of it and made of the same stuff. Conversely, to investigate the nature of the universe means also to ask questions about ourselves. That's why I went to CERN to talk ...
#35 The big ideas of physics: Between what and why
Technoculture - November 02, 2019 15:08 - 1 day ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhen we ask questions about ourselves, our place in the universe... we are also asking questions about the universe: we are part of it and made of the same stuff. Conversely, to investigate the nature of the universe means also to ask questions about ourselves. That's why I went to CERN to talk t...
#34 Living history
Technoculture - September 30, 2019 16:00 - 1 day ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTechnoculture inaugurates its second season with an episode that might seem outside the scope of the podcast. Why travel back in time? What do the Vikings have to do with Technoculture? Well, think about it this way: we are the Vikings of the people that will live on earth in a 1000 years. Techno...
Technoculture #34 Living history
Technoculture - September 30, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTechnoculture inaugurates its second season with an episode that might seem outside the scope of the podcast. Why travel back in time? What do the Vikings have to do with Technoculture? Well, think about it this way: we are the Vikings of the people that will live on earth in a 1000 years. Techn...
Arcade 11 Interview with Pippin Barr
TAG Podcast - August 27, 2019 21:40Arcade 11 presents games and playful media made by members of the Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre at Concordia University. As part of the 2019 event, Mariko MacDonald and Michael Iantorno hosted interviews with various game developers, makers, and playtesters. Pippin is an ...
Arcade 11 Interview with Paloma Dawkins
TAG Podcast - August 27, 2019 21:39Arcade 11 presents games and playful media made by members of the Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre at Concordia University. As part of the 2019 event, Mariko MacDonald and Michael Iantorno hosted interviews with various game developers, makers, and playtesters. How would you...
Arcade 11 Interview with Eileen Holowka
TAG Podcast - August 27, 2019 21:39Arcade 11 presents games and playful media made by members of the Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre at Concordia University. As part of the 2019 event, Mariko MacDonald and Michael Iantorno hosted interviews with various game developers, makers, and playtesters. Eileen Mary H...
Arcade 11 Interview with Stéphanie Akré and Thomas Gaudy
TAG Podcast - August 27, 2019 21:38Arcade 11 presents games and playful media made by members of the Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre at Concordia University. As part of the 2019 event, Mariko MacDonald and Michael Iantorno hosted interviews with various game developers, makers, and playtesters. Representing ...
Arcade 11 Interview with Maize Longboat
TAG Podcast - August 27, 2019 21:37Arcade 11 presents games and playful media made by members of the Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG) Research Centre at Concordia University. As part of the 2019 event, Mariko MacDonald and Michael Iantorno hosted interviews with various game developers, makers, and playtesters. Maize Longboa...
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