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Maurice Ashley, chess grandmaster, author and coach, talks about falling in love with chess, growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, playing with chess hustlers in New York, chess strategies, mindsets, intelligence, life lessons, chess engines and AI! Maurice: https://mauriceashley.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: ht...

Jamie Metzl, author of Hacking Darwin, futurist and geopolitical expert, talks about storytelling, genome engineering, gene editing, CRISPR, the CoVID-19 Lab Leak Theory, coronavirus, nation states and futurism. Jamie: https://jamiemetzl.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_...

This is a conversation with my grandparents, Mahesh and Sushila Sharma, or as I’ve called them affectionately all my life, nanaji and nanima. In this conversation we talk about their life stories, both of them are above the age of 85, born before India existed as a country. We talk about my great-grandfather’s journey from a village to starting a life in Agra, childhood memories, when my nanaji me...

Angad Daryani, founder and CEO of Praan Inc, talks about becoming an inventor, air quality in India, building filterless air purification systems, raising capital and entrepreneurship. Angad: https://praan.io/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/join PODCAST: Ancho...

Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence or the SETI Institute, talks about falling in love with astronomy, SETI, searching for aliens, origins of life, UFOs and UAPs. Seth: https://sethshostak.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpK...

Joscha Bach, cognitive scientist & AI researcher, talks about philosophy in computation, East Germany, AI, ChatGPT, AlphaZero, human intelligence, consciousness and AI takeover scenarios. Joscha: http://bach.ai/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/join PODCAST:...

Payal Shah, founder of L'Dezen and Psylish jewelry, talks about Hong Kong, designing fine jewelry, architecture, interior design, working with celebrities, entrepreneurship, NFTs, Web 3.0 and AI in jewellery. Payal: https://www.instagram.com/payalia/?hl=en SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/c...

Kaneez Surka, comedian, actor and producer, talks about her childhood in Transkei, South Africa, the apartheid, finding her voice in India, the links between stand-up, sketch and improv comedy and the evolution of comedy in India. Kaneez: https://www.instagram.com/kaneezsurka/?hl=en SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: ht...

Swarali Karulkar, choreographer, movement therapist and founder of Bollyheals and Goddess Synergy Movement, talks about falling in love with dance, reality television shows, Dance India Dance, movement therapy, how to use movement for kids, elderly, anxiety, stress, sedentary lifestyles and women empowerment. Swarali: https://www.instagram.com/swarali.movement/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreo...

Graham Priest, legendary philosopher, logician and author of Beyond The Limits of Thought and In Contradiction, talks about growing up in post-World War II London, getting into philosophy, what is logic, classical logic, non-classical logic, paraconsistent logic, dialetheism, intuitionistic logic, fuzzy logic, The Liar Paradox, Sorites Paradox and Buddhist, Asian and Eastern philosophy. Graham: ht...

Suvir Saran, Michelin-starred chef and bestselling author, talks about his childhood, identity, homosexuality, cooking, the perception of Indian cuisine in the west, the cycles in culinary arts and the damaging effects of fast food in America. Suvir: https://www.instagram.com/suvirsaran/?hl=en SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Mem...

Sheldon Goldstein, professor of mathematics, philosophy and physics at Rutgers University, talks about the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, pilot wave theory or Bohmian Mechanics or the De Broglie–Bohm theory, the measurement problem and the problems in physics and quantum theory. Sheldon: https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~oldstein/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime A...

Gianni Russo, former associate of The Mafia and actor known for his role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather, talks about his childhood in Little Italy, the polio epidemic of New York, Frank Sinatra, Frank Costello, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and behind the scenes stories of The Godfather. Gianni: https://www.giannirusso.com/ SUPPO...

Jeff Wise, writer, science & aviation journalist, host of Deep Dive: MH370 and leading investigator of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, talks about journalism, seeking mysteries and adventures, what happened to MH370, the official narrative, the accident theory, the pilot theory and potential Russian involvement. Jeff: https://www.jeffwise.net/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.p...

Armando Diaz, founder of the Magnet Theater in New York, talks about improv, benefits of improvisation, comedy, SNL, acting, improv tips and exercises and the Magnet Theater! Armando: https://magnettheater.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/join PODCAST: Anch...

Chef Chintan Pandya, partner at Unapologetic Foods and founder of Dhamaka, Adda, Rowdy Rooster, Masalawala and Semma, talks about the challenges of running a restaurant, his motivations, Unapologetic Foods along with a masterclass on opening your own restaurant. Chintan: https://www.instagram.com/chefchintan/?hl=en SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowti...

Deep Dasgupta, Indian cricketer and broadcaster, talks about getting into cricket, the 1983 Cricket World Cup final, Sunil Gavaskar, state cricket in Delhi and Bengal, debut, playing with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, incident with Mike Denness, broadcasting and wicketkeeping. Deep:  @DeepDasguptaOfficial  SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anch...

Chef Vijay Kumar, executive chef at Semma, the only Michelin Star Indian restaurant in New York City, talks about his childhood, Tamil Nadu food and cuisine, South Indian food and his experiences as a chef. Vijay: https://www.instagram.com/chef.vijayakumar/?hl=en SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.co...

Matt Strassler, theoretical physicist, author of Waves In An Impossible Sea and associate at Harvard University, talks about theoretical physics, particles, waves, wavicles, fields, energy, mass, the Higgs Boson and the Higgs Field. Matt: https://profmattstrassler.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.yout...

Vikas Khanna, head chef at Bungalow, writer, filmmaker and host of MasterChef India, talks about falling in love with cooking, the importance of traditions, staying authentic and the cuisines of Amritsar, Delhi and Bombay. Vikas: https://www.instagram.com/vikaskhannagroup/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www....

Jasmine Forsberg, actor, singer, songwriter and cast member of SIX The Musical, talks about falling in love with musical theatre, the challenges of Broadway, SIX The Musical, Here Lies Love and auditioning. Jasmine: https://www.jasmineforsberg.com/about SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/...

Jonathan Schaffer, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, talks about the importance of philosophy, metaphysics, ontology, grounding and monism. SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/join PODCAST: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime Spotify: https://open.spoti...

Stephen Wolfram, legendary computer scientist, physicist and founder of Wolfram Research, talks about computation, his journey, cellular automata, space, time and the fundamental theory of physics. Stephen: https://www.stephenwolfram.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5...

Joseph LeDoux, neuroscientist, rock star and professor of neural science at New York University, talks about the split brain experiments, fear, emotions, amygdala, psychology and free will. Joseph: https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/joseph-e-ledoux.html SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937l...

Lawrence Krauss talks about theoretical physics, beauty, origins, the universe emerging from nothing, cosmology, God, simulations and dark energy! Lawrence: https://lawrencemkrauss.com/ SUPPORT: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtime Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/support Youtube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/join PODCAST: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/kno...