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Latest episodes

Jan 16, 2019 • 50min
Jonathan Rodden - The Urban-Rural Divide: Why Geography Matters [1.16.19]
JONATHAN RODDEN is a professor in the Political Science Department at Stanford and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/jonathan_rodden-the-urban-rural-divide

Dec 12, 2018 • 36min
Elaine Pagels - The Social History of Religion [12.12.18]
ELAINE PAGELS is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the author, most recently, of Why Religion?: A Personal Story. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/elaine_pagels-the-social-history-of-religion

Nov 20, 2018 • 13min
Peter Galison - How Technology Changes Our Concept of the Self [11.20.18]
PETER GALISON is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University and Director of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/peter_galison-how-technology-changes-our-concept-of-the-self

Oct 11, 2018 • 36min
Karl Sigmund - When the Rule of Law Is Not Working [10.11.18]
KARL SIGMUND is professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna and one of the pioneers of evolutionary game theory. He is the author of Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/karl_sigmund-when-the-rule-of-law-is-not-working

Jul 17, 2018 • 36min
Doyne Farmer - Collective Awareness [10.3.18]
J. DOYNE FARMER is director of the Complexity Economics Programme at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, professor in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford, and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He was a co-founder of Prediction Company, a quantitative automated trading firm that was sold to the United Bank of Switzerland in 2006. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/j_doyne_farmer-don_ross-collective-awareness

Jun 28, 2018 • 46min
Brian Hare - Absolute Brain Size Matters [6.28.18]
BRIAN HARE is an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center. He is the co-author (with Vanessa Woods) of The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think.
The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_hare-absolute-brain-size-matters

Jun 12, 2018 • 37min
Andrew Barron - The Connectomic Revolution [6.12.18]
ANDREW BARRON is the Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Deputy Head of the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University. He is a neuroethologist with a particular focus on studying the neural mechanisms of honey bees. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/andrew_barron-the-connectomic-revolution

Jun 5, 2018 • 51min
Nicolas Berggruen - Bonding with Your Algorithm [6.5.18]
Investor and philanthropist NICOLAS BERGGRUEN is the chairman of the Berggruen Institute, and founder of the 21st Century Council, the Council for the Future of Europe, and the Think Long Committee for California.
The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/nicolas_berggruen-bonding-with-your-algorithm

May 24, 2018 • 35min
Martie Haselton - Sexual Double Standards [5.24.18]
MARTIE HASELTON is a professor of psychology and communication studies at UCLA and the Institute for Society and Genetics. She is the author of Hormonal: The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones—How They Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, Influence Our Choices, and Make Us Wiser.
The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/martie_haselton-sexual-double-standards

May 18, 2018 • 29min
Murray Shanahan - The Space of Possible Minds [5.18.18]
MURRAY SHANAHAN is a professor of cognitive robotics at Imperial College London and a senior research scientist at DeepMind.
The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/murray_shanahan-the-space-of-possible-minds