Cosmic Apes

Michael Bryden

Cosmic Apes is a podcast hosted by Michael K Bryden* of the University of Cambridge. It explores philosophy, existentialism, morality, wellbeing, and science. The purpose is to promote empiricism and sentient flourishing, and to connect people from different fields, universities, institutions, and countries. Contact and follow C@F: T: @CosmicAsFuck E: N/A FB: https://www.facebook.com/CosmicApes/ *I'm a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge. My research examines police self-legitimacy; that is, the way that police officers morally justify their authority to themselves and their audience (the public). E: mkb42@cam.ac.uk Academics: https://sites.google.com/view/michaelkbryden/academic?authuser=0

Episodes

  1. 05/25/2018

    EP11 C@F: "Power attracts attack." Prof. Lawrence W. Sherman, Cambridge Institute of Criminology

    In EP11, I interview Professor Lawrence W. Sherman, the Director Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology (IoC), the Chair of the Cambridge Police Executive Programme, and the former Director of the IoC. We cover: Sherman's path to criminology; experimental criminology (e.g., randomised control trials) and causal inference; addressing gun violence in the US; police shootings; the futility of police research in the US; Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing; "why black people commit more [violent] crime?"; the ideal police recruit; police culture and the organisation; Sherman's biggest regret (not reducing police killings); "what are you most proud of?"; Sherman's worldview (bounded utilitarianism); rapid policing response by video; machine learning and "minority report"; final words for police recruits and criminologists. Professor Lawrence W. Sherman: W: http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/lawrence_sherman/ Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_W._Sherman YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4klRF7vFFg

    EP11 C@F: "Power attracts attack." Prof. Lawrence W. Sherman, Cambridge Institute of Criminology

  2. 05/06/2018

    C@F EP10: "We ended up demolishing 5 cars." Dr Peter Neyroud, former Police Chief Constable.

    In EP10, I interview Dr Peter Neyroud, former Police Chief Constable* for Thames Valley and a Lecturer in Evidenced Based Policing at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology. We cover: his career trajectory; publication bias; Cambridge Police Executive Programme; Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE); Turning Point Randomised Control Trial; policing and education; the "academic lens"; advice for recruits; police self-legitimacy (my PhD); advice to criminologist; demolishing 5 cars during a pursuit; policing and cynicism. *Police Commissioner (AUS) or Chief of Police (USA) Dr Peter Neyroud T: @pwneyroud W: http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/peter_neyroud/ Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYvEhgYy35I

    C@F EP10: "We ended up demolishing 5 cars." Dr Peter Neyroud, former Police Chief Constable.

  3. 04/22/2018

    EP8: "Science comes in the aggregate." Dr Geoffrey Barnes, Director of Criminology for WA Police.

    EP8 C@F: I chat with Dr Geoffrey Barnes, the Director of Criminology for Western Australia Police (WAPols). We talk about Geoff's path to WAPol; Cambridge criminology and policing; global policing; WAPol and criminology; randomised control trials (RCTs) and hot-spots policing; artificial intelligence and machine learning; predicting crime and race; police recruitment; RCTs in medicine; police education; advice for police recruits; advice for criminologists. Dr Geoffrey Barnes, the Director of Criminology for Western Australia Police https://au.linkedin.com/in/geoffrey-barnes-05234055 http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/geoffrey_barnes/ K-Mart; "Ship My Pants." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8enIDEKrzA Song: Virtual Self - Ghost Voices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPc8QMycGno

    EP8: "Science comes in the aggregate." Dr Geoffrey Barnes, Director of Criminology for WA Police.
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Cosmic Apes is a podcast hosted by Michael K Bryden* of the University of Cambridge. It explores philosophy, existentialism, morality, wellbeing, and science. The purpose is to promote empiricism and sentient flourishing, and to connect people from different fields, universities, institutions, and countries. Contact and follow C@F: T: @CosmicAsFuck E: N/A FB: https://www.facebook.com/CosmicApes/ *I'm a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge. My research examines police self-legitimacy; that is, the way that police officers morally justify their authority to themselves and their audience (the public). E: mkb42@cam.ac.uk Academics: https://sites.google.com/view/michaelkbryden/academic?authuser=0

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  • Creator
    Michael Bryden
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
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