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unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc

Greg La Blanc
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unSILOed is a series of interdisciplinary conversations that inspire new ways of thinking about our world. Our goal is to build a community of lifelong learners addicted to curiosity and the pursuit of insight about themselves and the world around them.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*

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Recent Guests

Sebastian Mallaby
Author and journalist, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
Episode: 655. Inside The Mind of DeepMind’s Founder with Sebastian Mallaby
Jo Marchant
Journalist, author of Cure, The Human Cosmos, In Search of Now; podcast host
Independent journalist
Episode: 654. Predictive Brains, Placebos, Awe, and the Mind–Matter Frontier with Jo Marchant
Tom Rath
Author and founder of Silicon Guild; CareerSight
Silicon Guild; CareerSight
Episode: 653. Crafting a Purposeful Life with Tom Rath
Joanna Stalnaker
Professor of French at Columbia University, author
Columbia University
Episode: 652. Silent Legacies: How Enlightenment Philosophers Faced Mortality with Joanna Stalnaker
Dan Edelstein
Professor of French and also history and political science at Stanford University
Stanford University
Episode: 651. Redefining Revolutions: From Ancient Cycles to Modern Movements with Dan Edelstein
Nick Chater
Professor of Behavioral Science at Warwick Business School
Warwick Business School
Episode: 650. How ‘Nudge’ Policies Shifted the Blame From Systems to Individuals with Nick Chater
Katherine Hayles
Professor of English at UCLA; emeritus professor at Duke; author of Bacteria to AI and other books
University of California, Los Angeles; Duke University
Episode: 649. Bacteria to AI: Technics, Nonconscious Cognition, and Meaning in LLMs with N. Katherine Hayles
Iain McGilchrist
Neuroscientist, philosopher, and author
Oxford University (emeritus)
Episode: 648. Civilization’s Imbalance and Restoring the Humanities: The Divided Brain with Iain McGilchrist
Susan Wise Bauer
Prolific writer and educator; author of The Well-Educated Mind, The Well-Trained Mind, Rethinking School, The Great Shadow
Author/Historian
Episode: 647. What’s Missing From the Modern Education System with Susan Wise Bauer

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Greg LaBlanc
Host of unSILOed, produced by University FM. Fronting interdisciplinary conversations that explore big ideas across history, science, and society.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 159 ratings
  • Exceptional

    Greg is an exceptional polymath in our age of specialization. These interviews are a rarefied but accessible window into a rare and wide ranging mind. This is required listening to anyone interested in the intersections between disciplines.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    your pal Al
    United States5 months ago
  • 5 stars is not enough

    One of the absolute best podcasts bringing findings from academia to the general public!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    bijoyg
    United States8 months ago
  • Excellent

    Great host, guests and topics. Excellent.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sunlit Mechanism
    Canadaa year ago
  • One of Best Public Goods Out There, How Lucky Are We?

    I have been listening to Unsoiled for 2 years and without hesitation will say it is one of the greatest public goods - free knowledge, varying perspectives. I am enormously grateful to have been granted access to the rich catalogue of interviewees, hosted by the astute, passionate, fun, and generous host - thank you so much Greg LaBlanc and the team!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    memlous is alfa
    United States3 years ago
  • Excellent! interesting guests, great interviews

    So many interesting guests, topics…Greg LaBlanc is a great host, he listens to his guests, doesn’t go in monologue mode, and asks great questions.

    Thank you!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sunlit Mechanism
    Canada4 years ago

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The host asks insightful questions and keeps conversations accessible without dumbing down complex ideas.
Guests are consistently high-caliber academics and thinkers.
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The show bridges academia and public understanding with breadth and depth.

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653. Crafting a Purposeful Life with Tom Rath
Q: I think you call this the purpose portfolio, right? Is that about finding purpose in small things or casting a wide net for multiple coexisting purposes?
It starts with recognizing that purpose can be woven into everyday actions through multiple, smaller initiatives. The idea is to align daily tasks, relationships, and decisions with serving others in a way that accumulates into a meaningful life, rather than relying on a single grand purpose.
655. Inside The Mind of DeepMind’s Founder with Sebastian Mallaby
Q: What did Hassabis give up and gain by becoming part of Google, and what did Google gain in return?
Hassabis gained access to vast compute resources, backing for ambitious AI research, and a strategic safety framework, while Google gained a strong, independent AI lab with a culture of rapid exploration and a pipeline to commercial-scale deployment, culminating in a more unified, powerful AI effort as Gemini.
655. Inside The Mind of DeepMind’s Founder with Sebastian Mallaby
Q: Could you talk a bit about how that debate between deep learning and reinforcement learning played out and how ultimately we realized you have to blend them to get the powerful systems we have now?
The discussion evolved from recognizing that learning from data is powerful but must be complemented by learning from interaction and environment; the most effective systems combine deep learning with reinforcement learning and human feedback to guide behavior and safety, rather than relying on pure data or pure trial-and-error alone.
645. Making Money Work: Banks, Capital Theory, and the Fed’s Blind Spot with Steve H. Hanke
Q: How do you conceptualize the money supply beyond traditional measures like M2?
Money supply should include broader aggregates that reflect all money-like instruments and the structure of production, such as Divisia and GO, which weight components by moneyness to capture true liquidity rather than simple sums.
643. In a Good Place: How Built Environments Shape Agency, Wellbeing, and Behavior with Leidy Klotz
Q: What role does space design play in giving people agency at work or in public life?
Space design should reveal viable options and make it easy for people to act on them. It's about legibility and access to different kinds of spaces for different types of work, while ensuring people can exercise choice and voice within those spaces.

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7. Katherine Hayles
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