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Thoughtforms Life

Hosted by Michael Levin · science · EN · 199 episodes

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A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how intelligence and agency emerge from the most fundamental levels of nature.

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What is Thoughtforms Life about?

A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life, and uncover how intelligence and agency emerge from the most fundamental levels of nature.

Who hosts Thoughtforms Life?

Thoughtforms Life is hosted by Michael Levin. The show has published 199 episodes to date.

What has Thoughtforms Life covered recently?

Recent episodes include ""New Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a continuum of cognition (& consciousness) by Michael Levin" (17 October 2026, 40 minutes), ""Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology & computer science of inspiration" by Michael Levin" (16 October 2026, 36 minutes), and "Bio-inspired technology? #science #biology #platonicspace" (15 October 2026, 3 minutes).

How often does Thoughtforms Life publish?

Thoughtforms Life publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 199 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Thoughtforms Life?

Booking probability for Thoughtforms Life is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Thoughtforms Life requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Thoughtforms Life's contact route on record: public web form.

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Michael Levin hosts Thoughtforms Life, a science show with 199 episodes published.

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  • Thoughtforms Life

    "New Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a continuum of cognition (& consciousness) by Michael Levin

    Oct 17, 202640 min

    This is a ~39 minute talk titled "New Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a perspective on a continuum of cognition (& consciousness)" for a consciousness conference about our laboratory model systems relevant to the study of...

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    "Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology & computer science of inspiration" by Michael Levin

    Oct 16, 202636 min

    This is a ~35 minute talk titled "Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology & computer science of inspiration" I gave at a recent conference. CHAPTERS: (00:00) The nature of inspiration (15:51) Xenobots and novel minds PRODUCED...

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    Bio-inspired technology? #science #biology #platonicspace

    Oct 15, 20263 min

    This #short is an excerpt from Michael Levin's talk "Biology, AI, and Diverse Intelligence" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or_3tlEOLj4 produced by https://x.com/DNAMediaEditing CHAPTERS: (00:00) Patterns and free...

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    What are we? Concepts for biology and AI #science #biology #diverseintelligence

    Oct 13, 20262 min

    This #short is an excerpt from Michael Levin's talk "Biology, AI, and Diverse Intelligence" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or_3tlEOLj4 produced by https://x.com/DNAMediaEditing CHAPTERS: (00:00) Defining life and...

  • Thoughtforms Life

    "Mind-Body Interface: an experimental and Clinical Perspective" by Michael Levin and Karina Kofman

    Oct 11, 20261h 5m

    This is a ~1 hour and 4 minutes talk + Q&A that my student and collaborator Karina Kofman ( https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karina-Kofman-2 ) and I gave to the Society for Mind-Matter Research as a keynote talk in...

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    "Neuroscience Beyond Neurons: communicating with unconventional minds" by Michael Levin

    Oct 9, 20261h 1m

    This is a ~1 hour talk given at a conference on the philosophy and future of neuroscience, so I oriented it around extending the concept of neuroscience: not the study of neural phenomena, but more broadly around how...

  • Thoughtforms Life

    Conversation #1 with Alexey Tolchinsky, Anthony Weiss and Chris Fields

    Jul 29, 20261h 2m

    This is a ~1 hour conversation on the future of mental health from the perspective of the diverse intelligence field, with Alexey Tolchinsky (...

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    Conversation #1 with

    Jul 28, 20261h 1m

    This is a ~1 hour working meeting with Thomas Pollak ( https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/thomas-pollak , https://drtompollak.substack.com/ ) and David King ( https://profiles.stanford.edu/361883...

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    "Diverse Intelligence: new frontier for Origins, Possibilities, and Diseases of Minds by" M. Levin

    Jul 10, 202654 min

    This is a ~54 minute talk titled "Diverse Intelligence: a new frontier for Origins, Possibilities, and Diseases of the Mind(s)" which I gave for an audience composed of mental health professionals and neuroscientists...

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    "Energy Constraints and Tradeoffs" by Martin Picard

    Jun 27, 202657 min

    This is a ~57 minute talk titled "Energy Constraints and Tradeoffs: the mitochondrial daily energy expenditure MDEE study" by Martin Picard ( https://www.neurology.columbia.edu/profile/martin-picard-phd ) and a brief...

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    "Aging, goal-directedness, and bioelectricity" by Michael Levin

    Jun 26, 202623 min

    This is ~23 minute talk overviewing our recent results and the way we think about aging and longevity. It was for a conference with quite short speaking slots so I had to talk fast... Longer talk coming with more data...

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    Computationalism and consciousness with Nic Rouleau, Jaan Aru, and Borjan Milinkovic.

    Jun 22, 202657 min

    Discussion #2 (57 minutes on computationalism and consciousness) with Borjan Milinkovic ( https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AwaZbzsAAAAJ&hl=en ), Jaan Aru (...

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    Free Lunches: Model Systems for Studying the Agential Gifts from the Platonic Space by Michael Levin

    Jun 20, 202650 min

    This is a talk I gave, ~49 minutes long, titled "Free Lunches: Model Systems for Studying the Agential Gifts from the Platonic Space", to a philosophy audience. It covers some more ways I think about the latent space of...

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    Platonic Space discussion 5

    May 29, 20261h 59mS0

    <p>This is a ~2 hour discussion among contributors to the Platonic Space Symposium (</p> <p></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p> <p>(00:00) Strong perception framework</p> <p>(10:12) Perception model boundaries</p> <p>(17:41) Penrose...

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    Platonic Space discussion 4

    May 25, 20262h 5mS0

    <p>This is a ~2 hours 4 minute discussion among contributors to the Platonic Space Symposium (</p> <p></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p> <p>(00:00) Strong anticipation analogy</p> <p>(08:16) Relational Platonic patterns</p>...

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    Discussion #1 with Amahury Jafet Lopez Diaz, Carlos Gershenson-Garcia, and Richard Watson

    May 19, 20261h 4mS0

    <p>This is a ~1 hour 5 minute discussion with Amahury Jafet Lopez Diaz ( Carlos Gershenson-Garcia ( and Richard Watson ( Stay tuned for part 2 where Amahury will present his ideas in more detail. Amahury's paper:</p>...

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    A Multiscale Logic of Collective Intelligence" by Donald Hoffman and Chetan Prakash

    Apr 11, 20261h 30mS0

    <p>This is a ~1.5 hour talk + discussion, titled "A Multiscale Logic of Collective Intelligence" by Donald Hoffman ( and Chetan Prakash ( with Robert Chis-Ciure ( and Chris Fields ( and me.</p> <p></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p>...

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    Discussion: Lisa Maroski, Michael Levin, Richard Watson

    Apr 10, 202659 minS0

    <p>This is a ~1 hour discussion with Lisa Maroski ( and Richard Watson ( about the role of language in shaping our thinking in the field of diverse intelligence and beyond.</p> <p></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p> <p>(00:00)...

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    Discussion: Richard Watson, Alexey Tolchinsky, Mark Solms, Michael Levin, and Karl Friston

    Apr 9, 202659 minS0

    <p>This is a ~1 hour meeting with Richard Watson ( Alexey Tolchinsky ( Mark Solms ( and Karl Friston ( where we discuss issues of memory (especially, the role of forgetting) in diverse intelligence (human patients and...

  • Thoughtforms Life

    Conversation with Nic Rouleau, part 2: neuroscience, memory transfer, aging of cognition, and more

    Apr 3, 202656 minS0

    <p>This is a ~55 minute discussion following up on Nic's talk and our brief conversation ( comprising part 2 of a conversation with a really interesting young neuroscientist, as well as friend, collaborator, and our...

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