The Technically Human Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Persons and Things: ThingLogix CTO Rob Rastovich talks human values and the Internet of Things
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Rob Rastovich, CTO of ThingLogix to talk about the Internet of Things. We discuss the problem of privacy in an age wh...
Body Technology: Disability and Technology Part 2 with Paralympian Ezra Frech
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, we talk about adaptive technologies and physical disability. In this episode of the series, Paralympian Ezra Frech joins us to discuss...
Body Technology: Disability and Technology Part 1 with Clayton Frech
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this series, we talk about adaptive technologies and physical disability. Clayton Frech, the founder and CEO of Angel City Sports, joins us to disc...
Haley Pavone Reinvents the Heel: Fashion is an Ethics and Equity Issue
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Haley Pavone proposed a convertible high heel to flat shoe, industry experts told her it was impossible. When she successfully engineered a shoe ...
World Building:John Maeda designs the future of art, tech, and architecture
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I give my mic over to Ana Marsh and Matt Perry, two producers on the show, for an interview with John Maeda. Dr. John Maeda is an Ame...
Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson Revolutionizes Climate Science: How tech can save the world from climate change and what YOU can do to help
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I sit down with Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, one of the world's leading experts in climate science. We talk about t...
Virtually Human: Living in Jaron Lanier’s virtual reality
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the “Technically Human” podcast, I sit down with Jaron Lanier, the creator of virtual reality. Jaron and I discuss the meaning,...
The "Changing Minds" Series: Episode 3 with Minds CEO Bill Ottman
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with our third and final episode in the “Changing Minds” series! Across the 3 episodes, we focus on civil discourse, and we ask what i...
The "Changing Minds" Series: Episode 2 with Daryl Davis
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to part 2 of our 3-episode series on Changing Minds. In this series, we’re doing something a little bit different. The three episodes o...
The "Changing Minds" Series: Episode 1 with Daryl Davis
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the next few weeks, we’re going to be doing something a little bit different. The next three episodes of the series focus on the theme of changi...
Protecting Our Tech: Dr. Bruce DeBruhl breaks down cybersecurity and what that means for the world, the country, and you
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I sit down with Dr. Bruce DeBruhl to talk about cybersecurity and the ethics of privacy in our digitally conne...
The American Dream Goes Digital: The myths and technologies that bind us with Dr. Julie Albright
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Technically Human, I sit down with Dr. Julie Albright to talk about her new book: Left to Their Own Devices: How Digital Natives Ar...
How Tech is Changing Democracy Around the Globe: Mohamed Abubakr on democratic revolutions, here and abroad
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off the 4th season of Technically Human, I sit down with Mohamed Abubakr, the president of the African and Middle Eastern Leadership Project (...
Tech Stands Up: Brad Taylor builds the new technological revolution
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Brad Taylor founded "Tech Stands Up," bringing together thousands of technologists to call for change, social activism, and socially responsi...
Active Imagination: Malka Older talks humanitarianism, science fiction, and the future of democracy
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Malka Older moves between the practice of on-the-ground disaster relief work and the practice of in-the-mind science fiction writing. She converges he...
Block Power: Marcus Miller on mobilizing Black voters, the 2020 Election and grassroots organizing in the age of tech
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the counting continues, it becomes clear that the 2020 election may be decided by a handful of voters in a few key states. In the months leading up...
Server Technology: Ret.Col Robert Gordon III on tech and service
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is the relationship between technological production and the United States military? What can career technologists learn from service careers? An...
The Impact of Impact: Ethical and socially responsible tech investing
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I talk to Todd Johnson about socially responsible and impact investing. Todd explains why investment is a crit...
Technically Legal: Professor Jeff Ward explores the relationship between law and tech
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's our 21st episode of Technically Human, and we're celebrating by going legal! In the episode, I sit down with Professor Jeff Ward, the Associate D...
Of the people, by the people, for the people: Public Interest Technology with Hana Schank
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of “Technically Human,” I talk to Hana Schank, Director of Strategy for Public Interest Technology at New America. We discuss a ne...
The Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital innovation and humanistic computation with Dr. Todd Presner
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of “Technically Human,” I sit down with Dr. Todd Presner to talk about ethics, algorithms, and the future of digital innovation. W...
The Way Way Back Machine: A Dive into the Archive with Dr. Jason Lustig
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I talk to Dr. Jason Lustig about the concept of the archive, and how we might understand its history in a digi...
PODCAST TAKEOVER SERIES: Episode 3
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the Podcast Takeover Series, "School is Out," I get real about the move to online classes with Dr. Shira Lee Katz, Emily Bowde...
PODCAST TAKEOVER SERIES: Episode 2
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a podcast takeover! In this series of episodes, I give my mic over to the next generation of humanists and technologists at Cal Poly who represen...
PODCAST TAKEOVER SERIES: Episode 1
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a podcast takeover! In this series of episodes, I give my mic over to the next generation of humanists and technologists at Cal Poly who represen...
Tech Stands Up: Talking tech leadership with Dex Hunter-Torricke
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of “Technically Human,” I sit down with Dex Torricke-Hunter. We talk about Dex’s movement from working in the United Nations to ...
Biotechnically Human: George Estreich on disability, biotechnology, and how technologies are defining who counts as "human"
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I speak to author George Estreich about the intersection of biotechnology and disability. We discuss the ways ...
Linking In: HireClub Founder Ketan Anjaria breaks down getting hired in the tech industry
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Technically Human, I talk to Ketan Anjaria, the founder of HireClub, a social network that enlists media platforms and leverages ne...
California Dreaming: Silicon Valley's Moral Vision
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Season 2 of the "Technically Human" podcast! In the first episode of this season, I talk to Dr. Morgan Ames about the concept of utopi...
The Next Generation of Technologists: a roundtable with the future of ethical tech
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with three Cal Poly undergraduates from my class on ethical tech. We discuss their vision for ethical technology, we talk abo...
Science as a Human Endeavor: Carl Zimmer explains the meaning of life, and what it means to write about it
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I speak with Carl Zimmer, who reports from the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our unders...
Making up our minds: how AI is rewiring our brains with Professor De Kai
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I speak to Professor De Kai at Hong Kong University. De Kai is one of eight members of Google's AI Ethics Coun...
The Meaning of Life: Professor Arthur Caplan Discusses Medical Tech and the Rise of Bioethics
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Professor Arthur L. Caplan, the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor at the NYU School of Medicine in N...
Cultural Revolution: Chris Ategeka calls for a paradigm shift in tech
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I speak with Chris Ategeka, the CEO of UCOT, the Center for the Unintended Consequences of Technology. Chris t...
Data Dystopia: Dave Eggers Discusses Digital Human Rights
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Technically Human," I talk to author Dave Eggers about his novel The Circle. We discuss the growth of digital tracking, the evolu...
Tech Represents: Black Millennials go digital
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak to Aaron Samuels, the COO of Blavity, one of the largest digital communities for Black Millennials. We talk about the importa...
Ethical Tech Goes to College: Humane technology on campus
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Technically Human, I speak with Dr. Matthew Harsh, an associate professor of science, technology, and society studies at Californi...
The Good Place: talking ethical tech and philosophies of "the good" with Dr. Ryan Jenkins
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Technically Human, I speak with Dr. Ryan Jenkins, an associate professor of philosophy and a senior fellow at the Ethics + Emergi...
Phoning Home: Using social media to help end homelessness
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Kevin Adler and Jessica Donig from Miracle Messages, an SF based organization that uses online social media platforms to...