Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar

Brave New World is a look into the transformation of humanity by machines in the post-COVID era. It examines a wide range of topics around how technology and “virtualization” of our lives is impacting work, health, faith, emotional well being, government, democracy, and freedom. It is hosted by AI-pioneer Vasant Dhar.

Ep 107: Rule Breaker Investing — David Gardner on Staying the Course 07/16/2026

Ep 106: Luca Turin On Decoding Smell 06/11/2026

Ep 105: Nicholas Christakis on The Impacts of Machines on Human Groups 05/14/2026

Ep 104: Leslie Kay on Smell, Memory and the Brain 04/09/2026

EP 103: Léon Bottou on Fiction Machines and the Limits of AI Alignment 03/12/2026

Ep 103: Jayant Sinha on AI Governance In A Fragmented World 02/12/2026

Ep 102 - Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland on Humanizing Technology 01/08/2026

Ep 101: Deepak Chopra On Consciousness and Reality 12/11/2025

Ep 100: David Ko, From Panic to Purpose 11/19/2025

Ep 99: Vasant Dhar on Thinking With Machines, Hosted by Joel Roberts 09/12/2025

Ep 98: There’s no I in AI, Ben Shneiderman on The Evolution and State of Artificial Intelligence 08/14/2025

Ep 97: Alex Wiltschko on Digitizing Scent 07/10/2025

Ep 96: Deogratias Niyizonkiza, Healing a Nation, One Village at a Time 06/12/2025

Ep 95: Peter Ward On The Evolution Of Life 05/08/2025

Ep 94: Anil Seth On The Science of Consciousness 04/10/2025

Ep 93: Uma Valeti on Cultivating Meat 03/13/2025

Ep 92: Angela Hawken on Changing Government 02/13/2025

Ep 91: Michael Levin on the New Frontiers of Biological Intelligence 01/11/2025

Ep 90: Sandeep Robert Datta on Smell and the Brain 12/13/2024

Ep 89: Missy Cummings on Making AI Safe 11/14/2024

Ep 88: Raghu Sundaram on Building a Great University 10/10/2024

Ep 87: Andrew McAfee on the Geek Mindset 09/12/2024

Ep 86: Natalie Foster on the Guarantee 08/08/2024

Ep 85: Seth Shostak on Extraterrestrial Life 07/11/2024

Ep 84: Vlad Barbalat on Immigration, Insurance and America 06/06/2024

Ep 83: Shashi Verma on Transport in the 21st Century 05/02/2024

Ep 82: Josh Tucker on the Complex Truth About Social Media 04/18/2024

Ep 81: Alex Wiltschko on the Sense of Smell 04/04/2024

Ep 80: Kevin Mitchell Makes a Case for Free Will 03/21/2024

Ep 79: Arthur Spirling on How AI Can Change Politics 03/07/2024