David Pollak/Spice Labs
Complex Spice
What happens when systems grow beyond the ability for humans to understand the systems? That's complexity. How do we create systems around the complex systems to tame that complexity? That's what this podcast explores.
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David Pollak/Spice Labs
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May 18, 2026
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Episodes
Complexity in advocacy, large-scale engineering systems, and working through constraints and the unknown 18.05.2026 41:32
Host David Pollak talks with Matt Weigel, senior engineer with Splice, and Melissa King, a multifaceted health advocate working with the Healthspan global coalition, and non-profits connecting people to the services they need. The conversation spans medicine, getting a ballot initiative in front of voters, and helping teams of brilliant people tackle the unknown.
Complexity around land, insurance, and preparing for crisis 19.02.2026 31:51
Host David Pollak talks with Ann Marie van den Hurk and Oisin Hurley about how Ann prepares clients for crisis communications (who knows what crisis will happen?) and Oisin talks about complexity of software development (another deep set of unknowns)
Complexity in computing systems and economics - Steve Waldman and Yao Yue 11.02.2026 38:07
Complexity & Human Systems... how do humans evolve systems to tame the unknowable and incomprehensible
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