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Kitchen table-style conversations with some of the world’s brightest minds, exploring boundaries of human knowledge. Join us on a pursuit to discover the ideas, intuition, theories and thoughts behind these luminaries.
Luminary
English, Cultural, 2 seasons, 31 episodes, 1 day, 11 hours, 3 minutes
Luminary
English, Cultural, 2 seasons, 31 episodes, 1 day, 11 hours, 3 minutes
Tim O’Reilly on Open Source Alchemy: Shaping the Tech Landscape
Tim O’Reilly is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of O’Reilly Media, a company that has profoundly impacted how generations of […]
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12/11/2023 • 58 minutes, 46 seconds
Yochai Benkler on Tech’s True Forces: Capitalism, Institutions, and Ideological Impact
Yochai Benkler is a professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center […]
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11/6/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Jason Crawford on progress and the history of technology
Jason Crawford is the founder of Roots of Progress and a prolific writer on all things technology and progress. Jason […]
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10/9/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 25 seconds
Noah Smith on digital technology adoption, energy, and economic progress
Noah Smith is a renaissance man, blogger, and commentator. Noah’s popular blog, Noahpinion, focuses on economics, technology, and current events. […]
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9/4/2023 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 3 seconds
Carlota Perez on technological revolutions and capitalism
Carlota Perez is a pre-eminent multi-disciplinarian, scholar, and author. Carlota studies the nature of technological change and economic systems, and […]
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8/7/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 6 seconds
Clay Shirky on value generation, ChatGpt, and education
Clay Shirky is the Vice Provost of Educational Technologies at New York University and an associate professor at the New […]
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7/10/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 47 seconds
Matt Clancy on innovation, policy, and Progress Studies
Matt Clancy is a research fellow at Open Philanthropy and a senior fellow at The Institute for Progress, a think […]
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3/13/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Martin Gurri on the fifth wave, democracy, and technology
Martin Gurri is the visiting research fellow at Mercatus Center and a former CIA analyst. Martin’s core interests center around […]
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2/6/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 22 seconds
Brian Arthur on technology, software, and economic systems
Brian Arthur is a storied economist and complexity thinker. He is a pioneer in a number of disciplines including increasing […]
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6/27/2022 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 26 seconds
Alissa Cooper on building the internet
Alissa Cooper is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Technology Policy and a Fellow at Cisco Systems. She […]
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5/16/2022 • 57 minutes, 55 seconds
Eric Peters on change and human psychology
Eric Peters is the founder, CEO, and CIO of One River Asset Management. He is a macro-thinker with a rare […]
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4/11/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Andrew Sullivan on operating the internet
Andrew Sullivan is the president and CEO of the Internet Society, a leading advocacy organization for an open and free […]
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1/3/2022 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 6 seconds
Vint Cerf on the internet and its building blocks
Dr. Vint Cerf is an internet pioneer commonly known as one of the “father’s of the internet.” He co-designed the […]
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11/29/2021 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 31 seconds
Albert Borgmann on the philosophy of technology
Albert Borgmann is a philosopher and writer whose research interests intersect technology, society, and culture. Albert’s theory, the device paradigm, […]
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11/1/2021 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Kevin Kelly on technology and software
Kevin Kelly is one of the leading and deepest thinkers on the technology of our time. A startling percentage of […]
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10/5/2021 • 52 minutes, 6 seconds
Mitch Waldrop on The Dream Machine: Part 3 – JCR Licklider, Xerox PARC, and TCP/IP
Our second season launches with a three-part series featuring the preeminent Mitch Waldrop. We discuss the history, ideas, and origins […]
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8/30/2021 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Mitch Waldrop on The Dream Machine: Part 2 – 1980s to present
Our second season launches with a three-part series featuring the preeminent Mitch Waldrop. We discuss the history, ideas, and origins […]
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8/16/2021 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 31 seconds
Mitch Waldrop on The Dream Machine: Part 1 – 1940s to 1970s
Our second season launches with a three-part series featuring the preeminent Mitch Waldrop. We discuss the history, ideas, and origins […]
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8/2/2021 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 28 seconds