Babbage from The Economist Creators & Guests

Kenneth Cukier is a journalist and author.

Dr. Deb Chachra is a materials scientist who specialises in biological materials and infrastructure. Currently, she is a Professor of Engineering at Olin College.In addition to her academic writing, Chachra's first book, "How Infrastructure Works," was published in 2023.

Fei-Fei Li is an American computer scientist, recognized as the GodMother of AI.

Jennifer Doudna is a biochemist and Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology at the University of California.

Sam Altman is an athlete.

Sports science, insights, opinion. One half of The Science of Sport podcast - @sportsscipod

Sir Jeremy James Farrar is a medical researcher and director of the Wellcome Trust.

David is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep.He is an avid supporter of decriminalisation of currently illicit drugs and voices his opinions openly in the podcast and the talks the regularly gives.

Silkie Carlo is the director of the British civil liberties NGO Big Brother Watch.