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Environmental Clashes on Native American Lands

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Cynthia-Lou Coleman, Professor Emerita of communication at Portland State University, about her recent book, Environmental Clashes on Native American Lands (2020, Palgrave Macmillan). One of the clashes taken up in the book centers on the discovery ... Read more

Threshold

Airs at: Sun, 11/26/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
John Nelson is a visionary author and writer of the new novel, Threshold: A Crisis Ignites a Universal Awakening. He is an award-winning author, novelist, editor, and screenwriter with forty-five years of writing experience, his work spans non-fiction and fiction. John's bo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 13, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Crypto and Fraud: After the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX last November, federal prosecutors charged the company's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, with fraud and what ... Read more

Crypto and Fraud

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
After the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX last November, federal prosecutors charged the company's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, with fraud and what prosecutors describe as the largest financial fraud in recent history. Pleading not guilty, Bankman-Fried made an a... Read more

The Early Days of Artificial Intelligence

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2024 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
In the final episode of The Imaginary Possible host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with computer  scientist, software architect, and writer, Rudd Canaday about the early history of Artificial Intelligence and the evolution of computer science. Rudd wrote his first first computer ... Read more

Understanding How AI works: An Interview with Leila Kaneda

This Thursday at 9am don't miss episode #2 of The Imaginary Possible. host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Machine Learning Engineer Leila Kaneda. Among other things Suzanne and Leila discuss: What Machine Learning Is Some common misconceptions people have about AI Data Bi... Read more

The Imaginary Possible starts this Thursday at 9am

Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
From chatbots to applicant tracking systems and facial recognition, AI is transforming our world or the better and for the worse. Each week on the Imaginary Possible Podcast, I talk to experts in AI, as well ordinary people who are asking big questions about our future — w... Read more

Copywriting and the Drift: An Interview with Gregory McCormick

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2024 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
In this episode of The Imaginary Possible host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Gregory McCormick, founder of a one man marketing agency, Brand Built. Topics discussed include: Greg’s initial interest in AI as a way to help with marketing and copywriting. Why he doesn’t use... Read more

Splashes of Consciousness: An Interview with Vanessa Nowtizky and Bing

Airs at: Thu, 12/28/2023 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
What is consciousness? Artificial intelligence, as we understand it currently, is a machine with access to vast amounts of data. It can be programmed to make decisions and also solve problems independently, and using natural language process, it can communicate via human l... Read more

Human Centered Design: An Interview with Joe Blaty

Airs at: Thu, 12/21/2023 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
Human Centered Design: An Interview with Joe Blaty In this episode of The Imaginary Possible host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Joe Blaty,  architect of Human-Centered Design about responsible and ethical uses of Artificial intelligence. Among other things Suzanne and Joe d... Read more