Hypnothesis

Erik Nuding is a senior film student at UC Berkeley. In this episode we discussed the overstimulating nature of 21st century film, and why it's important to break from it.

David J Peterson created the Dothraki and High Valyrian languages for HBO's Game of Thrones. He's a conlanger (CONstructed LANGuage) by trade, who makes a living by creating languages for mainstream films. He has authored three books related to conlanging, been an executive producer on the Conlang documentary, and produced languages for numerous movies and TV shows.

Katherine Waissbluth is a 20 year old political science major at Stanford. She runs a successful YouTube channel with several social media outlets which promote her college essay editing business - Kath Path College Apps. We talk about starting a business, being a Tik Tok star (lol), and what would happen if all the Trump and all the Bernie supporters were stranded on an island. Also she's my sister!!

Lauren Abernathy is the founder of Good Spray Coaching, a side hustle turned full time job which provides clients with personalized climbing training and coaching. Her program will have you sending spicy routes you never knew you were capable of. Lauren quit her day job as a corporate project manager to pursue this venture, embodying the financial independence movement.

Dr. Brandon Collins holds a PhD in forestry from UC Berkeley. He works in Stephens Lab, doing research on fire ecology. We talked about the recent west coast fires: why they're happening, what needs to be done to stop them, what you can do to help.

Intergenerational trauma is a phenomena affecting more than 10% of the United States population. In this episode, we examine intergenerational trauma with a critical eye, discussing the repercussions of such a widespread and under-appreciated issue.

Matt Joerke is a human-centered artificial intelligence researcher. We talk about GPT-3, the intersection of AI and art, and the rapid pace of technological progress.

Andy Nagy is a graduate student studying freshwater ecology at UGA, near some of the most biodiverse environments on earth. We talk about the importance of biodiversity, attitudes on conservation, and the proper methodology for fromping beers.

Trevor goes through his experience working at a state psychiatric hospital in a rural part of the midwestern United States. This podcast contains graphic content.

Cryopreservation is the practice of cooling a dead (or "deanimated") body until solidification, with the hopes of future revival. Hundreds of people in the United States are cryopreserved, and thousands more are signed up.