Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon

Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon

Intended to bring leading thinkers in areas such as longevity, transhumanism, futurism, artificial intelligence, politics, philosophy, art, and culture – making connections among disciplines to facilitate breakthroughs in understanding and a more rational, advanced, and informed society. In the spirit of the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment, the Enlightenment Salons make possible in-depth, long-form conversations that enable the exploration of ideas about humankind’s future in unprecedented ways.

Episodes

January 4, 2026 115 mins
On Sunday, January 4, 2026, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Adam Czajkowski to discuss his experiences in running successful campaigns at State and local levels, how an effective campaign may succeed at healing political divisions and lead to policy accomplishments, and what lessons a minor political party such as the USTP can learn from these experiences to maximize its impact. 
Adam Czajkowski is ...
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On Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites David Primer to discuss his insights from the field of data science and various beneficial applications of data analytics to medical research. 
David W. Primer is the Founder of StrataQuant, a boutique data technology consulting company based in Chicago, IL. He is a Certified Professional in Business Intelligence and a Lean Six Sigma Blac...
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December 21, 2025 110 mins
On Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the fifth stream from the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit, which took place on October 1-2 in Madrid, Spain. The U.S. Transhumanist Party has allied with TransVision Madrid and Alianza Futurista, its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, to bring you six more presentations by distinguished scientists, doctors, and longevity advocates.
Th...
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December 14, 2025 120 mins
On Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s conversation with Brandon King, who is running as a candidate for the Minnesota State House – District 20A and seeking the Transhumanist Party’s endorsement in a future vote. This Salon offers the opportunity for USTP members and the general public to become acquainted with Mr. King and his campaign, based on making Space and Time availa...
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December 7, 2025 106 mins
What are the major obstacles that prevent effective anti-aging therapies from being developed?
On Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party presents its conversation with Ariel VA Feinerman (recorded on May 10, 2025) on the problems standing in the way of regenerative medicine aimed at reversing human aging. Ariel outlined the damage-repair approach to achieving rejuvenation, based on the in...
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On Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, provides a video version of his Chairman’s Anniversary Message, as well as an opportunity for members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party and the public to ask him questions in a live session. The Chairman’s Anniversary Message aims to recap the key USTP events of the most recent year and also to provide a vision f...
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November 23, 2025 114 mins
On Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Timothy Grady to discuss his campaign for Governor of Ohio in 2026 as an independent candidate. The conversation will cover the events of Mr. Grady’s campaign thus far, its objectives, his background and motivations, and his key policy ideas.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party endorsed Timothy Grady’s candidacy on September 4, 2025, subsequent ...
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On Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Robin Hanson to continue the discussion on cultural drift and how civilizational decline can be prevented by positing grand unifying goals that a society can unite around. The discussion will address the feasibility of a unifying goal such as radical life extension, which could be framed in objectively measurable ways, with specific incr...
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On Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the stream of six presentations from the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit from six distinguished researchers in various aspects of the fight against aging, as well as a question-and-answer session. These presentations transpired on International Longevity Day, October 1, 2025.
The presentations included in this compilation stream include the follow...
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On Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Nicolás Cherñavsky and Nina Torres Zanvettor of the Rejuvenation Science Institute to discuss their efforts in seeking to replicate the rat rejuvenation experiment of Harold Katcher, in which the researchers extracted small extracellular vesicles from the blood of young pigs and injected them into old Sprague-Dawley rats, reporting that t...
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On Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch a stream of notable events that transpired in Madrid, Spain, on October 1, 2025, International Longevity Day, including the March for Longevity and presentations of various approaches in the fight against aging and disease by Vijay Vaswani, Holger Heyn, Gil Rodas, Steve Horvath, and Michael Ringel.
The stream begins with the March for Longevity that took place in Madrid...
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October 19, 2025 115 mins
On Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Andreas Xirtus to discuss the concept of singularity and its various possible meanings and significances. 
Andreas Xirtus is a popular podcaster with a large following; he is the founder of a historical restoration society known as Tartary Nova and Director of the Fediverse, a free software foundation creating tools to protect free speech....
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October 12, 2025 118 mins
On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch a stream of presentations on longevity investment, public advocacy, and the potential for gene therapies to achieve breakthroughs in curing diseases and reversing biological aging, delivered during Day 2 of the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit on October 2, 2025, featuring Angel Versetti, Liz Parrish,  Sergio Tarrero,  Mariana De Chellis, Cody Dea...
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On Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the presentations from Dr. Jose Cordeiro, David Wood, and Dr. Aubrey de Grey, that were delivered during Day 2 of the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit on October 2, 2025. From Madrid, Spain, the U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to stream to you these in-depth presentations by three of the leading transhumanist thinkers. 
Dr. Jose Cordeiro provide...
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On Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the presentation by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, which offers a balanced portrayal of areas in which artificial intelligence has made impressive strides recently, and areas where humans will remain superior or uniquely capable for a long time. Countering both the hype and fear surrounding artificial intelligence, Chairman Stolyarov’...
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September 21, 2025 117 mins
On Sunday, September 21, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner to discuss Euro-Transhumanism, a term he coined in 2022 for a vision that emphasizes a culturally nuanced, ethical, and inclusive approach to technological enhancement. The Virtual Enlightenment Salon will include a discussion of what Euro-Transhumanism is, what differentiates it from “classical transhumanism” in Sorgner’s view, what...
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September 14, 2025 114 mins
On Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Tobias Teufel to discuss recent advances in additive manufacturing and 3D-printing, as well as the potential of these technologies to be deployed as part of policies for achieving greater abundance for as many people as possible.
Tobias Teufel is an entrepreneur, biohacker, drone pilot, and philosopher on emerging technology across all t...
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September 7, 2025 115 mins
On Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Rafi Qumsieh, founder of Breakthrough Labs, which is focused on building AI agents to aid in scientific discovery, including pursuing advances in longevity, disease cures, nuclear fusion, mathematics, consciousness research, and philosophy. 
Rafi Qumsieh provides an overview of the current state of functiona...
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On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the compilation stream of two presentations delivered by U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management (VSIM) conferences in 2023 and 2024. Mr. Stolyarov presented virtually at those conferences, which were held in Ravda, Bulgaria, and were hosted by Professors Angel Marchev, Sr. and Angel Marchev, Jr. These ...
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On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Josh Universe to discuss the privacy and security considerations of technological enhancement. His presentation and subsequent conversation will address the following areas:
1. Real-World Breaches
2. Defining Privacy and Security in Context
3. What is Technological Enhancement?
4. Privacy and Security Risks of Enhancement
5. Approaching Enhance...
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