My guests in this episode are Samir Dayal and Jon Ericson. Samir is Professor in English and Media Studies at Bentley University in Greater Boston, US. His main research is in Culture Studies, especially postcolonial studies with a focus on South Asia. He is interested in literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis. Jon is Associate Professor in Information Design and Corporate Communication at Bentley University. His background is in Cognitive Science and Experimental Psychology. He is interested in all the ways in which we experience ourselves as connected with, or disconnected from, ourselves, other people, and the world, and how all this relates to technology and design.