Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Science communication • AI and technology • Human cognition and behavior • Evolution and biology • Space exploration • History of science • Physics and quantum theory • Learning and memory
The podcast "Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds" delves into a diverse array of topics spanning science, technology, and philosophy. The show focuses on in-depth conversations with experts including researchers, explorers, and thought leaders from around the world, touching upon groundbreaking research and innovative ideas. The episodes explore themes like artificial intelligence, evolution, and neuroscience, linking each topic to broader implications on humanity and our understanding of the world. Discussions often revolve around the convergence of various disciplines, such as how nanotechnology is reshaping medicine or how concepts from neuroscience can inspire advancements in artificial intelligence.
The podcast also examines the complex relationship between scientific theories and practical applications, as seen in explorations of quantum computing and the philosophical dimensions of free will. Issues like the ethics of artificial intelligence, human space exploration, and the evolution of human consciousness are further investigated. The episodes consistently highlight the interplay between human experience and scientific discovery, investigating challenges like misinformation, the cultural impact of new technologies, and the societal obligations of scientific advancement. Additionally, the podcast places significant emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches that integrate art, technology, and science to foster innovative thinking and problem-solving. Overall, "Bridging the Gaps" is designed to engage listeners who are keen on exploring the frontiers of human knowledge across a broad range of intriguing and impactful subjects.
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Episodes:
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“The Nobel Prize and the Public Image of Science” with Professor Massimiano Bucchi
2025-Aug-24
68 minutes
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“The Human Journey From Ape to Agriculture” with Professor Peter Bellwood
2025-Jun-21
57 minutes
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“The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood” with Professor James Boyle
2025-Apr-05
56 minutes
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“From Sensing to Sentience: How Feeling Emerges from the Brain” with Professor Todd Feinberg
2025-Feb-09
48 minutes
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“Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour” with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2024-Dec-28
39 minutes
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“The Evolution of Biological Information” with Professor Christoph Adami
2024-Dec-21
82 minutes
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“The Painful Truth about Hunger in America” with Professor Mariana Chilton
2024-Nov-17
59 minutes
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“The Network of Life: A New View of Evolution” with Professor David Mindell
2024-Oct-19
61 minutes
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“Middle Tech: Software Work and the Culture of Good Enough” with Professor Paula Bialski
2024-Oct-06
46 minutes
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“Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech” with Professor Payal Arora
2024-Oct-03
48 minutes
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“The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience” with Professor Adam Frank
2024-Sep-22
43 minutes
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“The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty” with Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
2024-May-20
67 minutes
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“Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space” with Dr Erika Nesvold
2024-Apr-28
48 minutes
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“Evolutionary Intelligence: How Technology Will Make Us Smarter” with Professor W. Russell Neuman
2024-Mar-31
42 minutes
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“Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered” with Professor Don Norman
2024-Mar-06
60 minutes
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“The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment” with Eric Siegel
2024-Feb-11
45 minutes
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“Sharing Our Science: How to Write and Speak STEM” with Professor Brandon Brown
2024-Feb-07
59 minutes
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“The Good-Enough Life” with Dr Avram Alpert
2023-Sep-02
57 minutes
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“Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness” with Professor Nicholas Humphrey
2023-Jul-15
69 minutes
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“The Smartness Mandate” with Professor Orit Halpern
2023-Jun-06
56 minutes
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“Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion” with Richard Conniff
2023-May-28
56 minutes
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“Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub” with Robert Buderi
2023-May-20
59 minutes
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“Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity” with Prof. Chris Impey
2023-Apr-16
42 minutes
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Reclaiming Human Intelligence and “How to Stay Smart in a Smart World” with Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer
2023-Apr-01
67 minutes
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“A Traveller’s Guide to the Stars” with Physicist, Author and Nasa Technologist Les Johnson
2023-Mar-13
56 minutes
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“When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn” with Professor Richard Ellis
2023-Jan-29
68 minutes
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Cloud Empires: Governing State-like Digital Platforms & Regaining Control with Prof Vili Lehdonvirta
2023-Jan-08
81 minutes
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“The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart” with Professor Sian Harding
2022-Dec-01
58 minutes
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“Working with AI”: Human-Machine Collaborations with Prof. Thomas Davenport and Prof. Steven Miller
2022-Oct-31
71 minutes
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"Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built" with Professor William Harris
2022-Oct-15
61 minutes
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“The Case Against Reality” and The Hard Problem of Consciousness with Professor Donald Hoffman
2022-Jul-19
80 minutes
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Augmented Thinking: The New Convergence of Art, Technology, and Science with Professor Julio Ottino
2022-Jun-27
61 minutes
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“Machines like Us: TOWARD AI WITH COMMON SENSE” with Professor Ronald Brachman
2022-Jun-04
57 minutes
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“The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds” with Professor Christopher Mason
2022-May-19
42 minutes
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"The Joy of Science" with Professor Jim Al-Khalili
2022-May-13
42 minutes
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"Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" with Professor Melanie Mitchell
2022-May-01
49 minutes
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The End of Astronauts, Robotic Space Missions and Our Future on Earth & Beyond with Prof Martin Rees
2022-Mar-31
48 minutes
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"Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life" with Professor Timothy Jorgensen
2022-Mar-17
66 minutes
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Asking Better Questions for Problem Solving, Innovation and Effective Leadership with Hal Gregersen
2022-Feb-27
59 minutes
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On Public Communication of Science and Technology with Professor Bruce Lewenstein
2022-Feb-12
69 minutes
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"Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering" with Dr Scott Small
2022-Jan-20
57 minutes
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"Learning How to Learn": Techniques to Help You Learn with Dr Barbra Oakley (CLASSIC)
2022-Jan-03
54 minutes
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"The Self-Assembling Brain" and Quest for Improved AI with Professor Peter Robin Hiesinger
2021-Nov-07
68 minutes
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Quantum Computers: Building and Harnessing the Power of Quantum Machines with Prof. Andrea Morello
2021-Aug-31
65 minutes
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"Nano Comes to Life": DNA NanoTech, Medicine and the Future of Biology with Professor Sonia Contera
2021-Aug-22
46 minutes
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"Free Will" Through the Lenses of Philosophy and Neuroscience with Dr Alfred Mele
2021-Jul-25
43 minutes
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Time, Space and Nature of Reality through the Lens of Quantum Theory with Dr Carlo Rovelli
2021-Jun-13
60 minutes
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The Spike: Journey of Electric Signals in Brain from Perception to Action with Prof. Mark Humphries
2021-Jun-07
63 minutes
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History of Information with Professor Paul Duguid
2021-Apr-19
49 minutes
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"On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done" with Professor David Badre
2021-Feb-09
54 minutes
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"Philosophy & Ethics of Technology" with Professor Peter-Paul Verbeek
2021-Jan-31
59 minutes
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"A Passion for Ignorance" and for Denials and Negations with Professor Renata Salecl
2020-Oct-26
41 minutes
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Intriguing Science of Sense of Smell with Professor Matthew Cobb
2020-Oct-12
60 minutes
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"Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds" with Dr Dan Hooper
2020-Sep-20
56 minutes
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"The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)" with Dr Katie Mack
2020-Aug-27
53 minutes
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Artificial Intelligence: Fascinating Opportunities & Emerging Challenges with Professor Bart Selman
2020-Aug-14
53 minutes
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"Philosophy of Information" and "Ethics of Information" with Professor Luciano Floridi
2020-Jul-05
63 minutes
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"The Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for The Anthropocene" with Professor Jürgen Renn
2020-Jun-02
64 minutes
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"Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" with Professor David Hand
2020-Mar-11
43 minutes
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Origin Of Mathematics and Mathematical Thinking with Dr Keith Devlin
2020-Mar-02
56 minutes
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Timefulness: Thinking Like a Geologist with Professor Marcia Bjornerud
2019-Dec-04
39 minutes
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"The Technology Trap" and the Future of Work with Dr Carl Frey
2019-Oct-22
46 minutes
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How Cooking Made Us Human with Professor Richard Wrangham
2019-Jul-20
43 minutes
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Spitzer Space Telescope: Discovering "More Things in the Heavens" with Michael Werner
2019-Jul-02
54 minutes
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"Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason" with Justin Smith
2019-Jun-16
52 minutes
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"2062: The World That AI Made" with Professor Toby Walsh
2019-Apr-10
61 minutes
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Robots, Artificial Life and Technology Imagined by the Ancients with Adrienne Mayor
2018-Dec-17
44 minutes
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Origin of Human Emotions and Underlying Neurophysiological Functions with Professor Joseph LeDoux
2018-Dec-10
46 minutes
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A History of the Concept of Genius from Antiquity to the Modern Time with Professor Darrin McMohan
2018-Dec-10
61 minutes
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Memory Slips, Ageing and Strategies For Keeping Brain Healthy with Dr Gary Small
2018-Nov-17
36 minutes
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Phoenix Mars Mission with NASA's Peter Smith
2018-Nov-17
30 minutes
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False Memories, Misinformation Effect and Eyewitness Testimony: Professor Elizabeth Loftus
2018-Apr-02
42 minutes
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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age with Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
2018-Feb-17
52 minutes
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Why You Are Not Your Brain? A Conversation on Consciousness with Alva Noe
2017-Apr-24
52 minutes
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Everything a Curious Mind Should Know About Planetary Ring Systems: Dr Mark Showalter @ BTG
2016-Nov-27
45 minutes
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A Conversation with Dr Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut and Sixth Person to Walk on the Moon
2016-Nov-06
46 minutes
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Giant Magellan Telescope: Past, Present and Future of Space Exploration with Ground Based Telescopes
2016-Oct-13
54 minutes
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Education: What works and what does not, with Professor John Hattie
2015-Dec-31
63 minutes
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Search for Exoplanets: A Discussion with Professor Sara Seager @ BTG
2015-Oct-16
43 minutes
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New Horizons Spacecraft's Pluto Flyby with Dr Mark Showalter
2015-May-17
25 minutes
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Multiple Intelligences and Future Minds with Dr Howard Gardner
2015-Mar-07
67 minutes
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From Consciousness to Synthetic Consciousness: Prof. David Chalmers
2015-Mar-01
43 minutes
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Dr Jill Tarter
2014-Dec-27
52 minutes
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Growth Mindset: Professor Carol Dweck at BTG
2014-Nov-30
47 minutes
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Memory: Professor Daniel Schacter at BTG
2014-Nov-30
60 minutes
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Philosophy of Science: Professor Tim Maudlin at BTG
2014-Nov-30
60 minutes
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Meta-awareness and Mind Wandering: Professor Jonathan Schooler at BTG
2014-Oct-24
59 minutes
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