The Foil

Steve Nouri is the Founder of AI4Diversity, a non-profit global initiative that engages and educated diverse communities about AI to benefit society, and Founder and Chair of Hackmakers a global hack…

Chris Cooper is a cultural anthropologist and Executive Director at Reset Australia, the Australian affiliate to the international Reset network and think tank working to drive public policy to tackl…

Katie Harbath is a global leader at the intersection of elections, democracy, civic and tech. Katie was the public policy director at Facebook for 10 years and is credited with building out and leadi…

In our first Episode of our Responsible Tech Series in the lead up to the Australian Federal Election, we speak with Edward Santow who is the Industry Professor for Responsible Tech at the University…

State Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez represents Texas’s House District 76 in El Paso County. She is the former Mayor Pro Tempore and City Councilwoman for the City of El Paso, where she was an advocate for…

Joe Couch is a narrative designer, storyteller and Founder of fast growing start-up, Omelia. Omelia is a narrative engine to develop our future stories. Joe and his Co-founder, Kate Armstrong-Smith, …

Stefaan Verhulst is Co-Founder and Chief of Research and Development at The GovLab, New York University.

Stefan founded GovLab with the goal of strengthening the ability of institutions and people to …

On International Women’s Day we celebrate by speaking with Dr Catriona Wallace who is a mother and a global leader in AI ethics. She sits on numerous boards and educates leaders around the world on m…

Andrew Lalor is Assistant Secretary, Data & Digital, at Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C).  

In this Episode, Andrew describes his journey through the Australian Public Service (APS)…

Tamsin Coryn-Wyllie is a project manager, community development leader, and data consultant. Her interest in systems change was ignited whilst working with young people who were falling through the c…

Dr Linda McIver is Founder and Executive Director at the Australian Data Science Education Institute, and author of Raising Heretics: Teaching Kids to Change the World. 

In this Episode, Linda describ…

Deanne Weir is a lawyer, philanthropist, investor and Chair of AI-Media and Seer Data & Analytics. Deanne invests in founders and storytellers who are changing the world.

In this Episode, we talk with…

Dr Paola Oliva-Altamirano is an accomplished astrophysicist and data scientist who pivoted her academic career researching the evolution of galaxies to the social sector where she now brings data sci…

Ahead of next year’s federal election, Kylea Tink has announced her candidacy as North Sydney’s Independent Candidate for Canberra. A blue ribbon seat held by the Liberal Party for 100 years, Kylea i…

Dr Ian Oppermann is the NSW Government Chief Data Scientist working within the Department of Customer Service, Seer Data & Analytics Board Director and Industry Professor at University of Technology …

Natalie Egleton is the CEO of FRRR (Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal). In this Episode, we talk with Nat about the role of data to support regional and rural community groups to change the …

Nick Abrahams is the Global Leader of Technology & Innovation for Norton Rose Fulbright. In this episode, we talk with Nick about the remarkable mainstreaming of cryptocurrency and what it means. We …

Dr Toby Cumming, formerly research Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, talks with us about his early career and recent pivot t…

Adam and Kristi discuss the power and importance of algorithms. Adam describes the experience of watching a machine learn in real time. We discuss our essay An algorithm for altruism in which we obse…

In this episode of The Foil Podcast we’re joined by Professor Alan Duffy, Astronomer / Astrophysicist / Cosmologist and Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University…