Podcasts about Memory

In this short episode, first aired in 2011, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in an fMRI machine, the challenge is so unimaginably difficult that one man instantly gives up. But the other achieves a musical feat that ought to be impossible.Reporter Jessica Benko went to Michigan to visit Bob Milne, one of the best ragtime piano players in the world, and a preternaturally talented musician. Usually, Bob sticks to playing piano for small groups of ragtime enthusiasts, but he recently caught the attention of Penn State neuroscientist Kerstin Betterman, who had heard that Bob had a rare talent: He can play technically challenging pieces of music on demand while carrying on a conversation and cracking jokes. According to Kerstin, our brains just aren't wired for that. So she decided to investigate Bob's brain, and along the way she discovered that Bob has an even more amazing ability ... one that we could hardly believe and science can't explain.Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Cognitive Scores in a Small Trial In a 24-week trial involving people with mild cognitive impairment, participants assigned to electrical stimulation at vagus-innervated parts of the ear improved by an average of 3.2 points on a general cognitive test, compared with 0.3 points in a sham-stimulation group. Host Dave Asprey explores the proposed connection between the vagus nerve and the locus coeruleus, a brainstem region involved in attention and learning. He explains why an improved test score is intriguing but does not show that vagus nerve stimulation prevents Alzheimer's disease—or that a consumer device will reproduce the study's results.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih+1 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36150665/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13214873/ https://theconversation.com/vagus-nerve-stimulation-shows-promise-as-a-way-to-counter-alzheimers-disease-and-age-related-memory-loss-269465 ~~~Nearly 500 Cat Tumors Reveal Cancer Genes Shared With Humans Researchers analyzed 493 matched tumor and normal-tissue samples across 13 types of cancer in domestic cats. They found alterations in genes familiar to human cancer researchers, including TP53, and tested whether a mutation called FBXW7 might predict drug sensitivity in lab-grown models of feline mammary tumors. Host Dave Asprey examines why naturally occurring cancers in pets could help scientists investigate treatments across species, while making clear that a promising response in six laboratory tumor models is not a proven treatment for cats or people.pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7618901/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41712721/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260924231826.htm ~~~Twin-Family Study Challenges a Simple Explanation for Inherited Intelligence Why do parents and children often score similarly on tests of cognitive ability? Researchers using Germany's TwinLife data found that genetic transmission explained more of that resemblance than the particular shared-home-environment pathway their model tested. Host Dave Asprey unpacks the distinction between why relatives resemble one another and whether a child's environment matters. The study does not show that parenting, education, or other experiences have no effect on cognition.pub.uni-bielefeld+1 Sources: https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2993432 https://www.psypost.org/genetics-not-shared-environments-drives-parent-child-similarities-in-cognitive-ability/ ~~~Mulberry Compounds May Change Gut Bacteria and Metabolism A review of mulberry research highlights how leaves, fruit, and differently processed extracts contain distinct mixtures of compounds that gut microbes may use. In mouse experiments, a fraction combining mulberry polyphenols and polysaccharides produced more favorable microbiome and metabolic changes than either fraction alone; transferring microbes from treated mice passed along some of those effects. Host Dave Asprey explores the idea that a plant extract's preparation may matter as much as its name—and why the findings do not yet establish a microbiome benefit from mulberry products in humans.pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih+1 Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13406227/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260928100551.htm ~~~Magnesium Changes Vitamin D Metabolism—But Not Always in the Same Direction Magnesium helps regulate the pathways that process vitamin D, but “more magnesium means more vitamin D” is too simple. In a 12-week randomized trial involving 180 adults, magnesium supplementation changed a measured vitamin D metabolite differently depending on participants' starting vitamin D levels: the modeled difference was positive at 30 ng/mL and negative at 50 ng/mL. Host Dave Asprey explains why this matters to people tracking supplement stacks and bloodwork, while distinguishing a change in a lab marker from a demonstrated health benefit.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih+1 Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6693398/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29480918/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180226122548.htm This episode is designed for biohackers, longevity enthusiasts, pet owners, parents, and anyone trying to separate a compelling biological mechanism from a proven health intervention. Host Dave Asprey examines brain stimulation and memory, what cat cancers could teach human researchers, how genes and environment contribute to cognitive similarity, whether mulberry's microbiome effects translate beyond mice, and why nutrient interactions are rarely as simple as a supplement headline suggests. Several studies discussed here predate this week's coverage; this is a research roundup, not a list of five newly published trials.pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih+4 New episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Keywords: vagus nerve stimulation memory, auricular vagus nerve stimulation, mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's research, locus coeruleus, cat cancer genetics, feline oncogenome, FBXW7 feline mammary cancer, comparative oncology, parent child cognitive ability, TwinLife cognitive ability study, intelligence genetics, shared environment cognition, mulberry gut microbiome, mulberry polyphenols polysaccharides, microbiota transfer mice, magnesium vitamin D metabolism, magnesium supplementation vitamin D, biohacking research roundup Thank you to our sponsors! - Butcher Box | Go to ButcherBox.com/HUMANUPGRADE to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ground beef for life, or free chicken thigh - Beyond Wonderland Conference | Oct 13 - 14, 2026. 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California has a choice. Elect the democrat who lost half a million of the world's children as Joe Biden's DHS secretary and allow him to finish destroying the state - or try something different. Republican Steve Hilton debates Becerra for the first time and exposes the democrats' midterm strategy - to make everything about Trump. PLUS - did the CIA stumble upon a cure for cancer 75 years ago that they locked in a drawer while millions of people died? It looks like the answer is yes. And Big Pharma knew about it, too, but stayed silent for decades.  

Dr. Eboni Cornish, MD, of Amen Clinics and ILADS, returns for a third conversation, live in Nashville. She and Dr. Chris Motley talk about Lyme and other tick-borne infections in the brain: anxiety and depression, kids labeled ADHD, puberty flares, mold and memory, and why she calms the brain before treating anything. Plus her best question: when did your symptoms start, and where were you? Sources in the show notes. Educational only, not medical advice. 00:00 Depression, anxiety, and a Lyme test 00:39 Welcome: Dr. Eboni Cornish, live in Nashville  02:20 From bored family doctor to Lyme practice  04:13 How Lyme gets into the brain  06:12 What a Lyme brain looks like on a SPECT scan  08:02 The limbic loop: calm the brain  10:21 Is neurology catching up?  12:30 Floaters, light sensitivity, and trouble reading  14:05 Tinnitus and sound sensitivity  15:08 Can kids have Lyme? Pregnancy and newborns  17:48 Why puberty can trigger a flare  20:12 ADHD, PANS, and a gentler approach for kids  23:32 Food, kids, and the one-food trade  25:56 Sudden anger in children  27:23 Joint pain and injuries that won't heal  28:57 Teeth, gums, and cavitations  31:09 Babesia and your red blood cells  32:34 MTHFR, explained  35:11 Swollen lymph nodes and lymphatic drainage 36:47 Memory loss, mold, and dementia risk  39:42 Where were you when your symptoms started?  41:31 Gratitude and the brain  43:59 How your gut shapes your mood  46:09 Her morning routine  48:19 Saunas, baths, and cold water  50:38 Belly breathing for kids  51:11 Her fall speaking tour  54:14 Where to find Dr. Cornish  55:34 Wrap-up  57:01 Disclaimer Key Takeaways: Tick-borne illness can show up in the brain. Lyme can reach the nervous system. If you have neurological symptoms and you are not getting better, Dr. Cornish says to put tick-borne disease on the list (5:16).  Calm the brain before you push treatment. Her patients who react to everything are often stuck in fight or flight, a "limbic loop" (9:37). She starts by calming the nervous system.  Kids get labeled. Many of her pediatric patients arrive diagnosed with ADHD or "being bad" (20:50). A sudden change in a child, over days rather than months, is worth asking your pediatrician about by name: PANS. Trade one food, not the whole diet. She asks a reluctant kid for one food that "doesn't love your brain," and trades a supplement off the list in return (25:04). Then she asks AI for realistic swaps a family will actually eat.  Babesia lives in red blood cells. If you have tested positive, don't donate blood. Federal blood-safety rules agree. Want more of The Ancient Health Podcast? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Doctor Motley! Instagram TikTok Facebook Website Follow Dr. Eboni Cornish https://www.instagram.com/dr.ebonicornish/ https://www.drebonicornish.com/ For more on her work:  https://www.amenclinics.com/ https://www.ilads.org/ *Join Doctor Motley's newsletter for TCM insights and regular podcast updates https://www.doctormotley.com/ *Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Check out his course on emotions and the body in his membership. You'll find other courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! To try risk-free for 15 days click here https://www.doctormotley.com/15 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world of professional wrestling lost another star far too soon. Benjamin Satterley, better known as Pac (AEW) or Neville (WWE), passed away Sunday afternoon shortly after performing at AEW's "All Out" PPV. Love, condolences, and memories flooded social media as the tragic news spread. O'Shea and T.J. share their thoughts on the loss of one of the best wrestlers and people in the business. Eric Arndt (aka Real1 or Enzo Amore) also joins the show to share memories of a man he deeply respected and loved. Additionally, Lola Vice makes her second NCW appearance following her Monday Night Raw main roster debut. She shares what she has learned working in both NXT and Triple A over the past year, including her experiences with The Undertaker and Rey Mysterio. Lola also discusses why she made the transition from MMA to sports entertainment and challenges the NCW team to name one of her signature moves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You'd swear you sent that email. You can picture yourself writing it. And then you find it, unsent, still marked unread.This week, Pete and Nikki borrow the literary idea of the unreliable narrator to explore why ADHD makes us shaky witnesses to our own lives. They look at how working memory, time blindness, and mood bend the story we tell ourselves, and at research showing how far self-assessment can drift from the record. Then they turn to practical ways to get a clearer picture: asking the people around you what they see (RSD and all), capturing moments while they're fresh, and letting the data you already generate tell you what you actually accomplished. Along the way, Nikki shares how coaching helps clients notice their own patterns, and why a log should help you see instead of grading you.Links & NotesAccuracy of Self-Evaluation in Adults with ADHD: Evidence from a Driving Study, the 2005 Knouse, Bagwell, Barkley, and Murphy study Pete discussesThe Fragile Dance of Memory and ADHD with Dr. Daniella Karidi, one of the three episodes referencedADHDtime, Daniella Karidi's coaching practiceJoin our Patreon communityJoin the Discord (00:00) - Welcome to Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast (01:43) - Patreon! (03:14) - The Unreliable Narrator (11:21) - Moods (21:33) - "Just Notice" (27:11) - Feedback and RSD (36:23) - Feedback and Grading ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode of the Fit Father Project Podcast, I continue our Blind Spots series with a topic most men never think about until it's a problem: Hearing loss.We walk through why age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) isn't some unlucky draw — it's the default trajectory of the human body, and it's already starting for a lot of you in your 40s and 50s.I break down what's actually happening inside your inner ear, why listening becomes cognitively expensive as your hearing declines, and why that cognitive load gets pulled from the same bank account your brain uses for memory and balance.We cover a landmark study linking mild hearing loss to nearly triple the odds of falling, a 2024 Lancet Commission report naming hearing loss the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia, a simple five-question self-test you can run tonight, and the specific decibel math that explains why your earbuds might be doing more damage than a lawnmower.I close with the nutrition, cardiovascular, and lifestyle habits that protect the hearing you have left — because this isn't just about your ears.It's about staying present, sharp, and steady for your family for life.Rate & Review — If this episode gave you something new to think about, please take a moment to rate and review the Fit Father Project Podcast. Your review helps more busy dads discover practical, science-backed health conversations that can genuinely change their lives.Join the Fit Father Project Community — If you're ready to put these lessons into action with support, accountability, and a brotherhood of men committed to thriving after 40, come join us. We're here to help you build real, lasting health together.Key TakeawaysHearing loss isn't rare bad luck — it's the default trajectory of aging. About 1 in 3 adults age 65-74 has it, nearly half of those over 75 do, and it's already measurable in roughly 1 in 4 adults age 55-64.Listening gets cognitively expensive as your hearing declines. Your brain pays for hearing loss out of the same account it uses for memory, attention, and balance — which is why a loud dinner can leave you completely wiped out.A landmark study (Lin & Ferrucci) found that a mild, 25-decibel hearing loss was linked to nearly 3x higher odds of having fallen in the past year, with every additional 10 decibels adding another 1.4x risk.A 2024 Lancet Commission report identified 14 modifiable dementia risk factors — and hearing loss was the single largest contributor on that entire list.Run the "restaurant test" tonight: if you miss words in group conversation, notice people "mumbling," watch mouths to follow along, feel drained after social nights, or get TV volume comments — two or more yeses means it's time for a hearing test.Decibels are logarithmic, not linear. Earbuds at full volume (110 dB) are only safe for about 15 minutes — doing the same damage to your inner ear that 8 hours of mowing the lawn would.Get a baseline audiogram in your 40s or 50s while your hearing is still normal. It's painless, takes 30-60 minutes, needs no prescription, and is often free at places like Costco.Cardiovascular fitness directly protects your hearing — the inner ear's hair cells rely on fragile, backup-free blood flow, so the same training that protects your heart protects your ears.Nutrition matters: folate-rich foods (lentils, chickpeas, leafy greens, avocado) support low-frequency hearing, and 2+ servings of fish per week is linked to a 20% lower risk of hearing loss.Sudden hearing loss in one or both ears is a medical emergency, not a wait-and-see situation — get it checked out immediately.Ready For A Real Change? Join Fit Father For Life.If this episode reminded you that the little things — your hearing, your blood flow, your recovery — add up to the life you get to live with your family, it's time to stop managing pieces and start building real, lasting health.Fit Father For Life is our full membership built specifically for busy dads over 40. It's not another app or another supplement — it's workouts built for your body now, a sustainable nutrition plan, a real human coach who reaches out within 24 hours of joining, and a brotherhood of 60,000 men who notice when you go quiet.You'll start with your 30-Day QuickStart Plan (FF30X) and then move into 15+ complete programs for muscle building, mobility, cardio, stress, and sleep — guided by your coach, not guesswork.$39 for your first 30 days, then $69/month — or lock in a full year for $399A real coach, not a chatbot30-day money-back guaranteeStart My First 30 Days →Fix The Gut Foundation Behind Everything ElseIn this episode, we referenced the Just Thrive ad about gut health — and it's worth repeating, because your gut is the control center for digestion, immune strength, inflammation, and even brain health.Most probiotics don't survive your stomach acid — they're dead on arrival. Just Thrive's spore-based probiotic uses four clinically studied strains that arrive 100% alive, including one that produces antioxidants directly in your gut lining.Right now, when you start a 90-day Just Thrive probiotic subscription, you'll get a free 90-day supply of their Digestive Bitters — a $90 value. Bitters trigger your body's natural release of stomach acid, bile, and enzymes before food ever hits your stomach, and they even support your natural GLP-1 production.Claim Your Free Digestive Bitters →Just Getting Started? Try It Free First.Not ready to join yet? No problem. If you want to test our approach before committing to anything, grab our Free 1-Week Plan — built specifically for busy guys 40+.You'll get a 24-minute fat-burning workout, a full day of "Busy Father Meals," and our #1 meal-timing strategy — so you can see exactly how we train and eat before you ever spend a dollar.Get Your Free 1-Week Plan →After watching his own Dad lose his health and pass away at the young age of 42, Dr. Balduzzi founded The Fit Father Project and Fit Mother Project to help busy dads and moms get and stay healthy for their families. Dr. Anthony Balduzzi holds dual degrees in Psychology & Nutrition from the University of Pennsylvania, a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine, and is also a former national champion bodybuilder. 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Madeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose book How to Change a Memory was shortlisted for this year's Royal Society Trivedi science book prize. He explains how scientists have been able to locate memories in the brains of rodents, trigger them artificially and even remove them, and reveals what the practical applications of this science could one day be for humans.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

In this episode of the Gladden Longevity Podcast, Dr. Gladden interviews memory expert and 2x USA Memory Champion, Ron White, who shares his journey into memory training and the techniques he uses to enhance memory. They discuss the mechanics of memory, the importance of repetition and review, and practical strategies for remembering names and information. Ron emphasizes the role of health, nutrition, and exercise in memory function and introduces the Mind Palace technique as a powerful tool for memory enhancement. In this conversation, Ron White discusses various memory techniques, particularly the mind palace method, and how he applies these strategies in memory competitions. He emphasizes the importance of visualization, emotional engagement, and understanding in the memorization process. The discussion also covers his preparation for the upcoming National Memory Championship, where he will face various challenges that test his memory skills. Throughout the conversation, the significance of making learning enjoyable and meaningful is highlighted. For Audience Join the other 20,000+ high-performers getting weekly insights on biological reversal, exponential strategies, and Life Energy optimization→ https://start.gladdenlongevity.com/subscribe If you're ready to measure your 60+ biological ages and build a personalized reversal plan, apply for a discovery call here → https://start.gladdenlongevity.com/apply-now   Use code 'Podcast10' to get 10% OFF on any of our supplements at https://gladdenlongevityshop.com/!  Takeaways ·       Memory is not a gift; anyone can improve it. ·       Repetition is crucial for memory retention. ·       The forgetting curve shows how quickly we forget without review. ·       Recognizing information is the first step to recalling it. ·       Vivid and detailed mental images enhance memory. ·       Good nutrition and exercise support cognitive health. ·       Hearing impairment can affect memory and cognitive function. ·       Engaging all senses can improve memory retention. ·       The Mind Palace technique helps organize and recall information. ·       Creating stories around names can aid in remembering them. The mind palace technique allows for effective memorization. ·       Visualization enhances memory retention and understanding. ·       Emotional engagement can significantly improve memory recall. ·       Memory techniques can be applied in various contexts, including competitions. ·       Understanding the material is as important as memorizing it. ·       Creating associations can help in remembering complex information. ·       Repetition and review are crucial for long-term memory retention. ·       Using humor and creativity can aid in the memorization process. ·       Memory competitions test not only memory but also strategy and preparation. ·       Approaching memory challenges as a game can make the process more enjoyable. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Memory Mastery 02:03 The Journey into Memory Training 05:50 Understanding Memory Mechanics 12:13 Practical Memory Techniques 17:52 The Role of Health in Memory 22:03 Exploring the Mind Palace Technique 26:51 The Mind Palace Technique 31:46 Memory Techniques for Competitions 36:39 Visualization and Understanding in Memory 40:49 Preparing for the National Memory Championship 46:00 The Emotional Aspect of Memory To learn more about Ron White:Website: https://ronwhitetraining.com/ Reach out to us at:    Website: https://gladdenlongevity.com/     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gladdenlongevity/    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gladdenlongevity/?hl=en     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gladdenlongevity    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5_q8nexY4K5ilgFnKm7naw    

Today I am excited to talk with Sonali Kolhatkar and Viet Thanh Nguyen about a new book edited by Sonali entitled Breaking ICE: Community Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism.The book is comprised of interviews Sonali conducted with activists, organizers, intellectuals and artists from a rich diversity of locations—from Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and other major cities, to small towns in Georgia, Maine, the Carolinas, and elsewhere.  We talk about the broad ideological formations that support State Terror and Fascism, as well as the ways people have wielded soft power with tactics and strategies such as mutual aid, Know Your Rights, power mapping, networking, and rapid response. Viet specifically talks about the power of counter-narratives that tap into radical imaginings and utopian thinking. We speak of the ways people from all walks of life have risen to the task of keeping each other safe.Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host, and executive producer of Rising Up With Sonali which airs as a radio program on KPFK Pacifica Radio and dozens of other community radio stations around the U.S. and as a TV show on Free Speech TV, and a podcast on Spotify and iTunes.She is the author of Breaking ICE: Community Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism (Seven Stories, 2026), Talking About Abolition: A Police-Free World is Possible (Seven Stories, 2025), and Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice (City Lights, 2023). Her first book, co-authored with James Ingalls, is Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence (2006, Seven Stories).Sonali is Senior Correspondent and Writing Fellow of the Independent Media Institute‘s Economy for All project a monthly columnist at Truthout and also at OtherWords, Senior Correspondent for The Zero Hour, the founding Co-Director of the Afghan Women's Mission, a US-based non-profit solidarity organization that funds the work of RAWA, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Justice Action Center.Her first novel, Queen of Aarohi, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in 2027. She also has won awards for her paintings and displayed her works at numerous exhibits and galleries. Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His other books are Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction) and Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America. He was a professor at the University of Southern California for many years, but stepped down from his professorship to become a Writer in Residence at USC. Most recently he has been the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, and le Prix du meilleur livre étranger (Best Foreign Book in France), for The Sympathizer. He is the editor of The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives and the Library of America volume for Maxine Hong Kingston. He co-authored Chicken of the Sea, a children's book, with his then six-year-old son, Ellison, and his most recent novel is The Committed, the sequel to The Sympathizer. HBO turned The Sympathizer into a TV series in 2024, directed by Park Chan-wook. Nguyen's last two books were Simone, a children's book illustrated by Minnie Phan, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other, from Harvard University Press in 2025.

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On a wander round wonderful Wanstead's Flats and Woods, Rob and Paul catch up. Featuring the eponymous nail, Bonnie convalescing, appropriate outfits, the approach of Autumn, Paul on a treadmill, George and Rob at the Shoreditch Half, top-notch bird action, your PBs and other stories, and our plan and thoughts ahead of York. Subscribe to the Fan Feed at ⁠⁠https://runcompod.supercast.com/⁠⁠ to hear more about the Shoreditch half -  plus get early access, ad-free listening, and all manner of exclusive content.BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Paul's NEW BOOK Running Through Sand here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-through-sand/paul-tonkinson/9781399404013, you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - ⁠https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 Thanks for listening, supporting, and sharing your adventures with us. Happy running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Title: Signal Discipline: How Brands Use AI, Customer Signals, and Memory to Build TrustHost: Nick Brunker (Managing Director of Experience Strategy, VML)Guest: Adam Troyak (Managing Director, VML & WPP Enterprise Solutions)OverviewIn an era where AI makes capturing and storing customer data easier than ever, why are 77% of organizations reporting that AI adoption has outpaced their governance?In this episode of Human Centered, host Nick Brunker welcomes back Adam Troyak to unpack Signal Discipline—the strategic framework that separates customer care from customer surveillance. Adam breaks down why the biggest competitive advantage in AI isn't gathering more data, but developing the judgment to know what to remember, what to forget, and what to say out loud.Key Takeaways & Topics Covered:Data vs. Signals: Why functional data (clicks, browsing history) belongs to tech infrastructure, while first-party signals (human needs, self-disclosed preferences) belong to experience strategy.The "Surveilled" Trap: Why over 80% of tech spend lands in the high-data/low-trust quadrant—and why restraint is the true fix.The 5-Layer Signal Model: A step-by-step breakdown of Signals, Context, Memory, Trust, and Relationships.The Memory Policy Engine: How to build the "middle layer" in your tech stack that programmatically decides when data should persist, decay, surface, or be forgotten.Cross-Functional Alignment: Bringing the CIO, CMO, and Chief Risk Officer into the same room to map the 25 key "trust-bonding" moments in the customer journey.Read more of Adam's written pieces on Signal DisciplineThe Drum

Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak shared a love of the British Invasion and Beach Boys with classmate and drummer (and previous Caropop guest) Dennis Diken when they teamed up with bassist Mike Mesaros and signed on singer-songwriter-guitarist Pat DiNizio. Babjak describes this New Jersey power-pop group's rise, fall and current resurgence as a live band featuring a rotating roster of lead singers substituting for the late DiNizio, including previous Caropop guests Marshall Crenshaw, John Cowsill and Wesley Stace. Who wrote the indelible riffs for songs such as “Only a Memory” and “A Girl Like You”? How did Babjak gain confidence in his own songwriting? He explores the thorny issue of publishing royalties and explains why he took a job with a bank for 20 years. He also describes DiNizio's last years and what prompted the band to resume playing after he was gone. How did 2026 become the Smithereens' busiest year since 1994? What's happening with that prospective new Smithereens album?

Jacob, Ken, and Barney sit down to talk about forgiveness, both asking for it and offering it. They share personal stories of making amends years later, including a letter that arrived well after the moment had passed, and a gathering of pastors who sat down together after a painful split. Along the way they explore the difference between forgiving and reconciling, what Miroslav Volf's The End of Memory says about healing without forgetting, and how the Amish community of Nickel Mines chose to forgive. It's an honest conversation about why forgiveness is rarely quick, and how grace and healthy boundaries can live side by side.

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman remember and pay tribute to former NXT Champion Benjamin Satterley, known to wrestling fans as Adrian Neville and PAC, before reviewing tonight's NXT.00:00:00 - In Memory of Benjamin Satterley (PAC) 00:13:00 - RAW Thoughts00:28:40 - Order of Protection Filed Against Keanu Carver00:32:30 - NXT ReviewThe show includes:Grayson Waller defending the NXT Championship in an Open ChallengeFraxiom vs DarkState (First Round Match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic)Zaria vs Thea Hail (NXT Women's North American Championship)Mini Vikingo & Chazz Hall vs BirthRight (First Round Match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic)Myles Borne addresses his attack on Tavion Heights20 Woman Battle Royale announced for next week including TNA talentIzzi Dame is a high school bully The lads also talk about the allegations made against Keanu Carver, plus Jaida Parka appearing on RAW and more! Join our live NXT POST Shows every Tuesday night at YouTube.com/POSTWrestlingFollow more of Davie and Braden's work at Poisonrana.ca, with a weekly show covering everything in the world of wrestling and more!Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/poisonrana/id1361208631Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1jTsPUNnwHzQHNGj7GIS04Only $5 for “Friend” tier to access all these shows and everything in the back catalogue! Movie reviews, PPV reviews, and so much more!!! Patreon.com/PoisonranaThis week on the POISONRANA Patreon and Free Feed: Reviews From The 6ix: Carrie (1976) (Poisonrana Patreon)POISONRANA LIVE (Poisonrana YouTube & Free Feed)Last week on the POISONRANA Patreon and Free Feed:upYOURS: Masters of the Universe (2026) (Poisonrana Patreon)POISONRANA LIVE: AEW ALL OUT Review (Poisonrana YouTube & Free Feed)Photo Courtesy: WWEupNXT Theme by: Warren-D, PXCH and Shaheen AbdiSubscribe: https://www.postwrestling.com/subscribeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/702343790308154Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PoisonranaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PoisonranaPodDiscuss: https://forum.postwrestling.com#wwe #wwenxt #PAC #BenjaminSatterley #rippac #wwerawSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Jacques Pépin has long found beauty in simplicity—a glass of warm milk, a freshly sliced lemon, a garden-ripe tomato—and in transmitting knowledge from one hand to the next. Now 90, the French chef, author, artist, and educator has spent nearly a century immersed in the world of food, beginning as an apprentice in France at age 13 and rising through Parisian kitchens before moving to the United States in 1959. Over the decades, Pépin has become one of the most influential culinary figures in the world, authoring more than 30 cookbooks and appearing in hundreds of cooking programs. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his landmark 1976 book, La Technique, recently reimagined as an expanded edition combining 600-plus foundational skills and 160 recipes. For this “site-specific” episode of Time Sensitive, we joined Pépin at his home in Madison, Connecticut, where he has lived for more than 50 years, to discuss the relationship between technique and speed, how he's developed what he calls his “taste memory,” and the extraordinary role of chance throughout his life.Special thanks to our Season 14 presenting partner, L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.Show Notes: Jacques Pépin[09:19] La Technique (1976)[09:27] Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition (2026)[14:28] The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen (2003)[11:16] Craig Claiborne[15:49] Le Répertoire de la Cuisine (1914)[15:14] Société des Cuisiniers de Paris[24:39] Charles de Gaulle[25:03] Algerian War[47:26] Julia Child[39:20] Howard Johnson[39:35] Le Pavillon[42:37] Albert Camus [42:37] Samuel Beckett [42:37] Simone de Beauvoir [43:09] Michel Foucault[46:30] Voltaire[55:30] Helen McCully[57:47] James Beard[1:09:40] A Grandfather's Lessons (2017)

Send Zorba a message!The FDA has approved a new over-the-counter pain medication that combines acetaminophen with naproxen. Zorba weighs in on why now, and what this could be useful for. He helps out a caller with questions about vitamins to help with memory. He fields emails about GERD and prostate medications, we hear a Pavlovian Mom Joke, and Zorba reminisces about a horrible first date he had when he was 16 at a restaurant in Chicago.Support the showProduction, edit, and music by Karl ChristensonSend your question to Dr. Zorba (he loves to help!):Phone: 608-492-9292 (call anytime)Email: askdoctorzorba@gmail.comWeb: www.doctorzorba.orgStay well!

Notes and Links to Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's Work     Sarah Blakley-Cartwright is the author of Alice Sadie Celine (Simon Books, Simon & Schuster, November 28th, 2023). She is also the author of Red Riding Hood (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), a New York Times #1 bestseller that was published worldwide in thirty-eight editions and fifteen languages.     Sarah is the editor of The Artist's Library, featuring conversation with artists on their most beloved books, transcribed, and appearing monthly at Hauser & Wirth's Ursula magazine. The series launched in March 2021 with Anj Smith on Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory.      She has been the recipient of residencies and scholarships from the Millay Colony of the Arts, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, the Aspen Writers Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has spoken at SXSW, AWP, Brazil's Biennale de Livros, One Story Summer Conference, and the Roxbury Writers Residency. Sarah's writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine and the Georgia Review, and she has written about Henni Alftan for KARMA Books and James Baldwin for the National Book Foundation.   Buy Heavy Cream   Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's Website   People Magazine's Preview of Heavy Cream     At about 5:15, Sarah describes her mindset with Heavy Cream about to be published At about 6:45, Sarah reflects on the importance (or lack thereof) of blurbs  At about 12:50, Sarah highlights places to buy her book and details her book tour events At about 14:00, Sarah responds to Pete's asking about her early reading and writing life At about 18:25, Sarah talks about how her acting life and life as the daughter of creative filmmaker and successful actress affected Heavy Cream  At about 24:50, Sarah responds to Pete's question about the connections between writing and acting At about 26:45, Sarah expands on the differences between his father's girlfriends and the ways in which this information hit her as a young girl and later as a writer At about 30:15, Sarah reflects on individuality in teenagers and clothes as making one "legible" At about 31:20, Sarah and Pete discuss the high schoolers depicted in her book and how protagonist Gerry and her classmates showcase an understanding and “entitle[ment]” to their rights At about 35:55, Pete cites Antonya Nelson's “In the Land of Men” as evocative and reflection-inducing and setting up his question to Sarah about “writing to the ‘female gaze' ” At about 40:45, Sarah reflects on her interest in observers and “novels of reinvention” like The Talented Mr. Ripley and The Great Gatsby At about 41:50, Pete riffs (and rambles!) on what type of books do and don't “hit” with students At about 47:25, Pete and Sarah give some background on Gerry's mom and grandmother and their relationship's history and consequences and Sarah's process in crafting these important characters  At about 55:00, Sarah reflects on the ways in which mother and daughter are “enmeshed” in the novel At about 56:40, Sarah talks about Gerry's and her mother Helene, her POV chat At about 57:40, Sarah discusses the ways in which Gerry “makes herself legible” At about 58:15, Pete remarks on the world “opening up” for the reader and Gerry at the same time At about 59:25, Sarah summarizes the women and situations in which Gerry lives with them At about 1:04:00, The two discuss Gerry/Henry Hill from Goodfellas connections as Sarah describes Gerry as a “social learner”   At about 1:05:30, “Tener” y “ha tenido!” At about 1:05:50, Pete remarks on the book's intrigue and mysteries At about 1:06:45, The two tread lightly in talking about the pivotal Harlan At about 1:11:00, Pete and Sarah reflect on two quotes-one from Hawthorne, and one from Orwell-that connect to the novel      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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Three months ago Dwarkesh, who has been posting incredible blogs and episodes about RL, posted a framing question for his video essay on RLVR which upset a lot of Computer Use folks:We are no strangers to learning in public and are no strangers to the stress of getting things wrong when you have a big platform. However, we were at Anthropic for the Computer Use launch, there for Claude Cowork with the first big podcast on it, organized the first Computer Use track at AIE presenting the state of the art, and were close to the OpenAI-Sky Software acquisition that now powers the complete domination of computer use that Codex enjoys today. This is why we're excited to bring you today's first guest, Ari Weinstein, cofounder of Sky and now leading all the amazing CUA progress that casuals might miss:Ari explains why Computer Use is now “180 degrees different” from where it was months ago, how agents are learning to debug and recover from failures, why combining screenshots with accessibility data, the DOM, Playwright, and generated code changes the speed equation, and why the next frontier is making agents literally superhuman at using software.OpenAI clones JevIn the second half, Nikunj Handa from OpenAI's API team breaks down the new developer stack: async tool calling, mid-turn steering, WebSockets, UltraFast inference, the Decisions API, prompt caching, pre-warming, compaction, and the Agents API. Given that we were the first Jev podcast, we particularly focus on the unusually fast sprint on the Decisions API:And why it is just a Luna wrapper for now but the team is motivated and egoless enough to clone what they consider to be good patterns.We discuss:* Why OpenAI thinks Computer Use has changed dramatically in just the last few months* Dots and what changes when every agent gets its own Linux computer* Why Computer Use can now complete some tasks faster than the average human* The path from human-level to “literally superhuman” computer use* Why modern agents are much better at debugging and recovering from failure* How screenshots, accessibility trees, the DOM, Playwright, and generated JavaScript work together* App Shots and why they give models much richer context than ordinary screenshots* Why Computer Use can close the loop between writing software and testing it* Trust, permissions, and safety when agents can make payments and operate websites* Async function calling and why models no longer need to stop reasoning while tools run* Mid-turn steering, WebSockets, and the architecture behind more responsive agents* UltraFast inference and how OpenAI is pushing frontier models toward much lower latency* The rapid internal story behind the Decisions API* Why Decisions API is more than structured outputs at low latency* GPT Live, fast tool calling, and real-time computer control* How OpenAI is already using Decisions API for support classification and internal workflows* Longer prompt caching, cache pre-warming, and cache-aware applications* Server-side compaction vs manual compaction for long-running agent threads* What should live inside an Agents API versus a developer's own harness* OpenAI as an “AI cloud” and the search for higher-level primitives beyond raw model APIsAri Weinstein* Product & Engineering, Computer Use at OpenAI* X: https://x.com/AriX* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weinsteinari/Nikunj Handa* Product, API at OpenAI* X: https://x.com/nikunjhanda* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikunjhanda/Timestamps00:00:00 OpenAI DevDay: Dots, GPT-6.1, Agents API, and Decisions API00:02:52 Dots and Personal Cloud Computers00:04:59 Why Computer Use Is “180 Degrees Different”00:06:04 From Sky to Self-Debugging Computer Use Agents00:09:24 How Computer Use Sees and Operates Software00:12:09 From Faster Than Humans to Superhuman Computer Use00:16:03 Agents API: Trust, Permissions, and Safety00:17:31 Computer Use for Coding, Testing, and QA00:19:14 GPT-6 APIs, Async Tool Calling, and UltraFast Inference00:23:21 The Rapid Story Behind Decisions API00:25:32 What Decisions API Is and How It Works00:30:24 What OpenAI Is Building With the New APIs00:32:23 Prompt Caching, Pre-Warming, and API Performance00:35:20 Context Compaction for Long-Running Agents00:37:13 Memory, Higher-Level APIs, and the AI CloudTranscriptIntroduction: OpenAI DevDay and the New Agent StackVibhu [00:00:00]: Okay. We're very excited to be here. Today is OpenAI DevDay. Special podcastSwyx [00:00:08]: We're the first podcast after your livestream.Vibhu [00:00:10]: First podcast. We have Ari here, who leads the product and engineering team for Computer Use agents. Before we kick in and dive deep on Computer Use, you wanna give a quick recap? What was announced? What's the quick slew of announcements you guys had today?Ari Weinstein [00:00:24]: Yeah. yeah, it was a super exciting day. we just got out of the keynote. It was really sick. there were a bunch of Computer Use announcements that I think are worth thinking about. We have, Dots, which is the new, sort of personal assistant product, and, that has some really exciting Computer Use features. There's GPT-6.1 Sol, which is this amazing new model, that I think is particularly great for Computer Use ‘cause of, sort of the cost and speed, advantages. I think, I think we shared that it's, a fifth of the cost of Astra and a seventh of the cost if you're looking at Computer Use specifically, which is really amazing. sorry, there were so many things. I'm trying to sort through it.Swyx [00:01:02]: And the API.Ari Weinstein [00:01:03]: Agents API, which now has Computer Use in it, which is really cool, ‘cause now developers can build on the same Computer Use, that is part of Codex, and ChatGPT. and then there were some demos of our existing Computer Use features, like app shots, where you can take the context of something you're doing on your computer and bring it into Codex and ChatGPT really fast. And then, like, native Computer Use on your Mac, where Roman had it taking screenshots of his app, automatically, and he could do other things on his computer while Computer Use was using his applications. so yeah, really exciting keynote.Swyx [00:01:35]: And not to mention the Decisions API.Ari Weinstein [00:01:37]: Decisions API.Swyx [00:01:38]: Off the bat, are they all the same model? Like, this is. Or the same dataset distilled to different models?Swyx [00:01:44]: Like, basically, like, is Computer Use using Decisions API, or are they, like, kinda separate?Ari Weinstein [00:01:49]: So what's really cool about the Decisions API is it, you know, it has all these new capabilities. It does inference in parallel. it doesn't have reasoning. It's a smaller model, than the ones we use for Computer Use. and so those capabilities make it really fast.Dots and Delegating Work to a Cloud ComputerSwyx [00:02:07]: Yeah.Ari Weinstein [00:02:07]: They also make it a little bit less good at doing, like, long horizon, sort of sophisticated tasks. And so I think I would say it's still an open area of research for how we, like, bring those approaches together. But, yeah, I'm really excited to see what people build with the Decisions API.Vibhu [00:02:24]: One of the interesting things is Dots now have attached personal computers.Ari Weinstein [00:02:28]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:02:28]: So it seems like they're very much more persistent. You've been using them for a while. How should people push the bounds? Like, what should people aim for? What should they try? Personally, right now I use it for a lot of customer service. LikeAri Weinstein [00:02:41]: CoolVibhu [00:02:41]: “Oh, this was wrong. I don't wanna sign in. I don't wanna authenticate.” Find whatever and just get it fixed.Ari Weinstein [00:02:45]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:02:46]: How should we push further? What should people try?Ari Weinstein [00:02:50]: Dots Are a really cool product because each Dot has access to its own Linux virtual computer in the cloud, which is different from our other products. you know, traditionally, we've have access to a browser in the cloud, or it has access to your own computer, but now you get your own entire Linux computer in the cloud. And so it can run full desktop applications, and it can also use a web browser. And so, yeah, you know, I think the powerful thing about Computer Use and the reason why I think it's so, exciting is because it makes it so that the agent can do anything you as a, as a person can do, because all the software in the world was designed for humans, and now agents can use that same software, and you can delegate to the agent. So, yeah, like, anything that you would do on a computer, you can ask a Dot to do. Yeah, I think what particularly is useful is gonna really depend on who the end user is and what- what's valuable in their life. but yeah, I would just start by thinking about, like, one of the things that you spend time on and how could you delegate those to an agent.Swyx [00:03:47]: Yeah, a lot of flight booking and shopping and honestly even, like, playing a game or whatever, right?Ari Weinstein [00:03:52]: Totally.Swyx [00:03:52]: Yeah.Ari Weinstein [00:03:53]: Yeah, I don't know. For me, something I did recently, I've been working on. I've, subscribed to a meal prep service ‘cause I was trying to, like, eat healthy, you know? And I really like this meal prep service I found because it lets me customize the meals I order to, like, a high degree of granularity. So I can say, like, “I want this many grams of chicken and this many grams of rice.” but it was so complicated. It took me two hours to do an order, and I found that I could ask Computer Use to do it for me, and it did it in 15 minutes. so I actually saved two hours. it both did it eight times faster than I could, and it saved me two hours on GPT-6.1 Sol.Swyx [00:04:32]: Yeah.Ari Weinstein [00:04:32]: So those are the kinds of tasks that I feel like, are really powerful.Swyx [00:04:36]: As a creator, I can tell you automatically, immediately, my number one use case is automating YouTube.Ari Weinstein [00:04:40]: Nice.Swyx [00:04:40]: Because, YouTube doesn't expose a lot of things via API.Ari Weinstein [00:04:43]: Yeah.Swyx [00:04:43]: And you have to just put it in a VM and just, like, run it, for, like, let's say, let's say their AB testing feature or making community posts. None of this is available by API ‘cause they hate developers.Swyx [00:04:53]: Anyway, so,Ari Weinstein [00:04:55]: I've heard that from our developer experience team too. They use it with YouTube a lot. Yeah. It's really awesome.Swyx [00:04:59]: So I wanna draw for, you know. let's say, I wanna get a little bit spicy. One of our, the leading AI podcasts, our friends, is famous for saying that Computer Use hasn't advanced in the last two years.How Computer Use Has Changed in the Last YearAri Weinstein [00:05:12]: Yeah.Swyx [00:05:13]: Which is a very interesting statement, and I think you're one of the best people in the world to talk about this, like, how have things have progressed, right?Ari Weinstein [00:05:20]: Yeah. You know, they said that a few months ago, I think, and I hope they have a different perspective now because Computer Use is, like, 180 degrees different than it was.Swyx [00:05:26]: He's a, he's a tough guy to impress.Ari Weinstein [00:05:27]: Yeah, okay. well, we're working on it.Swyx [00:05:30]: But, you know, you worked on. You've, like, basically spent your whole career working on, like, some kind of computer automation, right?Ari Weinstein [00:05:34]: Yeah.Swyx [00:05:34]: Like shortcutsAri Weinstein [00:05:35]: YeahSwyx [00:05:35]: At Apple, and then Sky, and then, and then joining OpenAI. Can you draw, like, what your through line is for, like, what is driving you and what- you, what wasn't possible back then maybeAri Weinstein [00:05:47]: Yeah.Swyx [00:05:48]: And, like, what your sort of milestones were.Vibhu [00:05:49]: I guess to add on to that as a follow-up question, what's the major change from using Codex Computer Use from, like, last weekAri Weinstein [00:05:57]: YeahVibhu [00:05:57]: Through to today? Is it model? Is it dots? Is it harness? So all the history plus what really just changed in today's announcements?Ari Weinstein [00:06:04]: Yeah. On the through line, I guess I've always been excited about automation and helping people automate tasks because then you can, like, save time in your life and focus on things that are more important to you than, like, operating a computer very intricately. And so, yeah, that was why we worked on some of those products. I was at Apple before. we made a company called Sky. we ended up joining OpenAI, which is really exciting. and I think something that wasSwyx [00:06:27]: And almost like you have to hack around Apple until Apple was like, “Fine, like, we'll just hire you and you can just work on the inside,” right? Like.Ari Weinstein [00:06:35]: It was, it was a cool place to get to work. what was really interesting looking back at Sky is we were, we were working on Computer Use there as well, and the models were so much less capable. And now the models, just in the last one year, have become extraordinarily capable at Computer Use. I think the biggest delta that I see is before they could, like, reliably start tasks, but then they would run into problems, and now they're really good at debugging. They're really good at trying again, introspecting what is and isn't working. and I think we've also brought the Computer Use the Computer Use field itself has moved forward. I think we're using more techniques. now Computer Use, often writes code. So if you actually look at it in Codex and you expand the tool calls manually, you can see that it's not just doing one action at a time. It's actually writing JavaScript code that it executes, that the computer executes to perform sometimes many actions at once, which is a great, you know, speed up and great capability. We use more accessibility, sort of multimodal interfaces. So, the model may use screenshots, it may use accessibility, it may use Playwright. it can use a lot of different mechanisms, based on the task at hand. and then, yeah, the model acceleration has been, has been just amazing. So, yeah, what's different today? I think we're making computers better all the time, so I think just, like, one day's difference, is probably a little bit less consequential than, like, even the past month or the past two months. but, yeah, I think the Computer Use in Dot is really exciting as well as, the new model that we came out with.Measuring Computer Use and Improving the HarnessVibhu [00:08:03]: On the keynote, Tejal was mentioning 7x improvements in Computer Use speed, a lot better on a few benchmarks. How do you guys think about measuring it? Computer Use is one of those things where, as you say, you know, it's improvements over time.Ari Weinstein [00:08:20]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:08:20]: Is it harness? Is it model? Is it post-training?Ari Weinstein [00:08:22]: Right.Vibhu [00:08:22]: How do you guys look at it internally about measuring how good it is, and what were the changes with the new model?Ari Weinstein [00:08:29]: We actually have a bunch of different ways of measuring it, some of which are on different permutations and configurations of the harness. It's a bit of a complicated story because, you know, our production products have, you know, some more safety checks, and, you know, those are configured differently based on the needs of the, of the task at hand. So there's a lot of ways to measure it, but I think regardless of how we measure it, we find pretty consistent gains. and those gains are, sometimes in the harness and sometimes in the model. and yeah, I was really excited by this result that GPT-6.1 is even more cost-effective for Computer Use than its baseline cost improvement as compared to Astra. It's, like, really cool to see.Swyx [00:09:10]: Yeah. I mean, one of the visuals I really liked from the livestream was that, you're sort of improving the Pareto frontier of, your, curve, and there was a lot of talking about how you're improving it together with the harness.Ari Weinstein [00:09:24]: Yeah.Swyx [00:09:24]: Can you give some examples of aha moments that you had, whether it's on, like, model driving the harness driving the model, whatever?Ari Weinstein [00:09:32]: I don't mean to repeat myself, but I think, like, introducing more modalities has been really powerful.Swyx [00:09:36]: Okay.Ari Weinstein [00:09:36]: One more specific example of that is, in the past, I think we saw a lot of Computer Use, products had to spend a lot of time, like, scrolling, you know? So it would, like, take a screenshot. It would try to do something. It would be like, “Oh, I gotta, like, scroll down to the next page of results,” and then it would take a screenshot, and then it would try to do something. It would scroll down again. And so I think, with accessibility and other. and, direct access to the DOM and other things like that, now the language model can actually see, like, an entire page or an entire application. It can write code that can do multiple steps at once. And so I think those have been probably the biggest single aha moments. There's, like, a lot of tiny ones that are less exciting in comparison, but actually we do find also that a lot of speed improvements are driven by, like, a lot of little paper cuts that we gotta go in and introspect.App Shots, Accessibility, and Better Computer ContextSwyx [00:10:21]: Yeah. A lot of really hard engineering.Ari Weinstein [00:10:23]: Yeah.Swyx [00:10:23]: I mean, app shots in general, right? Like, I think people don't quite get the difference if. because there's, like, a nice visual in Codex when itAri Weinstein [00:10:30]: YeahSwyx [00:10:30]: When you take an app shot, but they don't maybe they get the difference that, you are able to actually drive each button and you have the, you have each text, in a very optimal representation.Ari Weinstein [00:10:40]: Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. It's kind of fun actually. If you wanna be, like, really nerdy about it, you can go into Codex, take an app shot by hitting the two command keys. So you grab the content from whatever app you're working with, bring it into the, Codex or ChatGPT chat. And then the. if you click on the attachment and you click on this, like, little tiny button in the top right, you can see the raw text and you see the raw accessibility representation. And yeah, we've put a lot of work into, puttingSwyx [00:11:04]: Just dumping everything out. Yeah.Ari Weinstein [00:11:05]: Dumping it out, but also making it token-efficient, doing it efficiently. There's, like, a bit of an art to it. And, you know, it turns out that the same technology that was invented for humans, you know, who maybe have accessibility needs, who wanna use a screen reader technology, that technology is really helpful for them to be able to use computers. It's also really helpful for LLMs to be able to use computers. So that's been, like, really fun to get to work on.Vibhu [00:11:27]: For context, I feel like a lot of people don't understand app shots. They don't even know it's a feature.Ari Weinstein [00:11:30]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:11:31]: It's when you double hit command, it pulls in what looks like a screenshotAri Weinstein [00:11:34]: RightVibhu [00:11:34]: And you're like, “Oh, why have I opened up just a screenshot and thrown it in?” No, it's actually pulling all the metadata, all the code, everything.Ari Weinstein [00:11:40]: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So it's like, you know, if you take a screenshot of a webpage that has a link- The screenshot doesn't include where the link goes. It doesn't include, you know, maybe you take a screenshot of your calendar, the ca- event ti- titles are truncated, you know? But when you take an app shot, it gives, like, the language model, like, full context about everything and, that lets it, just sort of, like, do much more.Swyx [00:12:02]: Yeah. For those who wanna see more, Jason Liu, I invited him to do a full workshop on this, at AI Engineer.Ari Weinstein [00:12:07]: Amazing.Swyx [00:12:08]: Did a great job.Vibhu [00:12:09]: I have a broader vision questionToward Superhuman Computer UseAri Weinstein [00:12:11]: YeahVibhu [00:12:11]: On Computer Use agents. So your example of take a screenshot, scroll page, take a screenshot is where we were.Ari Weinstein [00:12:17]: Right.Vibhu [00:12:17]: Today, they can automate a lot. what are the bottlenecks? Is it models? Is it harnesses? What. Where do you see it going in, like, two years? Do you see it just running for hours? How do we get there? Any predictions on where Computer Use goes?Ari Weinstein [00:12:32]: Yeah. I mean, I think what's really crazy that I think, You know, the team's accomplished over the past couple of months is that now Computer Use is, like, faster at accomplishing tasks than, like, the average human probably in most cases. and I think that the next frontier is to have Computer Use be, like, literally superhuman in its performance where it actually is as fast or faster at using software than, like, expert Computer Users like us. and I think that'll be really consequential and exciting when that happens because I think we'll be able to all of a sudden build products, that, provide just much more real-time experiences. And I think it'll also. lowering the barrier to entry of, or the activation energy, I suppose, of using Computer Use I think will make us start to default to doing certain things in agents that we've become accustomed to doing manually. And I think that's exciting also ‘cause it'll save us a ton of time. and I think there's a, you know, there are a lot of different little paper cuts and bottlenecks that are sort of standing in the way of that. I think that there's, yeah, there's things on the model side, there's things on the inference side, there's things on the harness side, there's things in the, in the representation. You know, we find that as Computer Use gets faster, we're increasingly bottlenecked by just, like, the speed of doing an operation. Like, for example, you know, a non-trivial amount of time in our benchmarks of Computer Use tasks is actually, like, let's say you're automating a task on doordash.com. Like, a lot of the time is actually waiting for doordash.com itself to load, you know?Swyx [00:14:04]: Yeah, then you just write a wait and then you execute the wait.Ari Weinstein [00:14:07]: Yeah, totally. And you wanna get. Yeah, actually, it's actually really important that you get that de- like, you want as little delay as possible between when it finally finishes loading and when you go andSwyx [00:14:16]: YeahAri Weinstein [00:14:16]: Trigger the LLM to do the next action, which is actually- itself a statistical science.Swyx [00:14:20]: Like an event-driven way maybe to do that.Ari Weinstein [00:14:22]: When possible, you want it to be event-driven.Swyx [00:14:24]: JavaScript has some load events.Ari Weinstein [00:14:25]: And JavaScript has load events for. or the web browser has load events for web navigation, but there's other types of events that actually really can't be event-driven. So there's a lot of complexityVibhu [00:14:34]: The one that comes to mind is, like, chatting with customer service.Ari Weinstein [00:14:37]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:14:37]: Replies could take 30 seconds, could take three minutes.Ari Weinstein [00:14:39]: Oh, right.Swyx [00:14:41]: I have dealt with so many bots with Codex. it's great, but I also wonder if the other side knows that they're talking to a bot ‘cause I'm, like, answering in complete sentences. Like, I'm capitalized correctly.Ari Weinstein [00:14:50]: That's hilarious.Swyx [00:14:51]: Like, I'm giving full num- full reference numbers and everything. Like, it's too. it's clearly too good. I don't care. Like Like, I'm just, like, trying to get my support case.Vibhu [00:14:58]: I've prompted it to, like, you know, “Don't pretend you're a bot. Be very annoyed human.”Vibhu [00:15:02]: Short one-liners, likeSwyx [00:15:04]: YeahVibhu [00:15:04]: Push it, do all this. I also tell it, “While you're waiting for responses, like, use subagents to research better ways to figure out what we need.”Ari Weinstein [00:15:12]: Nice.Vibhu [00:15:12]: It's just, like, human little intervention.Ari Weinstein [00:15:14]: That's awesome. I also feel like half the time it's a bot on the other end, so now youVibhu [00:15:17]: YeahAri Weinstein [00:15:17]: Got the bots talking to each other.Swyx [00:15:18]: Yeah. I will also say, you know, like, you know, one milestone of Computer Use that we are, we're at now is, you know, three, four years ago, we were scared of hooking up LLMs to the, to the web and toAri Weinstein [00:15:31]: YeahSwyx [00:15:31]: To our, to our devices. And now I'm having it configure DNS for me.Ari Weinstein [00:15:35]: Wow.Swyx [00:15:36]: I'm having it pay my bills, and, like, really, like, tens of thousands of dollars of, like, stuff I'm just sending it over and yoloing with Computer Use and, like, you know, what's the, what's the worst thing that can happen?Swyx [00:15:48]: So that- that's all, that's all really good.Building Safely With Computer Use in the Agents APIAri Weinstein [00:15:50]: Yeah.Swyx [00:15:50]: I think now that you've. you know, obviously, you also have to dogfood your own products and all these things. Now that you've sort of released this in API, what are some pitfalls or tips that you wanna tell developers, because they're about to, I guess, encounter all this, firsthand?Ari Weinstein [00:16:03]: First of all, I'm just really excited that we brought Computer Use into the Agents API. I think this is, really great because obviously a lot of developers are building applications that wanna be able to work with third-party websites and services. And so Computer Use has this universality to it. It can work with anything. So now all of a sudden, developers can build using the same Computer Use implementation that we're building on. I think there's great work to be done if you wanna build your own Computer Use harness, but it's hard. And also, we train our models on our Computer Use harness, so there is, an advantage to using the one that's in distribution for the model. There actually might be a speed and cost and accuracy advantage. So I think it's really great for people to get to build on top of that. And, yeah, you know, I think kind of to the point that you were making, like, I think we're all sort of still in the process and maybe, like, some of us are ahead of many people in the world of, like, getting comfortable with this technology and trusting it. And so I think it's incumbent on us to, sort of build that trust over time by making sure we're building things that are reliable, by building, the right kinds of safety checks, by asking for the user's consent before doing something consequential like making a payment, by, asking, you know, maybe depending on the application, making sure you're only letting it access the websites or applications that it actually needs for the task. So that's, I think, something important to think about. but yeah, I'd really encourage people to try the new Agents API, build all kinds of cool stuff on it. We'd love to hear your feed- feedback if, you know, depending on how it goes.Vibhu [00:17:31]: Have you seen any changes in the way it affects dev workflows? So one of the things with dots is, you know, you're seeing it in Slack.Ari Weinstein [00:17:38]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:17:38]: You're seeing people use voice and build. the example Roman showed of change this app and send me screenshots along the way and all this.Computer Use for Testing and Closing the Software LoopAri Weinstein [00:17:46]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:17:46]: Is anything that you're seeing there in adoption about how people are using Computer Use for coding workflows? Any tips people should take from that?Ari Weinstein [00:17:55]: One of my favorite use cases for Computer Use actually, and one that we see a lot in the wild, is Computer Use letting the agent- actually test the software that the agent has built, which is far more consequential than it sounds. Because traditionally, you know, you'd build something in Codex and then the-- and the Codex builds it for you, and then you have to test it, and you are now like QA for the agent, right? So with Computer Use, you can complete the develop-- the software development life cycle, where, the agent can build software, it can test it. So I have a lot of fun, you know, building stuff, having the agent test it. By the time it comes to me, it's already working. I have, extra fun because sometimes I'm, like, developing Computer Use itself, and so now I have a Computer Use agent that's using my Computer Use agent that's using something else. so yeah, I really, I really think this is a super powerful class of use case.Swyx [00:18:44]: I have a visual play test skill that I've developed that, really catches a lot of design issues,Ari Weinstein [00:18:49]: NiceSwyx [00:18:50]: That, you know, normally when you just look at code, you wouldn't really pick it up. it's also really good for cloning apps, though. If you're using a shitty SaaS and you wanna kill the SaaS You just clone it screen by screen by screen. and Obviously, Computer Use can completely drive everything, take screenshots, note it down, and then clone everything with Codex.Ari Weinstein [00:19:06]: That's really cool.Swyx [00:19:06]: But yeah, thanks for all your progress. I think, that isAri Weinstein [00:19:08]: AbsolutelySwyx [00:19:09]: Our time.Nikunj Handa: What's New in the OpenAI APIAri Weinstein [00:19:10]: Yeah.Swyx [00:19:10]: This is not the last that we're gonna talk.Ari Weinstein [00:19:12]: Yeah, cool. This has been really fun. Thank you guys for having me.Swyx [00:19:14]: All right.Vibhu [00:19:14]: All right. Okay, we're a strict cutoff. We're just gonna dive right in.Nikunj Handa [00:19:17]: Let's do it, yeah.Vibhu [00:19:19]: Okay, so, Nikunj, we're very excited to have you. You shipped a lot on the API side, like we justNikunj Handa [00:19:25]: YeahVibhu [00:19:25]: Talked about with Ari. You can now build with Computer Use agents. Anything you wanna highlight, the API side of changes, and introduce yourself a little and what you do?Nikunj Handa [00:19:34]: Yeah, for sure. My name is Nikunj. I lead product for the API team. Been here for roughly three years. been working on launching models. I feel like that's just been, like, a thing, constant thing throughout my time, here at OpenAI. And, with every new model, we try to, like, basically work super closely with the post-training team, the research team, to figure out what's new in it. and then we, like, expose those capabilities in the API. so that's, like, the basic way of putting it. and if you just look at, everything that's new with GPT-6, the cool new capabilities that we launched were, firstly, async function calling. so what you see with, like a lot of the things that you're seeing in, like, Codex and Dots and everything is that tool calls take so long that you don't have to, like, pause the model's execution while, the tool is running. So you could just, like, kick off a tool call, keep running, keep reasoning, and then check back in. so we launched async tool calling. We launched, like, mid-turn steering, so now you can, like, inject messages while the model is reasoning, in the middle. so as your tool call finishes, you can put in that instructions.Async Tool Calls, Mid-Turn Steering, and WebSocketsSwyx [00:20:43]: And that's also partially a model alignment capability, right?Nikunj Handa [00:20:46]: Yeah.Swyx [00:20:46]: Like, they have to train in the ability to train.Nikunj Handa [00:20:48]: Exactly, yeah. AndVibhu [00:20:49]: I feel like we've had it in the app. You could always, as it's reasoning, you could steer.Nikunj Handa [00:20:54]: Yes.Vibhu [00:20:54]: It wasn't the best. It's gotten much better.Nikunj Handa [00:20:57]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:20:57]: Excited to see how it does this in versionNikunj Handa [00:20:58]: Yeah, and I like our mainVibhu [00:20:59]: And nowNikunj Handa [00:21:00]: Goal in, our main goal in the API is to, like, put things in the API once it's trained into the harness. And so we kinda wait for that moment until it's good enough. And a lot of that is, like, actually being powered by WebSockets, which we launched, a few, I wanna say months ago. And so WebSockets just opens this, like, whole bidirectional, like, communication thing with the model. This is not, the GPT Life thing. I'm just talking about GPT-6. and you can do all these, like, async tool calling, async reasoning, injecting messages. It's a really fun API to work on. I think, like, really enjoying.Swyx [00:21:33]: Yeah. This is why we are the engineering podcast, because we get to talk about WebSockets.UltraFast and the Inference StackNikunj Handa [00:21:36]: Yeah.Swyx [00:21:37]: This also pairs very well with UltraFast, right?Nikunj Handa [00:21:39]: Oh, yeah.Swyx [00:21:39]: Like, that is now, like, I think for the first time ever available in the API.Nikunj Handa [00:21:43]: Yes.Swyx [00:21:43]: Which is, which is basically the theoretical fastest speed you can ever get, Frontier of Intelligence.Nikunj Handa [00:21:49]: Yeah. It's been so exciting to work on that project. I think, before I go into the API, the most fun part of, UltraFast has been just watching the inference team cook with Astra. Like, they're just, like, constantly having these, like, Codex agents running, trying to, like, squeeze out more performance. And, I would say, like, at least for a couple of months, a lot of it was focused on efficiency and driving the cost down, which is how we, like, were able to cut the Luna price by, like, 80%. It was, like, a lot of that was driven by, like, all the inference improvements they landed. And then now they've, like, shifted gears towards, like, how can we make this run as fast as possible? And so UltraFast has just been, like, amazing to see on a mo- on a model like Astra. Like, to go that fast has been really cool. And yeah, WebSockets is like. actually it was like the first time we launched WebSockets, it was for GPT, 5.3 Codex Spark, which was. Can't believe we named a model that, but, you know, that's what we launched it for. And obviously, it helps so much because, like, you gotta have the tool calls. you had, like, really reduced the overhead, of going back and forth with tools. And so, WebSockets is awesome for that.Swyx [00:22:57]: Yeah. it's always cute to see, like, I have my reset usage limit, and then I have my Spark usage limit that I never use.Nikunj Handa [00:23:03]: Yeah.Swyx [00:23:04]: Like, it's there if I want it.Nikunj Handa [00:23:05]: I think it's gone finally.Swyx [00:23:06]: It's gone. It's gone, yeah.Nikunj Handa [00:23:07]: I know it's gone, so.Swyx [00:23:08]: Yeah. you're slowly killing off all the, you know, theNikunj Handa [00:23:11]: The old ones, yeah.Swyx [00:23:11]: Oldies.Vibhu [00:23:11]: This is a great week. I mean, it was the first time we had Frontier Intelligence at extreme speeds.Nikunj Handa [00:23:17]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:23:18]: People really liked it.Nikunj Handa [00:23:19]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:23:19]: SoSwyx [00:23:20]: YeahVibhu [00:23:20]: First time it comes back.Swyx [00:23:21]: Yeah. for, 5.3 Spark is explicitly attributed to Cerebras. You guys are not confirming or denying that, UltraFast is related to Ce- Cerebras, but people are. I'll just say that people do care and, are wondering about it. And you have your own silicon as well. elephant in the room, decision models.Decisions API: OpenAI's Fast Decision ModelNikunj Handa [00:23:38]: Oh, yeah.Swyx [00:23:38]: Decisions API. We were the first podcast to do a big Jev, deep dive with, Diogo, and I also, you know, featured him at AI Engineer. How quickly did you see Jev and go likeNikunj Handa [00:23:49]: Oh my gosh. Yeah.Nikunj Handa [00:23:50]: Yeah. Firstly, like, huge props to Diogo and, like, the Jev team for, like, really inspiring theSwyx [00:23:55]: YesNikunj Handa [00:23:55]: Like, whole segment in the market. Like, obviously Jev comes out, everyone's, like, losing their minds over it. Our users are, like, hitting us up. But also, like, our internal teams are like, “We need, like, a much faster classification system.” We can. I don't wanna, like, get ahead of some of the dots features that are gonna comeSwyx [00:24:16]: WhooNikunj Handa [00:24:16]: But you're gonna see, like, some cool, like, really snappy, fast things built on top of the decisions API. but, you know, like, yeah. Props to Jev for, like, inspiring this whole thing. obviously a bunch of people at OpenAI get nerd sniped by that, and they're like, “How can we, like, make this work? We're not gonna, like-”Swyx [00:24:33]: Okay.Nikunj Handa [00:24:33]: “. train a new model.” ButSwyx [00:24:34]: Like, four weeks ago, this was not on the dev radar, right?Nikunj Handa [00:24:37]: No, not at all. No.Swyx [00:24:37]: Okay.Nikunj Handa [00:24:37]: This is likeSwyx [00:24:38]: WowNikunj Handa [00:24:38]: Jev-inspired and, likeSwyx [00:24:40]: I think you are officially the first one to your lab to, like, clone and, adopt this.Nikunj Handa [00:24:44]: Yeah. Yeah. I feel like, OpenAI has such a strong, like, hacker culture and, like, people are just, like, they get excited about things. And so, guy from inference, this one awesome guy from, the infra team are like, “ this is amazing. We're gonna, like, hack on it.” They build a prototype, it, like, works, and now we- we are just, like, hill climbing on latency and trying to make this as fast as possible, and we wanna, like, launch it in the coming days. so as soon as we hit our, like, latency target, we'll try to get this out.Vibhu [00:25:13]: It's interesting. At the same time of hacker culture, you also, as Sam said, like 99%, one of the most reliable APIs withNikunj Handa [00:25:20]: Mm-hmmVibhu [00:25:20]: I think probably the most usage, which is your team directly. how should people see decisions API? I feel like a lot of people saw Jev, heard the buzz, haven't built with it. You're making it very mainstream.What Decision Models Are Good ForNikunj Handa [00:25:32]: Mm-hmm.Vibhu [00:25:33]: What should people see it as? How should they use it?Nikunj Handa [00:25:36]: Yeah. I think the main use cases we've seen is, like, really fast classification. all the Computer Use demos have been amazing and really cool. I think there will be limitations, of course, in terms of, you know, having Astra, like, write, like, a JavaScript-like script to control your computer, versus having Luna pick, like, one action at a time. I think, it's not gonna be at the same intelligence level, but, like, maybe there's some Computer Use tasks that this is good enough for. So excited to see that come through. the other cool prototype I've seen internally is people hooking it up with GPT Live. So GPT Live is like, you know, our bidirectional, like, real-time,Swyx [00:26:14]: VoicingNikunj Handa [00:26:14]: A- API. And, it's built on this, like, model of front-end models and back-end models. So GPT Live is this, likeSwyx [00:26:20]: Think or talkerNikunj Handa [00:26:21]: Super fast. Yeah, think or, talker thing. So GPT Live is the talker, super fast, really good at delegation, and you have something like Astra sitting at the ba- at the back. But tool calling has always felt, like, really slow in GPT Live. and so people have been, like, putting together these, like, tool calling demos of GPT Live controlling a computer, and it just feels like so much more snappy and natural. So I'm, like, kinda excited to see, like, what people do with Live and with Luna on decisions API. so that'll be pretty exciting. Yeah.Swyx [00:26:55]: So I wanna iron this out for people, especially from the product side, because a lot of people have been putting out Jev clones. There's been about 100 in the last two weeks.What Makes a Decision Model DifferentNikunj Handa [00:27:01]: Oh, really? That's amazing.Vibhu [00:27:03]: The first couple days.Swyx [00:27:04]: But like, it. Like, they can clone a Jev API, which is honestly structured outputsNikunj Handa [00:27:09]: YeahSwyx [00:27:09]: Which OpenAI was first to.Nikunj Handa [00:27:10]: Yeah.Swyx [00:27:11]: Right? So, like, I think let's iron out for people what is a decision model, as far asNikunj Handa [00:27:16]: YeahSwyx [00:27:17]: As far as, like, what is important? It is not just latency. It's not just structured output, right? Because I could just have Luna as it'- The decision model is priced the same as Luna, right?Nikunj Handa [00:27:26]: Mm-hmm.Swyx [00:27:27]: Have turned off reasoning and then have structured output. Do I have a Jev? you know, no, right? And that's theNikunj Handa [00:27:33]: YeahSwyx [00:27:33]: That's the realVibhu [00:27:34]: There's a confidence there.Swyx [00:27:35]: Yeah.Nikunj Handa [00:27:36]: Yeah, totally. I think, the way that. So we haven't trained, like, a new model for this.Swyx [00:27:40]: Yeah.Nikunj Handa [00:27:40]: We're, like, building this purely on top of the same Luna weights that we have.Swyx [00:27:44]: Oh.Nikunj Handa [00:27:44]: So yeah. This is, like, really just Luna. And, on top of that, what you're doing is you're constraining. So, like, structured output's a big part of it. you're really optimizing the inference stack to, like, get very fast on TTFD. And because you can have multiple questions, what you do is, like, you basically run those in parallel,Swyx [00:28:05]: As a batch.Nikunj Handa [00:28:06]: Yeah. You run those in the-- as a batch. you-- All sorts of, like, inference techniques people are working on to try to make it as fast as possible. But I'd say, like, at least our implementation of it at the start and this first version is, like, zero-shotting this on top of Luna, to see how it goes. And obviously, you wanna, like, put it out there. Like, this is OpenAI's, like, classic iterative deployment thing. Put it out there, see what people think, and then, like, we'll make more model improvements, as needed. so yeah. That's, the decisions API.Swyx [00:28:38]: Yeah. And, obviously as a benefit, you have vision. They don't have vision, right?Nikunj Handa [00:28:42]: That's true.Swyx [00:28:42]: Obviously, Jev's comes withNikunj Handa [00:28:43]: Yeah. Like, we get it for free with Luna. Yeah.Swyx [00:28:45]: Yeah. I do think that, like, you know, some of the innovations, it sounds like, it's still to come if it's still the same Luna weights, which is, like, the confidence stuff, like, the in calibration is something that we've talked about on the podcast with, benchmarking calibration. ‘Cause basically, the whole point is that RLHF kind of collapses you towards what you want to hear.Calibration, Architecture, and the Open Research QuestionsNikunj Handa [00:29:03]: Yeah.Swyx [00:29:03]: But, like, not actually, like, what the amount of confidence is.Nikunj Handa [00:29:06]: Yeah. Yeah, totally. I'm eager to see how it pans out. Maybe there's, like, gonna be. These are gonna be, like, the key areas where we may have to, like, hill climbSwyx [00:29:15]: YeahNikunj Handa [00:29:15]: With the, with the future model release. But, yeah.Swyx [00:29:18]: And then architecture-wise, the other thing that's in the debate, obviously, you-- Nobody knows because Jev doesn't talk about it, but the two speculations are, one, maybe diffusion model instead of autoregressive.Nikunj Handa [00:29:28]: Mm-hmm.Swyx [00:29:29]: But you are able to achieve the parallel, generation in your way. And then the other one is some mech interp type thingNikunj Handa [00:29:37]: Mm-hmmSwyx [00:29:37]: That you're, like, analyzing the activations and then just outputtingNikunj Handa [00:29:40]: That would be coolSwyx [00:29:41]: The weights.Nikunj Handa [00:29:42]: Yeah.Swyx [00:29:42]: Which, like, you guys have all done the research on this. People have speculated.Vibhu [00:29:45]: There have been demos onSwyx [00:29:46]: YeahVibhu [00:29:46]: Both of these as well. I think Gemini shared a Gemini diffusion, Gemma diffusion on a Jev-style output.Nikunj Handa [00:29:53]: Oh, sick.Vibhu [00:29:53]: And, interp people have also, you know, pulled out interp from a middle layer, but this is all speculation.Swyx [00:29:59]: It's just like, what are you trying to aim for, right? Because you can achieve the API. Everyone can achieve the API. It's actually pretty trivial. But, like, then there's the speed, then there's the accuracy, then there's the other calibration features.Nikunj Handa [00:30:11]: Mm-hmm.Swyx [00:30:11]: I don't know what else.Nikunj Handa [00:30:13]: Yeah. Yeah. No, totally. It's so cool that this, like, whole space has been kicked off now and people are gonna do so much cool stuff and everyone's gonna learn from each other. And, yeah, I'm excited about it.What Developers Should Build NextVibhu [00:30:24]: I feel like being on the platform team, a lot of your job is to empower builders.Nikunj Handa [00:30:27]: Mm-hmm.Vibhu [00:30:28]: What do you think people should build with decisions API and also Computer Use agents? Any stuff that you've- been building with internally that you think really opens up after the new change?Nikunj Handa [00:30:39]: Yeah. okay, let's think. decisions API, use cases internally have been pretty obvious. Like, the user ops team was, like, jumping on it. We were like, “We gotta classify all of our support tickets.” what else came up? obviously, there were, like, the really cool GPT Live demos. I'm sure, like, the Codex app team might, like, pick this up and try to do something cool with it. So, you know, like, this whole thing started, like, a week ago, so it's, like, very early andSwyx [00:31:06]: Oh, one week.Nikunj Handa [00:31:07]: We're excited. Yeah. Yeah, pretty much.Vibhu [00:31:08]: There was a big push in, evals, LLM as a judge having really low latency there.Nikunj Handa [00:31:13]: Right. Yeah. That'll be interesting to see. and then, with the Agents API, we have-- we're basically, like, having a bunch of first-party products, like, at OpenAI built fully on top of it. we've had the Codex security stuff that just went out that's fully built on top of, the Agents API. We have, sort of the-- we- we are having, like, a meetings type of thing launching today.Agents API and OpenAI's First-Party ProductsSwyx [00:31:40]: Mm-hmm.Nikunj Handa [00:31:40]: I think there was, like, a demo. do you remember, like, the plugin extensions when Sam was showing it? There was, like, a demo for, like, you're in a calendar, you can sort of, like, have your meeting notesSwyx [00:31:51]: Like, drop into a singleNikunj Handa [00:31:52]: Flow into like your spaceSwyx [00:31:52]: Like, Google Docs type thing.Nikunj Handa [00:31:53]: Yeah.Swyx [00:31:54]: Right?Nikunj Handa [00:31:54]: And so the-- all of that stuff is, like, fully built on top of, the Agents API. and yeah, I'm, like, just excited to see. Like, we're just getting this out, and let's see what people build on top of it.Vibhu [00:32:04]: I think you showed it off very well. The whole edit spaces, pages, collaborate, add in your dot. Like, that's a lot, soNikunj Handa [00:32:12]: YeahVibhu [00:32:12]: There's a lot of inspiration people can go to.Nikunj Handa [00:32:14]: Yeah. All possible with Astra, you know. Like, thing- things just move so fast now. LikeSwyx [00:32:19]: YeahNikunj Handa [00:32:19]: People go from idea to execution so quickly, it's amazing.Swyx [00:32:23]: Is there something that you want, people to focus on to give you feedback? Like, what-- like, you know, maybe you're just putting this out there and you want-- and there's, like, a fork in the road and you want developers to help you decide.Responses API Performance and Long-Lived CachingNikunj Handa [00:32:35]: So I think Agents API and decisions API, they are like, these are our newest products. Would love, like, any and all feedback on that to figure out where to take them. I think, over here, we're, like, very open on Responses API, which is sort of like our workhorse over here. like, really focused on performance right now, and the performance comes in, like, two main ways. first is just, like, latency. We've been, like, rewriting the whole Responses API stack to, like, make it as fast as possible from a TTFT perspective, DVD perspective. So there's like-- that, like, continues to be, like, a main area of focus for us. The second thing we've been trying to do is, like, really go deep on caching, particularly with these, like, personal agents that are, you know, like, basically, like, a single thread that just goes on and on forever. We've been, trying to, like, really up our game on caching. We provide now guarantees of, like, cache hits within, like, 30 minutes. We're actually, like, we-- for one of our users, we just launched, like, a much longer cache window. So we have, like, a 12-hour caching guarantee, that we offer so that you have, like, guaranteed cache hits forSwyx [00:33:40]: Is that a public API?Nikunj Handa [00:33:42]: Not yet. That's in preview.Nikunj Handa [00:33:43]: We're gonna, like, try to get that out to everyone as soon as possible. But, like, just pay a little bit more for the cache write, and we, like, guarantee, like, cache reads for, like, a much longer period. So even if, like, your instinct thread, for example, like, you just, like, do something on it and then come back to it, like, three to four hours later, you- you're still getting the caching performance out of it. And launchedVibhu [00:34:04]: And you cut the cost there quite a bit too, right, with the new model?Nikunj Handa [00:34:07]: Oh, yeah. That's right.Vibhu [00:34:08]: Like, 25% cheaper, soNikunj Handa [00:34:08]: Yeah, with, like, driving down cache reads, yeah.Cache Pre-Warming and Cost-Efficient Agent ThreadsVibhu [00:34:10]: For builders, they should implementNikunj Handa [00:34:13]: YeahVibhu [00:34:13]: Because it's significantly cheaper.Nikunj Handa [00:34:14]: Yeah. Yeah. Just, like, building your apps with, like, to be very cache aware and sort of, like, use our prompt diagnostics or cache diagnostics tool to figure out, like, where things are dropping off. And, so the caching part is, like, really important. yeah, I also wanted to talk about pre-warming. We have that in the API now. So, like, if you know that, “Hey, I'm gonna get a cache,” like-- sorry, “I'm gonna get this prompt. I just wanna, like, pre-warm the cache, pay, like, the cache write fee right now, and then, like, have it sort of ready to go for the next 30 minutes for whenever.”Swyx [00:34:49]: And it can spawn many instances of that thread.Nikunj Handa [00:34:51]: Exactly, yeah.Swyx [00:34:52]: Yeah.Nikunj Handa [00:34:52]: You can just keep going and haveSwyx [00:34:54]: Yeah, just keep messing with the prompt thereNikunj Handa [00:34:55]: Tons and tons of that. and so, yeah, like, I'm very excited about getting feedback on, like, the low-level performance things that we can keep making Responses API the most performant and reliable way to, like, build on top of an LLM. And then you basically have our, like, new products where I'm just looking for, like, any and all feedback.Swyx [00:35:15]: Yeah, just use it, right?Nikunj Handa [00:35:16]: So yeah, just useSwyx [00:35:16]: Tell us what toNikunj Handa [00:35:17]: Yeah. Define our roadmap for us, please. So yeah.Swyx [00:35:20]: I think for me, the caching thing, great, right? Like, obviously very needed. But at the end of the day, you're still bumping up against a million-token contextCompaction and Managing Million-Token ContextsNikunj Handa [00:35:28]: Mm-hmmSwyx [00:35:28]: And that's probably not gonna change for the foreseeable future.Nikunj Handa [00:35:31]: Mm-hmm.Swyx [00:35:31]: Like, you still need good compression.Nikunj Handa [00:35:33]: Yeah.Swyx [00:35:33]: What is the best practice there?Nikunj Handa [00:35:34]: Yeah. Yeah, totally. so firstly, OpenAI has its own, like, proprietary compression, compSwyx [00:35:40]: Which is inNikunj Handa [00:35:41]: Compaction.Vibhu [00:35:42]: Compaction.Swyx [00:35:42]: It's in the agents.Vibhu [00:35:43]: It's in the API.Nikunj Handa [00:35:43]: Yes.Vibhu [00:35:43]: Agents API.Nikunj Handa [00:35:44]: Yeah.Swyx [00:35:44]: You decide for us, right?Nikunj Handa [00:35:45]: Yeah, exactly. So in the Agents API, it comes built into the harness. and if you're in Responses API, there's, like, two ways of doing it. One is what we call server-side compaction, which is you basically tell Responses API that if you ever hit this threshold of tokens, just auto-compact it and, like, go back, or sorry, like, reduce the context, being used. And the second way is, like, /compact, which is, like, if you want full control. So you can, like, /compact at any timeSwyx [00:36:15]: I hear youNikunj Handa [00:36:15]: Have your own logic on when to, likeSwyx [00:36:17]: It's not AGI.Nikunj Handa [00:36:18]: It.Swyx [00:36:18]: It's not AGI.Nikunj Handa [00:36:19]: Yeah. Yeah.Swyx [00:36:20]: Yeah. But it, I meanNikunj Handa [00:36:20]: YeahSwyx [00:36:20]: It is the manual override.Nikunj Handa [00:36:21]: Yeah, it is the manual way. And like, I don't know, but a lot of the big coding agents like to do it manually. I mean, like, if you look at the Codex implementation of it in the Code- open source Codex harness, you can see that they use /compact and do it. and, there's also, like, new, by the way, new compaction techniques that we are working on. Some of them you will be able to see in the Codex harness. Like, it's already implemented in the Codex harness. And so, they're like some file-based, systems that we are, like, experimenting with. So yeah, lots of cool stuff going on around in compaction as well.Swyx [00:36:57]: Cool. we are running out of time.Nikunj Handa [00:36:59]: Okay.Swyx [00:36:59]: I think you've talked about, a lot about performance and talked a lot about, the new APIs that you're launching. Can you give us any other hints as to things that you're interested in as far as the future of the platform is concerned?Higher-Level Platform Primitives and the AI CloudNikunj Handa [00:37:13]: We're obviously like very low level. Like, I used to work at Stripe before this, and, at Stripe a lot of the game was like building these higher level primitives and products on top of like the core payments primitives. and, I'm always like curious about what the best way of doing that is in AI. And I think we've had a couple of attempts at that. We like had launched assistance API like way back in the day, and like wasn't really the right fit. We were sort of like going off with this like Agents API, and, it gives you the codex harness, but like where's like the, what's the right amount of flexibility to give in that? That's like an open question. Like how should we like have memory walls and like all of these like higher level like API objects to take away, also like to abstract away more, like storage concepts. Like this is like a whole, like, there's a whole space that I'm like very curious about figuring out how we design. I think a lot of things in AI are just have a low-level API primitive and see an example harness and go and have your coding agent implement that. But how much of that do we build into the API is like a constant question that I'm thinking about.Swyx [00:38:24]: Yeah.Nikunj Handa [00:38:24]: So I don't know if folks have thoughts on that. If anyone has ideas, it would be super interesting to hear.Swyx [00:38:30]: Yeah. The analogy I always bring back to, and we'll end there, is, you're building an AI cloud, right?Nikunj Handa [00:38:35]: Mm-hmm.Swyx [00:38:35]: Like, which is, something that, Sam said a year agoNikunj Handa [00:38:38]: Mm-hmmSwyx [00:38:38]: Where, and you're, it's almost like you're kind of doing the AWS invention and you have to do, okay, this is EC2Nikunj Handa [00:38:45]: YeahSwyx [00:38:45]: And this is S3, and this is like. But you're doing the AI-native versions of each of these.Vibhu [00:38:48]: There are a lot of analogies, so you're pre-warming caches for stuff that you know will beNikunj Handa [00:38:53]: Yeah.Vibhu [00:38:53]: And it's nice that it's all exposed to buildersClosingNikunj Handa [00:38:56]: Mm-hmmVibhu [00:38:56]: ‘cause it just opens up ways that you can build new things.Nikunj Handa [00:38:59]: Yeah, absolutely.Swyx [00:39:00]: Okay.Vibhu [00:39:00]: Awesome. WellSwyx [00:39:01]: That's everything.Nikunj Handa [00:39:01]: Thank you, guys.Vibhu [00:39:02]: Thank you.Nikunj Handa [00:39:02]: Yeah. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.latent.space/subscribe

Send Zorba a message!The FDA has approved a new over-the-counter pain medication that combines acetaminophen with naproxen. Zorba weighs in on why now, and what this could be useful for. He helps out a caller with questions about vitamins to help with memory. He fields emails about GERD and prostate medications, we hear a Pavlovian Mom Joke, and Zorba reminisces about a horrible first date he had when he was 16 at a restaurant in Chicago.Support the showProduction, edit, and music by Karl ChristensonSend your question to Dr. Zorba (he loves to help!):Phone: 608-492-9292 (call anytime)Email: askdoctorzorba@gmail.comWeb: www.doctorzorba.orgStay well!

The Spiral Memory Buried Beneath Langley OutpostBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries OnlineThis episode includes AI-generated content.

What does self-worth really look like when we stop trying to be perfectly secure? Dr. Ann Kelley talks with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Marisa G. Franco about her new book, Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment. Dr. Franco challenges the idea that healing means becoming perfectly “secure,” arguing instead for becoming “secure-ish”—learning to acknowledge insecurity, shame, vulnerability, and other difficult emotions without judging or rejecting those parts of ourselves. She explores the difference between self-esteem and true self-worth, why some people struggle to receive love or positive feedback, and how our deeply held stories about ourselves can shape the relationships and experiences we seek out. The conversation also navigates into the science of memory and memory reconsolidation, including how past experiences can continue to influence our emotions and reactions even when we don't consciously remember them. “Being a steward of self-worth for self and for others is about allowing people to make mistakes and be imperfect.” – Dr. Marisa G. Franco Time Stamps for Secure-ish: Rethinking Self-Worth & Attachment with Dr. Marisa G. Franco (312) 01:57 Why friendship matters more than we think 04:01 The problem with attachment styles as status symbols 08:00 Memory as the database of self-perception 13:58 The role of implicit and explicit memory 25:59 The role of body sensations in healing 31:59 Overcoming self-criticism and building resilience 36:07 The Science of Memory and Emotional Triggers 40:02 Addressing detachment and dissociation 47:57 Practical tools for lasting change 49:55 The Future of Self-Worth and Emotional Freedom About our Guest – Dr. Marisa G. Franco An enlightening psychologist, international speaker, and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Marisa G Franco is known for digesting and communicating science in ways that resonate deeply enough with people to change their lives. She works as a professor at The University of Maryland and authored the New York Times bestseller Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends and Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment. She writes about friendship for Psychology Today and has been a featured connection expert for major publications like The New York Times, The Telegraph, and Vice. She speaks on belonging and self-worth at corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and universities. For tips on friendship, you can follow her on Instagram (DrMarisaGFranco), or go to her website, www.DrMarisaGFranco.com, where you can take a quiz to assess your strengths and weaknesses as a friend & reach out for speaking engagements. Dr. Marisa G. Franco professor, speaker, and author of Platonic and the forthcoming Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment.   Resources for Secure-ish: Rethinking Self-Worth & Attachment with Dr. Marisa G. Franco (312) Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment – Marisa’s book, get your copy! Dr. Franco’s LinkedIn – Profile @DrMarisaGFranco – Instagram profile Newsletter – Subscribe to receives yours Website – Information, speaking engagements and more Please support our sponsors – they keep our podcast free and accessible to all!  SimplePractice is an all-in-one EHR that is HIPPA compliant, HITRUST certified and built specifically for therapists. If you are ready to simplify the business side of your practice, now is a great time to try SimplePractice. Start with a 7-day free trial, then get 50% off your first three months. Just go to SimplePractice.com to claim the offer. Beyond Attachment Styles – Deepening Security in Yourself and Fostering More Secure Relationships Course available NOW! Everyone’s heard of attachment styles – but you likely don’t know how much the popular press gets wrong and what the science actually says about how to improve your relationships long term (including how we relate to ourselves).  This course is for anyone wanting to more deeply understand attachment (styles vs patterns), unconscious defense activation patterns, implicit scripts… and most importantly, what to do once you do get activated!  Online, Self-Paced, Asynchronous Learning with Quarterly Live Q&A’s! Earn 6 Continuing Education Credits – Available at Checkout. Ready to dive deeper into Secure Relating? Grab the book or explore the course, and use code BAS15 for a limited-time listener discount. Or read Marriott & Kelley’s critically-acclaimed book, Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World (HarperCollins,2023) for the most in-depth experience of learning about Secure Relating. Therapists love it, but it’s accessible to everyone.  If you aren’t interested in the background science, just start at Part 2 and we will be talking directly to you – it’s fun! Attention self-proclaimed Neuronerds!

What if memories were real entities that inhabit places, and what if music could give those places a voice?In this episode of Makers & Mystics, Stephen Roach sits down with composer Michael Anderson to explore the strange and beautiful relationship between memory, time, place, music, and faith.Michael's latest work, Hallov, is a 24-piece musical journey through birth, pain, joy, death, and what might come after. Described by Michael as “a movie score without the movie,” the album follows a protagonist through a series of imagined spaces while a mysterious “Spirit of Time” moves alongside him.For Michael, those spaces are more than settings. They are repositories of memory. An old church, a car ride, a hallway, a family dinner- places can hold the people we loved, the moments we experienced, and even the versions of ourselves we have left behind.Together, Stephen and Michael explore how music can give those memories a voice and how recurring melodies can function almost like memories themselves, returning throughout the album in different forms as the story unfolds.The conversation moves from Michael's childhood fascination with spaces to the autobiographical memories woven throughout Hallov, including a Wednesday night dinner with his grandparents, leaving Florida for a new chapter of life, and the haunting experience of imagining one's own death.Along the way, they explore the spiritual questions underneath the music: What happens to our memories when we enter eternity? Does the hope of new creation mean that our painful experiences are erased, or might they somehow be gathered into wholeness? And what might it mean to believe that even our tears and suffering have a place in the story God is making new?At the heart of the conversation is a deeper question: What if memory is not simply something we carry from the past, but a place where we encounter the mystery of who we have been, who we are becoming, and who we might be in eternity?For artists, Michael offers another important invitation: to resist the temptation to stop creating because someone else has created something greater. The joy of art isn't found in being the best. Sometimes the most important thing we can do is simply finish the work we've begun—and celebrate that it exists.Michael Anderson is a composer who blends classical music with jazz, pop, electronics, and soundscapes. He is drawn to memorable melodies and heartfelt narratives, using music as a way to explore story, memory, and human experience. His latest project, Hallov, brings together his love of cinematic music and storytelling in an immersive 24-piece exploration of time, memory, faith, death, and hope.Connect with Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicbymichaelanderson/Send us Fan MailSupport the showCONNECT WITH USWebsite: http://www.makersandmystics.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/makersandmystics Support the show: patreon.com/makersandmystics                                                  Sign Up for Our Newsletter! http://eepurl.com/g49Ks1GET A MAKERS X MYSTICS COFFEE MUG

As our Jewish brothers and sisters recently celebrated Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Father Dave reflects on the holidays with best friend of the show Rabbi Brad Hirschfield. This year is particularly poignant as the Jewish holy days coincide with the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.  

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DorkFest On Location: Pacific Surfliner to San Diego, 9/11 Reflections, and a Guam DetourLara and Tyler record from DorkFest in Los Angeles with guests Dave and longtime listener DJ, discussing meeting fellow spotters, Hyatt Globalist perks, and their day trip riding Amtrak's state-supported Pacific Surfliner to San Diego for lunch at the Top Gun–filming Kansas City Barbecue and a Navy SEAL museum visit with friends from across the U.S. DJ shares his lifelong train and plane-spotting background, upcoming New York plans mixing commuter rail and food stops, and bucket-list routes. The group reflects on September 11, including Laura and Dave's experiences as flight attendants, early post-9/11 flying conditions, and DJ's interest in the Flight 11 crew's heroism. Tyler recounts a Guam trip with his son via Tokyo, highlighting United's Guam hub, resort stay, and travel logistics, and notes his transfer from Phoenix to Salt Lake.00:00 Spotter Small Talk00:55 Live From DorkFest01:43 Hyatt Status Perks02:53 Meet DJ and Dave04:43 Surfliner Day Trip06:07 How Surfliner Works08:28 Top Gun Bar Stop10:21 Coastal Views and Erosion12:34 DJ Train Plane Origin14:21 Bucket List Rail Routes15:28 Cousin Devin Travels18:12 Secret NYC Train Plan20:09 Remembering 9 1121:30 Missionary During 9 1124:02 Flight Attendant Story33:07 Mission Sendoff Cut Short34:00 Flying After 9/1134:20 Empty Planes And Furloughs36:20 Come From Away Memories37:44 Honoring Flight 11 Crew39:56 How America Healed41:52 Why Guam Happened45:09 Getting There Via Tokyo47:00 United's Guam Hub Explained51:33 Guam Highlights And Hyatt Stay53:41 Tokyo Airports And Tips57:17 Security And Standby Seat Stress01:00:49 Dreamliner Window Drama01:03:45 Beach Stories With Chris01:04:54 Leaving Phoenix For Salt Lake01:09:48 Wrap Up And SponsorStaffTraveler is offering a 10% discount code for any of our listeners who buy their eSIM.Use the Promo code ST10NONREVLOUNGE  https://share.stafftraveler.com/nrl-esim✈StaffTraveler is a great app that can assist with your non-rev travels! Use it to find loads for your non-rev travel! Use this to sign up:https://stafftraveler.com/nonrevlounge

He swears he told you. You know he didn't. And now you're arguing about whether he's lying.If you love someone with a dyslexic or ADHD brain, this one's for you. A listener called Emily asked for it, and it's the episode I wish every partner could hear.In this episode:Why his brain builds memories that never happened (and defends them like they're real)The one question that ends the "I told you" fight: "What's your picture?"Why Monday him and Thursday him are both real, and what "what's your battery at?" does about itHow a four word text becomes a six hour rabbit hole, and how to pull him outA short bit for the blokes, because she's going to send you thisWant tools that actually work for a right brain thinker, and the people who love one? Join Right Brain Resetters. Monthly micro courses, live Q&A with me, and a community that gets it. $7 a month for founding members.Join Right Brain ResettersMy book is out now on Amazon, with a whole section on relationships. Dyslexia & ADHD Explained From The Inside: What I Wish They'd Told Me.Get the paperback | Get it on KindleNot sure if he's dyslexic? Take the free 2 minute quiz togetherGot a question you want me to answer on the show? Post it in the Right Brain Resetters group or the Facebook group. Emily's comment made this episode. Yours could make the next one.If this helped, send it to the person sitting next to you on the couch.Have an epic rest of your day.truthaboutdyslexia.comJoin the Facebook group

Send us Fan MailWhat do we do with memory when it is no longer behind us, but standing in front of us? How does what we remember shape the present, inform the future, and color—sometimes even haunt—the past?Author Nora Zelevansky returns to At the Podium to talk about memory, nostalgia, first love, friendship, and the complicated selves we carry across time. Her newest novel, Backslide, written under the pen name Nora Dahlia, follows two former first loves forced back into each other's lives decades later—and explores what happens when memory collides with the people they have become. In this conversation, Nora and Patrick explore the emotional landscape of memory: the freedom of growing up before cell phones and social media, the ways formative experiences continue to shape us, the truths and omissions that accumulate inside long friendships, and why relationships rarely divide neatly into heroes and villains. At the emotional center of the episode, Nora brings that idea out of fiction and into her own life. She reflects on the quiet grief of watching her daughter move on to a new school and realizing that an entire season of her own life—the friendships, laughter, community, and daily rituals surrounding that school—had ended as well. At its core, this conversation is a journey in which Nora and Patrick move past nostalgia into the strangely beautiful and melancholic experience of encountering a person, place, or version of yourself that still exists vividly in memory even though time has moved on. It is where memory becomes both gift and ache: a way of preserving who we were while reminding us that time continues to change who we are.

Memory recall is not like a videotape; our brains add our emotions, beliefs about ourselves, and more when we remember a moment in time. How do the stories we remember about ourselves shape who we think we are? Research shows that how we remember our past can greatly affect how we react to similar experiences in the future, creating patterns of behavior based on these responses.Key TakeawaysOur brains tend to remember key events or conversations that we then use as reference for future interactions and experiences.These beliefs can be both positive and negative, but can change how we see ourselves in specific situations or roles, i.e., being unlucky or lucky, “good” or “bad” at certain things.Whether for ourselves or for others, reshaping narratives that entrench us in cycles of self-doubt or harmful cycles can change the pattern of behavior.In relation to trauma, a survivor's recall of events can change over hours, days, and years after the event. This makes trauma-informed education and credibility assessment training vital for understanding memory recall and its variability.We can reconstruct memories over time with new perspectives, beliefs, and additional experiences that are always changing.Resources MentionedNarrative Identity research: Dan McAdams, "Narrative Identity," Handbook of Identity Theory and Research, January 2011.Repeat victimization: Deborah Lamm Weisel, Analyzing Repeat Victimization, August 2005.Memory reconstruction: "Speaking of Psychology: How memory can be manipulated, with Elizabeth Loftus, PhD." Speaking of Psychology from the American Psychological Association, 2019 (updated August 2023).Connect and Learn More☑️ Bridgette Stumpf | LinkedIn☑️ Lindsey Silverberg | LinkedIn ☑️ Volare | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook☑️ Subscribe to the TraumaTies newsletter ☑️ TraumaTies Website | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify Brought to you by Volare, TraumaTies: Untangling Societal Harm & Healing After Crime is a podcast that creates space and conversations to dissect the structural and systemic knots that keep us from addressing trauma.Rooted in a belief that survivors of crime deserve respect for their dignity in the aftermath of victimization, Volare seeks to empower survivors by informing them of all of the options available and working to transform existing response systems to be more inclusive of the diverse needs that survivors often have after crime.Volare also provides free, holistic, and comprehensive advocacy, therapeutic, and legal services to survivors of all crime types. Visit our website to learn more about how to access our trauma-informed education training and how to partner with us to expand survivor-defined justice.

The Platform Marked on Maps Older Than MemoryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries OnlineThis episode includes AI-generated content.

The Signal That Rewrote Every Memory on Sentinel ReefBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-mysteries-unsolved-mysteries-forgotten-secrets-unanswered-questions--5684156/support.Darkest Mysteries OnlineThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Michael Pollan is a renowned author, journalist and professor at UC Berkeley. He is best known for his influential works on how humans and plants have shaped each other at the level of food, medicine, health, and culture. In this episode we discuss consciousness—what it is and how the recognition between our self vs others contributes to-- but also can impair, certain aspects of conscious experience. We discuss psychedelics, the microbiome, caffeine, and how the unconscious dialogue between our body and brain impacts our thoughts and feelings. Pollan offers a hopeful perspective on how our relationship with plants and animals – including other humans, can lead us to a healthier, and far richer experience of life. Read the full episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman Mateina: https://drinkmateina.com Rorra: https://rorra.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Michael Pollan (00:02:50) Wendell Berry, Nature (00:06:30) Consciousness; Sentience (00:10:04) Environmental Response, Plant Intelligence; Self-Recognition (00:13:52) Sponsors: Eight Sleep & Rorra (00:20:49) Plants, Communication, Sentience, Symbiosis (00:27:37) Self-Awareness, Time; Xenobots, Instinct (00:34:32) Microbiome, Influence & Symbiosis (00:40:28) Meaning; Cortex vs Brain Stem, Homeostatic Feelings (00:47:17) Sponsor: AG1 (00:48:36) Body & Brain Communication, Vagus Nerve (00:57:21) Collective Consciousness, Psychedelics, Ego, Awe (01:08:14) Filter Theories of Consciousness (01:13:28) Sponsor: Function (01:15:06) AI, Consciousness, Feelings; Memory; Quantum Effects (01:21:27) Childhood, Gardening, Interacting with Nature (01:27:08) Hope, Nature & Agency, Food Industry (01:32:21) Advocacy, Psychedelics, Food Industry (01:39:50) Sponsor: Mateina (01:44:52) Psychedelics, Ibogaine, Veterans, Politics; MDMA, Psilocybin; Risk (01:52:18) Caffeine, Caffeine Fast, Health Benefits (02:00:21) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most people read all day without realizing how much time it is costing them.Emails, reports, messages, articles, research, books, and online information all require the same core skill: reading. And if you can improve that skill, you can process information faster, stay focused longer, and get hours of your time back.In this episode of the Kwik Brain podcast, I break down five practical strategies to help you become a faster, more effective reader across everything you read.I'll show you how to establish your reading baseline, use a visual pacer to reduce unnecessary backtracking, train your eyes to process groups of words instead of one word at a time, and use timed practice to steadily increase your speed. I also explain how pre-reading can help your brain process information more efficiently and how active recall helps you remember and use what you just read.In this episode, you will learn:✅ How to measure your current reading speed✅ Why subvocalization can slow down your reading✅ How metaguiding can improve speed, focus, and reading flow✅ How chunking trains your brain to process more information at once✅ Why speed reading is different from skimming✅ How to train yourself to read faster through timed practice✅ How pre-reading prepares your brain to process information more efficiently✅ Why active recall improves memory and retention✅ How saying what you learned out loud can deepen understanding✅ How to read emails, reports, articles, books, and other information more efficiently✅ How improving your reading speed can give you back hours of valuable timeAfter this episode, you'll have a practical system for training one of the skills you use every single day, helping you move through information faster, retain more of what matters, and free up more time.☀️Order my new book: https://limitlessdaily.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week's conversation, "Cross Colors," confronts our current attention-deficit society, one that causes us to forget what happened last week, much less before, and to attempt to command attention with shorthands that too often court obscuring spectacle. We use our Africana Studies framework to examine recent cultural and historical flashpoints: A new book offering even more proof of Thomas Jefferson fathering children across “racial” lines; the unveiling of a new Kwanzaa stamp that replaces Pan-African flag colors with pink, lime green, and yellow pastels; and a new New York Times Magazine article that grapples with dilemmas of collective Black US public education without a mention of education as self-determination and intellectual warfare by Africans in the US during the era of human trafficking and its afterlives.To confront a racialized US and global Social Structure in pursuit of collective power, we continue to ask core Africana Studies Framework questions: What are our best and most effective Governance experiences with educating our children and how do we scale them in hostile, anti-African Social Structures? How do we confront race without centering it as the comparative lens for viewing our humanity? What happens when race obscures our Ways of Knowing, leading to endless debates about crossing colors in a racial state and is racial integration while preserving the whole African person even possible within it? In this conversation, we will be generous with one another, agreeing to agree with love, facts, and in pursuit of self-determining Governance formations.Are you a member of Knarrative? If not, we invite you to join our community today by signing up at: https://www.knarrative.com. As a Knarrative subscriber, you'll gain immediate access to Knubia, our growing community of teachers, learners, thinkers, doers, artists, and creators. Together, we're making a generational commitment to our collective interests, work, and responsibilities. Join us at https://www.knarrative.com and download the Knubia app through your app store or by visiting https://community.knarrative.com.To shop Go to:TheGlobalMajorityMore from us:Follow on X: https://x.com/knarrative_https://x.com/inclasswithcarrFollow on Instagram IG / knarrative IG/ inclasswithcarr Follow Dr. Carr: https://www.drgregcarr.comhttps://x.com/AfricanaCarrFollow Karen Hunter: https://karenhuntershow.comhttps://x.com/karenhunter IG / karenhuntershowSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In this episode of The Circuit, Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg explore the evolving dynamics of the semiconductor memory market, consumer AI agents, and critical compute infrastructure. The hosts begin by analyzing the aggressive capacity expansions and yield improvements of Chinese memory providers YMTC and CXMT, discussing how their growing output might provide pricing relief for consumer electronics OEMs currently squeezed by massive data center demand. The conversation then pivots to Meta's new "Muse" AI assistant, which the hosts view as a potential catalyst for mainstream AI adoption that could bridge the user skill gap by acting as a proactive personal and enterprise orchestrator. Finally, they unpack Anthropic's $11 billion equity-exchange partnership with Akamai, highlighting its implications for distributed edge inference and the massive, unforeseen surge in CPU demand required to power these continuous "agentic" workloads.

To misquote Firefly's Wash Washburn, “I am a Leaf Phoenix on the wind, watch how I soar!” The year is 1986 and the film Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van are remembering is Space Camp starring Leaf (soon to be Joaquin) Phoenix. Also there's a robot called Jinx – not to be confused with the Halle Berry character of the same name. As the hosts talk they are refreshed by a drink called The Little Green Man, made from Brazilian Lemonade, topped off with a splash of Melon liquor. How do make Brazilian Lemonade? Well, first you need to deal with the fact that it's actually limeade. They also create a tribute drink called The Kate Capshot. Here's how to make it… Mix a Slurpee/Froster/Icee style drink with soft serve ice cream. Top with an ounce of Southern Comfort. Serve with a small rocket nearby. It's a drink the producer's wife tasted and said, “Oh that's interesting! It's good. Like milk chocolate. It reminds me of going to a petting zoo.” If you make The Kate Capshot or, better yet, make up a drink of your own, please send a picture to sneakyd@sneakydragon.com by following this link! Even if you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you. Also let us know what you think of the show and if you have any suggestions for future films. Produced by Ian BoothbyEdited by Vicky VanTheme song by Chris Roberts

Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences... ...was open to anyone who wished to meet dinosaurs, birds, shells, fossils and the people who studied them. Now its public doors are closed, and I have come to Laurel Hill East to break that news to more than 50 of the founders, presidents, curators, collectors and supporters buried here. As we walk from grave to grave, we will follow the Academy from a rented room in 1812 to an internationally important museum—and ask how so much accumulated trust reached such an uncertain moment. This will not be an indictment delivered from a distance, but a careful conversation about the people who devoted their lives to the institution. Welcome to A Cabinet of Memory.

In this episode, I'm taking credit for a good memory I don't have. The truth? I didn't remember. I added it to my task system.That tiny moment kicks off a bigger conversation about why so many of us abandon task apps and fall back on memory to hold everything together. If you've got a graveyard of half-used apps on your phone, and you've told yourself a task app is more work than it's worth, this one's for you.I walk through the mindset shift that changes everything: treating your task system like a fine-tuned engine that moves your day forward, instead of a cluttered garage you're afraid to open. I share the simple moves that turn your system into a reliable memory machine, from giving every task a clear next action to co-opting the "due date" field as a "do date."By the end, you'll see how a little upkeep gives you time back, a shorter to-do list, and the quiet satisfaction of becoming the most accountable version of yourself. Press play and let's get into it.This show is brought to you by: The Do More Stress Less App : The time management and stress reduction app for ambitious professionals -  https://www.alexishaselberger.com/app FREE Resources: Watch this Free Class!: 3 Secrets to Always Having Enough Time For Your Work, Your Family and Yourself ( https://www.alexishaselberger.com/register-now ) ⁠⁠Click here to grab your free Distraction Action Plan today and start saving hours  each week! ( https://www.alexishaselberger.com/reduce-distraction )Stay connected!:Join the conversation on Alexis' Substack! -  https://alexishaselberger.substack.com/ Visit our website at  ⁠https://www.alexishaselberger.com⁠ Check out the " ⁠Time Well Spent: Time Management for Real People⁠ “ Course ( https://www.alexishaselberger.com/time-well-spent-course )Check out the  The Do More Stress Less App : The time management and stress reduction app for ambitious professionals -  (https://www.alexishaselberger.com/app )Join the  ⁠Do More, Stress Less Facebook Community⁠  ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/domorestressless )Connect on  ⁠Linkedin⁠  ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-haselberger/ )Follow us for updates and more content: Substack  ( https://alexishaselberger.substack.com/ ) Youtube  ( https://www.youtube.com/c/DoMoreStressLess ) ⁠Instagram⁠  ( https://www.instagram.com/do.more.stress.less/ ) ⁠Facebook⁠  ( https://www.facebook.com/domorestressless )We want your feedback!:If you have constructive feedback, please email us at alexis+podcastfeedback@alexishaselberger.comIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and share with a friend!Transcript:Read it  ⁠here⁠ ! (LINK)

Can Smell Training Help Your Brain? Simple Olfactory Exercises for Brain Fog and MemoryNeed help?https://drhughwegwerth.com/Can your sense of smell help exercise your brain?In this episode, Dr. Hugh Wegwerth explains how the olfactory system, or your sense of smell, connects closely with important areas of the brain involved in memory, emotions, and brain function.You will learn how simple smell-training exercises may be used as a gentle way to stimulate the brain.In this episode, you will learn:How smell signals travel from your nose into your brainWhat the olfactory bulb and olfactory nerve doWhy smell has a strong connection with memory and emotionsHow the hippocampus is involved with memoryHow the amygdala connects smells with emotional memoriesWhat neuroplasticity means in simple termsHow repeated smell training may help the brain build stronger connectionsHow to practice smell training at homeWhy using familiar scents like orange, peppermint, lavender, and eucalyptus may make training easierWhy testing each nostril separately may be usefulHow smell training may be a gentle brain exercise for people dealing with brain fog or reduced sense of smellA Simple Smell-Training ExerciseChoose several familiar scents.Try scents such as:OrangePeppermintLavenderEucalyptusLemongrassClose one nostril and gently smell one scent.Then switch sides and test the other nostril.Before looking at the label, try to identify the smell.If you cannot recognize it at first, that is part of the exercise. Repeating the process may help train your brain to recognize smells more easily.Think of it like going to the gym.You may start by lifting a light weight. Over time, your muscles become stronger.Your brain can also change and adapt. This ability is called neuroplasticity.The goal of smell training is simple:Stimulate the olfactory systemChallenge the brainPractice identifying smellsBuild stronger brain connections over timeDr. Hugh also discusses research on olfactory enrichment, memory, brain stimulation, and healthy aging and explains why scientists are interested in the connection between smell and brain health.If you are interested in brain fog, memory problems, cognitive health, olfactory training, neuroplasticity, concussion recovery, or natural ways to exercise the brain, this episode will give you a simple introduction to how smell training works.Topics discussed:Olfactory bulbOlfactory nerveSmell trainingBrain fogMemoryNeuroplasticityHippocampusAmygdalaCognitive healthBrain rehabilitationEssential oilsOlfactory enrichmentBrain functionDr. Hugh WegwerthFunctional MedicineThis podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition.

Welcome to this week's leadership story where I am sharing a core childhood memory that turned into compassionate leadership. We all make mistakes! How we react to other people's mistakes is a part of who we are as leaders. Dedicated to my compassionate, loving father. I miss him, every single day.

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