In EP 12 Indian Genes talks to Bernardo Kastrup’s who has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization…
Sara Seager, Sara Seager is the Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her past research is credited with laying the foundation for the field of exoplanet atmospheres, while her current research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres and the future search for…
Ashwing Vasavada from NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and a CALTECH / UCLA star, has been involved with the Mars Rover Curiosity for over eight years now and has virtually spent that time living on Mars through the Curiosity mission. If anyone knows the conditions on Mars, then it is Ashwin and in this episode…
India’s first space traveler, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 3rd, 1984 with the Interkosmos program. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space. He speaks exclusively to Indian Genes about his mission and the memories that he carries with him. Rakesh Sharma openly speaks his…
Narayan Prasad is a space entrepreneur who was awarded the Emerging Space Leader 2017 by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). He was elected as a member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), co-founded the Small Satellite Project Group at the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) and is a founding member of Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI). Narayan talks to…
Dr. James Beacham searches for answers to the biggest open questions of physics using the largest experiment ever, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. He hunts for dark matter, gravitons, quantum black holes, and dark photons as a member of the ATLAS collaboration, one of the teams that discovered the Higgs boson in 2012. In…
John Bucher is a renowned strategist, communicator, and cultural mythologist based out of Hollywood, California. He is also an author, podcaster, and speaker. He holds a PhD in Mythology and Depth Psychology and has spoken on five continents about using the power of story to reframe how products, individuals, organizations, cultures, and nations are viewed. …
Dr. Kat Arney is an award-winning science writer, public speaker, broadcaster, host of Genetics Unzipped and director of the science communications consultancy First Create The Media. Based in the UK, she is the author of the popular science books Herding Hemingway’s Cats: Understanding How Our Genes Work and How to Code a Human. She has fronted several BBC…
Joaquim talks with data and AI scientist David Yakobovitch. He speaks about AI, robotics, machine learning, deep learning, google, amazon, alexa, automation, computer vision, language processing, auto ml, website, whistle blowers, data security, data authenticity, deep mind, go, computer games, fortnite, sam harris, stephen hawking, perception, neural networks, spear phishing, ethical decision, ai governance, data…
Bill Von Hippel talks about, evolution, primates, evilotuinary biology, genes, dna genetics, australopithecus afarensis, homo habalis, neanderthal, java man, hobbit, denislovians, homo sapiens, physical anthropology, primatology, archaeology, paleontology, neurobiology, ethology, linguistics, evolutionary psychology, embryology, last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, language, speech, cognition, behavior, social media , education, students, universities, species, genus, fossils, human…