{"podcast":{"title":"ToKCast","slug":"tokcast-76992","podcast_index_feed_id":76992,"rss_url":"https://brettroberthall.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://brettroberthall.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3210771/TOKCAST_e8uwkp.png","author":"Brett Hall","episode_count":263,"summary":"This is a podcast primarily about the work of philosopher and physicist David Deutsch and related matters (such as Popperian epistemology). I read from and comment upon the books ”The Beginning of Infinity” & ”The Fabric of Reality” (both by Deutsch), ”The Science of Can & Can’t” (by Deutsch’s collegue Marletto) and ”Rationality” by Pinker (so far). In addition I make stand alone episodes about topics like resources, environmentalism, economics, science, philosophy, epistemology (especially explanations) and reason broadly.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T14:17:01.933436+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 258: Reaction to Michael Levin, Part 2: Bioelectricity, Consciousness and Knowing","slug":"ep-258-reaction-to-michael-levin-part-2-bioelectricity-consciousness-and-knowing","published_at":"2026-02-16T09:04:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992/ep-258-reaction-to-michael-levin-part-2-bioelectricity-consciousness-and-knowing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992","url":"https://brettroberthall.podbean.com/e/ep-258-reaction-to-michael-levin-part-2-bioelectricity-consciousness-and-knowing/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uti7fujbz2te5m7e/Levin_Full_podcast7xioh.mp3","summary":"This is the second in a multipart series where I react to some interviews with ‪@drmichaellevin‬ a biologist who, among other things, specialises in bioelectricity. His research can be found here: https://www.drmichaellevin.org and his \"explainer articles\" for his own professional papers here: https://thoughtforms.life . In this episode I mention the discussion he had with ‪@timferriss‬ which is found here: • Dr. Michael Levin — Reprogramming Bioelect... Part 1 is here: • Reaction to Michael Levin, Part 1: Categor... Part 3 will be out soon.","meta_description":"This is the second in a multipart series where I react to some interviews with ‪@drmichaellevin‬ a biologist who, among other things, specialises in bioel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5937,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tokcast-76992/episodes/ep-258-reaction-to-michael-levin-part-2-bioelectricity-consciousness-and-knowing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992/ep-258-reaction-to-michael-levin-part-2-bioelectricity-consciousness-and-knowing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}