49 episodes

Technoculture explores how digital technology influences our lives, our experiences, and ultimately what it means to be human today. The host, Federica Bressan, interviews world class experts in the fields of technology, art, and science. Topics range from cybersecurity to film restoration, from virtual reality to audiobooks.

Technoculture Dr. Federica Bressan: Fulbright scholar curious about technology and cultur

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Technoculture explores how digital technology influences our lives, our experiences, and ultimately what it means to be human today. The host, Federica Bressan, interviews world class experts in the fields of technology, art, and science. Topics range from cybersecurity to film restoration, from virtual reality to audiobooks.

    #47 Collaborative couples in science

    #47 Collaborative couples in science

    This episode is about collaborative couples in science, i.e. men and women who work in science and who are partners, husband and wife, sometimes lovers, etc. My guest, Annette Lykknes, is professor of chemistry education and historian of chemistry at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

    • 22 min
    #46 Science & trust

    #46 Science & trust

    Science as we know it today is an institutionalized social practice, with a mechanism designed to distribute trust and credibility. Trust IN science and trust WITHIN science are two dimentions of the same question that allow the process of investigation and discovery to keep moving forward. If you thought that science doesn't need trust, because it's all about the facts, think again.

    #45 Longevity and the digitization of health

    #45 Longevity and the digitization of health

    Extending the human life with science and technology will re-shape society. It is not just a matter of living longer and healthier. We need to prepare for the consequences of longevity, from the job market to housing and banking, from politics to psychological well-being, Dmitry talks about his vision on the longevity that awatis humanity - very soon.

    • 31 min
    #44 Space 2.0: A spacefaring species

    #44 Space 2.0: A spacefaring species

    Space travel may not be an impossible dream anymore. Access to a diverse pool of talents is a great asset, and ESA's new cohort of astronauts reflects this, with the first parastronaut program. With this interview, I wanted to learn more about the selection process, how the requirements are evolving, but also to debunk some of the romanticized views that many of us may have of the astronaut's job.

    • 32 min
    #43 The science of complex systems and COVID-19

    #43 The science of complex systems and COVID-19

    Yaneer Bar-Yam is the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) in Cambridge, MA. An MIT-trained physicist, Yaneer combines quantitative foundation in physics, computer science and mathematics with computer simulations and high dimensional data analysis to study collective behaviors and social challenges, with the aim of informing better policies. In the past year and a half, he has single-mindedly focused on COVID-19 with his initiative https://endcoronavirus.org. During this interview, he talks about the science of complex systems and how it can be applied to the current pandemic. He clarifies some very interesting concepts like "lockdown", which he claims was largely misunderstood, the relationship between big data and problem solving, and the variable that matters the most in defeating the pandemic: geography.

    • 41 min
    #42 Audio mastering

    #42 Audio mastering

    Mastering is a crucial step in the production of a music record, but not everybody knows what it is. What does a mastering engineer do? I asked the best of the best, in his studio in Hollywood. Peter explains what mastering entails and where it comes from. And we glance at the future of mastering, with Artificial Intelligence applications.

    • 13 min

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Table talk pod

Great content!! Learn a lot about what is going in this world with these devices.

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Dr. Bressan’s insights are not to be missed!

I met Dr. Bressan in an online forum and started listening to the podcast because I love the topic. Wow, was I blown away. Not only is she in tune with the very finest implications of our tech-forward society, Dr. Bressan also manages to bring out the best in her guests with incisive questions that lead to true exploration of the topic.

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Fantastic Podcast on all things technoculture

Dr. Bressan is brilliant and this podcast is a fantastic introduction to technoculture. Her global perspective of daily life with technology should not be missed.

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