Ep 41 - Narrative in the Age of AI
This time a conversation with Nicholas DeMille on the “engineering/architecture” of narrative. We discussed salons and coffee houses as “social technologies” that emerge across history after technolo...
13 Aug 43min
Ep 40 - Can a Machine Have Good Taste?
I was interested in what was going on with Openclaw and heard that Lan Wei, a PHD at MBZUAI had won a hackathon experimenting with the edges of a new technology. Turns out her keen interest is the int...
19 Juni 34min
Ep39 - What a Victorian Biologist Can Teach Us About Thinking
I came to Eduardo's office expecting to talk about cells and data. What I found on his wall were the illustrations of Ernst Haeckel, a 19th-century German naturalist whose drawings of jellyfish, radio...
15 Maj 33min
Ep37 - I Did Exactly What I Said I Wouldn't Do
After a five-month hiatus and a move to Abu Dhabi to take up the role of Head of Creative at the AI university MBZUAI, I've finally worked out why I got stuck with the Salon, and what it should become...
15 Mars 10min
Ep 36 - The Socrates of San Francisco - BBC Radio 4
After 2 years on BBC sounds the link to our radio show is no longer working... so... the opportunity to share it with you here. One of the advantages is the opportunity to share with you a new 'direct...
6 Aug 202553min
Ep 35 - LIVE - How to be creative about next to nothing at all
In this episode of Firehouse Salon Live, we discussed creativity and the process behind it with our guests: Filmmaker Philip Rachid - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philiprachid/ and Designer Dave Office...
19 Juni 20251h 3min
Ep 34 - LIVE - "We Are Yet to Take the Helm of This Spaceship"
In this episode, we dive into the legacy of Howard Luck Gossage and explore creativity, environment, and unconventional thinking. Guests: Ali Grant - Designer and inventor of the Halo - https://www....
22 Maj 202558min
