The DemystifySci Podcast
Episodes
What is the Future of the Internet? - Evan Bailyn
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Earth’s online evolution - Technological explosions weather spiritual implosions... ::!!:: Join the Demystifying Science mailing list ::!!:: h...
Starting Assumptions are Everything in Science - Dr. Daniel Pauly
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
UCB biologist, Dr. Daniel Pauly on what breaks a scientific argument, the fate of your future seafood, and the limits of controlling one’s environme...
Submarine Science - Dr. Milton Love, UCSB
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Milton Love on what he’s learned on his voyages into the unexplored depths of the deep, blue Pacific Ocean. ::!!:: Join the Demystifying Scienc...
Vaccine Development - Dr. Gary Kobinger
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ebola vaccine developer, Dr. Gary Kobinger, talks COVID, asymptomatic carriers and the nature of viruses. Join the DemystifyingScience mailing list:...
The Voices in Your Head: How God Becomes “I” - Dr. Brian McVeigh
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Micky & Quinn meet up with Dr. Brian McVeigh, an anthropologist and mental health counselor, who was once a student of Dr. Julian Jaynes. Jaynes d...
Evolution of Auditory Hallucinations - Daniel Smith
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hallucinations as an automatic signifier of mental illness is a surprisingly recent paradigm. Traditionally, hearing non-corporeal voices was viewed a...
Engineering the Atmosphere - Dr. David Keith, Harvard
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if the day comes that humans need to make massive, intentional changes to the earth in order to ensure the survival of the species? Perhaps the s...
The Art of Opposition - Mick West
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A conspiracy is defined by shadowy actors acting in secret to do bad things, and is an unfortunate consequence of geopolitics. Conspiracy theories, on...
Making Decisions in Times of Great Uncertainty - L. A. Paul, Yale
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the world seems like it’s moving too fast for comfort, how do you make decisions? Is it a random walk towards an uncertain future? Is it fear b...
Future Perfect: Civilizations of Tomorrow - Isaac Arthur
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The future does not happen on it’s own - it is born of the narrative that humans create for themselves. Historically, this has been the domain of sc...
Freedom & Privacy in the Crypto Future - David Robison
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is blockchain going to be the technology that changes everything? Will it help us trust again? Will it revolutionize the relationship of people to the...
Universal Basic Income - Dr. Jim Pugh
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hallmark of a strong stable civilization is the extirpation of extreme poverty. Many countries have realized this and implemented small-scale univ...
Becoming an Interplanetary Species - Dr. Jean Masterson
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Dr. Jean Masterson's perspective, establishing humans as an off-world species makes a lot of sense. During these tumultuous times, it seems like ...
Virtues & Vices of Misanthropy - Dr. Ian James Kidd
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kidd is a philosopher at the University of Nottingham, concerned with epistemological vices: fractures in the way that humans come to understand t...
Is the State a Compulsory Religion? - Shamus Mac
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Self-proclaimed conspiratorial thinker Shamus Mac claims that the modern state is a direct descendent of rule by divine mandate. To that end, he argue...
Closed Loop Systems & Deep Sea Mining - Erika Ilves
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does it look like if we reuse every atom of metal that we take out of the ground? Erika Ilves is a thinker and industrial strategist who believes...
Seeking Shared Ecological Values - Shyla Raghav
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shyla Raghav is a conservationist and Vice President at Conservation International. She is focused on restoring a balance between humans and the...
Evolutionary Psychology of The Sexes - Dr. Leif Kennair
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Micky & Quinn meet up with Dr. Leif Kennair, an evolutionary psychologist at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology. In his teaching...
Roots of Conspiracy Theory - Dr. Quassim Cassam
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, our alien scientists meet up with Dr. Quassim Cassam, a philosopher at the University of Warwick who specializes in perception and acquisition ...
A Future Without Aging - Dr. Aubrey de Grey
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our conversation covers the importance of non-academic institutions in science, strategies for combating for repair the damage of aging, and an explor...
Becoming Your Future Self with Dr. Agnes Callard
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Micky & Quinn meet up with Agnes Callard, a philosophy professor at the University of Chicago. Dr. Callard is the author of "Aspirati...
Health Span vs. Life Span with Dr. Nir Barzilai
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Micky & Quinn sit down with Dr. Nir Barzilai of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The author of Age Later, Dr. Barzilai is a physici...
Citizen Science with Mary Ellen Hannibal
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone's favorite alien scientists, Quinn and Micky, meet up with author Mary Ellen Hannibal to learn how regular humans can participate in science ...
The Fuzzy Border Between Science and Religion with Anonymous Hedgehog
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn and Micky are on the vidphone with some human students & podcasters — Anonymous Hedgehog. They're digging deep into the role of the ...
The Language of Science and Poetry with Dr. Ruoji Tang
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn and Micky are on the vidphone with a scholar of romantic poetry, Dr. Ruoji Tang, to discuss the different methods beyond science that humans use...
Cities of the Future with Civil Engineer Douglas Lee
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn and Micky are on the vidphone live with an engineer on Earth. Today they sit down with Douglas Lee, a civil engineer focused on harmonizin...
Science vs. Philosophy with Dr. David Lindley
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn and Micky are finally going live with scientists on Earth. Today they sit down with Dr. David Lindley, an astrophysicist and former editor...