Name: Persian Perspectives Today: Josh Samani on AI, identity and reimagining how we learn by Daily Bruin
Duration: 26 min 58 s
Description: Listen to Professor Josh Samani describe how artificial intelligence reshapes education, why real-world connections prove essential to meaningful scientific understanding, and how his Iranian American identity informs his interest in physics.

Before ghost-hunting shows and viral psychic videos, UCLA ran a real parapsychology lab, hidden in the old Neuropsychiatric Institute. In this episode of Nightly Bruin, Jina Bae, Audrey Turner, Olivia Miller and Srinidhi Naragajan uncover the strange history of the lab – from psychic experiments and telepathy tests to celebrity visits and chilling premonitions that turned tragically real. Featuring exclusive interviews with Dr. Barry Taff and Dr. Judith Orloff, we dive into the forgotten story of when UCLA tried to study the unexplainable – and what it cost. A transcript is available at dailybruin.com/category/podcasts.

Nightly Bruin: Inside UCLA’s Parapsychology Lab

Listen to Professor Josh Samani describe how artificial intelligence reshapes education, why real-world connections prove essential to meaningful scientific understanding, and how his Iranian American identity informs his interest in physics.

Persian Perspectives Today: Josh Samani on AI, identity and reimagining how we learn

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Persian Perspectives Today: Josh Samani on AI, identity and reimagining how we learn

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