Best Kelly Science Engineering Technology Podcasts (2025)

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Insights From Our Latest Episodes: The Link Between Mission, People, and Data Decisions 10:44

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What can we learn from the leaders shaping the future of tech, health care, and cybersecurity? In this solo episode, Jess Carter reflects on recent conversations with industry leaders across various fields. Each discussion reveals how mission, people, and structure drive key leadership decisions and strategies. Jess invites listeners to pause and c…

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Scaling Agentic Inference Across Heterogeneous Compute with Zain Asgar - #757 48:44

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In this episode, Zain Asgar, co-founder and CEO of Gimlet Labs, joins us to discuss the heterogeneous AI inference across diverse hardware. Zain argues that the current industry standard of running all AI workloads on high-end GPUs is unsustainable for agents, which consume significantly more tokens than traditional LLM applications. We explore Gim…

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The EP 175: State of Hiring: Data trends, Automation, and Fraud risks with Steve Bartel, CEO of Gem 39:51

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Join host James Mackey and Steve Bartel, CEO of Gem, to explore what’s happening in today’s hiring market - inbound is up 3x, time to hire has grown by eight days, and recruiters are carrying 55% more reqs. They discuss where AI genuinely reduces workload and boosts efficiency, along with the rise in fraud and interview cheating. Thank you to our s…

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Clarity, Culture, and Change: Leading with Data-Driven Strategy 26:10

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In today's fast-paced world, organizations can't rely on static, long-term plans. Strategies must continuously evolve to stay relevant. In this episode, Resultant EVP of Professional Services Mike Hughes shares his insights on leading through rapid change. He discusses how to maintain organizational health, align culture with strategy, and foster c…

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Proactive Agents for the Web with Devi Parikh - #756 56:04

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Today, we're joined by Devi Parikh, co-founder and co-CEO of Yutori, to discuss browser use models and a future where we interact with the web through proactive, autonomous agents. We explore the technical challenges of creating reliable web agents, the advantages of visually-grounded models that operate on screenshots rather than the browser’s mor…

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AI Orchestration for Smart Cities and the Enterprise with Robin Braun and Luke Norris - #755 54:46

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Today, we're joined by Robin Braun, VP of AI business development for hybrid cloud at HPE, and Luke Norris, co-founder and CEO of Kamiwaza, to discuss how AI systems can be used to automate complex workflows and unlock value from legacy enterprise data. Robin and Luke detail high-impact use cases from HPE and Kamiwaza’s collaboration on an “Agentic…

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Robin Hanson x Joe Henrich | Cultural Evolution: The Slow Burn Rewriting Human Nature 1:29:17

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Cultural evolution has shaped human nature far more than we realize, and economist Robin Hanson and evolutionary biologist Joe Henrich reveal why ignoring this changes everything about policy, innovation, and our future. In this deep dive conversation, they explore how culture doesn't just influence behavior, it rewrites our preferences, beliefs, a…

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Daniel H. Wilson x Eric Anctil | Keep Evolving, Stay Human: Can AI Make Us Better People? 1:13:32

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In this episode of Curiosity Entangled, professor @DrEricAnctil and science fiction author Daniel H. Wilson meet for a wide-ranging dialogue on artificial intelligence, human nature, and the uncertain futures we're building together. What begins as introductions between a media scholar and a roboticist-turned-storyteller unfolds into a profound exp…

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Building a Strong Data Foundation in an AI World 29:22

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AI is everywhere, but it can't succeed without the judgment, creativity, and collaboration of real data science. In this episode, Jess Carter sits down with Alexa Myers, senior data science manager at Resultant, for a conversation about building successful data science teams. They discuss how isolation can hinder even the most skilled data scientis…

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Building an AI Mathematician with Carina Hong - #754 55:52

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In this episode, Carina Hong, founder and CEO of Axiom, joins us to discuss her work building an "AI Mathematician." Carina explains why this is a pivotal moment for AI in mathematics, citing a convergence of three key areas: the advanced reasoning capabilities of modern LLMs, the rise of formal proof languages like Lean, and breakthroughs in code …

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Can Consciousness Be Engineered? | Bernardo Kastrup & Christof Koch 1:18:49

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In this episode of Curiosity Entangled, philosopher Bernardo Kastrup and neuroscientist Christof Koch meet for a rare and wide-ranging dialogue on consciousness, physics, and the limits of materialism. What begins as an exchange between two leading proponents of Integrated Information Theory (IIT) unfolds into a profound exploration of what conscio…

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High-Efficiency Diffusion Models for On-Device Image Generation and Editing with Hung Bui - #753 52:23

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In this episode, Hung Bui, Technology Vice President at Qualcomm, joins us to explore the latest high-efficiency techniques for running generative AI, particularly diffusion models, on-device. We dive deep into the technical challenges of deploying these models, which are powerful but computationally expensive due to their iterative sampling proces…

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Vibe Coding's Uncanny Valley with Alexandre Pesant - #752 1:12:36

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Today, we're joined by Alexandre Pesant, AI lead at Lovable, who joins us to discuss the evolution and practice of vibe coding. Alex shares his take on how AI is enabling a shift in software development from typing characters to expressing intent, creating a new layer of abstraction similar to how high-level code compiles to machine code. We explor…

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REPLAY: Driving ROI through Collaborative Organizational Change Management 30:34

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Organizations are racing toward digital and AI transformation, but the same problem keeps showing up: people aren't ready. In this replay episode, Jess Carter revisits her conversation with Allison Grayson, Senior Director of Organizational Change Management at Resultant. They explore the fundamentals that ensure change is well implemented in an or…

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Dataflow Computing for AI Inference with Kunle Olukotun - #751 57:37

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In this episode, we're joined by Kunle Olukotun, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University and co-founder and chief technologist at Sambanova Systems, to discuss reconfigurable dataflow architectures for AI inference. Kunle explains the core idea of building computers that are dynamically configured to match th…

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Biomarkers & Beyond: LabConnect’s Role in Oncology Research 21:31

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Blood is the currency of clinical trials—and getting it from patient to lab within 48 hours can make or break a study. In this episode, LabConnect CEO Wes Wheeler joins us to discuss how a lab-agnostic model, purpose-built software, and disciplined process design are transforming global clinical research. Wes breaks down why LabConnect chooses not …

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How Slack Builds Products People Love to Use, with Chief Product Officer Rob Seaman 35:48

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Private companies can be mission-driven. And in today's market, they have to be. Rob Seaman, Chief Product Officer at Slack, joins Jess Carter to discuss how leading with purpose helps build better teams and better products. Rob shares lessons from Slack's integration with Salesforce, including the importance of staying close to customers, balancin…

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Recurrence and Attention for Long-Context Transformers with Jacob Buckman - #750 57:23

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Today, we're joined by Jacob Buckman, co-founder and CEO of Manifest AI to discuss achieving long context in transformers. We discuss the bottlenecks of scaling context length and recent techniques to overcome them, including windowed attention, grouped query attention, and latent space attention. We explore the idea of weight-state balance and the…

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Beyond the Shelf: Funko’s Vision for Future Collectibles 17:25

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What powers a global fandom machine? We sat down with Funko’s Chief Product Officer, Husnal Shah, to trace the line from a week‑one Disney sellout to 900 licenses and a milestone few toy companies reach in decades. We break down the three Cs—Culture, Creativity, Commerce—that decide which figures get made, why certain iconic moments jump off the sh…

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The Decentralized Future of Private AI with Illia Polosukhin - #749 1:05:03

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In this episode, Illia Polosukhin, a co-author of the seminal "Attention Is All You Need" paper and co-founder of Near AI, joins us to discuss his vision for building private, decentralized, and user-owned AI. Illia shares his unique journey from developing the Transformer architecture at Google to building the NEAR Protocol blockchain to solve glo…

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STEM Success Story: How Two Students Engineered a Shoelace Solution 26:37

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What happens when two eighth-grade students notice a problem during volleyball matches? They create an award-winning invention that could soon hit store shelves nationwide. Meet Sam Priest and Olivia Adams, volleyball players turned inventors who developed the "Untie Knot" – an elegantly simple silicone band that prevents shoelaces from coming unti…

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The Value of Project Managers with Not the Worst PM's Kelly Vega 38:36

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From TikTok skits to tech leadership, Kelly Vega shows why project managers are more than task trackers. As program director at VML and the creator of Not the Worst PM, Kelly has built a following by turning the chaos of project management into relatable, entertaining content. In this episode of Data-Driven Leadership, she joins Jess Carter to shar…

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Inside Nano Banana 🍌 and the Future of Vision-Language Models with Oliver Wang - #748 1:03:39

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Today, we’re joined by Oliver Wang, principal scientist at Google DeepMind and tech lead for Gemini 2.5 Flash Image—better known by its code name, “Nano Banana.” We dive into the development and capabilities of this newly released frontier vision-language model, beginning with the broader shift from specialized image generators to general-purpose m…

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Is It Time to Rethink LLM Pre-Training? with Aditi Raghunathan - #747 58:26

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Today, we're joined by Aditi Raghunathan, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, to discuss the limitations of LLMs and how we can build more adaptable and creative models. We dig into her ICML 2025 Outstanding Paper Award winner, “Roll the dice & look before you leap: Going beyond the creative limits of next-token prediction,” which ex…

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Inside the Classroom: How Grove City Middle School Uses Inventionland Education to Inspire Students 26:01

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What happens when middle school students are given the freedom to think, create, and solve real-world problems? Principal Larry Connelly and teacher Karen Garland join host George Davison to share their seven-year journey implementing Inventionland Education's STEAM curriculum for 8th graders. Unlike traditional classroom experiences, this program …

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What Data Means for the Future of Pediatric Hospitals 35:10

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A single error in a medical record can change a child's life. Theresa Meadows has spent her career making sure that doesn't happen. In this episode, Jess Carter talks with Theresa, who recently transitioned from CIO at Cook Children's Health Care System to a new role at symplr. Theresa recalls her unlikely path from transplant nurse to technology l…

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Building an Immune System for AI Generated Software with Animesh Koratana - #746 1:05:11

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Today, we're joined by Animesh Koratana, founder and CEO of PlayerZero to discuss his team’s approach to making agentic and AI-assisted coding tools production-ready at scale. Animesh explains how rapid advances in AI-assisted coding have created an “asymmetry” where the speed of code output outpaces the maturity of processes for maintenance and su…

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Risk and Reward: Jim Kelly’s Formula for Lasting Success 36:41

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What does it take to transform diverse experiences into entrepreneurial success? Jim Kelly's remarkable journey from politics to building a billion-dollar travel reservation system provides a masterclass in strategic career maneuvers and meaningful risk-taking. Through this candid conversation, Kelly reveals the delicate art of finding mentors—not …

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Autoformalization and Verifiable Superintelligence with Christian Szegedy - #745 1:11:48

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In this episode, Christian Szegedy, Chief Scientist at Morph Labs, joins us to discuss how the application of formal mathematics and reasoning enables the creation of more robust and safer AI systems. A pioneer behind concepts like the Inception architecture and adversarial examples, Christian now focuses on autoformalization—the AI-driven process …

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Making Makers: Inventionland Education’s Formula for Future Creators 46:28

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A challenge in American innovation has been growing for years. As manufacturing shifted overseas and fewer students engaged with science, many companies began noticing a talent gap in STEM and STEAM fields. In this conversation with co-host Greg Costantino, George M. Davison discusses his decade-long effort to address that gap by developing a pract…

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The Future of Reusable Satellites and Space Infrastructure 29:41

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In this episode of ReSETTing Tomorrow, Hugo Malan welcomes Christopher Jannette, CEO of Blackstar Orbital, a company that's reshaping the future of space technology by rethinking how we build, use, and reuse satellites. Christopher walks us through the $15 to $20 billion bottleneck in satellite operations, explains how reusable spaceplanes can revo…

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How to Win Stakeholder Buy-In: Lessons from VP of Data, Veronika Durgin 35:41

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Most data projects don't collapse because of the tech. They collapse when stakeholders aren't involved in the right ways. In this episode of Data-Driven Leadership, Jess Carter sits down with Veronika Durgin, VP of data, to explore why stakeholder engagement makes or breaks a data strategy. Veronika also shares lessons from two decades in data, fro…

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Multimodal AI Models on Apple Silicon with MLX with Prince Canuma - #744 1:10:20

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Today, we're joined by Prince Canuma, an ML engineer and open-source developer focused on optimizing AI inference on Apple Silicon devices. Prince shares his journey to becoming one of the most prolific contributors to Apple’s MLX ecosystem, having published over 1,000 models and libraries that make open, multimodal AI accessible and performant on …

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Genie 3: A New Frontier for World Models with Jack Parker-Holder and Shlomi Fruchter - #743 1:01:01

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Today, we're joined by Jack Parker-Holder and Shlomi Fruchter, researchers at Google DeepMind, to discuss the recent release of Genie 3, a model capable of generating “playable” virtual worlds. We dig into the evolution of the Genie project and review the current model’s scaled-up capabilities, including creating real-time, interactive, and high-re…

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Báyò Akómoláfé & Catherine Keller: Crossroads, Creation, and Artificial Intelligence 1:23:04

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In this episode of Curiosity Entangled, philosopher and psychologist Báyò Akómoláfé joins theologian Catherine Keller for a searching dialogue on artificial intelligence, theology, and what it means to be human at the crossroads of technology. What begins with the question of AI’s place in creation unfolds into a meditation on race, mortality, auth…

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Digging Deeper: Covia’s Formula for Products and Progress 33:50

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Learn more about: Covia Featured on: Season 5 Episode 5 - Tomorrow's World Today Ever wonder what's inside your kitchen countertop or the sand trap that ruined your golf score? Andrew Eich, former President and CEO of Covia, pulls back the curtain on the fascinating world of industrial mineral mining, revealing how these essential materials become …

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Cybersecurity Isn't Just the CIO's Job Anymore 29:41

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One phone call. One click. That's all it takes. In this episode, Jess Carter talks with Jeffrey Foresman, VP of Cybersecurity at Resultant, about why today's most dangerous breaches don't start with technical flaws, but with people. With over 30 years in the field, Jeffrey shares stories of social engineering attacks that bypass sophisticated defen…

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Closing the Loop Between AI Training and Inference with Lin Qiao - #742 1:01:11

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In this episode, we're joined by Lin Qiao, CEO and co-founder of Fireworks AI. Drawing on key lessons from her time building PyTorch, Lin shares her perspective on the modern generative AI development lifecycle. She explains why aligning training and inference systems is essential for creating a seamless, fast-moving production pipeline, preventing…

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Biotech with Heart: Atara’s Path to Hope for MS & Cancer 22:45

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Learn more about: Atara Biotherapeutics Featured on Tomorrow's World Today: S5E3 – Healing Heroes What happens when science meets creativity at the frontier of medicine? Dr. Kristin Yarema, former Chief Commercial Officer at Atara Biotherapeutics, takes us on a journey through the world of cell therapy and its potential to transform treatment for c…

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Digital by Design: How DigitalOcean Builds for the Cloud 35:45

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Learn more about: DigitalOcean Read Article: Evolution of the Cloud Featured on Tomorrow's World Today: S5E6 – Keep Your Head In The Cloud What does it take to go from a curious nine-year-old tinkering with computers to leading product strategy at some of the world’s most powerful tech companies? In this episode, Gabe Monroy reflects on his path th…

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Empowering Employers and Job Seekers with Real-Time Labor Insights 31:46

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Regional workforce boards often have access to labor market data but lack tools to make it usable for the communities they serve. In this episode, Jess Carter talks with Executive Director Phedra Redifer and Workforce Research Analyst Jacob Jimenez from Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas about how their team created interactive dashboards …

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Context Engineering for Productive AI Agents with Filip Kozera - #741 46:01

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In this episode, Filip Kozera, founder and CEO of Wordware, explains his approach to building agentic workflows where natural language serves as the new programming interface. Filip breaks down the architecture of these "background agents," explaining how they use a reflection loop and tool-calling to execute complex tasks. He discusses the current…

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Infrastructure Scaling and Compound AI Systems with Jared Quincy Davis - #740 1:13:02

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In this episode, Jared Quincy Davis, founder and CEO at Foundry, introduces the concept of "compound AI systems," which allows users to create powerful, efficient applications by composing multiple, often diverse, AI models and services. We discuss how these "networks of networks" can push the Pareto frontier, delivering results that are simultaneo…

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Solving for Mission-Aligned Outcomes with AI-Driven Grant Management Tool Eddi 34:37

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Public sector leaders are sitting on a wealth of valuable data. But too often, they can't act on it. In this episode, Jess Carter talks with Jeremy Bhatia, founder and CEO of Eddi, about how his platform helps government-funded organizations make sense of scattered financial and performance data. Jeremy shares what led him to start Eddi, how the pa…

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Building Voice AI Agents That Don’t Suck with Kwindla Kramer - #739 1:13:02

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In this episode, Kwindla Kramer, co-founder and CEO of Daily and creator of the open source Pipecat framework, joins us to discuss the architecture and challenges of building real-time, production-ready conversational voice AI. Kwin breaks down the full stack for voice agents—from the models and APIs to the critical orchestration layer that manages…

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Electric Healing: Northwell Health’s Path to Bioelectronic Medicine 28:32

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Dr. Kevin J. Tracey, President and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health and Director of the Laboratory of Biomedical Science, discusses how bioelectronic medicine could transform how we treat inflammation and immune disorders. 🧬💡 Collaborate with us! Support the show For more information about the innovations tha…

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Distilling Transformers and Diffusion Models for Robust Edge Use Cases with Fatih Porikli - #738 1:00:29

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Today, we're joined by Fatih Porikli, senior director of technology at Qualcomm AI Research for an in-depth look at several of Qualcomm's accepted papers and demos featured at this year’s CVPR conference. We start with “DiMA: Distilling Multi-modal Large Language Models for Autonomous Driving,” an end-to-end autonomous driving system that incorpora…

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How to Use AI and Data Better in Everyday Life with Jess Carter 32:06

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From writing better emails to helping her son learn the alphabet, Jess Carter is using AI in unexpected ways. In this Q&A episode, Jess shares how she's integrating AI into both her professional and personal routines, with real examples that span leadership, data storytelling, parenting, and everyday problem-solving. She offers practical advice for…

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Gurcharan Das & Milan Vaishnav: The Bhagavad Gita, War Ethics, Liberalism, and Global Power Shifts 1:12:21

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In this episode of Curiosity Entangled, author and philosopher Gurcharan Das joins political economist Milan Vaishnav for a wide-ranging conversation on the ethics of war, the future of liberalism, and the enduring tensions between statecraft and morality. What begins as a thought experiment—could the targeted assassination of a tyrant prevent a fu…

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The Daily Grind: Folgers' Formula for Flavor & Familiarity 22:35

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How do you make a great cup of coffee every single time? Jim Trout, Vice President, Research & Development--Coffee at the J. M. Smucker Co., reveals how Folgers Coffee uses data, design, and taste tests to perfect its signature flavor. ☕🔬 Featured on: Tomorrow's World Today - S9E4 – Perfect Pour Learn more about this topic: Modern Coffee Innovation…