Kris Newby is an award-winning science writer at Stanford University, senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary UNDER OUR SKIN, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and author of Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons. Newby has two degrees in engineering, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a master’s ... Show More
Feb 27
Episode 571: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Ex-CIA John Kiriakou | War On Whistleblowers: The High Cost of Speaking Truth To Power)
John Kiriakou, from a decorated high-ranking CIA counter-terrorism chief who led the 2002 capture of al-Qaeda’s Abu Zubaydah, to a federal inmate, John Kiriakou’s life is a masterclass in the high cost of speaking truth to power. In 2007, he became the first CIA official to publi ... Show More
57m 13s
Feb 21
Episode 570: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Midnight Mike | The Artificial Future: Humans Not Required)
Midnight Mike is the host of a weekly conspiracy, paranormal, news talk show called OBDM, and also a co-host of Doom Scrollin with Sam Tripoli, and co-host of the wildly popular round-table discussion podcast, The Union of the Unwanted, with Charlie Robinson (Macroaggressions), S ... Show More
1h 5m
Sep 2024
Talking Shit with Elizabeth Oldfield: On Becoming Fully Alive
<p>In Episode 71, we are joined by Elizabeth Oldfield, a writer, thinker, bridge builder, and Christian working out of the UK. We discuss her new book Fully Alive, and the rich worldview which underlies it. Elizabeth challenges us to live our principles in our daily lives, and to ... Show More
1h 11m
Dec 2023
Palo Alto: The Grit Beneath Tech’s Glitter
Join us for a conversation on the seedy underside to Tech’s past, present, and future. This event took place on May 30, 2023.
If the industry’s most credulous boosters are to be taken at their word, the contemporary tech industry is an economic freight train driven by big-brained ... Show More
1h 28m
Sep 2025
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. (Part 1)
Dr. Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist and tenured professor of neurobiology, psychiatry, and behavior sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. His research centers on brain development, neural plasticity, and how vision and respiration shape human performance and cognitive func ... Show More
1h 30m