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Freddie Wong, whose YouTube channel currently boasts over 6.5 million subscribers, talks to Rhett & Link about growing up as a first generation Chinese-American, his initial taste of fame as the World Champion Guitar Hero Player, and how he became arguably the most successful VFX mastermind on the Internet. 

*NOTE: This conversation contains adult themes and language.

Ep.4 Freddie Wong - Ear Biscuits

California-based musical-duo Pomplamoose sits down with Rhett & Link this week to discuss their virtual disappearance after initial viral success, the struggle of cultivating both a healthy personal relationship and business venture simultaneously, how to maintain a balance between playing into the YouTube algorithm and artistic integrity, and why 2014 is "The Year of Pomplamoose." 

Ep. 27 Pomplamoose - Ear Biscuits

Drew from Knox Hamilton called into the show to talk about where the band got their name, their admiration of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, and how Sophia Bush Instagrammed a picture of their EP! 

Knox Hamilton Interview

Every internet search and purchase from online retailers teaches large companies like Google, Amazon and Target a little bit more about consumer behavior. Jennifer Golbeck, Director of University of Maryland's Computer Interaction Lab, explains that based on the collective behaviors of millions of logged searches and purchases, the companies are increasingly adept at deciphering data to the point that they can identify pregnant women from the vitamins they buy, to estimating a person's intelligence based on the Facebook pages they've "liked". Golbeck says that they can do this, as well as piece together any other number of personal details, with alarming accuracy. She outlines the issues with data hoarding companies, and proposes a few consumer behaviors that can help the public control their data more tightly.

Protecting Your Digital Footprint - Jennifer Golbeck

This week on the Penguin Podcast we’ll be exploring how we remember information, things that have happened and even poetry through memory.  

The Penguin Podcast: Memory feat. Colm Toibin, Jeremy Paxman and Fiona Shaw

In many ways, artificial intelligence has become the norm. From autopilot on airplanes to language translation, we’ve come to accept once novel concepts as just something thinking machines do. What we have ultimately learned is that human thinking is just one way of thinking. So, how far will artificial intelligence go?

This episode features a conversation between Danny Hillis and Alexis Madrigal.

Hillis is an inventor, scientist, author and  engineer. He is co-founder of Applied Minds, a research and development company that creates a range of new products and services in software, entertainment, electronics, biotechnology, and mechanical design.

Madrigal is the Silicon Valley bureau chief for Fusion, where he hosts and produces a television show about the future. He is the tech critic for NPR’s “FreshAir,” a contributing editor at The Atlantic, and a former staff writer at Wired.

The Evolution of Thinking Machines

Emoji, the tiny graphics used in text communications, can be interpreted in a variety of ways.

That Emoji You Are Sending Is Open to Interpretation

The Director of the FBI has said that the Bureau has counterterrorism investigations underway in all 50 states, underscoring the gravity of the “insider” terrorism threat in the United States. Simultaneously, terrorists from abroad, especially “foreign fighters” from among ISIL’s ranks, are seeking to enter Western countries. In this episode FBI Director James Comey speaks with Brooke Masters of the Financial Times about terrorism, cybercrime, an uptick in violence in minority communities in the US and Apple’s refusal to hack into the iPhone of a terrorist. Comey spoke at the Aspen Security Forum Global in London in April. (music bed: Podington Bear/Bambi)

The Complexities of Today's Security Challenges

When Amazon launched, it employed just ten people. Now it’s one of the largest retailers in the world. CEO Jeff Bezos describes what companies need in today’s fast-paced, high tech business environment. He explains how Alexa is different from Siri and why he decided to invest in the Washington Post and an aerospace company. AOL Cofounder Steve Case, Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard, and Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson are also featured. The discussions were part of Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit.

Jeff Bezos on High Tech, Space, and Artificial Intelligence

We answer your questions about the cold virus.

This Cold and Flu Season, Get to Know Your Enemy

Mike Mullen, retired admiral and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the national security challenges the new Trump administration will face are plentiful. Mullen gives insight into President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor, General Mike Flynn. What kind of leader will he be? And how will he guide Trump – who has no national security experience – on issues centered around Russia, China, and Syria? Foreign policy experts, journalists, students and Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson pose questions to Mullen, a featured speaker at the Aspen Institute’s Washington Ideas Roundtable series.

National Security Priorities for President-Elect Trump

Co-pay drug coupons can provide a discount for prescription medicines, but can carry a steep price in the long term.

The Cost of Co-Pay Drug Coupons

The annual Consumer Electronics Show opened this week in Las Vegas, with gizmos galore.

A Trip to a Gadget Nirvana

Researchers discover a psychological vaccine against misinformation.

Building an Immunity to Fake News

With federal scientific agencies facing restrictions on what they say and when, some scientists are planning to march on Washington.

Federal Science Freedom, Cancer Death Rates, Snake Trackers

Talking and texting on your phone while walking on a treadmill can reduce your balance by 19 to 45 percent.

Is Your Smartphone Weighing Down Your Workout?

Internalized stereotypes that can guide career choice manifest as young as age 6.

Girls Lose Sight of Own Brilliance at Young Age

In this segment, California governor Jerry Brown talks about how states can take the lead on issues like climate change and clean energy—with or without Washington, D.C.

How States Can Step Up for Science

"We're brainwashed to believe what we want is what we need." - In-Q

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Mesh networks create wifi access points built off of existing wireless bandwidth.

Tapping Into Existing Bandwidth to Create Community WiFi

Scientists theorize that metallic hydrogen could be used to create superconductors and high-powered rocket propellant.

The High-Pressure Physics of Creating Metallic Hydrogen

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"You cannot make uncommon plans until you have uncommon thoughts." - Tim Storey

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Uncommon Thoughts Make Uncommon Plans

"Adventures only happen to the adventurous." - Elliott Bisnow

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EP 445 The Art of Creating Surreal Experiences with Summit Series Founder Elliott Bisnow

A look at the scientific obstacles and breakthroughs involved in finding and developing new antibiotics.

How Can We Discover Better Antibiotics?

A play explores the loss of human and animal life after the Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010. Plus, what do we know about the Gulf of Mexicos recovery since then?

Retelling the Story of the BP Oil Spill

New executive orders from the White House turn back elements of the Obama administration's climate change policies.

Climate Change Policy, a Hormonal Cycle on a Chip, and Titan's Electric Dust

A Teenage Brain Is Not Deficient

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