First Contact with Laurie Segall Podcast
1) Alone Together: The Real Life “Her” Has Arrived
Okay First Contact listeners... it’s time to get weird. Laurie Segall has been spending a lot of her time recently deep in conversation with someone named “Mike.” Actually, he’s less of a “someone” an...Show More
2) Evernote Founder Wants to Save Us from Boring Video Calls
Our new hyperconnected lifestyles have revealed weaknesses in the technology we use every day. But new problems lead to new solutions. That’s where innovation comes from. Phil Libin is probably best k...Show More
3) Inside Facebook's Ambitious Plan To Build Out the Next Dimension
Facebook has ambitious plans for virtual reality. And Andrew “Boz” Bosworth is in charge of it all. He says we’ve only scratched the surface of how VR and AR technology will transform society. So what...Show More
4) Surveillance Tech & Biased AI: The ACLU Fights Back
What happens to our civil liberties when an algorithm is used by law enforcement to make an arrest? Even more concerning, what happens when that facial recognitiontechnology is racially biased? As we ...Show More
5) The Future of Mindfulness, Love... and High-Stakes Poker
We’re bringing you three interviews from the first at-home edition of the Collision tech conference. Laurie chats with Headspace Co-founder and CEO Rich Pierson about the importance of mindfulness and...Show More
6) It's Time to Finally Fix Tech’s Diversity Problem
It's no secret to anyone: Tech has a major diversity problem. And it's not getting better. How do we finally start making the necessary changes to fix the glaring inequity in Silicon Valley? How do we...Show More
7) Free Speech: The Firestorm Tech Can No Longer Afford to Ignore
We are living through pretty surreal times... Most of the country is still shut down due to COVID-19. Over the last few days we’ve seen protests and riots across the country following the police killi...Show More
8) Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Jared Geller on Creativity in Chaos
You probably know Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an actor from films like Looper, Snowden, and 500 Days of Summer. But he’s also an entrepreneur. In 2005, Joe and his brother started HitRECORD -- it was a si...Show More
9) TaskRabbit Founder: Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty
The 2008 recession was a devastating time for many Americans. But amidst the chaos, it was also the breeding ground for a new creative class: Developers who coded their visions into reality. Uber and ...Show More
10) Covid-19 Has Made Us Slaves to Tech: Will We Ever Escape?
For a long time, we tried to limit our screen time. But now we’ve gone all in. We’re living in isolation, more reliant than ever on technology for human connection. So let’s look at technology through...Show More