Thinkers and Makers: Recent Episodes
Friedrich Wicke
Thinkers and Makers are the people who move Europe towards a better, brighter future. Thinkers come up with new ideas, driving technological innovation and scientific progress. Makers take these ideas and turn them into tangible progress, improving peoples’ everyday lives. In each episode of the Thinkers and Makers podcast, I sit down with a Thinker or Maker from Europe, typically a scientist or start-up founder, and try to understand their journey. What inspired them to start? What helped them keep going? What are they aspiring to in the future? Each episode dives into one individual’s journey with hopes of sparking an inspiring and enriching conversation for listeners who want to help build a better Europe for all.
Affiliate Links for the Books:
Alva Nöe: Action in Perception: https://amzn.to/3kRWcV8
Rainer Maria Rilke: Duineser Elegien https://amzn.to/3F3LiCt
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American mind: https://amzn.to/3YvyY4O
Podcast Info:
Website: http://www.thinkersandmakers.eu
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dpi58lTuwYmgzvRq1U4Td
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1673833614
RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2030278.rss
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thinkersandmakers.eu/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fridowicke
Description:
In Conversation with the Host Friedrich Wicke, Prof. Oliver Brock talks about his early StartUp and Academic career in California, differences between the US and Berlin, the Science of Intelligence, Soft Robotics, Paradigms of Computation, Simplicity in Science, acoustic sensing and the Quest to build an artificial Hand.
0:00 Intro
01:25 Studies, Liberal Arts
04:38 Accidentally getting into Stanford
09:20 Early Career in Academia and at a StartUp
17:11 Return to Berlin, US vs. Europe
21:08 Science of Intelligence, Coordinating big Research Projects
28:56 Soft Robotics
35:58 Applications of Soft Robotics
39:14 Building an Artificial Hand
59:18 Book Recommendations
Description:
In Conversation with the Host Friedrich Wicke, Prof. Kim Kuypers talks about her research about Psychedelics. She covers substances like LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA and Ayahuasca. She explains how Psychedelics work, what their effects on creativity and Neuroplasticity are, potential use-cases to treat Depression and Anxiety, Microdosing, and the risks of Psychedelics.
Affiliate Links for the Books:
Alexander Shulgin: PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story https://amzn.to/3KMwqfr
Leon Chaitow: Candida Albicans https://amzn.to/3KLHA3W
Podcast Info:
Website: http://www.thinkersandmakers.eu
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dpi58lTuwYmgzvRq1U4Td
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1673833614
RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2030278.rss
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thinkersandmakers.eu/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fridowicke
Chapters
0:00 Intro
01:50 LSD
06:13 Psychedelics
08:10 Researching Psychedelics & MDMA
15:32 Microdosing
19:09 Creativity & Divergent Thinking
26:30 Psychedelics to treat Depression
32:40 Neuroplasticity & Skill acquisition
35:20 Psychedelics to treat Anxiety
37:15 How do Psychedelics work
43:50 Risks of Psychedelics
51:25 Empathy, MDMA to treat Trauma patients
1:02:00 Future Research in Psychedelics
1:06:45 Failure
1:09:15 Book Recommendations
In Conversation with the Host Friedrich Wicke, Prof. Daniel Cremers talks about various topics in Ai, Computer Vision and Entrepreneurship. Starting from his personal journey as a PhD student to his time as a PostDoc in academia and industry labs all the way to today, where he is a successful Professor at TU Munich and a serial Entrepreneur.