The All Turtles Podcast

Sift is a news therapy app that unpacks contentious topics so you can feel better equipped to keep up with the headlines. Today on the podcast, we’re giving you an audio taste of one of Sift’s topics—climate change—so you can hear what Sift is all about. Listen as we walk you through the impact climate change is having on our mental health. Show notes Download Sift in the app store. Dr. Thomas Doherty is a psychologist based in Portland, OR. Dr. Lise Van Susteren is a psychiatrist and environmental activist in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Kyle Whyte is a professor and environmental activist at Michigan State University. In the episode: Greta Thunberg speaking about global warming at the World Economic Forum. The American Psychological Association’s report on growing climate concerns in the U.S. Solastalgia is a term coined by environmental activist Glenn Albrecht to describe the mental or existential distress caused by environmental change. Coverage of the report from the National Farm Medicine Center that the suicide rate for farmers in the Upper Midwest more than doubled the national average following a record drought in the U.S. in the 1980s. We want to hear from you: Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco 

Terah Lyons is the Executive Director of the Partnership on AI, a consortium that aims to establish best practices for AI systems and to educate the public about AI. They’re working to explore AI’s impact on the world, including on the labor market and the economy. Before this role, Terah worked in the office of the CTO for the Obama administration, but she asserts that public policy alone is not enough. Proactive attention and planning are needed to support economies of the future. Show notes Conversation with the Terah Lyons (0:50) Terah Lyons worked in the office of the CTO for the Obama administration. Terah is the founding Executive Director of the Partnership on AI.  The Partnership on AI is working on an initiative focused on transparency in ML.   Listener question From Ari via email: "In a recent podcast, a listener asked if there was ongoing research into algorithmic bias in AI. I thought this was an interesting example of biased AI in the incarceral system: Even in states working to eliminate the role of cash bail, such as New Jersey, a past Failure to Appear can mean the difference between confinement and freedom. In 2017, the state virtually abolished its cash bail system, but defendants are rated by a tool that uses nine factors to evaluate a person’s statistical ‘risk’ for failing to appear in court or being involved in ‘new criminal activity.’ In each of those categories, prior FTAs add significant ‘risk’ to a person’s score. What do you think of this?” We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

We interrupt our normal programming for some brief announcements on upcoming changes to the podcast. We’re transitioning from weekly episodes to bi-weekly in order to accommodate some exciting new projects. But stay subscribed, and stay tuned, because we have some incredible guests slated for our future episodes. See you in two weeks!   We want to hear from you: Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Spot is an All Turtles product that’s ushering in the future of work by using technology to build better environments for employees. It’s a software solution for tackling harassment and discrimination in the workplace with an AI reporting tool. We’ve discussed Spot on the podcast before, but today, Spot’s CEO Jessica Collier is talking to design lead Micah Rivera and editorial lead Kelly Chen about how they designed, built and launched a new harassment training feature.  Show notes Conversation with the Spot team (0:43) Jessica Collier is the cofounder of All Turtles and CEO of Spot. Micah Rivera is the Lead Designer at Spot.  Kelly Chen manages editorial content for Spot. Spot is an All Turtles product that provides workplace harassment training and anonymous reporting.  Spot’s new training new sexual harassment training combines inclusive scenarios, insightful survey questions, and anonymous reporting.    Listener question "Any plans to mention on the podcast that October is Cyber Security Awareness Month?"   We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Dr. Arun Wiita’s lab at UCSF uses emerging technologies to discover new treatments for blood cancers. Today on the podcast, he shares his insights on the future of cancer research, including why he thinks the next big advancement will involve modifying DNA as a way to improve early detection. Machine learning is starting to play a bigger role in the interpretation of the vast data sets of DNA sequences, but hear why Dr. Wiita says that “AI-aha” moments are still a bit of myth in his line of work.  Show notes Conversation with Arun Wiita (0:43) Dr. Arun Wiita is an Associate Professor at UCSF. Dr. Wiita’s lab at UCSF is working on discovering new targets to treat blood cancers.  Listener question From Surangkana via email: “I would like to know if your company is in the stock market yet? I am interested in investing in your company stocks.”   We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Unreasonable Group works with entrepreneurs who are offering solutions to seemingly intractable challenges. Today on the podcast, their Head of Creative Partnerships, Dave Smith, is talking about how they approach some of the world’s biggest problems. Their cohort of founders is tackling everything from clean energy to 3D scanning and big data for healthcare. And it’s emerging technology like AI that’s helping entrepreneurs develop these innovative new solutions.

As tools like Figma, Slack, and more are allowing employees to stay connected from disparate locations, the concept of the remote workforce has become increasingly attractive. With the benefits of added flexibility for employees and opportunities to hire people from around the world, some companies have constructed entirely remote teams. Octane AI is one example; their VP of Product Megan Berry joins the podcast today to talk about why she thinks the future of work is remote.

AI has already made its way into in the medical field, and today, Dr. Eric Topol gives us a sense of the many ways in which medical professionals are already taking advantage of this technology. Dr. Topol is a cardiologist and the author of Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. He acknowledges AI’s security risks, but is optimistic for the future of health that AI is helping to usher in. Show notes Conversation with Dr. Topol (0:50) Dr. Eric Topol is a cardiologist. Dr. Topol is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute.  You can find Dr. Topol’s book here: Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

For some, tongue twisters are simply amusing ways to pass the time, but Dairien Boyd and other designers at All Turtles knew that these verses had value: they could help people practicing a new language perfect their pronunciation, or give someone working on public speaking skills a way to work on their enunciation. Dairien and his team built Twisty Tongue as a fun game that anyone can play, and on this episode, he articulates his design philosophy for creating this app and others. Show notes Conversation with Dairien Boyd (0:52) Dairien Boyd is All Turtles’ Principal Designer. Twisty Tongue is a tongue twister app for playing tongue twister games and practicing English language pronunciation.    Figma is a collaborative design tool that Dairien and the All Turtles designers love to use.    We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

We may never get to use a crystal ball to tell us where the world is headed, but Amy Webb’s futurist analysis might be the next best thing. She’s a quantitative futurist, founder of the Future Today Institute, and author of The Big Nine. Her work is rooted in measurement and data; her models determine emerging signals and track their velocity over time to understand plausible futures. She focuses on changes within science and technology, and joins the podcast today to share some of her insights.    Show notes Conversation with Amy Webb Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist. Amy founded the Future Today Institute, which helps leaders and their organizations prepare for complex futures.  Amy’s is the author of The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity.  We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming. After our summer SciFi-preneuership series, we’re ready to launch season 3 of the All Turtles Podcast. Today we’re introducing the new season and its themes: the future of work and the future of health. So much of our lives are maladapted for the human experience, and we want to talk about how to build products to help improve people’s physical, mental, and financial health. Stay tuned for season 3.   Show notes What we did this summer The SciFi-preneuership series with Brittney Gallagher is about the ways in which science fiction inspires people to create the kind of future they want. Spot is developing harassment training.   Season 3 themes The future of health, the future of work, and entrepreneurs building the future with tech like AI.   Tune in next week The first official episode next week will feature an interview with futurist Amy Webb.   We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Dune, a novel set 20,000 years in the future, is a sweeping saga that touches on themes ranging from the consequences of AI (and the lack of AI) to the values of environmentalism. This is the last episode of SciFi-preneurship, so we’re closing out with a discussion reflecting on all the works we’ve featured. Thanks for joining our conversations about the works that have inspired people to build better futures.    Show notes Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher  Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.  Dune is a novel by Frank Herbert published in 1965.   Discussion with Dan Novy  Dan Novy is a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab.    We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Star Trek is one of the most iconic shows to ever grace television, not just for its contributions to the genre of science fiction, but also for its inspirational message about the potential for technology to build a positive future. There are many examples of technologies in the show inspiring actual tech that exists today. We dive into some of those examples (along with other illustrations of Star Trek’s impact) today on the podcast with Veronica Belmont and Joe Betts-LaCroix.   Show notes Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher  Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.  Snow Crash is a novel by Neal Stephenson that takes us into the Metaverse, where a computer virus also has the capacity to harm people in the physical world.   Conversation with Veronica Belmont Veronica is a Product Manager at Adobe Spark and host of the Sword and Laser podcast.   Conversation with Joe Betts-LaCroix Joe is the inventor of the world’s smallest computer, and his work in biophysics aims to optimize medical research priorities in the U.S.   We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Ursula K. Le Guin’s influence on science fiction is so significant that we dedicated two episodes of this series to her work, as we had so many guests who wanted to talk about her impact. Le Guin’s writing helped expand visions of what society could be, which provided meaningful inspiration for today’s guests, Dr. Christine Corbett Moran (cybersecurity engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab) and Dan Novy (postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab).    Show notes Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher  Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.  Snow Crash is a novel by Neal Stephenson that takes us into the Metaverse, where a computer virus also has the capacity to harm people in the physical world.   Conversation with Dr. Christine Corbett Moran Dr. Moran is a cybersecurity engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.   Conversation with with Dan Novy  Dan is a postdoctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab.    We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of science fiction’s most influential writers. Her science fiction philosophy, which underscores our entire SciFi-preneurship podcast series, is that science fiction is meant to be descriptive rather than predictive. A hallmark of her writing is that it tends to be more inclusive of different gender and sexual identity expressions than many of her contemporaries' work, allowing for a broader representation of characters with whom readers can identify.   Show notes Intro with Phil Libin and Brittney Gallagher  Brittney Gallagher hosts Digital Culture LA, a show about future science and technology.  Snow Crash is a novel by Neal Stephenson that takes us into the Metaverse, where a computer virus also has the capacity to harm people in the physical world.   Conversation with Veronica Belmont Veronica is a Product Manager at Adobe Spark and host of the Sword and Laser podcast.   Conversation with Sophia Brueckner Sophia is artist and computer scientist.She is also a professor at the University of Michigan where she teaches Sci-Fi Prototyping, a class on building prototypes inspired by sci-fi and technology ethics.      Conversation with Emily Dean Emily is a writer and director whose 2018 film Andromeda portrays an android who gains sentience.   We want to hear from you. Please send us your comments, suggested topics, and listener questions for future All Turtles Podcast episodes.  Email: hello@all-turtles.com Twitter: @allturtlesco