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The Convo is a video interview and podcast series hosted by PCMag features editor Evan Dashevsky (@haldash). We invite the most interesting thinkers and doers in the world to talk about the...

Episodes

20 of 30 episodes

pundit FAREED ZAKARIA on the collusion of technology and politics

The brilliant Fareed Zakaria (bestselling author, Washington Post columnist, and host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS") stopped by our offices...

54:48Aug 22, 2017

futurist comedian' BARATUNDE THURSTON on the promise and peril of technology

You may know Baratunde for his NYT-bestselling book "How to Be Black," for his work as director of digital for The Onion, his time as a digi...

46:44Aug 22, 2017

astronaut SCOTT PARAZYNSKI on the future of space

Former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski (with five missions under his belt) has done A LOT. He's climbed to the summit of Mount Everest (the...

17:05Aug 8, 2017

BILL NYE!

Bill Nye, America's science guy stopped by our offices to talk about how nerds created the modern world, keep it running, and will probably...

29:49Jul 21, 2017

PCMag senior analyst JEFF WILSON on the future of eSports

PCMag's own Jeff Wilson stopped by the Convo to talk about his fantastic digital cover story "How I learned to Stop Hating and Love eSports"...

22:25Jul 11, 2017

functional apparel designer DANI RYAN talks about the future of soft robotic exosuits

We had a great Convo with functional apparel designer Dani Ryan about her work with Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Ins...

23:19Jun 30, 2017

Orange Is The New Black's JESSICA PIMENTEL on acting, tech, and metal

Actress Jessica Pimentel ("Maria Ruiz" on Netflix' Orange Is the new Black) stopped by PCMag's offices to talk about the phenomenon that is...

28:32Jun 22, 2017

"anti-disciplinary" artist, ANI LIU wants to combine art and emerging technologies

Ani Liu is a recent graduate from MIT's real-life magic factory better known as "The Media Lab." There, she has created some very cool, weir...

24:21Jun 20, 2017

Year Million executive producer DAVE O'CONNOR on predicting the crazy, scary, weird future

Year Million is a new series on NatGeo which uses elements of science fiction and actual science to attempt to predict how technology will a...

24:59Jun 15, 2017

adventure cameraman PAUL "MUNGO" MUNGEAM on hunting real-life monsters in the wild

If you don't know him, Paul is the longtime cameraman for Bear Grylls, but he has stepped in front of the camera for a new show on Animal Pl...

32:27Jun 5, 2017

author CHUCK KLOSTERMAN on how tech reinvents culture and humanity

Writer, essayist, and author of multiple bestselling books (Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; But What if We're Wrong?; Fargo Rock City) stopped...

53:06May 22, 2017

actress MAYIM BIALIK of The Big Bang Theory talks about being a scientist on (and off) camera

The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik doesn't just play a scientist on TV, she has an actual PhD in neuroscience which she earned after her sti...

23:21May 16, 2017

activist, pundit VAN JONES talks about making Silicon Valley more diverse

CNN commentator, former Obama administration "Green Jobs" advisor, and founder of Dream Corps, Van Jones stopped by the offices to talk abou...

41:38Apr 21, 2017

Craigslist founder CRAIG NEWMARK wants to save journalism

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has partnered with Facebook and the CUNY school of journalism to spearhead the "News Integrity Initiate" to...

33:23Apr 17, 2017

author DR. AMY HASINOFF on making sexting safer

We talked to Dr. Amy Hasinoff, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver and author of the book Sexting Panic about Americ...

25:07Apr 7, 2017

author JAMIE LENDINO on the impact Atari computers had on the world

We spoke with ExtremeTech editor-in-chief Jamie Lendino about his new book: _Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation_, whic...

22:12Mar 31, 2017

VP of Software Research at General Electric, DR. COLIN PARRIS on building a real Skynet

Skynet Is Actually Real (But Hopefully Won't Try to Destroy Us) In this episode of The Convo, we speak with Dr. Colin Parris, VP of General...

32:41Mar 24, 2017

Mr. Robot Writer / Producer KOR ADANA (From the Archives)

We talked with Kor Adana, one of the writers on the show _Mr. Robot_, who helps give the show some technological realism. Kor's real life ac...

23:14Mar 6, 2017

AEI fellow, CNBC correspondent, JAMES PETHOKOUKIS

We had a fascinating conversation with tech/economy/politics writer, James Pethokoukis about how robots and algorithms are (probably) going...

31:59Feb 24, 2017

TED Talk "all-star," JUAN ENRIQUEZ

This was a fascinating talk about human evolution, past and FUTURE. Enriquez details, among other things how humans actually have four genom...

30:45Feb 21, 2017