MRiQ.com w/Chip Franklin
MRiQ.com w/Chip Franklin
Charles Franklin
MRiQ is a conversation with the smartest people in the world. From astrophysicists to paleobiologists to MIT grads who went to Vegas to count cards. Lots of answers, and some pretty interesting questions as well. MRiQ.com
AI is a frequent plot on science fiction, but is it more fiction than science?
How will AI shape the near future? Don't hold your breath.  Gary Marcus is a scientist and a best-selling author. His latest "Rebooting AI" casts a shadow on the lofty expectations of artificial intelligence.
May 17, 2022
44 min
If a Virus is Neither Dead or Alive, Then What The Hell Is It?
Dr John Swartzberg is a clinical professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Public Health and he sees the virus as neither dead or alive. And that worries him.
May 17, 2022
32 min
Could A Person Be Hypnotized To Kill Someone?
Tom Silver is a leading hypnotherapist who believes that under hypnosis, we are all capable of anything.
May 17, 2022
37 min
As Covid Cools Down, What's the Next Pandemic Hold in Store for Humanity?
Michael Evan Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist. He is the director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and he has some frightening thoughts on man vs climate. (Hint, man isn't winning.)
May 17, 2022
31 min
The Human Voice; Why Can we talk and what Does It mean?
John Colapinto is a New York Times bestselling writer and here he explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. What do we sound this way?
May 17, 2022
33 min
What Can We Learn from The Walking Dead?
Max Brooks uses the Zombie metaphor to get the attention of the US Military. He is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York.
May 17, 2022
29 min
UFOs and the Fermi Paradox. If someone is out there, then where are they?
Andrew Fraknoi is a professor of astronomy who wonders if we are alone. And if not, where are they?
May 17, 2022
30 min
Bio-Ethics; Standing on the Shoulders of Giants and Pretending That We Are Tall
Dr Art Caplan, Professor of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center and the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics weighs in on the new world of technology. Are we capable of understanding the tremendous power of technology, and if not, what's next?
May 17, 2022
27 min
Why does gravity seem so much stronger in the morning?
Chip Franklin and Astrophysicist Dr. Brian Keating weigh in on black holes, gravity, relativity and why your clock upstairs runs faster than the one in the living room.
May 17, 2022
43 min