What separates great communicators from everyone else? It’s not confidence, charisma, or having the perfect words. Matt Abrahams, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer, bestselling author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter, and host of the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast, reveals why many of our instincts before presentations, meetings, and difficult conv ... Show More
Oct 20
Joy is a Risk Worth Taking (#324)
What if joy isn’t a reward for when life goes well, but the thing that helps us survive when it doesn’t?Psychologist and Stanford lecturer Kelly McGonigal reveals that joy is not the same as happiness, and that many of us quietly push it away without realizing it.In this episode, ... Show More
19m 21s
Oct 13
Greenland, Russia, and The Cold War for the Arctic (#323)
As Arctic ice melts, the struggle for the frozen north is beginning to resemble a new Cold War.Russian submarine activity is rising. China is mapping the seabed and expanding its icebreaker fleet. And Greenland sits at the center of a growing contest over shipping routes, critica ... Show More
19m 14s
Apr 2021
Big Data, conspiracy theories and ‘Magical Thinking’
Filmmaker Adam Curtis questions the value of Big Data in society. In his latest BBC series, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head', Curtis explores "Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence – and You." Curtis spoke to Business Daily's Ed Butler about ho ... Show More
17m 28s
May 2017
#78 — Persuasion and Control
Sam Harris speaks with Zeynep Tufekci about "surveillance capitalism," the Trump campaign's use of Facebook, AI-enabled marketing, the health of the press, Wikileaks, ransomware attacks, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE ... Show More
40m 42s
Sep 2024
The double-edged nature of parenting, mental health and artificial intelligence
There are two sides to every coin — and sometimes our strengths become weaknesses. This hour, TED speakers explore the mixed blessings and volatile flip sides of mental health, parenting and AI. Guests include developmental psychologist Yuko Munakata, entrepreneur Andy Dunn and A ... Show More
49m 39s
Mar 2025
Can AI match the human brain? | Surya Ganguli
AI is evolving into a mysterious new form of intelligence — powerful yet flawed, capable of remarkable feats but still far from human-like reasoning and efficiency. To truly understand it and unlock its potential, we need a new science of intelligence that combines neuroscience, ... Show More
16m 57s
Jan 2025
A Lineless World: AI, X, Darkness
Katie and Matt discuss the DeepSeek shock, AI and GDP, Elon Musk's X buyout debt, trading in the dark and double levered Melaniacoin ETFs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
35m 46s