Bonus Episode: Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein on times tables and Wu-Chess.

In a special bonus episode of the GRID, we welcome Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, theoretical physicist and author of the new paradigm shifting book, The Disordered Comsos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime & Dreams Deferred.

This episode originally appeared on Jennifer’s US Chess Women podcast, “Ladies Knight”, and we brought it to the GRID because we thought so many of themes were pertinent to the poker and gaming communities: a passion for numbers and geometry and for making our World more welcome to all genders, races and sexualities.

Listen in as Chanda tells Jennifer about how she fell in love with mathematics, how she met Jennifer and got more engrossed into chess via Wu-Chess and the Hip Hop Chess Federation, and how chess helps her refocus her brain. They touch on the recent issue of Chess Life Magazine (January 2021) with RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan and how much she enjoyed going over the games with her husband.

Chanda also talks about her powerful vision for seeing the world through the eyes of children and making sure black children have equal access to joy. She explains one of the most popular talking points of her book, why she sees “dark matter” as a misnomer, and gives her thoughts on the recent case Jennifer mentions, where artificial intelligence mistook a chess conversation for white supremacist propaganda.  

This is a bonus episode of the GRID. If you enjoyed it, be sure to sub to Ladies Knight as well. We will get back to our regular programming soon, as host Jennifer Shahade wraps-up and updates listeners on some new and exciting projects.

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