Neohuman

In the 20th and the last episode of the first season of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Joe Showker. Joe is a James Madison University alumni, consultant, philanthropist, and a Republican delegate who has been and is supporting Donald Trump for the Presidency of the United States. They talk about wide range of subjects, including Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton’s health, the first Presidential debate and the upcoming election, the Alt-Right movement, as well as the state of America and the rest of the world from the perspective of a Trump supporter.

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In the 19th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Reverend Gretta Vosper. Gretta is the Atheist minister of United Church of Canada and the author of the best selling book, With or Without God. They talk about wide range of subjects, including religion, Atheism, how the United Church is moving away from Progressive Humanist values, the dogma of Evangelical Christians, Democracy, and separation of church and state.

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In the 18th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Hugh Gusterson. Hugh is an anthropologist at George Washington University and an antinuclear activist with his work focuses on nuclear culture, international security and the anthropology of science. They talk about wide range of subjects, including the war on terror, drones and remote war, nuclear policy in the 21st century, military automation, privacy, equality, the current political state of the US, and Hugh’s new book Drone: Remote Control Warfare.

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In the 17th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Dr. Cyrus Afrashteh. Cyrus has a background in Molecular Genetics, Neuroscience and Dentistry. He was both a President of the Muslim Students Association and later the Iranian Students Association at the University of Toronto. After a decade of religious Islamic study and practice he left Islam and now considers himself a Spiritual Humanist. He is the founder of Yazdan Biotechnologies that is researching a cure for Type 1 Diabetes and which is expanding to Moscow with the goal of furthering research into Genetic Engineering of Human Embryos for live birth as Designer Babies. They talk about Islam, and the future of Humanity.

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In the 16th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Liza Featherstone. Liza is an American Journalist and Journalism professor at NYU and Columbia’s School of International Public Affairs, who also writes frequently on labor and student activism for The Nation magazine. They talk about wide range of subjects, including politics, rise of Trumpism, Hillary Clinton, the role of labor unions in the 21st century, technological unemployment, Universal Basic Income, George Orwell’s Animal Farm, as well as Liza’s new book False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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In the 15th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with James Hughes. James is a sociologist, bioethicist, the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston, ordained Buddhist monk, the former executive director of the World Transhumanist Association (H+), and the current executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET). They talk about wide range of subjects including religion, secularism, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, politics, automation, unemployment, Buddhism, the next Dalai Lama, China, Techno-Progressive movement, and Peter Thiel as the real threat.

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In the 14th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Lincoln Cannon, the Founder and the former President of Mormon Transhumanist Association. They talk about wide range of subjects including religion, Atheism, technology, politics, ethics and morality, privacy, Mormonism, education, and the future of Transhumanism.

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In the 13th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Mia Consalvo, professor and Canada research Chair in Communication studies, Game Studies and Design at Concordia university. They talk about wide range of subjects, including technology, gaming, Japan, VR+AR/MR, ethics and morality, education, Artificial Intelligence, social gaming, the future of social media, as well as Mia’s new book Atari to Zelda: Japan’s Video Games in Global Contexts.

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In the 12th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Zoltan Istvan. Zoltan is a Transhumanist writer, futurist, philosopher, the founder and the presidential candidate of the Transhumanist Party. They talk about wide range of subjects, including Transhumanism, the Singularity, religion, Atheism, Spirituality, automation, longevity, 2016 US election race, ethics and morality, politics, how to deal with the “haters”, and Zoltan’s 2016 presidential campaign.

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In the 11th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah is chatting with Kevin Kelly. Kevin is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review. They talk about wide range of subjects, including Artificial Intelligence, automation, VR+MR, Magic Leap, ethics and morality, privacy, encryption, living in Tehran during the Iranian Revolution, and Kevin’s upcoming book The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future.

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