Brave New Planet
Education Podcasts
Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us.In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and more. They have amazing potential upsides, but we can’t ignore the serious risks that come with them.Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician who was a leader of the Human Genome Project and for eight years served as a science advisor to the White House for President Obama. He’s also the host of Brave New Planet, and he’s talked to leading researchers, journalists, doctors, policy makers, activists, and legal experts to illuminate how this generation’s choices will shape the future as never before.Brave New Planet is a partnership between the Broad Institute, Pushkin Industries, and The Boston Globe's Opinion team.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us.In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and more. They have amazing potential upsides, but we can’t ignore the serious risks that come with them.Brave New Planet is a podcast that delves deep into the most exciting and challenging scientific frontiers, helping us understand them and grapple with their implications. Dr. Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is a geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician who was a leader of the Human Genome Project and for eight years served as a science advisor to the White House for President Obama. He’s also the host of Brave New Planet, and he’s talked to leading researchers, journalists, doctors, policy makers, activists, and legal experts to illuminate how this generation’s choices will shape the future as never before.Brave New Planet is a partnership between the Broad Institute, Pushkin Industries, and The Boston Globe's Opinion team.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.bravenewplanet.org/
Email:
marketing@pushkin.fm
Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day
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Introducing: playing god?
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Hugging Face and watsonx: Why Open Source Is the Future of AI in Business
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RSV: The Quest for a New Vaccine
Duration:00:23:12
Smallpox: Gone but Not Forgotten from Incubation
Duration:00:27:16
Introducing Death of an Author, A Groundbreaking AI Mystery
Duration:00:10:28
From Higher Animals: A New Audiobook by New Yorker writer Michael Specter
Duration:00:12:16
355 Days in Space: Finding Meaning with Astronaut Mark Vande Hei
Duration:00:31:11
From The January 6 Tapes with celebrated legal analyst Preet Bharara
Duration:00:06:56
From Revisionist History: Way to Go, Ohio
Duration:00:39:38
Putting a Car on the Moon, From Car Show
Duration:00:45:37
The Future of Fusion from Exponential View
Duration:00:11:26
Brave New Planet Presents Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon
Duration:00:05:30
Pushkin Honors Juneteenth
Duration:00:27:50
Presenting The Last Archive: Remote Control
Duration:00:48:56
What Will It Take?
Duration:00:29:00
Reshaping Nature Through Gene Drives
Duration:01:10:05
What Algorithms Say About You
Duration:01:10:14
Killer Robots and the Future of War
Duration:01:03:38
A Radical Approach to Climate Change
Duration:00:58:05