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Podcast Profile: The Human Podcast

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61 episodes
2022 to 2025
Median: 48 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

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Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

This podcast is built around filmed, long-form interviews that use individual life stories as a route into big ideas. Conversations typically blend biography—childhood influences, education, career turns, setbacks, motivations, habits, and relationships—with a deep dive into the guest’s field, often ending in reflective questions about values and what it means to live a good life.

Across the episodes, a major theme is technology and its consequences, especially artificial intelligence. Guests discuss AI research and governance, alignment and existential risk, the culture and internal debates of the “AI safety” community, and how policy, activism, and public communication might shape outcomes. The show also explores how AI intersects with ethics and human identity: questions about consciousness, personhood, moral status, and whether future systems (or digital replicas) could warrant rights or create new forms of harm. Related topics include misinformation, propaganda, and the effects of online platforms—alongside attempts to design technology that better supports attention and wellbeing.

A second recurring thread is the study of mind and behavior. Episodes feature psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers examining memory and expertise, belief formation (including paranormal beliefs), mental health and consciousness, autism research, and how brains navigate and represent space. These discussions often connect research findings to everyday decision-making, habits, and social life.

The guest lineup is intentionally varied, extending beyond academia and tech to include endurance athletes, charity founders, artists and creators, media figures, and people with unusual achievements. As a result, the podcast moves between practical craft (training advice, fundraising, building organizations, creative process) and broader societal questions (progress, public policy, ethics, and risk). Overall, listeners can expect a cross-disciplinary interview series focused on the lived experience behind careers and ideas, with frequent attention to how emerging technologies and moral choices may reshape human life.