In today's podcast, we are diving into the book Range by David Epstein! David Epstein examined the world's most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters, and scientists. He discovered that generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel in most fields—especially those that are complex and unpredictable.

In today's episode, I'm joined by two returning friends, Mike Taccona and Ben Kapolnek. In this particular conversation, we turned back the clock into an old-school podcast. We pick a topic and discuss it broadly.

Nova PBS documentary titled Human Nature, with an extraordinary new technology called CRISPR. We can now edit human DNA, but how far should we go? Gene editing promises to eliminate certain genetic disorders like sickle cell disease, but the applications quickly raise ethical questions.

Today's conversation continues the most recent chapter in Bill's life, which saw him complete his graduate degree. Bill will now work on the James Webb space telescope with Northrop Grumman and its NASA partnership.

Dan Clark is a serial entrepreneur, traveler, and the CEO of Brain.fm. This innovative technology company helps users be more productive by using functional music created by composers and artificial intelligence.

In this conversation, Joe Jackowski shares some of the research on the evolution of attraction. This podcast is outlined from a paper Joe wrote of the same name in an evolutionary biology class at the University of Michigan.

In this episode, we are joined by Steve Furnett. Steve is the Exhibition and Collections Manager at the Dunn Museum. Before that, he worked at the Field Museum in Chicago for seven years as a Supervisor of Interactives. This conversation covers how Steve wound up in the museum industry. A common theme in this podcast is captured by this simple quote, “Be Ready to Wing It,” in general, Steve is an excellent example of a jack of all trades. His field is a blending of different categories in new ways.

In this episode, we are joined by Tim Fisher and Mike O'Malley. Both of them were Erich's group members for their Senior Design Class. We have a conversation about their college experiences and the road ahead since they both graduated shortly after the recording of this episode.

In this episode, Joe and Erich have a conversation starting with Yuval Noah Harari. Next, the conversation branched into recent philosophy topics Joe has been working with. Finally, we transitioned into a more general discussion on the future's direction and other related ideas.

In this episode, we talk about Elon Musk and how he created a rocket company. If you are interested in learning more about Elon, check out this fantastic book, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. Much of what I summarize in this conversation only scratches the surface.