Neohuman

In the 40th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Robert Gutsche Jr. Started as a journalist, Robert has written for The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, among other regional and local publications. He is an assistant Professor in the school of Journalism and Mass Communication at Florida International University, and the author of “Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control”. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, Donald Trump, social media, journalism, echo chambers, indoctrination of news, interpretive facts and the objectivity of truth.

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In the 39th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Zoltan Istvan. Zoltan is a controversial figure inside and out side of the growing global Transhumanist movement, a world renowned journalist-turned-politician, and the author of the science fiction bestseller, The Transhumanist Wager. He is the founder and the 2016 Presidential candidate of Transhumanist Party who’s running for governor of California as a Libertarian candidate. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, Transhumanism, systematic religious dogma in the US, immortality, Donald Trump, automation, the future of Money, refugee crisis and terrorism, philosophy, and Zoltan’s Libertarian campaign for the governor of California.

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In the 38th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Ismail Ali, the Policy Fellow at Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Ismail has earned his J.D. At the University of California, Berkley school of Law in 2016, after receiving his Bachelor’s in Philosophy from California State University, Fresno, in 2012, and has worked for the ACLU of Northern California’s Criminal Justice, and Drug Policy Project. Ismail believes that psychedelic consciousness is a crucial piece of challenging oppression in all of its forms, and that legal access to psychedelics is an essential part of a progressive drug policy paradigm. He hopes to help develop and advocate for just, equitable, and creative alternatives to the failed war on drugs. They talk about wide range of subjects, including psychedelics, internet and connectivity, politics, the war on drugs, the importance of social reform, drugs as medicine, mushrooms as the safest recreational drug, philosophy, religion, and MAPS’ most recent psychedelics conference.

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In the 37th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Martin Ford. Coming from a software background in Silicon Valley, Martin is a futurist focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on society and the economy, and the author of two books: Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future (2015) and The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future (2009) . They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, automation, minimum wage in the US, jobs and unemployment, religion, ethics and morality, immortality, artificial intelligence, and the importance of education in the coming years and decades of accelerated change.

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In the 36th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Negar Mortazavi and Arash Aalaei. Negar is an Iranian-American journalist and a frequent commentator on Iran at MSNBC, BBC, PRI, New York Times, Aljazeera, Huffington Post, and international outlets across the world in Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, Turkey, Switzerland, and Japan. Arash is an Iranian-American journalist and freelance TV producer who has worked with internationally recognized media networks such as Voice of America, BBC, CBS, RAI, and ABC. They talk about wide range of subjects related to Iran and the Middle East, including the Iranian political system, the effect of elections in the Iranian theocracy, the Iranian youth and the underground culture, the relationship between Iran and the United States, and the importance of empowering the Iranian women in order to make any fundamental and meaningful change.

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In the 35th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Jordan Rudess. Jordan is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the Progressive Rock/Metal band Dream Theater and the Progressive Rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment. He started a software company called Wizdom Music in 2010 to create new types of musician instrumental user interfaces and experiences, new and innovative ways of creating sound synthesis, and of recording and performing music through multiple applications for iOS and Android devices. They talk about wide range of subjects including the ever-accelerating relationship between music and technology and the importance of adapting to what’s available to musicians as tools to express themselves, as well as improvisation as a language, Jordan’s new platform for independent music: Artistco, the pros and cons of streaming services, and not losing our humanity in the digital age.

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In the 34th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Reverend Christopher Benek. Christopher is a techno-theologian, futurist, ethicist, Christian Transhumanist, Public Speaker, writer, a pastor of Family Ministries and Mission at First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and a co-founder of the Christian Transhumanist Association. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, religion, Transhumanism, Techno-Theology, ethics and morality, the importance of religious reformation, philosophy, modern Christianity, and immortality.

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In the 33rd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Dr. Majid Rafizadeh. Majid is an Iranian-American scholar, author and U.S. foreign policy specialist. He is the president of the International American Council, serves on the board of Harvard International Review at Harvard University and Harvard International Relations Council. He is also a member of Gulf 2000 Project at Columbia University’s school of International and Public Affairs, and has previously served as ambassador to the National Iranian-American Coucil based in Washington DC. They talk about wide range of subjects, including the Middle East, the US foreign policy, Iranian population as the model for reformation of Islam, the relationship between the western Liberals and radical Islam, Donald Trump, Islamic terrorism, as well as the recent referendum in Turkey and it’s consequences for the future of the Middle East and beyond.

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In the 32nd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Ed Finn. Ed is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, Internet of Things and Big Data, algorithms, Chinese national ranking system, automation in military-industrial-complex, ethics and morality in Artificial Intelligence, philosophy, as well as Ed’s new book, What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing.

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In the 31st episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Luke Dormehl. Luke is a technology writer, public speaker, and author of several books including “The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More”. He has written for Wired, The Guardian, Fast Company, The Sunday Times and others, as well as directing a range of documentaries for UK television. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, politics, automation, ethics and morality, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, philosophy, as well as Luke’s new book, “Thinking Machines: The Inside Story of Artificial Intelligence and Our Race to Build the Future”

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