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David Kaiser is Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science and Professor of Physics at MIT. He is the author of several award-winning books on the history of modern physics, including  Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics  (2005) and  How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival  (2011). His latest book is  Quantum L...

Uriah Kriegel is a Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. His official research area is the philosophy of mind, but is interested in virtually all the perennial problems of philosophy, as well as the history of tackling them. He is focused on three main projects. The first concerns the value of consciousness: what epistemic, ethical, and aesthetic value might our conscious experience have, an...

Moyara Ruehsen is an award-winning educator, who has spent over thirty years in the financial crime industry in both the private sector and academia, training the next generation of financial crime fighters in both the public and private sectors in the U.S. and around the world. She is currently the founder and president of  the FinCAT Group , a group of experts that provides training to law enfor...

Solo episode rambling about why young Americans don't buy into the societal "game" that previous generations have, the difference between a career and a life, thoughts on prayer and meditation, and recapping the last five guests / episodes!

Dr. Heather Spence is a marine biologist, musician, composer, and pioneer in acoustic monitoring. Her unique blending of science and music has led her to be featured on National Geographic, funded by the National Academy of Sciences, and chosen as a TEDx editor’s pick. Heather combines her expertise in marine biology, behavioral neuroscience, and sound to explore the power of listening.

Adam Friedman is an Israeli American photographer, musician & movement enthusiast. www.adamjfriedman.com

Tom Hamilton Jr. is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and the lead vocalist and guitarist for the bands Brothers Past, American Babies, Ghost Light, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids, and Electron. His new album, I'm Your Vampire, is available for purchase and streaming! https://www.tomhamiltonjr.com https://ffm.to/imyourvampire. OWE

David Gal is an expert in marketing, consumer psychology, and decision-making. He has consulted on matters such as marketing strategy, antitrust, survey methods, and consumer behavior. ​ He is the Head of the Marketing Department and Professor of Marketing at the University of Illinois Chicago, and serves as Co-Editor in Chief of Consumer Psychology Review. Previously, Dr. Gal was on the marketing...

Dr. Amna Kirmani is the Dean's Chair of Marketing, and a Professor of Marketing at the University of Maryland's Robert H Smith School of Business. Her research interests include morality, persuasion knowledge, online communication, and branding. Her work has been published in several journals, including the  Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing,...

Solo episode talking about the new Steven Spielberg movie "Disclosure Day", some files going back to the 50's in the new UFO document dump (and the timing of it all), and Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO. All opinions are subject to change and are my own :)

Dr. Daniel S. Schiff is an Assistant Professor of Technology Policy at Purdue University and founding Co-Director of GRAIL, the Governance and Responsible AI Lab. Before academia, he served as the founding Responsible AI Lead at JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Secretary of the IEEE 7010 standard, the first industry AI ethics standard. His research on AI governance, deepfakes, public attitudes, and e...

Jeff Rogg  is an assistant professor and senior research fellow at the Joint Special Operations University. Previously, Jeff was an assistant professor in the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies at The Citadel. He was also a postdoctoral teaching and research fellow in the National Security Affairs Department at the U.S. Naval War College. He currently sits on the boards of the Interna...

Pete A Turner  is a former Army combat spy with over 1000 missions in conflict zones in a variety of countries, like Bosnia, Egypt, Iraq and Afghanistan. His daily missions took him off-camp to find the people, information and secrets that enabled commanders to win. Today, Pete uses his “Ground Truth” focused collection techniques on the Break It Down Show (BIDS). BIDS illustrates life through the...

Morris P. Fiorina is the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution. He received an undergraduate degree from Allegheny College and a Ph. D. from the University of Rochester, and taught at Caltech and Harvard before joining Stanford in 1998. Fiorina has written widely on American politics, with special emphasis on the study of representation, public o...

Gabe Xu (pronounced shoe) obtained his B.S. in 2006, M.S. in 2009, and Ph. D. in 2012, all in Aerospace Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. His graduate research involved experimental testing and analysis of Hall effect thrusters to improve their performance by modifying the magnetic and electric fields. He joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Univ...

Solo ramble on Thomas Massie losing his congressional seat, Americans experiencing economic slavery, how we suddenly become humble when dealing with China, and the rising of new social orders!

Nicholas Hill is an accomplished economic expert specializing in antitrust and competition economics. With extensive experience advising private clients, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), he has testified in federal court and the FTC’s administrative court. He has conducted detailed antitrust assessments in industries including agriculture, chemicals, consume...

Lawrence Levy is a lawyer that was selected by Steve Jobs to be the CFO of Pixar Studios, tasked with taking the company public in 1995. After leaving Pixar's Board (upon the purchase of Pixar by Disney in 2006),he pursued his passion for Buddhist Philosophy and meditation. He co-founded the organization, Juniper Foundation, and is the best selling author of the 2016 book "To Pixar and Be...

Tim Pickens is a senior propulsion scientist at VALT Enterprises, and is President and CTO of Pickens Scientific out of Huntsville, Alabama. He has started (and sold) several commercial Space Technologies companies, and has worked with organizations such as Blue Origin, Bigelow Aerospace, Burt Rutan’s Spaceship1 (a Paul Allen Project), and Teledyne Brown Engineering.

Ben Fritz covers the entertainment industry from The Wall Street Journal's Los Angeles bureau. He was previously the Journal's artificial intelligence editor and its West Coast U.S. News editor. Before joining the Journal in 2013, Ben covered Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times and Variety. He reported and hosted The Journal podcast miniseries "With Great Power: The Rise of Superhero Cinema" and i...

Sidney Perkowitz is a scientist and science writer. He is the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Physics at Emory University, where he has pursued research on the properties of matter and produced more than 100 scientific papers and books. As a creative, Sidney writes specifically to the non-scientific community, finding alternative methods of educating the public on science history, con...

Thoughts on the White House Correspondence Dinner Manifesto, what’s driving the vi*lence, and how economic strain can lead to moral regression.

Dalton Lauer’s a real estate agent in South Florida. He had a 7 year long Air Force career in Security Forces. Dalton was based in Hawaii, South Korea, California, and traveled 24 countries in between.

Brian Malow is a standup comic, public speaker, science communicator, video and audio producer, photographer, interviewer, and event host. He has worked with the NSF, NASA, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and produced live videos featuring Nobel Prize winners and young scientists around the world. Brian has interviewed Brian May, Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, among others, and is available for off wor...

Larry Sherman is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Oregon Health and Science University, and is the President of the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter of the Society of Neuroscience. He has over 100 publications related to brain development and neurodegenerative diseases, and is the co-author of the book Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music. https://www...