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Ep. 9 - Digital Originals: NFTs with Dr. Sally Metzler & Christie's Steven Zick and Meghan Doyle

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 60:28


Renowned art Historian Dr. Sally Metzler Director and Christie's NFT experts Steven Zick & Meghan Doyle join the show to discuss the technology's growing impact on society and the greater art world.

Ep. 8 - An (Un)expected Error Has Occurred: Rob Reich on the Challenges of Big Tech

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 33:59


Stanford Professor Rob Reich joins to show to discuss his new book "System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot", and how to best confront the legal, moral, and social disruptions of emergent technologies.

Ep. 7 - A Comedic Imperative: The Need for Satire in a Politics-Obsessed World with Al Gini

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 52:17


Al Gini, Professor Emeritus of Business ethics (Loyola University Chicago) joins the show to discuss society's need for satire and humor in light of his new book "The Sanity of Satire: Surviving Politics One Joke at a Time."

Ep. 6 - Getting (and Climbing) Over It: Changing Corporate Culture with Timmy O'Neill

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 42:33


Timmy O'Neill of Paradox Sports joins the show to discuss the impetus behind this trailblazing organization which provides climbing opportunities to the disabled.

Ep. 5 - Corporate Spirituality: A Better Workplace with Peter Ferris

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 57:39


Peter Ferris, the former Chief Evangelist of Equinix, joins the show to discuss the implementation and championing of spirituality in corporate and tech environments.

Ep. 4 - Speaking Bridges: Philosophical Curiosity in a Tech-Centric World with Matthew Teichman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 57:57


Matthew Teichman, Ph.D of the University of Chicago discusses his varied background leading up to philosophy, his teaching methods for promoting philosophical engagement, and what can be done to build bridges between curious laypeople and academic philosophy through linguistics.

Ep. 3 - Emotional Transformation in the Pandemic with Sara Protasi

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 34:10


Professor of Philosophy Sara Protasi of the University of Puget Sound joins the show to discuss her article "Virtual Emotions in the Pandemic", exploring the unexpected ways our emotional expressions and values have been shaped by the COVID-19 crisis.

Ep. 2 - Out of the Tower, Into the Gap

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 29:57


Following-up from the previous episode, we go into greater detail about the discrepancies between the skills philosophy students possess and the implementation in more practical contexts.

Ep. 1 - A Louder Voice for Philosophy In Tech

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 31:31


The first episode of a new series! In this inaugural venture, SXSW 2019 demonstrates the growing need for philosophy in the tech sectors, and I discuss how philosophers can gain a greater voice from the outset.

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