Melhores podcasts sobre Shobita Parthasarathy (2024)

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Episode 39: The Politics of Air Pollution, Ozempic, and Luddism ft. Brian Merchant 1:11:06

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Episode 39: The Politics of Air Pollution, Ozempic, and Luddism ft. Brian Merchant In this episode, Shobita and Jack tackle the EPA's recent efforts to increase monitoring of air pollutants, Jack's new documentary on existential risks, and the Ozempic craze. And Jack chats with Brian Merchant, a freelance journalist who focuses on tech who recently…

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Episode 38: CRISPR therapies, Boeing, and reconnecting with Alondra Nelson 1:16:20

10M ago1:16:20

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In the first episode of 2024, Shobita and Jack reflect on the first CRISPR therapy approved by drug regulators around the world, for sickle cell disease. We also talk about the safety issues plaguing Boeing, and the Post Office scandal roiling the UK and why it matters for regulating AI. And, we reconnect with Alondra Nelson, one of The Received Wi…

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Episode 37: Climate Change Realpolitik, Following the Sams, and Evaluating Research ft. Sarah de Rijcke 1:06:36

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TRANSCRIPT This month, Shobita and Jack reflect on the recent COP meeting in the United Arab Emirates, recent AI news including the Biden Administration's Executive Order, the UK summit, and the fates of the two Sams: Altman and Bankman-Fried. And they chat with Sarah de Rijcke, Professor in Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies and Scientifi…

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Episode 36: Electric Cars, the Problems with Tech Biographies, and Against Technoableism ft. Ashley Shew 1:14:36

1y ago1:14:36

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack discuss the United Auto Worker strike, facial recognition technology in schools, and the recent biographies of Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried. And, they interview Ashley Shew, author of Against Technoableism and Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. Links - Ashley Shew (2023). A…

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Episode 35: The Long, Hot AI Summer, India's Space Mission, and Addressing Inequality through Innovation ft. Richard Jones

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Jack and Shobita are back after a summer hiatus! We return talking about--of course--ChatGPT and other generative AI, the problem at Fukushima, and India's Chandrayaan Rover. Then we chat with Richard A.L. Jones, professor of material physics and innovation policy . He is also the Vice President for Regional Innovation and Civic Engagement at Manch…

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Episode 34: The Importance of the Humanities, Tech Politics, and Equity in Science ft. Cassidy Sugimoto 1:14:43

1+ y ago1:14:43

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Jack and Shobita discuss the decline in humanities majors as the number of computer and data science majors rise, and why this is will have very bad consequences. Then they chat about emerging efforts to regulate both in vitro gametogenesis (creation of eggs and sperm using pluripotent stem cells) and generative AI. Finally, they talk to Cassidy Su…

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Episode 33: Abortion Politics, a Moratorium on Generative AI, and the Meaning of Emergency ft. Elizabeth Ellcessor 1:06:18

1+ y ago1:06:18

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What makes an emergency? This month, Jack and Shobita talk to Elizabeth Ellcessor, Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies at University of Virginia, who studies how emergency alert systems shape our understanding of crisis, how this has changed with the rise of new consumer technologies, and the implications especially for communiti…

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Episode 32: The Politics of Expertise and Retelling the Story of Racism in the Pulse Oximeter ft. Amy Moran-Thomas 1:07:27

1+ y ago1:07:27

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This month, Jack and Shobita talk about the challenges of ensuring that AI and gene editing reflect human values, and reflect on what the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio tells us about the politics of knowledge. And they chat with Amy Moran-Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology at MIT, about her clarion call to address the rac…

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Episode 31: Science and Society at the White House, ChatGPT, and the Paradox of Data-Driven Agriculture 1:06:58

2y ago1:06:58

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Happy New Year!! In this episode, Jack and Shobita discuss Alondra Nelson's departure from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the meaning for the position she created, Deputy Director for Science and Society. We also try to get beyond ChatGPT's hype to talk about some of the long-term implications. And we chat with Kelly B…

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Episode 30: The Future of Academic Culture, Cryptocurrency, and Abortion ft. Aziza Ahmed 57:30

2y ago57:30

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This month, Shobita and Jack talk about the recent concerns about academic culture in the science and technology studies community, how to understand FTX's recent implosion, and the bizarre logics of effective altruism. And we chat with Boston University law professor Aziza Ahmed about how the politics of knowledge are shaping abortion politics in …

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Episode 29: British Politics, the CHIPS and Science Act, and Rethinking the Green Revolution ft. Glenn Stone 59:13

2y ago59:13

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Jack and Shobita chat about the disasters in British politics, the CHIPS and Science Act, and how to determine whether self-driving cars are safe. Plus we chat with anthropologist Glenn Davis Stone, Professor at Sweet Briar College and author of the recent book The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World. Stone argues that we've been learni…

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Episode 28: The Politics of Open Access, Alzheimer’s Research, and Ghost Work ft. Mary Gray 1:11:58

2y ago1:11:58

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It's a new season of The Received Wisdom!! After their partial summer hiatus, Shobita and Jack discuss the fraud allegations that are rocking the foundations of what we know about Alzheimer's Disease, and the Biden Administration's directive to make freely available all publications based on federally funded research. And, they chat with Macarthur …

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Episode 27: How could self-driving cars change the world? - Part 2 30:40

2+ y ago30:40

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This episode is the second of Jack’s investigations into self-driving cars. Last time, he was interested in Phoenix, Arizona. This time, he’s back home in London, an old, complicated, messy city with an extensive public transport system. The episode was presented and written by Jack Stilgoe and edited by Gemma Milne, with research assistance from N…

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Episode 26: How could self-driving cars change the world? - Part 1 31:13

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This month is a bit different. This episode is the first part of an investigation, led by Jack, into self-driving cars, trying to locate the technology in particular places. The first part focuses on Phoenix, Arizona, a testbed for some of the technology’s most ambitious developers and also the scene of the first self-driving car crash to kill a pe…

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Episode 25: Science in Abortion Politics and the Failure of One Laptop Per Child ft. Morgan Ames 1:07:10

2+ y ago1:07:10

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This month, Shobita and Jack discuss how scientists are engaging in the boiling politics of abortion in the United States, the implications of large language models (a new type of artificial intelligence), and Elon Musk's possible takeover of Twitter. And we have a fascinating conversation with Morgan Ames about her award-winning book The Charisma …

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Episode 24: The TRIPS Patent Waiver and Communicating Science Differently ft. Sabrina McCormick 58:04

2+ y ago58:04

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack discuss this uncertain moment in the pandemic around the world, including the latest negotiations related to the TRIPS patent waiver related to COVID vaccines. They consider emerging efforts to develop a "pangenome" that emphasizes human genetic diversity. And they chat with Professor Sabrina McCormick, a scholar, …

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Episode 23: The Myths of Genius, IP, and Surveillance ft. Chris Gilliard 1:02:38

3y ago1:02:38

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This month, Jack and Shobita discuss the resignation of the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, African scientists' success in copying the Moderna vaccine and the potential long-term implications, and the politics of long COVID. And we speak with scholar and writer Chris Gilliard about the rise of surveillance techn…

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Episode 22: Theranos, Medical Devices, and Indigenous Knowledge on Climate Change ft. Kyle Powys Whyte 59:57

3y ago59:57

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack discuss the recent conviction of the now-notorious Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO of Theranos, and what it means for tech hype. They talk about the UK government's recent decision to review the racial bias embedded in medical devices, and consider whether this will move equity objectives forward. And they speak with …

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Episode 21: Considering an AI Bill of Rights, Facebook, and the Technological Surveillance of Truckers ft. Karen Levy 58:51

3y ago58:51

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This month, Shobita and Jack discuss efforts to engage publics in the development and regulation of AI, including the AI Bill of Rights proposed by the White house, and the most recent Facebook controversies. And they talk to sociologist and lawyer Karen Levy about her forthcoming book examining the rise of technology-based surveillance in the truc…

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Episode 20: Risk, Expertise, and the Power of Community Perspectives in Science and Technology ft. Jason Delborne 1:01:00

3y ago1:01:00

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack compare how the US and UK governments are managing risk and uncertainty in both pandemic policymaking and in their evolving artificial intelligence strategies. And they chat with Jason Delborne, a professor at North Carolina State University who has done both research and public and policy engagement related to gen…

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Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the Lure of Technochauvinism ft. Meredith Broussard 46:58

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Episode 19: Climate Change, Vaccines, AI, and the Lure of Technochauvinism featuring Meredith Broussard This month, Jack and Shobita discuss the recent IPCC report on climate change and the politics of vaccine "hesitancy", and puzzle over the lure of technological fixes to solve complex problems. And Jack speaks with Meredith Broussard, Associate P…

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Episode 18: Risk, Freedom, and the Power of Tech Labor ft. Ben Tarnoff 1:08:57

3+ y ago1:08:57

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Jack and Shobita talk about her recent experiences giving Congressional testimony about equity in energy innovation, question the meaning of Freedom Day in the UK, puzzle over the FDA's recent approval of a new Alzheimer's drug, and interview Ben Tarnoff, co-founder of Logic Magazine, about tech worker organizing. - House Committee on Science, Spac…

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Episode 17: The Next Big Science Policy and the Material Realities of AI ft. Kate Crawford 1:04:44

3+ y ago1:04:44

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Shobita and Jack discuss the Innovation and Competition Act making its way through the US Congress as well as the most up-to-date geopolitics of COVID, including the TRIPS waiver and the "lab leak" theory. And we interview Kate Crawford, a leading scholar on the social and political implications of artificial intelligence. - Kate Crawford (2021). A…

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Episode 16: Vaccine Patents, Tesla's Travails, and the Persistence of Race Science ft. Angela Saini 1:02:30

3+ y ago1:02:30

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In this episode, Jack and Shobita talk about the controversy over making COVID-19 vaccines globally available by waiving the patents, and the recent crash of one of Tesla's "self-driving" cars. And they chat with science journalist Angela Saini about her recent book Superior: The Return of Race Science. They discuss why assumptions about the biolog…

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Episode 15: Innovation Imaginaries and the Politics of Evidence-Based Policymaking ft. David Goldston 59:19

3+ y ago59:19

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Episode 15--Innovation Imaginaries and the Politics of Evidence-Based Policymaking ft. David Goldston This month, Jack and Shobita talk about the role of government in both funding and regulating innovation, as well as the politics of vaccine approval as European governments suspended distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine. And we speak with David…

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Episode 14: Equity in Science and Technology Policy and the Promise of Vaccines Ft.Maya Goldenberg 58:44

4y ago58:44

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack talk about President Biden's plans for science and technology policy and his appointment of Alondra Nelson as Deputy Director for Science and Society in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as well as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the United States and United Kingdom. And they chat with Maya G…

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Episode 13: Biden, Brexit, and the Future of Science and Technology Policy ft. Lina Dencik 49:00

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It's a New Year, and may soon be a new world! Shobita and Jack discuss the big changes brewing in the US and UK, from the new president to Brexit, and consider what it all means for science and technology policy. And we chat with Lina Dencik, Professor and Director of the Data Justice Lab at Cardiff University. Lina Dencik (2019). "Social Justice i…

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Episode 12: Vaccine Nationalism and How Artifacts Have Politics ft. Langdon Winner 44:11

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Shobita and Jack reflect on the US election and the future of conservatism and exciting vaccine news, and speak with philosopher and STS forefather Langdon Winner about the politics of technology today. Winner recently released a new edition of his groundbreaking book, The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology. - L…

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Epsiode 11: Patent Activism, Access to Medicines, and The Social Dilemma ft. Priti Krishtel 1:02:53

4y ago1:02:53

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Episode 11--Patent Activism, Access to Medicines, and The Social Dilemma featuring Priti Krishtel In this episode, Jack and Shobita discuss the growing politicization of COVID-19 science and at listeners' request, review the Netflix movie The Social DIlemma. And Shobita speaks with Priti Krishtel, co-executive director of the i-MAK, the Initiative …

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Episode 10: Envisioning a Just Future With or Without CRISPR ft. Ben Hurlbut 52:29

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack talk about how patents might shape access to a COVID-19 vaccine. And, in light of a recent report by the US and UK national scientific academies, we talk about heritable human genome editing (using CRISPR-Cas9) and the role that the world's citizens might play in deciding whether and how it might proceed, with Ben …

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Episode 9: The New Politics of Big Tech, and Equity in Clinical Trials ft. Jill Fisher 55:33

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In this episode, Shobita and Jack discuss the recent US congressional hearings with the Big Tech CEOs, and the curious role that behavioral scientists have played in the UK's COVID-19 response. They also chat with Jill Fisher, Professor of Social Medicine at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill and recent author of Adverse Events: Race, Inequa…

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Episode 8: Facial Recognition, Algorithmic Inequality, and a Racial Reckoning ft. Virginia Eubanks 59:43:00

4+ y ago59:43:00

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In this episode, Jack and Shobita discuss big tech's decisions to pull back from facial recognition technology, and how the Black Lives Matter movement is influencing science and technology overall. And they chat with Virginia Eubanks, author of Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor (St. Martin's Press, 201…

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Episode 7: The Politics of Geoengineering, Climate, and COVID-19 ft. Jane Flegal 43:38

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Episode 7--The Politics of Geoengineering, Climate, and COVID-19 featuring Jane Flegal Shobita and Jack discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its implications in the United States and Britain, and interview Jane Flegal, Program Officer overseeing US climate at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a Fellow at the Institute for Science, Inno…

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Episode 6: COVID Knowledge, Technology, and Politics: Dispatches from Around the World 1:07:24

4+ y ago1:07:24

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Jack and Shobita talk to five experts in science, technology, policy, and society about their perspectives and experiences with COVID-19 around the world. Interviews include Monamie Bhadra (Singapore), Silvio Funtowicz (Italy), Roger Pielke (US), Poonam Pandey (India), and Michael Veale (UK). Guests: - Monamie Bhadra Haines is Assistant Professor o…

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Episode 5: Expertise and Public Trust ft. Ben Pauli 1:01:36

4+ y ago1:01:36

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Jack and Shobita compare the US and UK responses to the coronavirus outbreak, and consider the legacy of the US approach to research funding policy 75 years after publication of the famous report by Vannevar Bush, Science: The Endless Frontier. And we speak with Ben Pauli (@benjaminjpauli), professor at Kettering University, about his recent book o…

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Episode 4: Race, Identity, Reparations, and the Role of Ancestral DNA Testing ft. Alondra Nelson 59:21

5y ago59:21

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Episode 4: Race, Identity, Reparations, and the Role of Ancestral DNA Testing In this episode, Shobita and Jack answer listener questions, discuss Jack's trip to the weird world of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and talk to Professor Alondra Nelson about the social life of ancestral DNA testing. Professor Nelson is the Harold F. Linder Chair in…

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Episode 3: Considering Ethical Responsibility in Science and Technology ft. Nicholas Carr 53:38

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Shobita and Jack discuss what responsibilities scientists and scientific institutions bear when research results—like DNA phenotyping or human germline gene editing—are used to morally dubious ends. And they consider whether the problem with Big Tech is actually just one of Big Business. Jack interviews tech journalist Nicholas Carr, author of nume…

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Episode 2: Technology, Optimism, and Race ft. Ruha Benjamin 51:15

5y ago51:15

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Shobita and Jack talk about the price of technological optimism, and speak with Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies and founder of the JUST DATA lab at Princeton University. She is the author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, published by Polity Books earlier this year. Ruha Benjamin (2019…

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Episode 1: Climate Activism featuring Dan Sarewitz 43:44

5y ago43:44

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Shobita and Jack talk about climate and tech activism, and interview Dan Sarewitz, Co-Director, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes and Professor of Science and Society, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Issues in Science and Technology and is a frequent contributor to Natur…

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Introducing 'The Received Wisdom' 14:54

5+ y ago14:54

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The first episode of ‘The Received Wisdom’ is coming this September! Shobita and Jack discuss their plans for the show, which will feature interviews with thinkers, doers, and activists, who are challenging the received wisdom around science, technology, and policy, as well as a discussion of current science/technology/policy news and events.…

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