# Thoughtforms Life

A podcast by Michael Levin. 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.

Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/thoughtforms-life

## Latest episodes

- ["New Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a continuum of cognition (& consciousness) by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/cb73b5bbdd49) (2026-10-17, 40 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8fbaf91c/1a6618c6.mp3
- ["Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology & computer science of inspiration" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/f1d4b0dbe4fc) (2026-10-16, 36 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4d8ef1d8/7173aebe.mp3
- [Bio-inspired technology? #science #biology #platonicspace](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/ecf01cb71de3) (2026-10-15, 3 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/15de47b4/69ea35f6.mp3
- [What are we? Concepts for biology and AI #science #biology #diverseintelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/6ffcf77c9126) (2026-10-13, 3 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/49e54c7d/20c504dd.mp3
- ["Mind-Body Interface: an experimental and Clinical Perspective" by Michael Levin and Karina Kofman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/01ef00095297) (2026-10-11, 65 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/3933f101/8d919bc9.mp3
- ["Neuroscience Beyond Neurons: communicating with unconventional minds" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/70d63a368e26) (2026-10-09, 62 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/15b227f7/8d931ad1.mp3
- [Discussion with Marsha Hewitt (Platonic Space and related ideas)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/a9d73c8c7fea) (2026-09-24, 64 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/400f9dff/9763d57c.mp3
- ["Life, Machines, and a Foundation for Synthbiosis" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/5e012c144255) (2026-09-22, 22 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/a23a8883/d14626fd.mp3
- [Biology, AI, and Diverse Intelligence by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/6ecccb7d6114) (2026-09-21, 53 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/9c5a4f5c/777ca03f.mp3
- [A conversation with Andrey Vyshedskiy about the evolution of language and brain development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/0fb1ede22561) (2026-09-13, 60 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/9620e0ea/61989bce.mp3
- [Conversation #1 with Diego Bohórquez and Mijail D. Serruya: how information moves levels in bodies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/de4c3c3628ce) (2026-09-03, 60 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ecec7c6b/98a6a726.mp3
- [Conversation #1 with Steven Strogatz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/e00eeecc154f) (2026-08-22, 57 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/e19ea84e/9b5b13ac.mp3
- ["Inspiration Across Substrates: free lunches, diverse intelligence and surprise" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/906a790767ee) (2026-08-21, 52 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/85aff79b/9b149e43.mp3
- [Conversation #1 with Alexey Tolchinsky, Anthony Weiss and Chris Fields](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/e57011995ea8) (2026-07-29, 62 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/bab218a3/8ed22853.mp3
- [Conversation #1 with](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/2447df21e01b) (2026-07-28, 61 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/f03cdd1a/1f79b3b8.mp3
- ["Diverse Intelligence: new frontier for Origins, Possibilities, and Diseases of Minds by" M. Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/f4339616a1ef) (2026-07-10, 55 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/03f2ad23/34a2b4f4.mp3
- ["Energy Constraints and Tradeoffs" by Martin Picard](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/2d4e2ba2604a) (2026-06-27, 57 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/cf3a0983/62e49b43.mp3
- ["Aging, goal-directedness, and bioelectricity" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/f6381366e789) (2026-06-26, 24 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/e8d089e0/5062b756.mp3
- [Computationalism and consciousness with Nic Rouleau, Jaan Aru, and Borjan Milinkovic.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/8d48aee11799) (2026-06-22, 58 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/7e3db299/05b98888.mp3
- [Free Lunches: Model Systems for Studying the Agential Gifts from the Platonic Space by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/e8f99ad82206) (2026-06-20, 50 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ce960c37/fdc91375.mp3
- [Platonic Space discussion 5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/6776bb65a8f1) (2026-05-29, 119 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/10ef454d/e21ad232.mp3
- [Platonic Space discussion 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/78be15221e6a) (2026-05-25, 125 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4b2caaec/2be226aa.mp3
- [Discussion #1 with Amahury Jafet Lopez Diaz, Carlos Gershenson-Garcia, and Richard Watson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/9274440c9c39) (2026-05-19, 65 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/dc14d0f0/3199162a.mp3
- [A Multiscale Logic of Collective Intelligence" by Donald Hoffman and Chetan Prakash](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/e082d33e2361) (2026-04-11, 91 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/cb7a379b/91a46f79.mp3
- [Discussion: Lisa Maroski, Michael Levin, Richard Watson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/0a61a95c0171) (2026-04-10, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/833b1daa/7d6756d5.mp3
- [Discussion: Richard Watson, Alexey Tolchinsky, Mark Solms, Michael Levin, and Karl Friston](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/10b4db090a53) (2026-04-09, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/d3acb073/51106583.mp3
- [Conversation with Nic Rouleau, part 2: neuroscience, memory transfer, aging of cognition, and more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/4274750eda09) (2026-04-03, 56 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2ddc5dc7/0c384f98.mp3
- [Conversation with Nic Rouleau, part 1: "Some thoughts on the mind as material"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/b974a50ef769) (2026-04-03, 61 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/b83a84be/299f09e7.mp3
- [Conversation 2 with Lisa Barrett, Ben Lyons, and Karen Quigley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/d4754127d78b) (2026-03-24, 60 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/5c4bcb71/155441b5.mp3
- [Cancer: mitochondria and metabolism - a discussion with Thomas Seyfried and his group](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/441e6ea972b2) (2026-03-17, 84 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/9eedbe05/fa883c53.mp3
- ["On Biological and Artificial Consciousness" by Borjan Milinkovic and Jaan Aru](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/d5df083d107f) (2026-03-05, 54 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/27a27f19/762d2465.mp3
- [Platonic Space discussion 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/5da06cdbc563) (2026-02-05, 105 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4d1e68e2/778977f5.mp3
- [Conversation with Darren Iammarino #1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/6faec73dc4ee) (2026-02-04, 55 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/be4b112d/9456a5ff.mp3
- ["The Bioelectric Interface to the Collective Intelligence of Morphogenesis" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/76418d1bf02c) (2026-01-30, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2f76d821/6cdecb63.mp3
- [Discussion #1 at the Platonic Space Symposium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/3b333c9ba6f1) (2026-01-21, 102 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/d7d82326/d1e2a084.mp3
- [Conversation 1 with Mijail Serruya, Alessandro Napoli, and Wesley Clawson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/c67123e0cce7) (2026-01-18, 59 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/f92e4918/b430892c.mp3
- [Conversation 1 w/ Lisa Barrett, Ben Lyons, Eli Sennesh, Jordan Theriault-Brown, and Karen Quigley](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/a371d58a7fb7) (2026-01-17, 56 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/850bbe58/a65241cf.mp3
- ["Evolution and Intelligence: inversion and a positive feedback spiral" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/f02e0a02673a) (2026-01-15, 50 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/02b6253e/f9f6c94e.mp3
- [“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/ce04681666e1) (2025-12-11, 47 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/914706ae/420ac582.mp3
- [Discussion #1 with Katrina Schleisman and David Burke](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/ac85776c510f) (2025-12-10, 55 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/fa75a626/6636419e.mp3
- [Conversation with David Resnik 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/6a97fb607561) (2025-12-01, 53 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1b22c597/ea1b5f84.mp3
- [Discussion #1 with Elan Barenholtz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/091ada3c32e2) (2025-11-30, 58 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c32c9b39/89088eca.mp3
- [Conversation 1 with Diana Moga, Alexey Tolchinsky, and Chris Fields](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/266005e93064) (2025-11-29, 53 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/32c96d85/d7b12c42.mp3
- [Conversation 1 with Nora Belrose: AI, sentience, and Platonic Space](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/d4494c46c2c8) (2025-11-23, 66 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/95f8ad5d/03b2df57.mp3
- [Discussion with Alexey Tolchinsky and Thomas Pollak 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/0813aa54bd5f) (2025-11-22, 56 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1bd85acf/4beef22e.mp3
- [Discussion #1 with Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Karl Friston, and Thomas Pollak: introspection & more](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/69be37b378ac) (2025-11-21, 66 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/44595361/2cc77503.mp3
- ["Entropic motivation and the roots of agency"by Alex Kiefer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/8f22a6714d6c) (2025-11-17, 64 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/4580d49c/8d003d67.mp3
- ["Unconventional Embodiments: model systems & strategies addressing mind-blindness" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/638f8de8ab3b) (2025-11-11, 47 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/9a4badc9/dbeafc3b.mp3
- ["Platonic Space: brief argument and research agenda" by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/f00e411f2d66) (2025-10-29, 18 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2044ea03/4f7b8537.mp3
- [Against Mind-Blindness: recognizing and communicating with unconventional beings by Michael Levin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1805908099/55c6926c3c4f) (2025-10-26, 51 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/76696029/8bf06f1e.mp3

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