Interviews with innovators, academics, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, futurists, economists, and philosophers.
Episodes
Saturday May 16, 2015
Saturday May 16, 2015
Janni Lloyd's interest in health formally began in 1973 when she commenced her medical degree at the University of Western Australia. She spent many years in General Practice with a special interest in the psychological and emotional aspects of health maintenance and disease creation. In 1994 Janni moved into Alternative / Complimentary medicine via Aura Soma Colour Therapy. In 1992 she began studying and living Healthy Life Extension and the philosophy of Physical Immortality from many different perspectives – spirituality, alternative medicine, psychology, medical science and quantum physics. She has written a book The Fun Way of Physical Immortality Philosophy' and recently submitted an essay to the Immortality Project at the University of California.
Physical Immortality - the mass possibility blog link - https://physicalimmortalitythemasspossibility.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/submission-to-the-immortality-project-at-university-of-california-uc-riverside-dr-janni-lloyd/
Friday May 08, 2015
Friday May 08, 2015
From Amazon.com
It is a comprehensive, yet simply written Guide, avoiding jargon, to all areas, treatment, theories, background and day-to-day practical tips covering the entire subject of Autism including Asperger’s. It uncovers its hidden history and includes many famous examples of Autistic and Asperger’s people. It is also full of anecdotes and feelings from the author’s professional and deeply personal experiences as an Autistic himself. This is the easy-to-read, yet deeply inquiring pocket book for anyone affected by, giving care to or diagnosed with an Autism condition, more, than that…..It is not another dry, long, boring academic drudge, it’s a cracking good read. Being a writer and practitioner specializing in Autism is one thing, only someone who lives it truly knows what it’s like- this isn't academic theory or clinical observation- this is how it lives!
About the author: 
I am from the historic City and County of Bristol, England, a member of British Mensa, the Accademia Costantiniana and a graduate of Portsmouth, Bristol and Bath Spa Universities. My professional background is Further and Higher education, Special Education Needs, organization and genetics.
Being from a family with a history of Autism meant it has always been a part of my “normal” life and brings a radical new voice to its understanding and implication while lending a uniquely powerful and sharply different perspective to assessing and providing a high quality of educational and life experience for affected people, whether children, adults in the workplace or seniors- each group has their own particular viewpoint and needs. Autism is for life-and is seldom understood that way by society.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
John T. Harvey has been a Professor of Economics at Texas Christian University since 1987, after earning his Ph.D. in Economics that year from the University of Tennessee. He specializes in international economics (particularly exchange rates), macroeconomics, history of economics, and contemporary schools of thought. Dr. Harvey's work combines analyses rooted in the scholarly traditions of John Maynard Keynes and Thorstein Veblen with that of modern psychology to produce a set of new theories to explain international monetary economics, including not only exchange rates but also world financial crises.
Dr. Harvey has published over thirty refereed publications, edited two volumes, and received a number of teaching awards. In 2010, Dr. Harvey published a book titled Currencies, Capital Flows and Crises (Routledge), which presented a Post-Keynesian explanation of exchange rate determination based on the premise that it is financial capital flows and not international trade that represents the driving force behind currency movements.
Dr. Harvey has previously served as chair of the TCU Department of Economics, as well as Executive Director of the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics. He is Co-editor of the World Economic Review and a member of the board of directors of the Association for Evolutionary Economics, as well as the editorial boards of the American Review of Political Economy, the Critique of Political Economy, the Encyclopedia of Political Economy, the Journal of Economics Issues, and the Social Science Journal.
Dr. Harvey currently writes an economics blog for Forbes called Pragmatic Economics, which offers economic commentary in a manner understandable to the general public, and can also be followed on Twitter. He has been married to Melanie Harvey for over twenty-five years and has twin daughters and a dog named Rommel.
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Reverend Krall's biography and mission statement from his website:
Reverand Brian Krall, also known by his Shaman Name "Isantis Tao" is a Taoist Shaman, a Tantric Upasaka of Sri Vidya Tantra and the Daksinamurti lineage, A Sorcerer, Metaphysicist, Alchemist, Author, Holistic Healer, Personal Development Specialist, Neuro Linguistic Programmer, Sex Teacher and a Musician. He has been practicing spirituality and studying spiritual science and philosophy for 17 years, and was initiated as a shaman 10 years ago. He teaches an eclectic system of spirituality which pulls from many great sources including Asian, South and Central american, Pacific island, African, and European shamanic traditions. His personal development company True Life Development offers many free resources and paid products and services for your holistic personal development at www.TrueLifeDevelopment.com and will have a purely spiritual division launching next year.
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
Sunday Feb 22, 2015
In this podcast I read Death is Wrong by Gennady Stolyarov II. A number of people have recommend or requested I record myself reading. Enjoy.
From the book's Amazon page:
If you have ever asked, "Why do people have to die?" then this book is for you. The answer is that no, death is not necessary, inevitable, or good. In fact, death is wrong. Death is the enemy of us all, to be fought with medicine, science, and technology. This book introduces you to the greatest, most challenging, most revolutionary movement to radically extend human lifespans so that you might not have to die at all. You will learn about some amazingly long-lived plants and animals, recent scientific discoveries that point the way toward lengthening lifespans in humans, and simple, powerful arguments that can overcome the common excuses for death. If you have ever thought that death is unjust and should be defeated, you are not alone. Read this book, and become part of the most important quest in human history. This book was written by the philosopher and futurist Gennady Stolyarov II and illustrated by the artist Wendy Stolyarov. It is here to show you that, no matter who you are and what you can do, there is always a way for you to help in humanity’s struggle against death. "I thought the book was fun to read and important in what it tries to accomplish." - Zoltan Istvan, Psychology Today
About Gennady Stolyarov II:
Gennady Stolyarov II (G. Stolyarov II) is an actuary, science-fiction novelist, independent philosophical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician, composer, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the principles of reason, rights, and progress. Mr. Stolyarov regularly produces YouTube Videos discussing life extension, libertarianism, and related subjects.
In December 2013, Mr. Stolyarov published Death is Wrong, an ambitious children’s book on life extension, illustrated by his wife Wendy Stolyarov. Death is Wrong can be found on Amazon inpaperback and Kindle formats, and can also be freely downloaded in PDF in the English,Russian, and Spanish languages.
Mr. Stolyarov has contributed articles to the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET),The Wave Chronicle, Le Québécois Libre, Brighter Brains Institute, Immortal Life, Enter Stage Right, Rebirth of Reason, The Liberal Institute, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Mr. Stolyarov holds the professional insurance designations of Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA), Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS), Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Reinsurance (ARe), Associate in Regulation and Compliance (ARC), Associate in Personal Insurance (API), Associate in Insurance Services (AIS), Accredited Insurance Examiner (AIE), and Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF).
Mr. Stolyarov has written a science fiction novel, Eden against the Colossus, a philosophical treatise, A Rational Cosmology, a play, Implied Consent, and a free self-help treatise, The Best Self-Help is Free.
In an effort to assist the spread of rational ideas, Mr. Stolyarov published his articles on Associated Content (subsequently the Yahoo! Contributor Network and Yahoo! Voices) from 2007 until Yahoo! closed this venue in 2014. Mr. Stolyarov held the highest Clout Level (10) possible on the Yahoo! Contributor Network and was one of its Page View Millionaires, with over 3,191,000 views. Mr. Stolyarov’s selected writings from that era have been preserved on this page.
Mr. Stolyarov can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com.
Friday Feb 20, 2015
Friday Feb 20, 2015
A link to the model discussed in the podcast.
Barry Kort's biography:
I am a (now retired) Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab in the Affective Computing Research Group . My long-term field of research is the Role of Emotions in Learning . I am currently working on the role of StoryCraft as a traditional method of learning.
I am also a (now retired) volunteer science educator in the Discovery Spaces at the Boston Museum of Science .
My other affiliations include the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis and the School of Communication and Journalism at Utah State University where I assist in the curriculum in Online Journalism .
I was formerly a Visiting Scientist in the Educational Technology Research Group at BBN Systems and Technologies. Additional professional background information can be found here .
Some of my other research interests include puzzlecraft, building online communities, and the functional characteristics of rule-driven systems.
Curriculum Vita:
BSEE With High Distinction, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1968
MSEE Stanford University, 1969
Ph.D. Systems Theory, Stanford University, 1976
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Network Planning Division of AT&T Bell Labs 1968-1987
Lead Scientist in the Network Center of MITRE, 1987-1990
Visiting Scientist in Educational Technology Research, BBN Systems and Technologies, 1990-1999
Visiting Scientist in the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, 1999-2008
Volunteer Science Educator at Boston Museum of Science, 1987-2013
Retired, 2014-Present
Sunday Feb 15, 2015
Sunday Feb 15, 2015
Monica Anderson is CTO and co-founder of Sensai Corporation and founder of Syntience Inc. She has created Industrial grade Model Based (programmed) AI systems for decades but insists that the path to human-like Understanding Machines requires adopting "Model Free Methods" where ALL Models of the Problem Domain are created by the system itself (through learning) instead of relying on limited (and limiting) Models created by programmers. She explains her approach using terms like "Connectome Algorithms", "Artificial Intuition", "Understanding Machines" and "Epistemological AI". She worked for Cisco until 1994 and Google until 2006 and in other companies focused on Natural Language Processing, Document Classification, Web Search, Neural Networks, and Deep Learning. She organized the (SF) Bay Area AI MeetUp for 115 MeetUps over 5 years. Monica Anderson is CTO and co-founder of Sensai Corporation and founder of Syntience Inc. She has created Industrial grade Model Based (programmed) AI systems for decades but insists that the path to human-like Understanding Machines requires adopting "Model Free Methods" where ALL Models of the Problem Domain are created by the system itself (through learning) instead of relying on limited (and limiting) Models created by programmers. She explains her approach using terms like "Connectome Algorithms", "Artificial Intuition", "Understanding Machines" and "Epistemological AI". She worked for Cisco until 1994 and Google until 2006 and in other companies focused on Natural Language Processing, Document Classification, Web Search, Neural Networks, and Deep Learning. She organized the (SF) Bay Area AI MeetUp for 115 MeetUps over 5 years.
Friday Feb 13, 2015
Friday Feb 13, 2015
Here I speak with the beloved father figure of the Foundations of Logic about paradoxes and his budding organization. From their website:
Welcome to the Foundations of Logic! In its present form, the Foundation is an umbrella over many Facebook groups dedicated to the idea that when you bring a large enough variety of diverse individuals together amazing things can happen! The Foundation is a kind of loosely organized chaos and we want to keep it that way! If you're new to the Foundation, we ask that you join the original Foundations of Logic Facebook group --the place where it all began. The Foundation is alive and constantly changing, so make sure to check the site often for the latest developments.
Founded by Sigurd Vojnov and ran by volunteers, the Foundation is currently divided into groups for socializing and the free universiity which is ran and "taught" by its own students. Coming soon, we have Siggish Games, collective text-based games and interactive story-telling scenarios like "The Nemo Scenario", "The Oracle of Delphi", and others.
On the "FOUNDATION GROUPS" page you'll find links and descriptions to all of the groups that are a part of the Foundation. We value socializing, playfulness, learning, diverse opinions, fun, logical argumentation, sharing, and discussion. Different groups have different rules and focuses, so please read the group's description on the site and on Facebook before posting to that group. Although the groups' admins are generally very relaxed, unless otherwise stated in the description no groups allow advertising, spamming, hate speech, ad hominem attacks, or pornography. The admins are in charge of their individual groups and moderate accordingly.
Sunday Jan 04, 2015
Sunday Jan 04, 2015
Mark Thornton is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. His publications include The Economics of Prohibition (1991), Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War (2004), The Quotable Mises (2005),The Bastiat Collection (2007), An Essay on Economic Theory (2010), and The Bastiat Reader (2014). Dr. Thornton served as the editor of the Austrian Economics Newsletter and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. He has served as a member of the graduate faculties of Auburn University and Columbus State University. He has also taught economics at Auburn University at Montgomery and Trinity University in Texas. Mark served as Assistant Superintendent of Banking and economic adviser to Governor Fob James of Alabama (1997-1999), and he was awarded the University Research Award at Columbus State University in 2002. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and received his PhD in economics from Auburn University.
Sadly the recording cut out at the 30 minute mark.
Wednesday Dec 17, 2014
Wednesday Dec 17, 2014
Maria Konovalenko is a molecular biophysicist and the program coordinator for the Science for Life Extension Foundation. She earned her M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biological Physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
She is preparing a cookbook for health enthusiasts who want science to back up their dietary decisions. For more information please visit her blog.