Best Emmanuel and Sarah Podcasts (2025)

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How OpenAI Builds AI Agents That Think and Act with Josh Tobin - #730 1:07:27

15h ago1:07:27

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Today, we're joined by Josh Tobin, member of technical staff at OpenAI, to discuss the company’s approach to building AI agents. We cover OpenAI's three agentic offerings—Deep Research for comprehensive web research, Operator for website navigation, and Codex CLI for local code execution. We explore OpenAI’s shift from simple LLM workflows to reaso…

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Ep. 50 - Reframing ‘Manipulation’: The Psychology Of Sales, Emotions & Human Connection 1:11:44

21h ago1:11:44

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What if manipulation wasn’t the villain in your sales strategy—but the misunderstood hero? In this powerful conversation, clinical social worker Mary Owens joins Emmanuel and Sarah to unravel the emotional and psychological undercurrents that drive real estate, leadership, and everyday decision-making. From reframing stress and anxiety to decoding …

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Interview: Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary 27:16

1d ago27:16

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Are you actually bored, or is something else going on? Educator Kevin H. Gary shares three practical takeaways to deal with the doldrums, so you can take control of your attention, figure out which feelings to trust and name the real problem. After the talk, join Shoshana for a sweeping conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Harstad on the relationship be…

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CTIBench: Evaluating LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence with Nidhi Rastogi - #729 56:18

7d ago56:18

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Today, we're joined by Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology to discuss Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), focusing on her recent project CTIBench—a benchmark for evaluating LLMs on real-world CTI tasks. Nidhi explains the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, from rule-based systems to LLMs that accelerate analysis by p…

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Ep. 49 - Legacy, Leadership & Leveling Up: The Real Estate Evolution Of Jeffrey Levine 1:07:42

8d ago1:07:42

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In this jam-packed episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, hosts Emmanuel St. Germain and Sarah Biernbaum sit down with Jeffrey Levine—CEO of Levine Coaching Company and team leader of Lux Places and Spaces Group—for an unfiltered, high-impact conversation on what real coaching actually looks like. From board-breaking epiphanies to the emotional…

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EMMANUEL MIEVILLE - DES AIRS URBAINS - City mix of analog machines

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Programme inédit de EMMANUEL MIEVILLE pour webSYNradio : DES AIRS URBAINS - City mix of analog machines. Ce mix inédit regroupe une sélection de pièces acousmatiques et concrètes, réalisées et éditées sous le label français Baskaru, et des compositions de musique concrète et de field recordings, capturées dans des environnements urbains (au Portuga…

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Interview: 3 reasons why medications are so expensive in the US | Kiah Williams 28:56

8d ago28:56

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A century after its discovery, insulin remain essential in treating diabetes, and has a relatively low production cost, with a vial generally costing less than $6 to make. But those in the US pay on average 10 times more than those in other countries— leading some patients to take less than prescribed. Kiah Williams takes a look at the US supply ch…

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Generative Benchmarking with Kelly Hong - #728 54:17

14d ago54:17

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In this episode, Kelly Hong, a researcher at Chroma, joins us to discuss "Generative Benchmarking," a novel approach to evaluating retrieval systems, like RAG applications, using synthetic data. Kelly explains how traditional benchmarks like MTEB fail to represent real-world query patterns and how embedding models that perform well on public benchm…

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Ep. 48 - From Wall Street To Waterfront: How Gregory Frank Built A Luxury Real Estate Empire From Mortgage Mastery 58:27

15d ago58:27

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What happens when a former mortgage mogul trades Wall Street hustle for oceanfront listings? In this power-packed episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, Sarah Biernbaum and Emmanuel St. Germain sit down with Gregory Frank—Compass luxury agent and former founder of Blackstone Mortgage—to unpack his incredible journey from finance to high-end Flo…

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A hospital in the cloud bringing health care anywhere in the world | Mohamed Aburawi 6:57

15d ago6:57

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What if AI could help connect you with the right medical care, exactly when you need it? Health systems entrepreneur, surgeon and TED Fellow Mohamed Aburawi explores how his digital health platform, Speetar, uses AI to bridge the healthcare gap in underserved regions, like his native Libya, by connecting patients with doctors who truly understand t…

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Ep. 47 - Batman With A Utility Belt: Inside The Mind Of A Loan Partner Boss 27:34

22d ago27:34

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In this special episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, host Sarah Biernbaum sits down with the one and only Elizabeth Bensassi—loan partner, problem-solver, team builder, and self-proclaimed Batman of the mortgage world. With wit, heart, and a desk full of Lego flowers and Keanu Reeves memorabilia, Elizabeth shares how she's grown from supporti…

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What are those colors you see when you rub your eyes? | Paul CJ Taylor 7:06

22d ago7:06

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In the 1600s, Isaac Newton conducted a series of experiments to better understand the lights and colors that sometimes appear when your eyes are closed. If you’ve ever sat around an evening campfire or unintentionally glanced at the Sun, you may have noticed illuminated patterns briefly dance along your vision. So how do these visual illusions form…

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Exploring the Biology of LLMs with Circuit Tracing with Emmanuel Ameisen - #727 1:34:06

23d ago1:34:06

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In this episode, Emmanuel Ameisen, a research engineer at Anthropic, returns to discuss two recent papers: "Circuit Tracing: Revealing Language Model Computational Graphs" and "On the Biology of a Large Language Model." Emmanuel explains how his team developed mechanistic interpretability methods to understand the internal workings of Claude by rep…

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Ep. 46 - Zillow Flex, Sleepless Hustle & Massaging The Market: The Real Estate Maverick’s Playbook with Stacy Plean 1:03:59

29d ago1:03:59

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In this can't-miss episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, rockstar agent Stacy Plean spills the real (estate) tea on everything from spending $14K/month on Zillow leads to answering client calls at 1AM—yes, really. Stacey’s not your average Realtor. She’s part coach, part strategist, part psychologist, and all-in when it comes to building trust…

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GUILLAUME CONTRÉ - Petite machine de nuit

29d ago

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Programme inédit de GUILLAUME CONTRÉ pour webSYNradio : PETITE MACHINE DE NUIT. Différences, répétitions, rouages, acouphènes et tautologies. Des sons hétéroclites, de la noble synthèse analogique au vulgaire bruit de micro, enregistrés à des moments divers pour des raisons variables, sont coupés, collés, montés, bouclés, superposés, filtrés, mixés…

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Teaching LLMs to Self-Reflect with Reinforcement Learning with Maohao Shen - #726 51:45

29d ago51:45

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Today, we're joined by Maohao Shen, PhD student at MIT to discuss his paper, “Satori: Reinforcement Learning with Chain-of-Action-Thought Enhances LLM Reasoning via Autoregressive Search.” We dig into how Satori leverages reinforcement learning to improve language model reasoning—enabling model self-reflection, self-correction, and exploration of a…

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Does your heartbeat shape your sense of time? | Irena Arslanova 11:35

29d ago11:35

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Do you ever feel like time slows down when you’re bored but flies when you’re having fun? Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova explores the ways your brain and heart shape your perception of time, revealing how your heartbeat doesn’t just keep you alive — it also influences whether moments feel fleeting or stretched. Hosted on Acast. See acast.…

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Ep. 45 - From Restaurant Entrepreneur To Loan Whisperer: How Richie Tackled ACL Recovery, AI, And The Mortgage Maze 54:05

1M ago54:05

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What do knee surgery, reality TV drama, and cutting-edge AI tools have in common? Richie Gehrlein, of course. In this dynamic episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, host Emmanuel St. Germain and co-host Sarah Biernbaum welcome their longtime friend and now teammate Richie for a candid, funny, and inspiring conversation. Richie opens up about hi…

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Interview: How do kidney transplants work? | Alexander H. Toledo 23:31

1M ago23:31

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In 1954, Joseph Murray attempted a type of kidney swap that no doctor had tried before. The surgery was a success, and the patient would go on to live with the transplanted organ thanks to one key factor: it came from his identical twin. 70 years later, nearly 100,000 kidneys are transplanted annually in the US alone. So how does this surgery work …

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Waymo's Foundation Model for Autonomous Driving with Drago Anguelov - #725 1:09:07

1M ago1:09:07

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Today, we're joined by Drago Anguelov, head of AI foundations at Waymo, for a deep dive into the role of foundation models in autonomous driving. Drago shares how Waymo is leveraging large-scale machine learning, including vision-language models and generative AI techniques to improve perception, planning, and simulation for its self-driving vehicl…

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Oeystein Kjoersvik - Auditing AI: Quality, Compliance & the Role of GenAI in Pharma 32:51

1M ago32:51

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We’re excited to welcome Oeystein Kjoersvik to AI Uncovered. Oeystein leads the Generative AI program within the Quality Assurance team at Merck, where he focuses on developing AI tools and applying a quality-first approach to ensure safe, effective use of AI in GxP-regulated environments. In this episode, Tim and Oeystein delve into the challenges…

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Ep. 44 - From Corporate Grind To Family Find: Why Kirk Todd Left Big Mortgage For Choice Mortgage Group! 23:56

1M ago23:56

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After 30 years at Mortgage Network and a stint at a major corporate lender, Kirk Todd made a bold move—leaving behind the big-box mortgage world for something better: Choice Mortgage Group. Why? Because he wanted more than just a job—he wanted a home. In this exclusive interview, Kirk spills the truth about his transition, the challenges of uprooti…

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Your relationship expectations could be holding you back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile 10:36

1M ago10:36

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What if the secret to a happy relationship isn’t following the rules, but rewriting them? In this refreshing talk, couples therapist Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile explores why letting go of traditional societal expectations of romantic relationships — like sharing the same routines or even, in some cases, living together — can help couples embrace t…

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Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models with Julie Kallini - #724 50:32

1M ago50:32

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Today, we're joined by Julie Kallini, PhD student at Stanford University to discuss her recent papers, “MrT5: Dynamic Token Merging for Efficient Byte-level Language Models” and “Mission: Impossible Language Models.” For the MrT5 paper, we explore the importance and failings of tokenization in large language models—including inefficient compression…

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PHILIPPE RAHM - La dissociation du réel

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Podcast de Philippe Rahm pour webSYNradio : LA DISSOCIATION DU REEL - Gerard Grisey, Partiels - Tristan Murail, Desintegration - Giacinto Scelsi, Ohoi - Anton Webern, Cinq pièces Op. 10 - Iannis Xenakis, Metastasis - György Ligeti, Atmosphères - Hugues Dufourt, Le Déluge - http://synradio.fr/philippe-rahm-2/…

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Ep. 43 - Lawyers, Red Sox & Mold Nightmares: What They Don’t Tell You About Real Estate 35:35

2M ago35:35

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In this no-holds-barred (and wine-fueled) episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, we sit down for a wildly entertaining Part 2 with attorney Steve Wallace. From awkward celebrity encounters with Red Sox owner John Henry to shocking real estate horror stories (hello, black mold and $150K in damages), Steve, Sarah, and Emmanuel spill it all — the …

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What staying up all night does to your brain | Anna Rothschild 15:29

2M ago15:29

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You’re just one history final away from a relaxing spring break. But you still have so much to study! You decide to follow in the footsteps of many students before you, and pull an all-nighter. So, what happens to your brain when you stay up all night? And does cramming like this actually help you prepare for a test? Anna Rothschild explores how a …

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Scaling Up Test-Time Compute with Latent Reasoning with Jonas Geiping - #723 58:38

2M ago58:38

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Today, we're joined by Jonas Geiping, research group leader at Ellis Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems to discuss his recent paper, “Scaling up Test-Time Compute with Latent Reasoning: A Recurrent Depth Approach.” This paper proposes a novel language model architecture which uses recurrent depth to enable “thinking in l…

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Ep. 42 - The NAR Settlement, Real Estate’s Future & The Wild West Of Commercial Deals 34:54

2M ago34:54

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What’s really happening in real estate after the NAR settlement? Are commissions truly changing, or are agents just finding workarounds? In this episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, Florida board-certified real estate attorney Steve Wallace unpacks the impact on buyers, sellers, and agents, why commercial real estate is still a free-for-all, …

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A menu of foods we might lose forever | Sam Kass 13:23

2M ago13:23

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What does a warming planet mean for the foods you love? Hosting a dinner party that features a menu of foods that could disappear within our lifetimes, culinary entrepreneur Sam Kass invites us to chew on the reality of climate change by exploring the things — like chocolate and coffee — it puts at risk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…

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Imagine while Reasoning in Space: Multimodal Visualization-of-Thought with Chengzu Li - #722 42:11

2M ago42:11

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Today, we're joined by Chengzu Li, PhD student at the University of Cambridge to discuss his recent paper, “Imagine while Reasoning in Space: Multimodal Visualization-of-Thought.” We explore the motivations behind MVoT, its connection to prior work like TopViewRS, and its relation to cognitive science principles such as dual coding theory. We dig i…

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FUKUSHIMA + 14 - Lectures en hommage aux Editions de Fukushima

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Programme inédit de lectures à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de la catastrophe de Fukushima : cette année, SYNradio s'associe au projet Fukushima Open Sounds en rendant hommage aux Éditions de Fukushima qui autour de la bonne volonté de quelques militants travaillent à garder un focus sur cette catastrophe toujours en cours.Les premiers lecteurs: Ka…

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Ep. 41 - Merging Minds, Markets & Mortgages: The Untold Story Behind The Power Move! 40:29

2M ago40:29

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What happens when industry titans collide? In this episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, we uncork the untold story behind a game-changing merger in the mortgage world. Emmanuel, Brian, and Jared take us behind the scenes—how a chance meeting in a coaching group led to years of friendship, strategic growth, and the ultimate partnership. But it…

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Why don’t vampires cast reflections? | Eric Nuzum 12:22

2M ago12:22

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Exploring the history and evolution of vampire lore, author Eric Nuzum traces the origins of these spooky stories, from misunderstandings of death to the sparkly pop culture icons we know today. Beyond the fangs and garlic, he digs into the deeper, everyday fears that vampires reflect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Inside s1: An o1-Style Reasoning Model That Cost Under $50 to Train with Niklas Muennighoff - #721 49:29

2M ago49:29

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Today, we're joined by Niklas Muennighoff, a PhD student at Stanford University, to discuss his paper, “S1: Simple Test-Time Scaling.” We explore the motivations behind S1, as well as how it compares to OpenAI's O1 and DeepSeek's R1 models. We dig into the different approaches to test-time scaling, including parallel and sequential scaling, as well…

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Ep. 40 - Secrets, Sales & Scandals: The Truth About Real Estate, Relationships & Million-Dollar Deals 51:55

2M ago51:55

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What happens when real estate, dating, and million-dollar negotiations collide? In this episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, hosts Sarah Biernbaum and Emmanuel St. Germain sit down with powerhouse agent Becky Skeba-Mancini from Remax for a no-holds-barred conversation about the current market, high-stakes deals, and personal boundaries. From …

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The science (and art) of creating lasting sexual connections | Emily Nagoski on TED Talks Daily Summer Book Club 32:21

2M ago32:21

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This is an episode of TED Talks Daily, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. It's a special episode of the TED Talks Daily Summer Book Club series. Join host Elise Hu as she interviews TED speakers about their books and their ideas beyond the page. As a sex educator and author, Emily Nagoski is renowned for dismantling the sexual myths tha…

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Accelerating AI Training and Inference with AWS Trainium2 with Ron Diamant - #720 1:07:05

2M ago1:07:05

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Today, we're joined by Ron Diamant, chief architect for Trainium at Amazon Web Services, to discuss hardware acceleration for generative AI and the design and role of the recently released Trainium2 chip. We explore the architectural differences between Trainium and GPUs, highlighting its systolic array-based compute design, and how it balances per…

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Emmanuel Walckenaer: AI’s Real-World Impact on Pharma & What’s Next in 2025 23:56

3M ago23:56

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We’re thrilled to welcome Emmanuel Walckenaer, CEO of Yseop, back to AI Uncovered for a follow-up conversation on the rapid evolution of AI in biopharma. Since his last appearance, the industry has made significant strides in harnessing AI for regulatory submissions, clinical workflows, and medical writing—areas where Yseop is leading the charge in…

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Ep. 39 - Swipe, Wine, And Red Flags: Dating Disasters & Matchmaking Secrets 54:53

3M ago54:53

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Dating in your 40s and 50s isn’t for the faint of heart—especially when your date’s background check reveals 38 criminal offenses! In this unfiltered and wildly entertaining episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate, Sarah Biernbaum and Emmanuel St. Germain team up with Carolina Rush from the Sweet and Spicy podcast to expose the highs and horrors …

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π0: A Foundation Model for Robotics with Sergey Levine - #719 52:30

3M ago52:30

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Today, we're joined by Sergey Levine, associate professor at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Physical Intelligence, to discuss π0 (pi-zero), a general-purpose robotic foundation model. We dig into the model architecture, which pairs a vision language model (VLM) with a diffusion-based action expert, and the model training "recipe," emphasizing the ro…

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A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell 28:27

3M ago28:27

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Joel Bervell was one of the only Black students in his medical school program. After noticing how misconceptions about race were embedded in health care, he turned to social media to raise awareness about the harmful impact of biases in medicine. He unpacks the long history of race-based health care disparities — and shows what the medical field ca…

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EP. 38 - Inside The $2M Market Shift: Real Estate Power Moves, AI Takeover & The CEO’s Secrets To Growth 53:59

3M ago53:59

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What does it take to merge three massive Realtor associations, manage 75 employees, and oversee a real estate empire spanning 43,000 agents? Dionna Hall, CEO of the Realtor Association for Broward, Palm Beaches, and St. Lucie County, joins us to reveal the power moves, leadership strategies, and game-changing industry insights that helped her shape…

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What long COVID taught me about life (and data) | Giorgia Lupi 12:51

3M ago12:51

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Data isn’t just about numbers or trends — it’s about capturing the stories that shape our lives, says information designer Giorgia Lupi. Following a long COVID diagnosis, she tracked her symptoms meticulously over four years, the data culminating in a visual “New York Times” narrative that resonated deeply with many others suffering from chronic il…

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AI Trends 2025: AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems with Victor Dibia - #718 1:44:59

3M ago1:44:59

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Today we’re joined by Victor Dibia, principal research software engineer at Microsoft Research, to explore the key trends and advancements in AI agents and multi-agent systems shaping 2025 and beyond. In this episode, we discuss the unique abilities that set AI agents apart from traditional software systems–reasoning, acting, communicating, and ada…

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Speculative Decoding and Efficient LLM Inference with Chris Lott - #717 1:16:30

3M ago1:16:30

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Today, we're joined by Chris Lott, senior director of engineering at Qualcomm AI Research to discuss accelerating large language model inference. We explore the challenges presented by the LLM encoding and decoding (aka generation) and how these interact with various hardware constraints such as FLOPS, memory footprint and memory bandwidth to limit…

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The hidden forces behind your food choices | Sarah Lake 10:20

3M ago10:20

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What we eat is less about what we choose and more about what’s offered to us, says food and climate expert Sarah Lake. Unpacking how governments and companies have driven up meat consumption in the US through extensive marketing, she explains how we could employ these same forces to incentivize plant-based eating — for the sake of the planet, publi…

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MEANWHILE IN FUKUSHIMA - Anne Gillot, RTS, Musique d’Avenir

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Podcast de l'émission de Anne Gillot sur RTS Musique d'Avenir du 26 janvier 2025 : MEANWHILE IN FUKUSHIMA. Anne Gillot invite le projet Fukushima Open sounds dans son émission Musique d’avenir diffusée tous les dimanche soir sur RTS (Radio Television suisse). En écoute les pièces de Ludovic Bernhardt / Ilhan Blanco, Joachim Montessuis, Bérangère Ma…

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Ensuring Privacy for Any LLM with Patricia Thaine - #716 51:33

3M ago51:33

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Today, we're joined by Patricia Thaine, co-founder and CEO of Private AI to discuss techniques for ensuring privacy, data minimization, and compliance when using 3rd-party large language models (LLMs) and other AI services. We explore the risks of data leakage from LLMs and embeddings, the complexities of identifying and redacting personal informat…

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Ep. 37 - Secrets Of Real Estate Success: Lessons From Terra Buckley & Brian Buckley’s 150-Deal Game Plan 1:09:52

3M ago1:09:52

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Ever wonder how to turn a dream into a thriving real estate business? Terra and Brian Buckley, the powerhouse duo behind the Buckley Group, share their blueprint for success in this episode of Stop Wineing About Real Estate. From scaling a 23-agent team to setting ambitious goals like 150 transactions in 2025, they reveal the systems, strategies, a…

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