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The Delta FlyersShakaarThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Shakaar, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin ShimermanShakaar: When the first minister of the Barjoran Provisional Government dies, Kai Winn is appointed to his duties and is about to be formally elected.We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with ou...2025-05-061h 28
The Delta FlyersFamily BusinessThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Family Business, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin ShimermanFamily Business: Quark is summoned to his home planet when his mother violates a Ferengi law prohibiting women from earning a profit.We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with our Production Ma...2025-04-291h 54
The Delta FlyersExplorersThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Explorers, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin Shimerman, and Special Guest Chase Masterson.Explorers: Sisko returns from a trip to Bajor with the blueprint for an ancient space vessel that operates like a sailboat, using solar pressure for propulsion.We want to thank everyone who ma...2025-04-221h 47
The Delta FlyersThe Die is CastThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, The Die is Cast, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell.The Die is Cast: Garak finds his loyalties torn when Enabran Tain, his former mentor, orders him to interrogate Odo; the Tal Shiar and Obsidian Order join forces to attack the Dominion.We want to...2025-04-151h 20
The Delta FlyersImprobable CauseThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Improbable Cause, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell.Improbable Cause: A peaceful afternoon is shattered when an explosion destroys Garak’s shop. We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with our Production Managers Megan Elise & Rebecca McNeill....2025-04-081h 02
The Delta FlyersThrough The Looking GlassThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Through the Looking Glass, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell.Through the Looking Glass: Sisko goes undercover in the Mirror Universe in hopes of persuading his dead counterpart's wife, a scientist, to join the Terran rebels.We want to thank everyone who makes this po...2025-03-251h 12
The Delta FlyersDistant VoicesThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Distant Voices, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell.Distant Voices: An alien named Altovar approaches Bashir to obtain a restricted substance. The Doctor refuses, prompting Altovar to later break into the infirmary. We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with our...2025-03-1859 min
The Delta FlyersVisionaryThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Visionary, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin Shimerman.Visionary: A mild case of radiation poisoning gives O'Brien the ability to time-shift into the immediate future, where shocking events are revealed.We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with our Production Managers Me...2025-03-111h 26
The Delta FlyersProphet MotiveThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Prophet Motive, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin Shimerman.Prophet Motive: Zek, the Ferengi Grand Nagus, pays a visit to Deep Space Nine and moves into Quark’s quarters, where he takes on an important project.We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast poss...2025-03-041h 35
Cosmic IntelligenceWill Artificial Intelligence Make Us More or Less Wise?Send us a textIn this episode I explore the complex relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and wisdom, particularly focusing on discernment. I argue that while AI can hinder discernment by perpetuating biases and misinformation, it also holds some potential for cultivating it through tools that aid meditation and self-reflection. I also emphasize the importance of truth and self-awareness in this "age of AI." Ultimately, I argue that discernment is a uniquely human quality that requires ongoing effort and vigilance, whether aided by AI or not. This one was a long-time coming so I hope y...2025-02-2728 min
The Delta FlyersDestinyThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Destiny, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell.Destiny: Sisko is excited about working with two Cardassian scientists who are assigned to help deploy a subspace relay in the Gamma Quadrant. We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with our Production Man...2025-02-251h 40
The Delta FlyersHeart of StoneThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Heart of Stone, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin Shimerman.Heart of Stond: When travelling in a runabout, Kira and Odo learn that a Maquis ship has ambushed a Lissepian vessel. We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting with our Production Man...2025-02-181h 38
The Delta FlyersLife SupportThe Delta Flyers is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Terry Farrell & Armin Shimerman. In each podcast release, they will recap and discuss an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.This week’s episode, Life Support, is hosted by Garrett Wang, Robert Duncan McNeill, Armin Shimerman.Life Support: Bashir is faced with an ethical dilemma when an accident seriously injures Vedek Bareil, a key player in peace talks with the Cardassians.We want to thank everyone who makes this podcast possible, starting wi...2025-02-111h 31
Future Is Already HereSpanner and F1 - Distributed Databases from GoogleIn this episode, we dive deep into the world of distributed SQL databases and the groundbreaking innovations that have shaped modern cloud infrastructure. We explore the concepts, architecture, and lessons behind three seminal works in the field:
1. Spanner: Google’s Globally-Distributed Database
James C. Corbett, Jeffrey Dean, Michael Epstein, Andrew Fikes, Christopher Frost, JJ Furman, Sanjay Ghemawat, Andrey Gubarev, Christopher Heiser, Peter Hochschild, Wilson Hsieh, Sebastian Kanthak, Eugene Kogan, Hongyi Li, Alexander Lloyd, Sergey Melnik, David Mwaura, David Nagle, Sean Quinlan, Rajesh Rao, Lindsay Rolig, Yasushi Saito, Michal Szymaniak, Christopher Taylor, Ruth Wa...2025-01-2529 min
Futuristic LawyerSpirituality, Corporate Work & AIHere’s my conversation with Chad Woodford.Chad has worked as a lawyer for companies in Silicon Valley throughout many years, including for Google and Twitter. Besides law, Chad has an educational background in software engineering and philosophy, and he is a teacher of yoga and meditation. We discuss how to combine a corporate life with spirituality - something I don’t see covered very often - how to stick with a meditation habit, and then we go deep into the rabbit hole of AI, and what it even means to be conscious and human. 2025-01-0948 min
The Vance Crowe PodcastATR: Harvesting Dry Soybeans, Meat Recalls, and Skyrocketing Egg Prices @TheChadColbyThe Ag tribes Report discussed the impact of drought on soybean yields, with farmers facing significant losses due to low moisture levels. Soybeans are coming in at 8-10% moisture, well below the ideal 13%, leading to lower weights and potential quality issues. A nationwide recall of 12 million pounds of meat and poultry due to listeria contamination was highlighted, affecting major retailers. Egg prices have surged by 8.4% from August to September, reaching $3.82 per dozen, driven by avian flu outbreaks and the hurricane. The Bitcoin price report revealed that one acre of high-quality farmland in Woodford Cou...2024-10-1831 min
Cosmic IntelligenceZombies, Transhumanists, and the Worldview CrisisSend us a textContinuing our deep dive into what it means to be human in the age of AI, and inspired by the physicalist yet transcendent worldviews of the transhumanists, in this episode I start to explore the concept of worldviews, focusing first on physicalism / scientific materialism (the idea that matter / energy is fundamental), and how that particular metaphysics or worldview was based entirely on a series of assumptions that were never empirically proven. We contextualize all of it via the postmodern zombie mythology.I focus on the unexplained anomalies from quantum physics as...2024-10-0546 min
Cosmic IntelligenceWhat Psychedelic States of Consciousness Tell Us about AISend us a textThe irony of the application of the word “hallucination” to LLMs making mistakes is that they are completely incapable of having psychedelic experiences. Why does that matter?In this mind-bending exploration, we dive into the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence and expanded states of consciousness. We examine how imagination, creativity, and innovation seem to arise more frequently in altered or "holotropic" states of consciousness - such as through meditation, breathwork, dreams, dancing, psychedelics, or other experiences. I argue that current approaches to AI may never be truly inventive or crea...2024-08-1832 min
Cosmic IntelligenceImpediments to Creating Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)Send us a textArtificial general intelligence, or superintelligence, is not right around the corner like AI companies want you to believe, and that's because intelligence is really hard. Major AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic (as well as Ilya Sutskever’s new company) have the explicit goal of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), and claim to be very close to doing so using technology that doesn’t seem capable of getting us there.So let's talk about intelligence, both human and artificial. What is artificial intelligence? What is intelligence? Are we g...2024-07-1552 min
The Bourbon LifeSeason 5, Episode 22: The Bourbon Life Crew - Unscripted & UnfilteredIn this Episode of The Bourbon Life Podcast presented by Liquor Barn, The Bourbon Life Skeleton Crew (Matt, Mark, & Chad) spend some time hanging out in The Bourbon Life Studios enjoying some great pours and great conversation. The guys talk about several new releases that have just come out and discuss whether the pricing on new releases has gotten a little out of hand, the increase in the number of whiskies hitting the market with unique mashbills and whether that is a trend that will continue, and Bourbon and food pairings, including a heated debate on Bourbon...2024-05-311h 22
No PlaybookOn3 Elite Series Event (Top Football Recruits-2025 Class)On3 Elite hosted an event in Nashville this week with 50 of the nation's top football recruits for the 2025 class. Listen as I interview a lot of the kids at the event about their recruiting process, their training routines, and we talk a lot about Madden. This episode is sponsored by D1 Training. D1 is THE PLACE FOR THE ATHLETE!Please follow the show on TikTok and Instagram @noplaybookpod. Here's the order players on this episode:Tavien St. ClaireWill BlackJaDon BlairJamie FfrenchTrey McNuttTavion Wa...2024-05-291h 14
Cosmic IntelligenceLooking Through the AI Hype into a More Human FutureSend us a textLong time no talk! I just finished my masters in philosophy, cosmology and consciousness, which didn’t leave me much time for producing this podcast in the past nine months. But I’m back with a short episode that offers a preview of a thesis I am developing around the hype and mythology of artificial intelligence, and the ways that it sidelines the human.Part of my mission is to expose the cyborgian, techgnostic ideologies underlying technology innovation in Silicon Valley, and offer an alternative that is more ecological, humane, holistic, and...2024-05-2112 min
The Last Negroes at HarvardThe Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War by Chad L. WilliamsChad L. Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. Chad earned a BA with honors in History and African American Studies from UCLA, and received both his MA and Ph.D. in History.2024-05-1657 min
Behind the BackstretchEp. 19: Thoroughbred Industry Leaders Change the Game for the BLC this Kentucky Derby 150On this episode of Behind the Backstretch, we have a packed lineup for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby! With major BLC supporter and part-owner Brook Smith enrolling Derby contender Sierra Leone in our Purses for a Purpose initiative, we focus on what this means for our organization. We first speak with Brook about what this week means for him and the BLC, and we then get to chat with Sierra Leone trainer Chad Brown and jockey Tyler Gaffalione as they discuss the upcoming race and their appreciation of the backside community. Those with Sierra Leone a...2024-05-0222 min
RFD TodayRFD Today January 17, 2024We chat Illinois Farm Bureau local government priorities for 2024 with IFB Associate Director of Local Government and Political Engagement Ryan Whitehouse. We get an FFA update from the Assistant Executive Director of the Illinois FFA Center John Edgar.Woodford County pork producer Chad Leman talks livestock care during bitter cold weather. American Farmland Trust's Helen VanBeck details the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership (ISAP) and the Saving Tomorrow’s Ag Resources (STAR) programs.2024-01-1753 min
RFD IllinoisRFD Illinois October 9, 2023RFD Correspondent Matt Kaye reports on the state of limbo the US Congress finds itself in. Illinois Pork Producers Association President Chad Leman provides a harvest update from Woodford County. We get a recap of September precipitation from State Climatogoist Trent Ford and ConservFS Turf Specialist Josh Murray provides turf management tips for this time of year.2023-10-0923 min
Cosmic IntelligenceHit of Happines: The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence with Brian DubowSend us a textThis week we're sharing an episode of a podcast called Hit of Happiness, where Chad spoke to Brian Dubow about artificial intelligence and consciousness, among many other things. This may have been Chad's favorite interview so far, just because he loves talking to Brian and because they explored so many topics in such a coherent fashion.This interview is a great teaser for this three-part series Chad is working on about the myth of artificial intelligence, the nature of consciousness, transhumanism, spiritual machines, and metaphor. As our long-time listeners know, Chad...2023-08-211h 07
The Hit of Happiness PodcastThe Consciousness of Artificial Intelligence with Chad WoodfordOn this episode of the pod, Brian sits down with AI Philosopher and Ethicist Chad Woodford. Chad has over 25 years of combined experience in software engineering, law, product management, and AI research and has collaborated with leading tech companies such as Twitter, Google, and Facebook to address the future of Artificial Intelligence. On this podcast, Chad helps us understand some of the ethical and philosophical implications of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in our lives. We then dive deep into the consciousness of AI. Check out the podcast so you can ground yourself in the truth about how AI...2023-08-111h 05Cosmic IntelligenceUnraveling the Mysteries of Quantum Consciousness and AISend us a textIn this episode, Chad explores a scientific theory of consciousness first put forth by Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose and Dr. Stuart Hameroff in the 1990s called quantum consciousness. This unorthodox, yet-scientific theory proposes that consciousness arises out of highly coordinated quantum processes occurring in the cells of the brain. This theory combines quantum mechanics, relativity, neuroscience, cognitive science, molecular biology, and philosophy.It’s different than prevailing theories of consciousness, which suggest that consciousness is an epiphenomenon of the firing of synapses in the neurons of the brain. Instead, Penrose’s theo...2023-08-1121 min