On The Rise w/ Marcius Extavour

This week Marcius Extavour interviews particle physicist turned energy expert Klaus Lackner, a pioneer in the field of carbon management. Klaus shares stories from his days working on energy and how that led into carbon management, why carbon dioxide should be treated as a waste-management problem, and how it might work at scale. The conversation ranges from energy abundance and persistent resource use, to mineral storage, modular automation and self-replicating machines, estimating costs bas...

In this special Friday BONUS episode of the show, Bayeté, Marcius and Vish tacking some of the thorniest issues facing the nation today, including: why don't we launch garbage into space, how many chickens live on earth and who cares, and what's up with those free buses? Let us know what you think at [email protected] Chapters: 00:05 Introduction to Bayate Ross Smith 00:39 Interlude: Recycling, Space Junk, Rocket Launches 02:34 Climate Change Lives on top of Other Issues ("End topic"P) 0...

Bayeté Ross Smith returns to the show for part two. He and Marcius weigh exponential growth against exploitative extraction in the context of AI, clean energy, and computing technology. Will we learn the lessons from the dark side of the transatlantic Slave trade, and resource exploitation? Marcius and Bayete discuss the connection between Hip Hop and other American music, why copper lithium and critical minerals may be the new cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco, and how to distinguish betw...

Our guest this week is Bayeté Ross Smith, a sculptor, photojournalist, and professor at NYU. Marcius and Bayeté explore how identity influences our social interactions, the impact of technology-- specifically AI-- on perception, and the future of imagination. They explore questions like "Who gets identified as an expert?" and "Who gets to imagine the future?" while grounding them in the real issues such as race, AI, and of course-- climate change. We hope you'll love this deep dive into who w...

This week we’re back navigating hard things with Laura Devlin, registered clinical psychologist and co-founder of Beaches Therapy. Marcius opens by sharing a difficult childhood memory - against his better judgement - before he and Laura talk about kids and youth and the pressures they face in modern life, and the value of long-term thinking. They get into the psychological barriers to action, the impact of social media, and ways to foster collectivism and support future generations as ...