AI is being used right now by police officers across the United States to draft their reports — and it also has ramifications for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and community members. Could this tool become the new norm? In part two of this special two-episode deep dive, host Clare Duffy gets a demo of how AI-drafted police reports work. And, she hea ... Show More
Sep 30
Saving Energy and Money with Smart Technology
Across the country, Americans are seeing their energy bills increase, in part due to the power demands of new AI data centers. But Rachel Cericola, a writer for the New York Times’ product review site Wirecutter, says that smart home technology could help lower your living expens ... Show More
19m 28s
Sep 2024
Can AI preserve your most precious memories? | Pau Aleikum Garcia
"Memories are the architects of our identity," says technologist Pau Aleikum Garcia, but they're not permanent. Photos can be lost amid political unrest or natural disaster, while illnesses like Alzhemier's can rob people of their past. He puts forward a novel solution — "synthet ... Show More
12m 27s
Feb 2025
#334: The Memory Doc on The DISTURBING Truth About Why your Memories are a lie
Is your memory a reliable record of the past? Or a story your brain keeps rewriting? Leading neuroscientist Dr Charan Ranganath, aka The Memory Doc, joins us on Unscripted With Spencer Lodge, to reveal how our brains store, distort, and reshape our memories. From false memori ... Show More
1h 8m
Mar 2025
Talk Tracks Ep 5: Consciousness Beyond The Body: When a Coma Projects a Ghost
In this riveting episode of The Talk Tracks, we explore two astonishing stories that challenge our understanding of consciousness and the limits of the human mind. First, we meet Elodie, who recounts her near-death experience at 18—a moment that profoundly altered her perception ... Show More
39m 26s
Nov 2024
Pourquoi oublions-nous nos souvenirs d’enfance ?
Si précieux soient-ils, nos souvenirs d’enfance nous échappent. Images brouillées, récit brouillon… Quand l’envie nous prend de les convoquer, force est de constater que ce qu’il en reste, c’est souvent du flou. Ce phénomène porte un nom : l’amnésie infantile. Comprenez : l’incap ... Show More
25m 1s
Dec 2024
The Neuroscience Of Memory: Deja Vu, Photographic Memory, Improving Cognition & Why We Remember With Charan Ranganath, PhD
Dr. Charan Ranganath is a prominent neuroscientist, a professor at UC Davis, and the author of the influential book “Why We Remember.” This conversation explores the profound intersection of neuroscience and human experience. Charan reveals that our most resonant memories resembl ... Show More
2h 34m