Jolty

On this week’s Jolty, Adam and Faith are joined by a very special guest, Juan Enriquez, who is an author, academic, and speaker. He has some pretty amazing insights into the polarization of Americans in 2023, and why our perceptions of right and wrong have changed over the history of human civilization.  How have the goal posts of morality changed over the years? Why was slavery accepted across the world for thousands of years? How are our ideas of sexuality changing and what will it look like 100 years from now? What about the effect of antidepressants and other drugs more and more people are relying on (including Adderall for ADHD)? Where does technology come in? We’ll drill down with Juan on all these questions and more on this episode of Jolty!

This week on Jolty we have a very special guest; the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten. The AFT is one of the largest organizations in the country with over 1.7 million members, 60% of which work directly in education, but also many of which work in other fields such as healthcare. One of Randi’s many missions is to make the middle class cool again, while also making public school a place that can bring people together of all different backgrounds, beliefs, and ethnicities, creating a better society for all. We also asked her about many of the hot button topics of today like: Why has public education become so politicized? What is the effectiveness of boycotts? What is the status of unions, and how will companies like Starbucks and Amazon be affected? Join Adam and Faith for this exquisite episode of Jolty!

Join us as we dive into the world of longevity with Sergey Young, author of "Science and Technology of Growing Young." In this episode, Young shares groundbreaking insights on extending human lifespan. Discover the latest research, cutting-edge technologies, and visionary perspectives that challenge our understanding of aging.  Explore the potential of rejuvenation biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and personalized medicine to reshape our lives. How will our diets change in a future where humans live to be 200? What about sex and reproduction? Adam and Faith can’t wait for you to hear this week’s episode of Jolty!

This week, we are joined by our good friend Dr. Jane Aronson, pediatrician and child psychiatrist, who specializes in adopted kids. Jane also ran the Worldwide Orphans foundations for over 20 years, and even helped Faith to adopt her two lovely children, gg, 24 and cc, 18.   We explore with Jane the failures of orphanages, the health issues with which adopted children struggle, child trafficking concerns, and how to make adoption more appealing to families across the country. What was it like helping Angelina Jolie to locate and adopt several of her children? We get the answers and more questions in this week's episode of Jolty!

This week, Adam and Faith are joined by longtime friend and colleague Emily Oberman, who is a Partner at the design studio Pentagram. Emily has a wealth of experience in the design and branding space, working on projects like Saturday Night Live, Ready Player One, and DC.  Why are logos and brands made the way they are? How will AI impact designers? What was it like rebranding the SNL intro after COVID? If Emily could redesign or rebrand one company who would it be? These are some of the questions we ask Emily in this very Jolty episode.

This week Adam and Faith are joined by one of the most Jolty guests yet, a fellow futurist Nita Farahany, who is the author of a new book called The Battle for Your Brain. It's quite the dystopian idea that future technology will open up the possibilities of reading and understanding what someone is thinking. But while it seems like something from a George Orwell novel, it could be here sooner than you think. That’s why Nita has made it her mission to bring awareness to this developing field so that society may have a chance to grapple with this possibility and put laws and limits in place before it gets out of hand. What is the idea of cognitive liberty? Could this be used to prevent crime? What happens to free will? Should people be judged by their thoughts rather than their actions? We ask Nita all of this and much more on this episode of Jolty.

As we grow older, the abundance of guidance, patterns, and exemplary figures that we once had access to in our youth, seem to dwindle. However, despite the fact that media and brands have struggled to grasp, promote, or address any demographic over the age of 40, AGEIST is a company committed to advocating for a fresh perspective on life beyond 50. On this week’s Jolty, Adam and Faith are joined by David Stewart, the founder of AGEIST, and he’s here to talk to us about all parts of the aging process. Whether that be changing work goals, living to be 120, or even nutrition tips, David has thought of it all. What is ‘biological age’ referring to? How can companies help to support aging employees without suppressing younger up and comers? What about the science behind extending your actual lifespan? We’ll cover these questions and much more on Jolty!

This week’s Jolty episode is all about the future of human resources. As life expectancy increases, future generations will be required to work longer, into their seventies and even eighties. But it seems like companies today are looking to hire people over 50 less and less. How will we bridge this divide? That’s where NxtWaves comes in. Adam and Faith are joined by the founder, Michele Evans, who has worked for 20+ years in HR for some pretty big businesses including Microsoft and Meta. She has a vision of helping accomplished professionals in the second half of their careers to find the next phase of fulfilling work. How will the introduction of AI affect workers? What’s the future of remote vs. in office work? Can you have fun at work in a virtual environment? Why are so many tech companies laying off employees in the thousands over email? Michele has valuable insights into these critical questions and much more on this week’s Jolty!

Louis Rosenberg and David Baltaxe from Unanimous AI discuss their Swarm AI technology which amplifies the intelligence of human groups. They explore topics such as utilizing swarm intelligence for decision-making, sacrificing originality for group benefit, swarm intelligence in large groups, generative art systems, uploading consciousness to a computer simulation, and harnessing swarm intelligence for better decision-making.

This week Adam and Faith are about to get ‘Jolted’ by Alayar Kangarlu, an associate professor of neurobiology who has also been working in the field of MRI research and development since the 90s. More recently, Alayar has been focused on a therapeutic procedure called PrTMS which uses an fMRI scan to locate areas of the brain that are not working correctly and sends signals to help ‘jolt’ the brain back into working order. Faith and Adam pepper Alayar with questions like: Can this treatment change your personality? What is happiness? Is this just for patients on the spectrum (like autism) or can someone who is depressed utilize the treatment? How close are we to mainstreaming this type of therapy? Find out the answers on this week’s Jolty! Interested in finding more about neurotherapy? Visit Dr. Kangarlu’s website: https://neurotherapeutixnyc.com/