2036: The Podcast

2036: The Podcast

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2036: The Podcast episodes

  • 2O36: A Future Without Health Inequities
    What if artificial intelligence could predict and prevent invisible diseases? In this episode, Kimberly Jacob Arriola, dean of Emory’s Laney Graduate School, speaks with Anant Madabhushi, Emory professor and global leader in developing artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes. They explore the wide-ranging potential of these technologies to save lives, mitigate health disparities, and alleviate the financial and physical toll of diseases.

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    18 min
  • 2O36: A Future of Thinking Differently About Data
    In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani and Matthew Sag, professor of law and artificial intelligence at Emory, probe the best and worst that AI has to offer the legal system, society, and how humans work and live together. Plus: Sag, a diehard science-fiction fan, explains why we shouldn’t worry that the robots are taking over—yet.

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    18 min
  • 2O36: A Future of Data Justice
    How can we create artificial intelligence technologies that build a better world? When Lauren Klein, Emory professor and author of Data Feminism, imagines the future of computational analysis, she envisions an ethical approach with justice at the center. Kimberly Jacob Arriola, dean of Emory’s Laney Graduate School, sits down with Klein to discuss how to make that future a reality.

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    19 min
  • 2O36: A Future Beyond Work
    The COVID-19 pandemic collapsed the boundary between work and life, and we’ve only just begun to put the pieces back together. Tune in as Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani takes on tough questions about the future of life, labor, and leisure with Carla Freeman, interim dean of Emory College and Goodrich C. White Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Hunter Akridge, an Emory College senior and Beinecke Scholar.

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    24 min
  • 2O36: A Future Where #BlackInChem Isn’t an Anomaly
    In this episode, Kimberly Jacob Arriola, dean of Emory’s Laney Graduate School, speaks with Ayanna Jones, an Emory PhD student working with NASA to understand Earth’s complex atmosphere. Arriola and Jones envision a scientific community where all students, especially students of color, can thrive. Plus, Jones, a co-founder of #BlackInChem, takes on a million-dollar question—literally.

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    18 min
  • 2O36: A Future Where Culture is the Connector
    What are museums and libraries for? Who counts as an expert? In this episode, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani speaks with Valeda F. Dent, Emory’s vice provost of libraries and museum, and Henry S. Kim, director of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, to discuss the role that cultural institutions play today as connectors and conveners—and how they can remain relevant in the century to come.

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    21 min
  • Season 2 Trailer
    Thinkers and doers at Emory University are sparking change, inspiring wonder, and catalyzing action. In the second season of 2O36: The Podcast, recorded in front of a live audience in October 2022, you’ll hear from experts across campus on the greatest potential and looming pitfalls of artificial intelligence, how to forge meaningful connections across divides, and what it takes to build a better future. Tune in for fresh perspectives on how we’ll transform the world to come. Only on 2O36: The Podcast. THE FUTURE STARTS NOW.

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    4 min
  • 2O36: A Future Where Democracy Thrives
    In the final installment, Anderson and Meghjani explore how to have meaningful conversations across political divides, and Anderson lays out her blueprint for a better democracy.

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    22 min
  • 2O36: A Future Where Political Systems Work for Everyone

    In part two, Anderson and Meghjani revisit key moments in American history that help us understand today’s political landscape. 


    What does a truly inclusive democracy look like, and how do we get there? In this three-part episode of 2O36: The Podcast, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Carol Anderson, renowned scholar and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, to discuss citizenship, democracy, and justice. Anderson and Meghjani uncover the most urgent threats to equality in our political system while highlighting the leaders, past and present, working toward a more just future.

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    18 min
  • 2O36: A Future Where Listening Leads to Justice

    Anderson and Meghjani open their conversation by examining the transformative power of listening—to facts, the historical record, and others—to create a more equitable society.


    What does a truly inclusive democracy look like, and how do we get there? In this three-part episode of 2O36: The Podcast, Emory Alumni Board President Munir Meghjani sits down with Carol Anderson, renowned scholar and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, to discuss citizenship, democracy, and justice. Anderson and Meghjani uncover the most urgent threats to equality in our political system while highlighting the leaders, past and present, working toward a more just future.

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    24 min

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What will 2036 look like? And who will shape the world to come? Emory University is dedicated to creating positive transformation in the face of profound challenges. On each episode of 2036:…