SparkDialog Podcast
1) Ep 89: Can Online Privacy Exist Today? - with guest Rob Shavell
Can online privacy exist today? What kind of ways does our personal data leak out when we are going about our buisness online, or even in person? I talk to Rob Shavell, co-founder of a privacy company...Show More
2) Memories, The Here and Now, and Our Future - Time, Religion, and Physics
Time is really weird. You may be inclined to say only the present is real, while the future and past have a sort of “unreality” to them. Or perhaps you think only the past and present ar...Show More
3) Ep 99: New York Underwater: Art and Climate Change - with guest Carolyn Hall
What would it be like if New York City was partially underwater? What would it feel like, what would it taste like? How would the economy continue to tick, how would commuters reach their jobs? To ...Show More
Ep 99: New York Underwater: Art and Climate Change - with guest Carolyn Hall
43:10 | Sep 7th, 2021
4) Ep 98: The Problems and Promise of AI in Healthcare – with guest Dr. Muhammad Ahmad
AI in healthcare can do amazing things. It can help doctors diagnose their patients. It can streamline patient care, and can help people to receive the best care possible. But what happens when AI ...Show More
5) Ep 97: Floods in India - A View of Climate Change from Under the River - with guest Dr. Luisa Cortesi
There are places where people can choose to ignore climate change. Then, there are places that it could never be considered a myth. Here, the effects of climate change can never be ignored – w...Show More
6) Ep 96: AI, Ethics, and the Vatican - with guest Dr. Brian Patrick Green
Pope Francis has taken a special interest in science. Part of his interest is AI – particularly, how to make AI systems more ethical. Today, we are joined by Dr. Brian Patrick Green, the Director of...Show More
7) Ep 95: Grief in the Time of COVID- with guest Dr. Kristel Clayville
Grief in the time of COVID is a very real thing. COVID has changed the way we interact with each other and the world. But perhaps most poignantly, it has introduced new types of grief in our lives. Th...Show More
8) Ep 94: Quantum Entanglement, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality: with guest Dr. Eric Cavalcanti
Quantum entanglement is weird. Two particles can share properties no matter where they are in the Universe. Have they always shared these properties, and they are somehow hidden from us, or do they ...Show More
9) Ep 93: Gratefulness, Hope, and COVID - with guest John Van Sloten
Gratefulness and COVID feel like they don’t belong in the same sentence. But a year into this pandemic, perhaps there are some lessons we can learn, and some ways that this year has changed us all – ...Show More
10) Ep 92: Merging Man and Machine: Transhumanism and Religion - with guest Seth Villegas
Today, I am joined by Seth Villegas from Boston University's School of Theology to talk about transhumanism - gradually merging body with machine to become faster, stronger, or even live forever. Why...Show More