The Life Cycle
Klang Games
We have reached the third season of The Life Cycle, and this time around we want to bring the podcast right down to earth and get in deep with the things that matter to us all and our collective future. And what better way to do that than to have long, engaged conversations with some brilliant people? We talk food, we talk fertility, we talk about life online and we also visit the site of one of humanity’s most exciting endeavors: the mission to create nuclear fusion here on Earth, and harness the power of the Sun itself! Beginning with a chat with Klang CEO Mundi Vondi, this season promises to deepen our understanding of the life cycle, and just what it is we’re all doing here....
John Holten is a novelist and Klang Game’s Narrative Director. His novels include The Trains of Europe (2024), Oslo, Norway (2015) and The Readymades (2011). His writing has recently appeared in Welt am Sonntag, frieze, and The Stinging Fly.
Eva Kelley is a journalist and writer. Her writing focuses on contemporary culture and has appeared in publications such as 032c, ZEITMagazin, Interview Magazine, Hearts, and on SSENSE.com among others.
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S2 Preamble: Now What?
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01/19/23 • 5 min
Welcome back! To this, the second season of The Life Cycle. We're calling this season 'Now What?' Because every day we’re told the world is ending. But what does that mean? And if it is, what can we do about it? Should our hopes lie in the great beyond (outer space) or in the quantum realm of matter itself? Are there new ways to get blotto and party like it's 1999? Should we be cloning our dogs - or the food we eat, or indeed, ourselves? Join us as we go on a storytelling journey, as we take an irreverent and curious look at the future of humanity. We interview some fascinating thinkers, creators, inventors, artists and business people as we navigate the past, present and future. Now What? A whole lot, it seems...
John Holten is a novelist and Klang Game’s Narrative Director. His novels include Oslo, Norway (2015) and The Readymades (2011). His writing has recently appeared in Welt am Sonntag, frieze, and The Stinging Fly.
Eva Kelley is a journalist and writer. Her writing focuses on contemporary culture and has appeared in publications such as 032c, ZEITMagazin, Interview Magazine, Hearts, and on SSENSEcom among others.
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S3E4: ‘Forever Young’ with Daniel Ives
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08/27/24 • 63 min
What would you do if you could live to be 100, 125 or even 150? Sure, we all may want to live forever, but what would that actually look like? How would we communicate to those around us? And not only that, is the recent longevity craze feasible or just people with too much time (and money) on their hands?
In this episode, Eva meets with Daniel Ives and has an incredibly exciting and interesting discussion about what he sees as the very real, if not inevitable, space of tackling human aging in a science based way. Trust us, it’s a trip.
Daniel Ives has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and co-founded Shift Bioscience in 2017.
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S2E1: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
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01/26/23 • 27 min
What connects the first ever recorded science fiction story with Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove? And who was the real live person that Strangelove was modelled on? We all know that to understand the future we have to understand the past, so that’s why we’re starting the season deep underground in the site of ancient Roman London. In this episode Eva and John get two different takes on apocalyptic story telling, figuring out if there’s something inherently human in our fascination with the end times.
Featuring:
Christopher Star is professor of Classics at Middlebury College, and the author of Apocalypse and Golden Age: The End of the World in Greek and RomanThought (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Chiara Di Leone is a writer and researcher, her writing has most recently appeared in NOEMA, Kaleidoscope and Tank magazine, among others.
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E3: THE SIMULATION
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11/01/19 • 34 min
John and Eva go down the rabbit hole and question what is reality itself and whether or not we are in fact in a large scale simulation. Possibly one made by aliens. Or indeed our future descendants. We are such stuff as dreams are made on - who is to say we aren’t?
Featuring Joshua Tan, Ph.D. in Computer Science, Oxford. And, Prof. Stefan Sorgner, Professor of Philosophy, John Cabot University, Rome.
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S2E4: Synthetic Vice
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03/09/23 • 39 min
The future of booze. What does it taste like? Join us while we look at the role of the oldest of human concoctions: alcohol, and how it we may just be on the cusp of a radical revolution in all things inebriation.
Professor David Nutt is a neuropsychopharmacologist and the Co-Founder of GABA Labs. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Drug Science, a UK based independednt drug advisory committee.
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S3E1: 'This Is Not An Advert' with Mundi Vondi
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08/06/24 • 43 min
We thought it was about time to take stock and catch our breath. The Life Cycle podcast is about the future of humanity, but over the last five years, the future has arrived in many ways.
In this episode, we take a look at how some of our guests and topics from seasons 1 and 2 have evolved and, in some cases, even become mainstream. Our guest is our Executive Producer, Mundi Vondi, whose brain we pick to uncover some of the ‘why’ in what we’re doing here.
John Holten is a novelist and Klang Game’s Narrative Director. His novels include The Trains of Europe (2024), Oslo, Norway (2015), and The Readymades (2011). His writing has recently appeared in Welt am Sonntag, frieze, and The Stinging Fly.
Eva Kelley is a journalist and writer. Her writing focuses on contemporary culture and has appeared in publications such as 032c, ZEITMagazin, Interview Magazine, Hearts, and SSENSE.com among others.
Mundi Vondi is the CCEO and co-founder of Klang Games. He is also a visual, performance and film artist, exhibiting internationally over the years. His short films have been screened at numerous festivals including Cannes. As a fashion designer, he created over a dozen collections for his brand MUNDI.
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S3E5: ‘7 Million Eggs’ with Jennifer Garrison
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09/03/24 • 47 min
Sure longevity science is interesting, but what about the most pressing biological aging for half the world’s population? In this fascinating episode, Eva meets Jennifer Garrison who is at the forefront of trying to expand our understanding of the biology of aging and how it relates to reproductive health, specifcally with regard to female aging. It’s kind of shocking how far science and reproductive progress has gone in modern times, but often it’s the very day to day, real life experience of every woman that is still the least understood.
Dr. Jennifer Garrison is an Assistant Professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, specializing in reproductive aging and peptidergic signaling. She also co-leads ProductiveHealth.org (formerly Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity and Equality).
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E7: THE BEGINNING
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11/29/19 • 37 min
15% of all human consciousness that has ever existed is present and happening today: as we speed up and grow ever more connected via the Internet, what are the implications for this massive digital shift? In this episode, renowned Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the present state of the digital landscape and its impact on notions of freedom and democracy. For good or for bad, how will this new era play out in the years to come? The last episode in Season One looks resolutely into the near future.
Featuring Prof. Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law Professor, Founder of Creative Commons, and Author.
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E6: DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LOCO?
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11/22/19 • 40 min
Is your brain a machine? Are your thoughts and feelings just malware of the mind? But what is 'really' is a machine? Welcome listeners to the transhumanist fight of the century. In the blue corner, we have Eva meeting founder and CEO of Kernel, Bryan Johnson, straight from his office in LA. And in the red corner, John meets with writer Mark O'Connell in a cafe in Dublin. Time to get out the popcorn! Round One, ding-ding...
Featuring Founder and CEO of Kernel, Bryan Johnson. And writer Mark O'Connell, author of To Be a Machine.
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E5: PHIL IS FOUND
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11/15/19 • 48 min
Eva has followed the story to Georgia, USA and tracked Dr. Phil down at his neurological practice. In the back of the surgery and after his original patients have left, Dr. Phil carries out some mind-blowing experiments - on himself, and others. Brain interfacing is a bold new frontier for our ability to understand our minds - and in turn, help us to communicate.
Featuring Dr. Phil Kennedy, Neurologist and Founder of Neural Signals, inc.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Life Cycle have?
The Life Cycle currently has 30 episodes available.
What topics does The Life Cycle cover?
The podcast is about Sci-Fi, Society & Culture, Gaming, Podcasts, Technology, Science, Internet and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on The Life Cycle?
The episode title 'E6: DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LOCO?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Life Cycle?
The average episode length on The Life Cycle is 35 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Life Cycle released?
Episodes of The Life Cycle are typically released every 7 days, 8 hours.
When was the first episode of The Life Cycle?
The first episode of The Life Cycle was released on Oct 1, 2019.
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