Podcasts about ideafestival

Kris Kimel is the Founder of Humanity in Deep Space, an initiative exploring the challenges and hard problems facing humans as we transition to deep spacefaring species. He is the Co-founder of the commercial space company Space Tango.  His major focus is how humans can do deep space exploration physically, safely, and ethically. Legal, ethical and physiological concerns are some of the most challenging.   Today, the United Nations' 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which was the foundation of the discussions, was a far-reaching concept by UN member states to provide the framework as how we can explore and develop outer space, but to do so peacefully, safely and sustainably. Key questions: Who can own parts of outer space? How can outer space be utilized without militarizing it with nuclear weapons? How can we keep our humanity?  The United Nations and UNESCO have some of the best research information on outer space.

Author, innovator, futurist, teacher, commentator and founder of Thrivals at IdeaFestival, Nat Irvin, II, is the Woodrow M. Strickler Executive in Residence, Professor of Management Practice, College of Business, the University of Louisville where he has taught change management, leadership, future studies, and team dynamics since 2007. From 1996-2007, Irvin led Future Focus 2020, a think tank dedicated to providing leadership in bringing futurist thinking to urban communities. In 2000, Future Focus 2020 became a center of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where Dr. Irvin served as Executive Professor of Future Studies and as Assistant Dean for MBA Student Development.

Fueled by new ideas, Kris Kimel began IdeaFestival and KSTC. Kimel is the founder of the international IdeaFestival, which originated in Lexington, Ky. in 2000 and moved to Louisville in 2006. The festival is designed to stimulate ideas and innovations across a multitude of categories – from filmmaking to healthcare, sustainable farming and more. The core of the festival is the belief that individuals don’t have to be geographically or economically privileged to have breakthrough ideas and create positive change. Kimel is also a leader and founder behind the development and successful implementation of Kentucky Space, Space Tango, and the Exomedicine Institute. In 1987, he founded the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC). KSTC is an independent non-profit company with an international reputation for designing and implementing innovative initiatives in science, technology, entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation. He currently serves as the organization’s president. Kimel holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Kentucky. As a student there, he was a 1974 recipient of the university’s Sullivan Medallion.

Fall is in the air, and that means IdeaFestival, and jokes about pumpkins and white people. Luckily, we cover both on this week's show. One of our favorite people, Janelle Monáe, came back to Louisville this week for IdeaFestival, and brought along some folks from her Wondaland Arts Society. We caught up with them in the green room just before they caught their plane out of town (she had to perform at Madison Square Garden a day later - totally no big deal). We talked to the artists about their recent visit to a drag ball in New York, and about "Hellyoutalmbout," the police brutality protest anthem that's been ringing out from rallies and marches all summer long. "We wanted to use it as a vessel, and as a tool," she says of the song. "We're speaking out against the abuse of power because we believe that silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon." As a team of folks trying to make a difference through the power of radio, we could not agree more! In Juicy Fruit this week, America loses its warm fuzzy feelings about the Pope when it's revealed that he met with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis during his recent U.S. visit. Since we recorded, the Vatican has downplayed the visit and said Davis was just one of many in a greet line. Elsewhere in Christian news, a 5-year-old girl was barred from returning to her school in southern California, because she has two moms. A spokesperson for the privately-run Christian school told KGTV in San Diego, "The Bible says homosexuality is a sin. We don't condone any sinful lifestyles." And Azealia Banks called said the LGBT community is like the "white KKK's." Banks has been criticized by gay activists recently for her use of the f-word slur. We talk about how her black and queer identity plays into her troubles with the press. And finally, what's up with white people and pumpkins? A mic.com article looks at the political history and symbolism of the seasonal food. Did you know pumpkins had a political history? See, you learn something new every week on Strange Fruit. Happy Fall!

Naveen Jain is the co-founder and chief marketing officer of Immunity Project, a non-profit dedicated to developing an HIV vaccine and giving it away for free to anyone who needs it. Jain said it was his father’s illness that brought his attention to the flaws in the pharmaceutical industry. “As we were going through this process with him, and he was seeing countless doctors and specialists along the way,” Jain said. “It became very clear to me that the way we treat people in our society today — in terms of the pharmaceuticals and treatments that we provide for people — are not often actual solutions. Often times they’re Band-Aids. And I think that’s really screwed up.” Jain will be in Louisville this month for IdeaFestival, and he speaks to us this week about his work. We also meet Dr. John Hardin, of Western Kentucky University. Hardin was one of the co-editors of a recently released volume called The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. Started in 2008 and published by the University Press of Kentucky, it features more than 1,000 entries from about 150 contributors, telling the story of black Kentuckians, from frontier days to the present. And in our Juicy Fruit segment, we talk about Viola Davis' amazing speech at the Emmy Awards, and all the groundbreaking black women of TV who were recognized for their work, at long last.

In an interview with Dr. Po Chi Wu, Faux Radio Show's Carl Gibson brings in some international flair to explores the implications of a 21st-century economy. The Chinese venture capitalist from Peking University talks about how his country must lead by example in the areas of social and environmental accountability, and what the future holds for sustainable businesses and entrepreneurs. From the 2009 IdeaFestival series in Louisville, KY!

In an interview with Dr. Po Chi Wu, Faux Radio Show's Carl Gibson brings in some international flair to explores the implications of a 21st-century economy. The Chinese venture capitalist from Peking University talks about how his country must lead by example in the areas of social and environmental accountability, and what the future holds for sustainable businesses and entrepreneurs. From the 2009 IdeaFestival series in Louisville, KY!

University of Exeter (UK) professor and climate scientist Chris Turney will be joining the Faux Radio Show via a prerecorded segment from the IdeaFestival in late September to talk about his book with the same title. He draws on old studies of carbon capture and atmospheric science to explain just how rapidly our climate is changing and how that's been exacerbated in the past decade. During the half-hour, he also proposes solutions for listeners at home on how to take positive action in the global warming crisis.This interview answers quite a few questions concering the climate change debate. Tune in Thursday night, or check out the archive anytime afterward!

University of Exeter (UK) professor and climate scientist Chris Turney will be joining the Faux Radio Show via a prerecorded segment from the IdeaFestival in late September to talk about his book with the same title. He draws on old studies of carbon capture and atmospheric science to explain just how rapidly our climate is changing and how that's been exacerbated in the past decade. During the half-hour, he also proposes solutions for listeners at home on how to take positive action in the global warming crisis.This interview answers quite a few questions concering the climate change debate. Tune in Thursday night, or check out the archive anytime afterward!

Sustainable agriculture innovation is defined as the key to solving world hunger and water shortage problems in this show, as Social Entrepreneur Paul Osterlund sits down with Host Carl Gibson in this exclusive interview. From the 2009 IdeaFestival in Louisville, Osterlund talks about Zeba; a revolutionary new water harvesting technology that helps poor farmers in third world countries grow crops in areas racked by rapidly decreased rainfall and climate change. He also discusses just how this technology could help alleviate climate crises and economic strife.

Sustainable agriculture innovation is defined as the key to solving world hunger and water shortage problems in this show, as Social Entrepreneur Paul Osterlund sits down with Host Carl Gibson in this exclusive interview. From the 2009 IdeaFestival in Louisville, Osterlund talks about Zeba; a revolutionary new water harvesting technology that helps poor farmers in third world countries grow crops in areas racked by rapidly decreased rainfall and climate change. He also discusses just how this technology could help alleviate climate crises and economic strife.