First off today an interesting conversation with Vivienne Ming, a theoretical neuroscientist, AI expert, and professional mad scientist about using technology to augment human sight, hearing, memory, and emotions.  In particular, she wants to use tech to turn her son who is diagnosed with autism into a cyborg of sorts with superpowers.  Giving him the ability to read and recognize emotions in other people, or enhancing working memory would be a huge benefit to Vivienne’s son, but does it give him an unfair advantage?  Does tech that boosts human potential change what it means to be human?  Vivienne joins us for what happens when we all want to be superhuman.

Next, President Trump has been handed a huge victory for his immigration agenda and building a wall on the southern border.  The Supreme Court has cleared the way for $2.5 billion in military funding to be used for border wall construction.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for this and the latest problem for President Trump.  He’s fighting back accusations of racism once again after lashing out on Twitter against Rep. Elijah Cummings.

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