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  • 10: Andrew Bacevich

    In the 10th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with professor Andrew Bacevich. Andrew is a retired US Military Colonel, an American foreign policy and military historian, Professor Eneritus of International Relations and History at the Boston University, and the former director of Boston University’s Center for International Relations. They talk about wide range of subjects, including politics, war, Military-Industrial complex, the Middle East, Iran nuclear agreement, technology, the War on Terror, American Presidential election, and Andrew’s new book America’s War for The Greater Middle East.

    Links: 

    • Andrew J. Bacevich
    • America’s War for The Greater Middle East
    • Carter Doctorine
    • Automation in Military-Industrial-Complex
    • Bernie Sanders Delivered A Killer AIPAC Speech … in Utah
    • The Iran Nuclear Deal – A Simple Guide
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        43 min
      • 9: Dan Barker

        In the 9th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Dan Barker. Dan is a former Evangelical Minister turned Atheist, writer, speaker, and the co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. They talk about wide range of subjects, including religion, Atheism, politics, faith, Reverend Gretta Vosper, The Clergy Project, science, reason, logic, Richard Dawkins, education, and Dan’s new book God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction.

        Links: 

        • Freedom From Religion Foundation
        • God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction
        • The Clergy Project
        • Richard Dawkins
        • Gretta Vosper
        • Ayaan Hirsi Ali
        • United Church dismisses appeal by atheist minister to halt review
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            50 min
          • 8: Michael Lynch

            In the 8th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with professor Michael Lynch. Michael is a philosopher, professor at the University of Connecticut, and the director of  Humanities Institute. They talk about wide range of subjects, including Michael’s new book:The Internet of Us, technology, politics, social media, Extended Mind hypothesis, ethics and morality in Artificial Intelligence, social bots, philosophy, and Google Knowing.

            Links: 

            • The Internet of Us
            • Michael Lynch at the University of Connecticut
            • Humanities Institute
            • Microsoft’s Twitter bot turned from average teen to Jew-hating Trump supporter in 12 hours
            • The Extended Mind
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                52 min
              • 7: Mandi Gray

                In the 7th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with Mandi Gray. Mandy is a PhD student at Toronto’s York Univesity and a sexual assault survivor. They talk about wide range of subjects, including social justice, politics, women-rights, equality, Canadian justice system, political activism, radical feminists, and Jian Ghomeshi’s sexual assault trial.

                Links: 

                • Silence is violence
                • Women at the Centre
                • Verdict Shines Light on a Harsh Reality
                • Mandi on Toronto Star
                • Mandi on Globe and Mail
                • Mandi on Vice
                • Jian Ghomeshi Trial
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                    52 min
                  • 6: Randall Willis

                    In the sixth episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with Randall Willis. Randall is a storyteller who have lived many lives from biochemistry to a medical writing and advertisement, until he decided to focus on his own creative writing. They talk about wide range of subjects, including biotechnology, gene editing, September 11 2001, ethics and morality in marketing and advertisement, writing to enjoy, and internet as a double-edged sword.

                    Links: 

                    • Randall Willis blog
                    • 9/11 Conference Coverage
                    • Tank‘s screenplay opening (pet store love story)
                    • Genome-editing and CRISPR
                    • the Double-Edged Sword That is the Internet
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                        1 hr 2 min
                      • 5: Miss Metaverse

                        In the fifth episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is recapping the episodes so far and recall some of the more memorable lines by the first four guests on the show, along with Maurice Ravel’s epic masterpiece, Bolero. Later, Agah revisit an year-old conversation with Transhumanist and Futurist, Katie Aquino AKA Miss Metaverse. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, religion, Chinese super babies, Artificial Intelligence, the future of Money, and immortality.

                        Links: 

                        • FuturistMM
                        • Chinese Project Probs the Genetics of Genius
                        • Transhumanism – The Final Religion?
                        • Silicon Valley is Trying to Make Humans Immortal – And Finding Some Success
                        • The End of Money
                        • Bolero
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                            24 min
                          • 4: Nneka MacGregor

                            In the fourth episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari talks with Nneka MacGregor. Nneka is a Toronto-based advocate who works with government and other organization to eradicate violence against women, and is the executive director at the “Women’s Centre for Social Justice”, aka “Women at the centrE”. They talk about wide range of subjects, including inequality, politics, Donald Trump, women rights under theocracies, ethics and morality, and the future of equality.

                            Links: 

                            • Women’s Centre for Social Justice
                            • Extreme Equality is a Symptom of a Broken Society
                            • A Look at the Rights of Women in Arab Countries
                            • 18 Real Things Donald Trump Actually Said About Women
                            • Maurice Ravel – Bolero
                            • Right to Educate Project
                            • United Nations Population Fund – Gender Equality
                            • Why Female Education Matters
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                                49 min
                              • 3: Curt Jaimungal

                                In the third episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with Curt Jaimungal. Curt is a physics and mathematics graduate from the University of Toronto as well as a Toronto-based independent writer, actor, and filmmaker. They talk about wide range of subjects, including String Theory, philosophy, women, Donald Trump, alternate universes, film industry, Singularity, and happiness. 

                                Links: 

                                • Making Sense of String Theory
                                • You Are Not So Smart (book) 
                                • I’m Okay (film)
                                • The true Science of Parallel Universes
                                • The coming singularity
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                                    1 hr 4 min
                                  • 2: Deanna Lambert

                                    In the second episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with Deanna Lambert. Deanna is a marketing strategist and has worked for multinational brands such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, and Harley Davidson. They talk about wide range of subjects, including marketing, health and longevity, Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, automation and marketing algorithms, privacy, the future of marketing, Capitalism, and future of equality. 

                                    Links: 

                                    • Who Controls Your Facebook Feed
                                    • Technology and Inequality
                                    • Basic Income Experiment – What We Know
                                    • The Zero Marginal Cost Society
                                    • Privacy is Dead, Invasice Technology is Here to Stay
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                                      55 min
                                    • 1: David McFadzean

                                      In the first episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari talks with David McFadzean. David is a lead engineer at the Toronto-based startup, Synaptive Medical. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, automation in military-industrial- complex, ethics and morality in Artificial Intelligence, the future of Money, Islamic terrorism, philosophy, Hololens, Oculus Rift, and virtual reality.

                                      Links:

                                      • Synaptive Medical
                                      • Microsoft Hololens
                                      • Oculus Rift
                                      • Automation in Military-Industrial-Complex
                                      • The zero Marginal Cost Society
                                      • Open AI
                                      • Ethical Issues in Artificial Intelligence
                                      • Donald Trump
                                      • Bernie Sanders
                                      • The Evolution of Islamic Terrorism
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                                        1 hr 11 min

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                                      A platform to explore and express unique observations, realizations, and understanding of what we call The World. Hosted by Agah Bahari.