The Escaped Sapiens Podcast
Conversations with the researchers and explorers pushing the boundaries of what is humanly possible.
Discussions about the rich, exciting, connected, sustainable, and scientifically literate future of humanity.
Supported by the Andrea von Braun Stiftung.
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Popular Episodes
What is money, who rules the world, and why doesn't the EU have big tech?
Artificial Intelligence, Alignment, Game Theory, Future of Humanity
Regenerative biology, synthetic organisms, curing cancer.
Survival At Sea, Endurance, Sustainability, Meaning Of Life.
Engineering life and consciousness, the danger of artificial super intelligence
Colonization blueprint, space exploration, survival of humanity.
Sexuality, cannibalism, disgust sensitivity, sex differences.
Building fairer, more empathetic, and more egalitarian societies
Religion and war, technological and social development.
Extinct Languages, Sending Messages Into the Far Future, Linguistics
Urban Warfare, The Role of the Military, Maintaining Peace.
Moral Myopia, Political Division, Missinformation and "bull$&%t"
Episode List
Collapsing fish populations and Sustainable fisheries,
Engineering life and consciousness, the danger of artificial super intelligence
Eye health, healthy populations, clinical science.
The role of controlled violence and Maintaining peaceful societies
Big history, living for impact, soft power, civilization.
Mars rovers, geology, life in the solar system, exploration.
Regenerative biology, synthetic organisms, curing cancer.
Life support, space exploration, Antarctica, future of humanity.
Animal communication, cognition, self awareness and personhood.
Nuclear proliferation, strategy, deterrence, modern weapons.
Insects and murder, data protection laws, Sustainability.
Forensic techniques, wealth and the law, psychopaths.
Planetary protection, re-directing asteroids, DART mission.
Religion and war, technological and social development.
Survival At Sea, Endurance, Sustainability, Meaning Of Life.
climate change, peak carbon, individual responsibility.
Sexuality, cannibalism, disgust sensitivity, sex differences.
Diet choices and their impact on the environment.
advertising, corporations, health research, the environment.
Origins Of Life, Search For Aliens,
Biochemistry, Evolution.
Disgust Sensitivity, Sex, Politics, Life, Covid, Evolution.
Climate change, fossil free future, lifestyle changes.
Survival At Sea, Endurance, Sustainability, Meaning Of Life.
Deep Fakes, Manipulated Media, Missinformation, Dissinformation.
New Species, Climate Change, Sustainability, Living A Good Life.
Space Junk, Space Politics, SpaceX, Satellites, Sustainability in Space.
Bee Extinction, Pollination, neonicotinoids, Sustainability.
De-extinction, Sustainability, Passenger Pigeon, Gene Editing.