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The Robotic Moment: What Happens When We Talk to Machines?

Machines have no friendship to offer, and yet we persist in the desire for conversation, companionship, and even communion with the inanimate. Has the simulation of empathy become empathy enough? The simulation of communion, communion enough? We are at the robotic moment not because we have made robots that are ready to be our companions but because we are willing to be theirs.
Season 1 Episode 47 Length 57:37 Premiere: 06/29/15

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Do We Need to Rethink Policing in America?
S1 E73 Length 44:48 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E71 Length 07:23 Premiere Date 06/30/15

The Afternoon of Conversation: Paul Ryan
S1 E70 Length 24:28 Premiere Date 06/30/15

The Afternoon of Conversation: A Town Hall Discussion
S1 E69 Length 39:48 Premiere Date 06/30/15

The Afternoon of Conversation: Peter Thiel
S1 E68 Length 22:19 Premiere Date 06/30/15

The Afternoon of Conversation: David Petraeus
S1 E67 Length 30:28 Premiere Date 06/30/15

The Afternoon of Conversation: Valerie Jarrett
S1 E66 Length 22:56 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E65 Length 58:08 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E64 Length 54:42 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E63 Length 1:03:52 Premiere Date 06/30/15

Defining Moment: What Does the American Dream Mean in 2015?
S1 E62 Length 56:10 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E61 Length 1:01:35 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E60 Length 53:07 Premiere Date 06/30/15

Why Democratic Capitalism Needs Design Thinking
S1 E59 Length 57:07 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E58 Length 57:15 Premiere Date 06/30/15

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S1 E57 Length 52:18 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E56 Length 58:42 Premiere Date 06/29/15

The New Quantitave Journalism
S1 E54 Length 55:33 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E53 Length 56:30 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E52 Length 46:21 Premiere Date 06/29/15

Deep Dive: Is Math Important?
S1 E51 Length 1:18:33 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E49 Length 1:02:47 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E48 Length 1:01:54 Premiere Date 06/29/15

The Robotic Moment: What Happens When We Talk to Machines?
S1 E47 Length 57:37 Premiere Date 06/29/15

Is Violence a Function of our Culture?
S1 E46 Length 57:50 Premiere Date 06/29/15

The Power of Youth
S1 E45 Length 57:23 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E44 Length 1:01:28 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E43 Length 59:36 Premiere Date 06/29/15

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S1 E42 Length 59:56 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E41 Length 57:34 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E40 Length 1:27:40 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E39 Length 42:02 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E38 Length 1:00:39 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E37 Length 56:07 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E36 Length 1:19:50 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E35 Length 51:52 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E34 Length 59:59 Premiere Date 06/28/15

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S1 E32 Length 1:23:15 Premiere Date 06/27/15

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S1 E31 Length 53:20 Premiere Date 06/27/15

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S1 E30 Length 56:46 Premiere Date 06/27/15

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S1 E29 Length 29:31 Premiere Date 06/27/15

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S1 E28 Length 56:04 Premiere Date 06/27/15

When Systems Collide: Health, People, and the Planet
S1 E27 Length 59:00 Premiere Date 06/27/15

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S1 E26 Length 52:41 Premiere Date 06/27/15

Biology and Electronics Come Together
S1 E25 Length 40:32 Premiere Date 06/26/15

The Power of Health Technology
S1 E24 Length 56:45 Premiere Date 06/26/15

Why Your Smartphone Will Radically Change Healthcare
S1 E21 Length 49:35 Premiere Date 06/26/15

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S1 E20 Length 28:45 Premiere Date 06/26/15

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S1 E19 Length 24:11 Premiere Date 06/26/15

Farm to Table or Freezer to Table: What's Healthier?
S1 E18 Length 58:09 Premiere Date 06/26/15

The Last Mile: Reaching the Hardest to Serve
S1 E17 Length 57:20 Premiere Date 06/26/15

Building Resilient Health Systems
S1 E16 Length 55:50 Premiere Date 06/26/15

Accelerating 21st Century Cures
S1 E15 Length 57:07 Premiere Date 06/26/15

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S1 E14 Length 44:45 Premiere Date 06/26/15

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S1 E13 Length 1:04:23 Premiere Date 06/26/15

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S1 E10 Length 40:56 Premiere Date 06/26/15

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S1 E9 Length 01:55 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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S1 E8 Length 59:27 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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S1 E7 Length 54:27 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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S1 E6 Length 51:57 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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S1 E5 Length 46:16 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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S1 E4 Length 57:59 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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S1 E3 Length 48:29 Premiere Date 06/25/15

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Karan Chopra: Operating Systems for Change
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