LeFloid vs The World

How do we view and perceive ourselves? Can we transfer "ourselves" and the unique experiences and information we carry within us, which differ from person to person, to computers and other digital machines? And what are the dangers of such progress? LeFloid's meets Kim-Ki Ho, the founder of "Beautiful Life", actress Kim Jisu in Seoul. supermodel Toni Garrn and the BINA48, a computer imitating human beings.

"We’re all part of the problem. All of us.” In Iceland, NASA scientist Laura Tenenbaum tells LeFloid more about climate change and how our car use contributes to the problem of global warming. LeFloid meets Daniel Abt in Germany, son of the racing car dynasty Abt family and champion driver of Formula E. As a famous racing driver, he knows better than anyone else how much fun driving can be and challenges LeFloid on the race track. Finally, Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler Benzs, and LeFloid chat about the emotional value of cars and such innovations from Daimler.

It is what many people want but few have. Money makes the world go 'round, they say. But why is it so important for our existence and the world? Where are the positive aspects and the shortcomings of these notes and coins? LeFloid meets the man who printed $250 million, got caught and released after just six weeks in prison, and Christine Lagarde, one of the most powerful people in the world of money.

Of all the memories our brains erase during Alzheimer's, music is kept until last. In this episode we speak to Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, Nairobian rapper Juliani, and musical experts from around the world to find out more about why music is essential to so many aspect of our lives.

Will artificial intelligence replace mankind? The world of work is changing at break-neck pace, the jobs that are relevant today will be gone tomorrow, and others will appear that none of us could even describe today. LeFloid encounters Roland Emmerich, the iconic director of “Independence Day” and “The Day after Tomorrow”, physicist Kip Thorne, Samurai Tetsuro Shimaguchi – and flies in a brand-new Eurofighter aircraft.

Is it the lure of Olympic gold, the star, the fans, the courage and glory, or the pure thrill of competition that motivates athletes to take part in professional sports today? In this episode, LeFloid explores why athletes continue to push the boundaries of discipline to the very edge in order to shine in tomorrow's sports. LeFloid meets naked ankle fighters, parkour arist Amadei Weiland and NBA legend Dirk Nowitzki.

Are there higher powers or can we only rely on science, or do we need religion? And is there even a connection between the two? In this episode LeFloid travels around the world to ask questions and explore our belief systems. How did they originate? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different ways and rules we think and live by?

It’s the strongest feeling of all. We all want it, fight for it, live for it and sometimes despair over it. Love. No other feeling has captured the fantasies of poets, musicians and artists. It occupies our bodies and souls and inspires us. But what does love in the 21st century mean? How has our perception of it changed and has the way we love changed in times of dating sites, SMS and fast chats?