Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

• Dude, where's my hydrogen car?

  Electric cars are growing in popularity, but what about hydrogen cars? On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss Hydrogen and examine its benefits and challenges.Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcastGiant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and possible futures by speaking with the people making those futures reality. In between guest episodes, Taylor and Joey will talk about advances in science and technology, or more accurately, Joey will ask Taylor questions and Taylor will answer them.Subscribe to Giant Leap on your podcast app, or in video format on YouTube.This podcast is made with listener support. Thank you this week to Adrian Davis and John Lawson.If you’d like to join the Giant Leap community, and get access to bonus content, Q+As and more, head tohttps://patreon.com/giantleappodcast to set up a monthly donation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth

  What is consciousness...and, is it changing? On this episode of Giant Leap Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato talk about the future of the brain with world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth. Together they explore some of the mysteries around the brain, the science of awareness, and the complicated ethical and technical discussions unfolding at the place where artificial intelligence meets human consciousness. This episode is a deep dive into the neuroscience of consciousness, and the technology driving discoveries -- mind and machine. If you're interested in consciousness, AI and the mind, if AI can really think, or even how quantum processes could be involved in the machinations of the human brain, tune in.Available wherever you get your podcasts
.OR subscribe to watch every episode in Taylor’s lab right here on YouTube.Website: https://giantleappodcast.orgApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-leap-with-taylor-wilson/id1799994450Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BNeMj71sURs28GrNuhQel?si=7abc48e9aac9495aYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UHQ96am5_mSwYWVzie12APatreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/GiantLeapPodcast/homeFeaturing:Anil Seth - Neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of SussexTaylor Wilson - Nuclear physicist and host of Giant LeapJoey Lovato - Journalist and co-host of Giant LeapBeing You by Anil Seth available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-You-Science-Consciousness-Bestseller/dp/0571337724/Keywords: Anil Seth consciousness, brain and AI, neuroscience of consciousness, what is consciousness, is AI conscious, how the brain works, artificial intelligence and the brain, neuroscience podcast, science explained, philosophy of mind, mind vs machine, future of AI, science of awareness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Could we stop an asteroid?

  On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss the various impacts that Earth has endured, and ask: "are we prepared for the next?". Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcastGiant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and possible futures by speaking with the people making those futures reality. In between guest episodes, Taylor and Joey will talk about advances in science and technology, or more accurately, Joey will ask Taylor questions and Taylor will answer them. Subscribe to Giant Leap on your podcast app, or in video format on YouTube.This podcast is made with listener support. Thank you this week to Adrian Davis and John Lawson.If you’d like to join the Giant Leap community, and get access to bonus content, Q+As and more, head to https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast to set up a monthly donation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Life as we Don’t Know it | Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian, NASA)

  A few years back, Taylor Wilson snowmobiled into Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter with Ellen Stofan, then chief scientist of NASA, now undersecretary of science at The Smithsonian. Ellen joins Taylor and Joey to dig into the future of scientific exploration, and what the Smithsonian is exploring--both in the depths of outer space, and here on Earth.Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcastGiant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and possible futures by speaking with the people making those futures reality. Subscribe to Giant Leap on your podcast app, or in video format on YouTube.A huge community made the launch of this show possible…Thank you to:Chris Casaceli, Mike Corbitt, Chloe Curtis-Smith, Brian Dugan, Mignon Fogarty, Doug Fraser, Will Hennessy, Holly Hutchings, Jennifer Kent, John Lawson, Tim Lenard, Kristyn Leonard, Nancy Maldonado, Chris Orr, Andrew Oxner, Emily Pratt, Eleanor Qull, Kaleb Roedel, Daniel Rothberg, Dave Santina, Savanna Strott, Esteban Valle, Jackie Valley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Trailer

  Subscribe on youtube, or on your podcast app: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/subscribeAs Carl Sagan once said, "We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology…” Giant Leap aims to help people better understand science and technology in a captivating, entertaining format, recorded in Taylor’s working laboratory. Giant Leap is a new podcast that explores the future by digging into cutting edge science, and talking with leading thinkers, explorers and scientists across the globe. Hosted by physicist Taylor Wilson and produced by journalists Joey Lovato and Fil Corbitt, Giant Leap will be available as a podcast, YouTube series, and on broadcast radio. At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion and is now a nuclear physicist. Along with his scientific pursuits, he’s a science policy advocate, has given several TED talks, and has hosted science documentaries including for the award-winning HBO series VICE. Joey Lovato is a producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting, an on-air host at KUNR and previously created and hosted Indy Matters for The Nevada Independent. Fil Corbitt is a critically acclaimed radio maker whose work has appeared nationally and internationally on NPR, USA Today’s The City, BBC's Shortcuts, 99% Invisible, Snap Judgement, and The World. The first season of Giant Leap will include interviews with Canadian astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station Chris Hadfield, and former Chief Scientist of NASA and current Undersecretary for Science at the Smithsonian Institution, Ellen Stofan, among others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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