The Deep Dive

The Deep Dive

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The Deep Dive episodes

  • Episode 49: Viable Futures of 2021: A Conversation with Indy Johar

    In this conversation, Philip spends time with Indy Johar, Co-Founder Project 00 and Dark Matter Labs. Indy and Phil discuss our current reality as we wrestle with COVID-19, a finalized Brexit and rising anti-democracy and insurrection in post election America. With this as a backdrop they discuss what is necessary to create a viable future that operates with a different value system.

    The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

    Philip’s Drop: Bartees Strange

    Indy’s Drop: Listen for the post-pandemic signals in music and culture.

    Special Guest: Indy Johar.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 48: Privacy Is Power: A Conversation w/ Carissa Veliz

    In this conversation, Philip spends time Carissa Véliz, an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI, and a Fellow at Hertford College at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Privacy Is Power (Bantam Press) and the editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics. They discuss her new book and dig into the concepts of privacy, data and why it matters to the quality and sanctity of our life.

    The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

    Philip’s Drop: Gangs of London

    Carissa’s Drop:

    The Lives of Others

    Maya Angelou “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”

    Elizabeth Strout “Olive, Again”

    Special Guest: Carissa Veliz.

    56 min
  • Episode 47: Culture, Design & Decolonization: A Conversation with Dean Dori Tunstall

    In this conversation, Philip spends time with the Dean of Design at Ontario College of Art and Design University Dori Tunstall. Philip and Dean Tunstall discuss how culture and design impact one another as well as take on the idea and philosophy of decolonization in the design space and how diverse voices are incorporated at all levels.

    The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

    Philip’s Drop: Excellence

    Dori’s Drop: Hiring for Decolonization, Diversity and Inclusion in the Creative Industries Micro-Certification

    Special Guest: Dori Tunstall.

    39 min
  • Episode 46: Psychophysics, Mysticism and Meaning: A Conversation with Erica Fretwell

    In this conversation, Philip spends time with Prof. Erica Fretwell the author of Sensory Experiments: Psychophysics, Race, and the Aesthetics of Feeling. Erica and Philip discuss the arcane science of psychophysics and what it tells us about culture, race and the world around us.

    The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

    Philip’s Drop: Postwar – Tony Judt

    Erica’s Drop: The Vow

    Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

    Special Guest: Erica Fretwell.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 45: How to Future: A Conversation with Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby

    In this conversation, Philip spends time the authors of How To Future, Scott Smith and Madeline Ashby. The three of them dissect the lessons of the book How To Future and discuss how the roadmap outlined in their work applies to and shapes our notions of “futurism”

    The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

    Philip’s Drop:

    • David Byrne’s American Utopia
    • Madeline’s Drop:

      • Hench – Natalie Zina Walschots
      • Scott's Drop:

        • Devs
        • Dark
        • The Third Day
        • If Then – Jill Lapore
        • Special Guests: Madeline Ashby and Scott Smith.

          1 hr 7 min
        • Episode 44: Integrative Thinking and the Process of Making Strategy: A Conversation with Jennifer Riel

          In this conversation, Philip spends time with Jennifer Riel, IDEO Global Director, Strategy. Philip and Jennifer discuss the Integrative Thinking Model and how it informs and impacts an organizational strategy playbook.

          The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

          Philip’s Drop: Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life

          Jennifer’s Drop: Schitt’s Creek

          The Righteous Mind – Jonathan Haidt

          Special Guest: Jennifer Riel.

          52 min
        • Episode 43: Fluidity, Design and Equity: A Conversation with Garance Choko

          In this conversation, Philip spends time with Garance Choko, the CEO of Coda Societies, a firm that shapes social and economic infrastructures to promote equity worldwide. They discuss Garance’s global work and how her thinking about fluid infrastructures informs her design perspective.

          The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

          Philip’s Drop: My Octopus Teacher

          Garance’s Drop: Leon Ford

          Leon Ford Twitter

          Special Guest: Garance Choko.

          47 min
        • Episode 42: Counterculture, Techno-utopianism and the Social Good: A Conversation with Fred Turner

          In this conversation, Philip spends time with Stanford professor Fred Turner. On the eve of the 2020 election Philip and Fred discuss the counterculture movements of the 60s and trace its legacy to our current tech and social reality.

          The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

          Philip's Drop:

          Stuart Hall Essential Essays (2 Volume Set)

          Fred's Drop:

          Stuart Hall Library

          Logic Magazine

          Special Guest: Fred Turner.

          50 min
        • Episode 41: Emergent Strategy And Gathering Viable Future(s): A Conversation with adrienne maree brown

          In this conversation, Philip spends time with adrienne maree brown discussing her books Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism. They dive into the radical nature of love and pleasure and the power of speculative futures.

          The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

          Philip’s Drop:

          Octavia Butler, notes she wrote to herself
          Ursula K. Le Guin’s speech at the National Book Awards

          adrienne’s Drop:

          African Immortal Series by Tananarive Due
          Erotic: Erotic as Power by Audrey Lorde

          Special Guest: adrienne maree brown.

          57 min
        • Episode 40: The Power of What If and the Imagination Sundial: A Conversation with Rob Hopkins and Rob Shorter

          In this conversation, Philip spends Rob Hopkins and Rob Shorter. The trio discuss Rob Hopkins’ book From What Is to What If and how it inspired the creation of the Imagination Sundial designed by Rob Shorter.

          The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.

          Philip’s Drop:

          Chadwick Boseman

          Rob Shorter’s Drop:

          Radical tenderness by Dani d’Emilia, Vanessa Andreotti & GTDF

          Rob Hopkins’ Drop:

          Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown

          Special Guests: Rob Hopkins and Rob Shorter.

          54 min

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