Tim Ventura Interviews

Tim Ventura Interviews


Latest Episodes

John Townley - Seriality & Synchronicity
March 20, 2023

John Townley discusses seriality, synchronicity and the hidden structures of information that lead to strange coincidences. Einstein studied this model closely, and Carl Jung drew upon it for his mode

Steven Firth - Extraterrestrial First Contact
March 18, 2023

Ph.D. candidate Steven Firth outlines a model for first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence and describes challenges in reasoning, communication and culture that could inadvertently lead to hos

Efi Pylarinou - FinTech & Cryptocurrency
March 15, 2023

It's "crypto winter" and 3 banks have failed, but that hasn't stopped the FinTech revolution. Dr. Efi Pylarinou discusses bitcoin & cryptocurrency trends, the FTX exchange, PayPal's crypto strategy, N

Bernard Beitman - Meaningful Coincidences
March 14, 2023

Dr. Bernard Beitman discusses the concepts of synchronicity, serendipity, seriality, and simulpathity - and describes his new book, "Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity

Avi Loeb - UAPs, AARO & Copernicus Space Corporation
March 13, 2023

Was Oumuamua a mothership for UAP probes? In a new scientific paper, Dr. Avi Loeb and Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) explore this hypothetical space explorati

Sky Nelson-Isaacs - Synchronicity & Science
March 11, 2023

Sky Nelson-Isaacs discusses synchronicity and explores the Pauli-Jung conjecture, developed by physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychologist Carl Jung to correlate synchronicity with elements of quantum t

Reid Blackman - Ethical Machines: AI & Cyberethics
March 08, 2023

Artificial Intelligence learns by example - what happens when it learns the wrong thing? Dr. Reid Blackman discusses implicit bias, privacy issues, and the need for explainable decision-making in blac

Lloyd Kahn - Whole Earth Catalog
March 07, 2023

Steve Jobs called it "the bible of his generation", bringing sustainable ideals & DIY advice to millions of young Americans. Shelter editor Lloyd Kahn discusses the Whole Earth Catalog and offers wisd

Namrata Goswami - LunaNet & Space Communications
March 06, 2023

Lunar internet speeds are "dial-up at best", but NASA hopes to change that with LunaNet. Dr. Namrata Goswami discusses this ambitious plan for high-speed space networking in the lunar environment and

Greg Hodgin - American Monoculture & Media Fragmentation
February 27, 2023

Is media fragmentation eroding our shared cultural identity? Dr. Greg Hodgin discusses the trends driving echo chambers, fake news & biased reporting in the mainstream media landscape.Dr. Greg Hodgi