Neohuman

In the 30th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Bonnie Rochman. Bonnie is an award-winning journalist, and author. A former health and parenting columnist for Time.com and staff writer for Time magazine, she has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, MIT Technology Review, Scientific America, and O, The Operah Magazine. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, Designer Babies, ethics and morality, Artificial Intelligence, the future of Humanity, Elon Musk’s Neuralink, CRISPR, as well as Bonnie’s new book, The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids—and the Kids We Have.

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In the 29th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah and Mandi are chatting with Dr. Mark Perlin. Mark has two PhDs in computer science and medicine, is the founder of Cybergenetics and the creator of the TrueAllele technology. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, privacy, genetics and cybergenetics, designer babies, Gattaca, Gene editing and CRISPR technology, and the adaptation of modern technology by the law enforcement to revisit criminal cases. 

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In the 28th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah and Mandi are chatting with Coraline Ada Ehmke. Coraline is an open-source advocate, speaker, and web developer. She was recognized for her work on diversity in open-source with a Ruby Hero award in 2016. She’s the creator of the Contributor Covenant, the most popular open-source code of conduct in the world. She now works for GitHub as a senior engineering on a team devoted to creating community management and anti-harassment tools. They talk about wide range of subjects including technology, politics, Donald Trump, equality, cyber security, ethics and morality, as well as Coraline’s upcoming music album, tender.

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In the 27th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is welcoming back Curt Jaimungal on the show to discuss his company, IndieFilmTO. IndieFilmTO is a newly formed independent film incubator in Toronto with the goal of coaching the independent filmmakers in Toronto through the process of making their film, from an idea to funding, production, and distribution. They talk about wide range of subjects including IndieFilmTo’s upcoming industry event, lessons to learn from Donald Trump, Startup culture, future of the independent film industry, Curt’s first feature film, and what it takes to make it as an independent artist in the 21st century.

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In the 26th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah and Mandi are discussing what’s happening in America,  after the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in 2016 US Presidential Election, and Artificial Intelligence as “the only two subjects in the world worth discussing right now”. 

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In the 25th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah and Mandi are chatting with David Butt. David is an experienced criminal lawyer and a former Crown prosecutor, Queen’s Law School and Harvard University graduate, and a former clerk for both the Court of Appeal for Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. They talk about wide range of subjects including technology, freedom of speech and expression, the niqab debate, hate speech, much needed reform in the legal system, law in the cyber space, as well as Trump and Trumpism.

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In the 24th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Raihan Abir. Raihan is a Bangladeshi ex-Muslim Atheist blogger, best selling author, and a recipient of PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for “showing courage in opposing restraint on freedom of expression and ideas”. They talk about wide range of subjects, including Islamic jihadism, political correctness, Faith as a virus, dangers of political far-Left and far-Right, Religious studies as a form of child abuse, Atheism as the only sensible stance, and the similarities between Donald Trump and God.

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In the 23rd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah and Mandi are talking to Jassie Justice ‘Trash Panda’, a non-binary intersex/trans fury femmebot. Jassie is a poet, community organizer, student, educator and sex worker. Jassie is currently working with Spit, a Toronto-based company that is committed to creating porn with an anti-oppressive lens and ensuring ethical labour standards are upheld. They talk about wide range of subjects, including what it means to have what Jassie refers to as ‘ethical porn’, what it means to create porn from an anti-oppressive and feminist perspective, morality, workers rights, BDSM, capitalism, how ethical porn can be used to educate young people about sex and sexuality, as well as about an upcoming event called “Sex 101″ event that will be hosted by Spit and Silence is Violence U of Toronto at Toronto’s Oasis Aqualounge sex club.

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In the 22nd episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah and Mandi are chatting with Will Bronson. Will holds a MBA degree from the University of Phoenix and is currently the deputy associate administrator at office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the United States’ department of Justice. They talk about wide range of subjects including the effects of trauma on youth, politics, Donald Trump and his “basket of deplorables”, institutional and social racism, untrained militarized police force in the US and Canada, and technology as the greatest achievement of Humanity.

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In the 21st episode of NEOHUMAN, the 1st episode of Season 2, Agah Bahari is joined by Mandi Gray as the co-host of the second season to chat with Dr. Richard Jochelson (@robsoncrim, @RiJochelson). Richard is the Associate Professor at Robson Hall Law School, University of Manitoba, and his publications include: “The Disappearance of Criminal Law: Police Powers and the Supreme Court of Canada”, and “Theorizing Justice and Sex and the Supreme Court: Obscenity and Indecency Laws in Canada”. Richard recently launched the Robson Crim Legal Blog, which is an interdisciplinary blog featuring writing from scholars and lawyers across Canada. They talk about wide range of subjects including feminist debates around pornography and sex work, University of Chicago’s recent statement on safe spaces, freedom of speech and political correctness, cyber sex-work, Bedford Vs. Canada case, and the common grounds between radical feminism and the religious far-right.

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