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Look out tastemakers—algorithms are coming for you

February 7, 2024 Science and Technology, Think

New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how algorithms are homogenizing our design choices, how our desires are being anticipated by computers, and what this says for creativity and innovation.

The number one killer of creativity is fear

May 20, 2022 Culture, Mental Health, Science and Technology

New York Times science reporter Matt Richtel talks about creativity and what awakens it, the conditions where it thrives and what happens when it’s blocked.

Can we control the content of our dreams?

April 5, 2022 Science and Technology

Michael W. Clune discusses the A.I. research into hacking into our sleeping brains in an effort to influence our dreams, and why that might make us more creative.

A wandering mind is a creative mind

March 4, 2022 Mental Health, Science and Technology

Cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar explains why divided attention can lead to bigger discoveries — from lessening anxiety to better connecting the dots of our daily lives.

Mental Gymnastics: New Insights Into The Brain

January 16, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

This hour, experts on brain science join us to separate fact from fiction – and to better understand what we know about gender, creativity and how our brain is programmed to lead us home.

The Power Of The Unfocused Mind

May 16, 2017 Science and Technology

Dr. Srini Pillay joins us to make the case for allowing our minds to wander and how that can actually increase our productivity.

The Art Of Grace

February 23, 2017 Culture

Washington Post dance critic Sarah Kaufman joins us to talk about incorporating elegance into our everyday existence.

The Contributions Of Creatives

January 28, 2015 Uncategorized

We’ll talk about the artist’s place in society – and why we all suffer when there are fewer of them – with Scott Timberg, author of Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class.

Art And Energy

October 21, 2014 Uncategorized

This hour, we’ll talk about how discoveries of new energy sources have had profound effects on art and culture with Barry Lord. He writes about the topic in Art & Energy: How Culture Changes.

Two Of A Kind

August 5, 2014 Uncategorized

We’ll talk this hour about the link between greatness and gestalt with Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of “Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs.”