Sounds of the Cosmos with Kim Arcand
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice host a Cosmic Queries episode with visualization scientist Kim Arcand, who works on the Chandra X-ray Observatory, to explore how data sonification, 3D modeling, and other multimodal techniques reveal the high‑energy universe. They discuss Chandra's role among NASA's "great observatories", how X-ray data are converted into images and sounds, accessibility for blind and low‑vision communities, and specific phenomena such as black holes, pulsars, galaxy clusters, and Eta Carinae. Listener questions prompt conversations about color mapping, engineering tradeoffs in X‑ray telescope design, VR for astronaut training, deep fields, and Kim's book "Why Space Will Freak You Out."
#2415 - Adam Ray
Joe Rogan talks with comedian and impressionist Adam Ray about his character work, including his Dr. Phil act, playing Joe Biden opposite Shane Gillis as Trump, and impersonating Tony Hinchcliffe on Kill Tony. They veer into wide-ranging topics like lottery odds and payout structures, private investigator stories from Rogan's past, performance-enhancing drugs in sports, MMA talent pipelines, VR and active gaming, reality TV, religion, sociopathy, and how stand-up careers are shaped today by clips and social media. Adam also shares early experiences with impressions, an early-career firing for doing an off-color joke on a "clean" weekend, and plans for new characters and his touring.
#2394 - Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey discusses his path from building virtual reality headsets as a teenager and founding Oculus to running the defense technology company Anduril. He and the host explore VR's impacts, robot combat and training, UFOs and government secrecy, U.S. defense waste and reform, China's industrial and military buildup, as well as Anduril's autonomous weapons like AI fighter jets and the Eagle Eye augmented-reality combat helmet. They also delve into media manipulation, interspecies communication, uplifted animals, simulation theory, nostalgia in product design, and the ethics of working on advanced weapon systems.
Mark Zuckerberg on the AI bubble and Meta's new display glasses | ACCESS
Hosts Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger introduce their new tech podcast Access, explain the show's concept, and discuss Alex's early hands-on experience with Meta's new Ray-Ban display smart glasses and neural input band. Alex then interviews Mark Zuckerberg about why Meta is betting on smart glasses as the next computing platform, how the neural band works, and how AI will integrate into these devices. Zuckerberg details Meta's broader strategy for VR/AR, Horizon creation tools, and its aggressive push to build a frontier AI lab and massive compute infrastructure for superintelligence, including how he weighs the risk of an AI investment bubble versus underinvesting, and early signs of AI systems improving Meta's own products.