Best Eclectic Spacewalk Podcasts (2025)

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Scientific and Fictional Imaginings are Reflections of Ourselves | Jaime Green | Conversations 28 1:04:13

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Author of The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos, Jaime Green-- Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 01:51 - Jaime's beginnings 04:48 - Jaime's pop culture influences 12:30 - Jaime's Journey to Editing 21:07 - The writing process 30:50 - Jaime's experience as the series editor of Best American Science and Nature…

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Epistemology and knowledge manifests through design at different scales | Shannon Mattern | Conversations 27 49:47

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Author and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Shannon Mattern— Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 01:55 - Shannon's Earliest Curiosities 03:49 - How Shannon got started in her academic career 10:13 - How do materiality and other lenses ground your research? 12:49 - The Importance of Archival Studies 18:31 - Green Screens and 8 Channels Project 21:…

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Focus On What You Want To See More Of | Visakan Veerasamy | Conversations 26 1:29:36

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The ‘Godfather of Twitter’ and Author of Friendly Ambitious Nerd & Introspect, Visakan Veerasamy—Substack: https://eclecticspacewalk.substack.com/p/conversations-26-visakan-veerasamyTimestamps:00:00 - Start01:44 Visa's curiosity journey.06:44 How does Visa deal with the reality of understanding who he is as a person, within society, within history,…

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Space Technology's 'Original Sin' and The Politics of Outer Space | Bleddyn Bowen | Conversations 25 1:24:18

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A conversation with Author and Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Leicester, Bleddyn Bowen Bleddyn Bowen is the author of two books: “War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics” and “Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space.” He is an associate professor of International Relations at the Universi…

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“Spaces make cultures and cultures make spaces.” | Fred Scharmen | Conversations #24 1:17:27

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A conversation with Author, Co-Founder of Brick Moon Space, and Program Director of Graduate Architecture at Morgan State University, Fred Scharmen Fred Scharmen is a designer and researcher in the history and theory of space architecture. Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 01:30 - What were you first curious about? 10: 25 - Epistemic Activism 15:15 - Direc…

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Conversations #23 - Malcolm Ocean 1:13:57

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Hello Eclectic Spacewalkers! This past month I had the pleasure to finally talk with Malcolm Ocean, a long-time Twitter mutual of ours. Malcolm Ocean is a systems designer, a self-described “feral free agent, singer-songwriter, and trust-dancer.” He also runs a software company called Complice - the to-do list that never goes stale. Malcolm is a un…

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The Power & Peril of Dual-Use Technology: Ammonium Nitrate 25:00

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#STS #ScienceandTechnology #AmmoniumNitrate #EclecticSpacewalk A podcast about the dual-use nature of ammonium nitrate. Interviewees include: - Dr. Fracesco Amodio, Associate Professor of Economics at McGill University - Dr. Hans Pasman, Emeritus Professor in Chemical Risk Management at the Technical University of Delft - Dr. Vyto Babrauskas, Fire …

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Conversations #22 - Stephanie Lepp 1:18:46

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Hello Eclectic Spacewalkers! This month, we sat down with Stephanie Lepp. Stephanie is an executive producer at the Center for Humane Technology, where she leads the podcast “Your Undivided Attention” hosted by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin where they “explore the incredible power that technology has over our lives — and how we can use it to cataly…

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Conversations #21 - Paul Millerd 1:02:15

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A conversation with Writer, Coach, and Consultant, Paul Millerd— Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! This month, we sat down with Paul Millerd. Paul is a writer, coach, and consultant and who I would describe as the epitome of a digital nomad. He is also a freelancer and digital creator. Paul is “Trying to carve my own path. Sharing what I learn along the w…

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Conversations #20 - Patricia Hurducaș 1:04:51

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A conversation with the creator of the Flâneuse Project, Patricia Hurducaș— Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! A few weeks ago we traveled to Zürich, Switzerland to speak with Patricia Hurducaș. Patricia is the creator of The Flâneuse Project an online repository for interviews, essays, and a digital gallery. “The Flâneuse Project (F) is the place where I …

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Conversations #19 - Jason Snyder 1:27:22

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A conversation with Meta-Modern Homesteader, Jason Snyder— Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! Last month we traveled to the outskirts of Boone, NC to sit down with Jason Snyder. Jason is yet another Twitter mutual that we had the pleasure of finally meeting in person. We also were joined by previous podcast guest Ashley Colby, who was visiting the US from …

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Conversations #18 - Celine Halioua 1:06:22

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A conversation with CEO of Loyal, Celine Halioua— Celine is the founder and CEO of Loyal for Dogs. Loyal is a company working to develop therapies that treat the underlying causes of aging in dogs. All in hopes of coming at the “human longevity” problem from a different, albeit furrier, angle. Celine has a background in venture capital, neuroscienc…

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Conversations #17 - Samo Burja 1:19:21

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A conversation with Researcher, Speaker, and Writer, Samo Burja— Last month we sat down with Samo Burja. Samo is a researcher, speaker, and writer. He is also the founder of Bismarck Analysis, a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation, and a senior research fellow in political science at the Foresight Institute. Samo has previous bylines in City…

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Conversations #16 - Carey Baraka 1:09:18

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A conversation with Writer, Carey Baraka— This past month, I sat down with Carey Baraka. Carey is a writer from Kisumu, Kenya. Carey has bylines in publications such as Popula, Lithub, Foreign Policy, and Johannesburg Review of books. He also sings for a ‘secret choir’ in Nairobi. We came across Carey’s writing in his essay The failed promise of Ke…

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Conversations #15 - Ashley Colby 1:38:39

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A conversation with Co-Founder of Rizoma School, Ashley Colby— Last month we had the pleasure of sitting down with Ashley Colby. Ashley is an environmental sociologist, homesteader, and author. She is also the co-founder of Rizoma School and Executive Director at Rizoma Foundation and Loconomy Project. After months of digital exchanges on Twitter, …

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Conversations #14 - Jeremy Johnson 1:43:47

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Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! Last month we had the pleasure of having a conversation with Jeremy Johnson. Jeremy is a scholar, writer, publisher (Revelore Press), editor (Integral Leadership Review), integral philosopher, and the founder of Nura Learning. Jeremy is also the host of the mutations podcast and is the author of Seeing Through the World: …

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Conversations #13 - Brent Cooper 1:41:29

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Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! Last week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Brent Cooper. Brent is an independent political sociologist, filmmaker, and the Founder and Executive Director of The Abs-Tract Organization. We came across Brent like most of the people that have come on ‘Conversations’ - through Twitter. Brent’s writing was our first in…

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Conversations #12 - Claire Webb 2:00:40

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Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! Last week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Claire Webb. Claire is a historian and anthropologist of science and currently a fellow of USC and the Berggruen Institute. Her research considers future-facing technoscientific objects since the postwar era in the United States. Her dissertation, from MIT’s HASTS program…

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Conversations #11 - Tara Perry 1:46:04

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A conversation with the founder of BlackPact.org, Tara Perry-- After a four-month hiatus due to COVID-19, we were finally able to record a podcast with Tara Perry, founder of BlackPact.org. Tara has been enormously helpful and a trusted friend in navigating the discussion of race in our present society over the last year. Shortly after the death of…

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Conversations #10 - Rob Harper 52:32

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A conversation with Filmmaker Rob Harper— Last fall, while in London recording another podcast with Vinay Gupta, I had the supreme pleasure in interviewing director, producer, and screenwriter Rob Harper about his most recent film - Journey’s to the Edge of Consciousness. Take an animated trip into the depths of the human mind with three brave pion…

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Conversations #9 - Eric Schwitzgebel 2:03:47

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A conversation with Professor of Philosophy, Eric Schwitzgebel— This month, I sat down with Professor of Philosophy at the University of California - Riverside - Eric Schwitzgebel. Along with teaching, Eric is a prolific writer who since 2006 has written over 1000 posts about numerous subjects on his blog “The Splintered Mind.” His most recent book…

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Conversations #8 - Mike Elias 1:17:03

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A conversation with the founder of Idea Markets, Mike Elias— After traveling to Europe in October & November to film some projects and record a few podcasts (Ronni Abergel, Vinay Gupta, George Por, & Yogos Krassakopoulos), I am back in LA for the foreseeable future. Last month, I sat down with Mike Elias of Idea Markets. The subject matter we discu…

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Conversations #7 - Yorgos Krassakopoulos 28:45

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A conversation with the Head of Programming for the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Yorgos Krassakopoulos— “Γεια σας από την Ελλάδα” - “Hello from Greece” After traveling to Europe in October and recording a few podcasts(Ronni Abergel, Vinay Gupta, & George Por), I recieved a long awaited email from the international press secretary of th…

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Conversations #6 - George Por 1:14:08

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Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers! Back in October, after traveling to Copenhagen and then to London, we headed to Brighton, on the southern coast of the UK, to speak with George Por. George Por is the Founder & Academic Dean of Campus Co-Evolve, or “The Campus.” Campus Co-Evolve is a unique digital higher education prototype. Their ambitions are of the hi…

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Conversations #5 - Vinay Gupta 2:09:17

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Hey Eclectic Spacewalk subscribers! Last month, after traveling to Copenhagen, Denmark to speak to Ronni Abergel, Founder & CEO of the Human Library Organization (HLO), we headed to jolly ole’ London town (please excuse the cliche lol) to have a conversation with Vinay Gupta, the CEO of Mattereum. We talked about his early days and influences growi…

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Conversations #4 - Ronni Abergel 47:24

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Hey Eclectic Spacewalkers, This month I traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark to speak to Ronni Abergel, Founder & CEO of the Human Library Organization (HLO), and also to document one of their events during Copenhagen’s Culture Night on October 11th, 2019. “Menneskebiblioteket” as it is called in Danish, was created in Copenhagen in the spring of 2000 b…

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Conversations #3 - Tiago Forte 1:21:33

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Hello Eclectic Spacewalkers, Last month, I sat down with coach, entrepreneur, and writer Tiago Forte. He is the creator of BuildingASecondBrain.com, which is: “on a mission to radically improve the effectiveness of human beings while making work a vehicle for personal growth.” Tiago is also the Founder of Forte Labs & Writer of the Praxis newslette…

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Conversations #2 - Micheal Cholbi 1:40:15

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Hello Eclectic Spacewalkers, Here is my interview with Cal Poly Pomona, Professor of Philosophy - Michael Cholbi (First published on my Substack newsletter) His research is primarily in ethics, with particular emphases on suicide, grief, punishment, Kantian ethics, paternalism, work & labor, and moral psychology. Along with teaching, he is currentl…

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Conversations #1 - Millicent Ally 1:28:52

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Interview with Author & Poet Millicent Ally (First published on my Substack newsletter) Purchase Book: Tales of the Human Condition on Amazon Purchase Audiobook: Tales of the Human Condition (with music & without) on Audible Connect on Twitter: @MillicentAlly - - - - - - Last month, I sat down and had a conversation with author & poet Millicent All…

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Conversations #0 - Introduction (Trailer) 1:34

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Eclectic Spacewalk presents: "Conversations," a podcast about the uniqueness of the human condition & how - through conversation – we can continue to upgrade humanity’s value systems. Eclectic Spacewalk means: "a broad & diverse range of Earth based philosophies viewed from outer space." Everyone has a subjective awe-inspiring viewpoint on OUR real…