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Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Science • Philosophy • Society • Culture • Arts • Ideas • Technology • Consciousness • Evolution • Climate • Economics • Music • Politics • Neuroscience • Quantum Mechanics • Cosmology"Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas" is a podcast that delves into a wide array of intellectual subjects, providing in-depth discussions and thought-provoking perspectives. The overarching theme of the podcast is an exploration of big ideas across different fields of human knowledge. Frequent topics include scientific inquiries, philosophical debates, cultural intricacies, and artistic insight.
The podcast often features conversations with a diverse array of guests, including neuroscientists, philosophers, political and social scientists, economists, and AI experts, delving into subjects such as consciousness, evolution, and artificial intelligence. It explores complex scientific concepts, such as quantum mechanics, dark energy, and the structure of the brain, often discussing theoretical and empirical aspects.
Philosophical and societal issues are examined, with discussions on consciousness, agency, democracy, political polarization, and inequality. The podcast looks into the historical and sociopolitical impact of certain practices and institutions, engaging with how technology and innovation affect modern society. Guests frequently provide insights from their research, presenting theories and findings in areas like climate science, economic complexity, and the biophysics of evolution.
Recurring are episodes titled "Ask Me Anything" (AMA), where the host addresses audience questions on a variety of topics. While discussions encompass profound scientific and philosophical questions, there is also room for lighter topics, such as the science of cocktail making and the intersection of cognition with art and culture.
Each episode aims to untangle complex ideas, encouraging a deep understanding of both the universe and our place within it. The podcast reflects a commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue, appealing to curious minds interested in the intersections of science, philosophy, and culture.
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314 | Karen Lloyd on the Deep Underground Biosphere 2025-May-12 69 minutes |
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313 | Eric Topol on the Changing Face of Medicine and Aging 2025-May-05 72 minutes |
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AMA | May 2025 2025-Apr-28 218 minutes |
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312 | Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs 2025-Apr-21 91 minutes |
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311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental 2025-Apr-14 69 minutes |
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AMA | April 2025 2025-Apr-07 210 minutes |
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310 | Marc Kamionkowski on Dark Energy and Cosmic Anomalies 2025-Mar-31 86 minutes |
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309 | Christof Koch on Consciousness and Integrated Information 2025-Mar-24 80 minutes |
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308 | Alison Gopnik on Children, AI, and Modes of Thinking 2025-Mar-17 69 minutes |
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AMA | March 2025 2025-Mar-10 178 minutes |
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307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails 2025-Mar-03 76 minutes |
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306 | Helen Czerski on Our Energetic Oceans 2025-Feb-24 72 minutes |
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305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology 2025-Feb-17 77 minutes |
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Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter 2025-Feb-12 70 minutes |
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304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science 2025-Feb-10 76 minutes |
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303 | AMA | February 2025 2025-Feb-03 224 minutes |
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303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System 2025-Jan-27 67 minutes |
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302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution 2025-Jan-20 90 minutes |
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301 | Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability 2025-Jan-13 69 minutes |
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300 | Solo: Does Time Exist? 2025-Jan-06 131 minutes |
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Holiday Message | Hits and Misses 2024-Dec-23 121 minutes |
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299 | Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life 2024-Dec-16 73 minutes |
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298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain 2024-Dec-09 69 minutes |
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AMA | December 2024 2024-Dec-02 235 minutes |
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297 | Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation 2024-Nov-25 75 minutes |
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296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution 2024-Nov-18 75 minutes |
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295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality 2024-Nov-11 94 minutes |
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AMA | November 2024 2024-Nov-04 230 minutes |
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294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life 2024-Oct-28 71 minutes |
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293 | Doyne Farmer on Chaos, Crashes, and Economic Complexity 2024-Oct-21 71 minutes |
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292 | Jonathan Birch on Animal Sentience 2024-Oct-14 70 minutes |
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AMA | October 2024 2024-Oct-07 269 minutes |
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291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging 2024-Sep-30 80 minutes |
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290 | Hahrie Han on Making Multicultural Democracy Work 2024-Sep-23 75 minutes |
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289 | Cari Cesarotti on the Next Generation of Particle Experiments 2024-Sep-16 81 minutes |
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288 | Max Richter on the Meaning of Classical Music Today 2024-Sep-09 66 minutes |
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AMA | September 2024 2024-Sep-02 230 minutes |
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287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History 2024-Aug-26 92 minutes |
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286 | Blaise Agüera y Arcas on the Emergence of Replication and Computation 2024-Aug-19 80 minutes |
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285 | Nate Silver on Prediction, Risk, and Rationality 2024-Aug-12 71 minutes |
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AMA | August 2024 2024-Aug-05 217 minutes |
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284 | Doris Tsao on How the Brain Turns Vision Into the World 2024-Jul-29 62 minutes |
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283 | Daron Acemoglu on Technology, Inequality, and Power 2024-Jul-22 77 minutes |
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282 | Joel David Hamkins on Puzzles of Reality and Infinity 2024-Jul-15 78 minutes |
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Ask Me Anything | July 2024 2024-Jul-08 201 minutes |
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281 | Samir Okasha on the Philosophy of Agency and Evolution 2024-Jul-01 71 minutes |
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280 | François Chollet on Deep Learning and the Meaning of Intelligence 2024-Jun-24 101 minutes |
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279 | Ellen Langer on Mindfulness and the Body 2024-Jun-17 71 minutes |
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278 | Kieran Healy on the Technology of Ranking People 2024-Jun-10 75 minutes |
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AMA | June 2024 2024-Jun-03 238 minutes |
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277 | Cumrun Vafa on the Universe According to String Theory 2024-May-27 82 minutes |
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276 | Gavin Schmidt on Measuring, Predicting, and Protecting Our Climate 2024-May-20 79 minutes |
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275 | Solo: Quantum Fields, Particles, Forces, and Symmetries 2024-May-13 132 minutes |
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AMA | May 2024 2024-May-06 215 minutes |
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274 | Gizem Gumuskaya on Building Robots from Human Cells 2024-Apr-29 70 minutes |
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273 | Stefanos Geroulanos on the Invention of Prehistory 2024-Apr-22 79 minutes |
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272 | Leslie Valiant on Learning and Educability in Computers and People 2024-Apr-15 68 minutes |
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AMA | April 2024 2024-Apr-08 194 minutes |
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271 | Claudia de Rham on Modifying General Relativity 2024-Apr-01 81 minutes |
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270 | Solo: The Coming Transition in How Humanity Lives 2024-Mar-25 129 minutes |
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269 | Sahar Heydari Fard on Complexity, Justice, and Social Dynamics 2024-Mar-18 71 minutes |
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AMA | March 2024 2024-Mar-11 235 minutes |
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268 | Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality 2024-Mar-04 90 minutes |
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267 | Benjamin Breen on Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and Utopia 2024-Feb-26 73 minutes |
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266 | Christoph Adami on How Information Makes Sense of Biology 2024-Feb-19 80 minutes |
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AMA | February 2024 2024-Feb-12 204 minutes |
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265 | John Skrentny on How the Economy Mistreats STEM Workers 2024-Feb-05 80 minutes |
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264 | Sabine Stanley on What's Inside Planets 2024-Jan-29 72 minutes |
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263 | Chris Quigg on Symmetry and the Birth of the Standard Model 2024-Jan-22 86 minutes |
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262 | Eric Schwitzgebel on the Weirdness of the World 2024-Jan-15 80 minutes |
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261 | Sanjana Curtis on the Origins of the Elements 2024-Jan-08 67 minutes |
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260 | Ricard Solé on the Space of Cognitions 2024-Jan-01 70 minutes |
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Holiday Message: Reflections on Immortality 2023-Dec-18 55 minutes |
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259 | Adam Frank on What Aliens Might Be Like 2023-Dec-11 78 minutes |
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AMA | December 2023 2023-Dec-04 216 minutes |
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258 | Solo: AI Thinks Different 2023-Nov-27 80 minutes |
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257 | Derek Guy on the Theory and Practice of Dressing Well 2023-Nov-20 80 minutes |
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256 | Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on Building Cities on the Moon and Mars 2023-Nov-13 84 minutes |
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AMA | November 2023 2023-Nov-06 260 minutes |
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255 | Michael Muthukrishna on Developing a Theory of Everyone 2023-Oct-30 77 minutes |
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254 | William Egginton on Kant, Heisenberg, and Borges 2023-Oct-23 66 minutes |
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253 | David Deutsch on Science, Complexity, and Explanation 2023-Oct-16 102 minutes |
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AMA | October 2023 2023-Oct-09 178 minutes |
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252 | Hannah Ritchie on Keeping Hope for the Planet Alive 2023-Oct-02 75 minutes |
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251 | Rosemary Braun on Uncovering Patterns in Biological Complexity 2023-Sep-25 71 minutes |
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250 | Brendan Nyhan on Navigating the Information Ecosystem 2023-Sep-18 57 minutes |
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249 | Peter Godfrey-Smith on Sentience and Octopus Minds 2023-Sep-11 88 minutes |
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AMA | September 2023 2023-Sep-04 243 minutes |
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248 | Yejin Choi on AI and Common Sense 2023-Aug-28 72 minutes |
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247 | Samuel Bowles on Economics, Cooperation, and Inequality 2023-Aug-21 80 minutes |
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246 | David Stuart on Time and Science in Maya Civilization 2023-Aug-14 69 minutes |
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AMA | August 2023 2023-Aug-07 218 minutes |
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245 | Solo: The Crisis in Physics 2023-Jul-31 262 minutes |
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244 | Katie Elliott on Metaphysics, Chance, and Explanation 2023-Jul-24 96 minutes |
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243 | Joseph Silk on Science on the Moon 2023-Jul-17 71 minutes |
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242 | David Krakauer on Complexity, Agency, and Information 2023-Jul-10 93 minutes |
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AMA | July 2023 2023-Jul-03 184 minutes |
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241 | Tim Maudlin on Locality, Hidden Variables, and Quantum Foundations 2023-Jun-26 93 minutes |
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240 | Andrew Pontzen on Simulations and the Universe 2023-Jun-19 86 minutes |
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239 | Brian Lowery on the Social Self 2023-Jun-12 70 minutes |
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AMA | June 2023 2023-Jun-05 178 minutes |
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238 | Scott Shapiro on the Technology and Philosophy of Hacking 2023-May-29 87 minutes |
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237 | Brooke Harrington on Offshore Wealth as a Complex System 2023-May-22 77 minutes |
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236 | Thomas Hertog on Quantum Cosmology and Hawking's Final Theory 2023-May-15 68 minutes |
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AMA | May 2023 2023-May-08 188 minutes |
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235 | Andy Clark on the Extended and Predictive Mind 2023-May-01 81 minutes |
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234 | Tobias Warnecke on Cellular Structure and Evolution 2023-Apr-24 66 minutes |
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233 | Hugo Mercier on Reasoning and Skepticism 2023-Apr-17 72 minutes |
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232 | Amy Finkelstein on Adverse Selection and Hidden Information 2023-Apr-10 73 minutes |
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Ask Me Anything | April 2023 2023-Apr-03 244 minutes |
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231 | Sarah Bakewell on the History of Humanism 2023-Mar-27 81 minutes |
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230 | Raphaël Millière on How Artificial Intelligence Thinks 2023-Mar-20 117 minutes |
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229 | Nita Farahany on Ethics, Law, and Neurotechnology 2023-Mar-13 71 minutes |
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AMA | March 2023 2023-Mar-06 181 minutes |
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228 | Skye Cleary on Existentialism and Authenticity 2023-Feb-27 76 minutes |
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227 | Molly Crockett on the Psychology of Morality 2023-Feb-20 71 minutes |
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226 | Johanna Hoffman on Speculative Futures of Cities 2023-Feb-13 72 minutes |
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AMA | February 2023 2023-Feb-06 187 minutes |
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225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency 2023-Jan-30 82 minutes |
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224 | Edward Tufte on Data, Design, and Truth 2023-Jan-23 76 minutes |
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223 | Tania Lombrozo on What Explanations Are 2023-Jan-16 70 minutes |
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222 | Andrew Strominger on Quantum Gravity and the Real World 2023-Jan-09 84 minutes |
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221 | Adam Bulley on How Mental Time Travel Makes Us Human 2023-Jan-02 80 minutes |
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Holiday Message 2022: Thinking Really Slowly 2022-Dec-19 47 minutes |
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220 | Lara Buchak on Risk and Rationality 2022-Dec-12 76 minutes |
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AMA | December 2022 2022-Dec-05 195 minutes |
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219 | Dani Bassett and Perry Zurn on the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Curiosity 2022-Nov-28 62 minutes |
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218 | Raphael Bousso on Black Holes and the Holographic Universe 2022-Nov-21 81 minutes |
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217 | Margaret Levi on Moral Political Economy 2022-Nov-14 81 minutes |
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AMA | November 2022 2022-Nov-07 180 minutes |
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216 | John Allen Paulos on Numbers, Narratives, and Numeracy 2022-Oct-31 70 minutes |
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215 | Barry Loewer on Physics, Counterfactuals, and the Macroworld 2022-Oct-24 94 minutes |
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214 | Antonio Padilla on Large Numbers and the Scope of the Universe 2022-Oct-17 75 minutes |
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AMA | October 2022 2022-Oct-10 181 minutes |
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213 | Timiebi Aganaba on Law and Governance in Space 2022-Oct-03 76 minutes |
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212 | Chiara Mingarelli on Searching for Black Holes with Pulsars 2022-Sep-26 86 minutes |
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211 | Solo: Secrets of Einstein's Equation 2022-Sep-19 111 minutes |
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210 | Randall Munroe on Imagining What If...? 2022-Sep-12 68 minutes |
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209 | Brad DeLong on Why the 20th Century Fell Short of Utopia 2022-Sep-05 84 minutes |
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AMA | September 2022 2022-Aug-29 210 minutes |
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208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music 2022-Aug-22 71 minutes |
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207 | William MacAskill on Maximizing Good in the Present and Future 2022-Aug-15 102 minutes |
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206 | Simon Conway Morris on Evolution, Convergence, and Theism 2022-Aug-08 76 minutes |
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AMA | August 2022 2022-Aug-01 186 minutes |
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205 | John Quiggin on Interest Rates and the Information Economy 2022-Jul-25 79 minutes |
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204 | John Asher Johnson on Hunting for Exoplanets 2022-Jul-18 75 minutes |
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203 | N.J. Enfield on Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Not Scientists 2022-Jul-11 84 minutes |
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AMA | July 2022 2022-Jul-04 206 minutes |
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202 | Andrew Papachristos on the Network Theory of Gun Violence 2022-Jun-27 75 minutes |
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201 | Ed Yong on How Animals Sense the World 2022-Jun-20 69 minutes |
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AMA | June 2022 2022-Jun-13 184 minutes |
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200 | Solo: The Philosophy of the Multiverse 2022-Jun-06 134 minutes |
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199 | Elizabeth Cohen on Time and Other Political Values 2022-May-30 72 minutes |
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198 | Nick Lane on Powering Biology 2022-May-23 85 minutes |
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197 | Catherine Brinkley on the Science of Cities 2022-May-16 68 minutes |
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AMA | May 2022 2022-May-12 216 minutes |
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196 | Judea Pearl on Cause and Effect 2022-May-09 76 minutes |
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195 | Richard Dawkins on Flight and Other Evolutionary Achievements 2022-May-02 78 minutes |
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194 | Frans de Waal on Culture and Gender in Primates 2022-Apr-25 68 minutes |
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193 | Daniels on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once 2022-Apr-18 68 minutes |
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AMA | April 2022 2022-Apr-14 207 minutes |
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192 | Nicole Yunger Halpern on Quantum Steampunk Thermodynamics 2022-Apr-11 77 minutes |
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191 | Jane McGonigal on How to Imagine the Future 2022-Apr-04 81 minutes |
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190 | Lea Goentoro on Regrowing Limbs 2022-Mar-28 63 minutes |
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189 | Brian Klaas on Power and the Temptation of Corruption 2022-Mar-21 82 minutes |
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AMA | March 2022 2022-Mar-17 198 minutes |
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188 | Arik Kershenbaum on What Aliens Will Be Like 2022-Mar-14 81 minutes |
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187 | Andrew Leigh on the Politics of Looming Disasters 2022-Mar-07 80 minutes |
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186 | Sherry Turkle on How Technology Affects Our Humanity 2022-Feb-28 71 minutes |
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185 | Arvid Ågren on the Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution 2022-Feb-21 85 minutes |
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184 | Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense 2022-Feb-14 84 minutes |
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AMA | February 2022 2022-Feb-10 255 minutes |
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183 | Michael Dine on Supersymmetry, Anthropics, and the Future of Particle Physics 2022-Feb-07 99 minutes |
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182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical Theory 2022-Jan-31 97 minutes |
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181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories 2022-Jan-24 76 minutes |
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180 | Camilla Pang on Instructions for Being Human 2022-Jan-17 63 minutes |
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179 | David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity 2022-Jan-10 73 minutes |
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178 | Jody Azzouni on What Is and Isn't Real 2022-Jan-03 74 minutes |
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Holiday Message 2021 | On Disciplines & Cocktails 2021-Dec-20 59 minutes |
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AMA | December 2021 2021-Dec-15 217 minutes |
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177 | Monika Schleier-Smith on Cold Atoms and Emergent Spacetime 2021-Dec-13 70 minutes |
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176 | Joshua Greene on Morality, Psychology, and Trolley Problems 2021-Dec-06 86 minutes |
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175 | William Ratcliff on Multicellularity, Physics, and Evolution 2021-Nov-29 86 minutes |
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174 | Tai-Danae Bradley on Algebra, Topology, Language, and Entropy 2021-Nov-22 81 minutes |
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AMA | November 2021 2021-Nov-17 234 minutes |
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173 | Sylvia Earle on the Oceans, the Planet, and People 2021-Nov-15 71 minutes |
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172 | David Goyer on Televising the Fall of the Galactic Empire 2021-Nov-08 76 minutes |
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171 | Christopher Mims on Our Interconnected Industrial Ecology 2021-Nov-01 87 minutes |
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170 | Priya Natarajan on Galaxies, Black Holes, and Cosmic Anomalies 2021-Oct-25 87 minutes |
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169 | C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency 2021-Oct-18 84 minutes |
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AMA | October 2021 2021-Oct-14 179 minutes |
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168 | Anil Seth on Emergence, Information, and Consciousness 2021-Oct-11 85 minutes |
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167 | Chiara Marletto on Constructor Theory, Physics, and Possibility 2021-Oct-04 95 minutes |
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166 | Betül Kaçar on Paleogenomics and Ancient Life 2021-Sep-27 74 minutes |
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165 | Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness 2021-Sep-20 85 minutes |
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AMA | September 2021 2021-Sep-16 218 minutes |
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164 | Herbert Gintis on Game Theory, Evolution, and Social Rationality 2021-Sep-13 89 minutes |
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163 | Nigel Goldenfeld on Phase Transitions, Criticality, and Biology 2021-Sep-06 91 minutes |
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162 | Leidy Klotz on Our Resistance to Subtractive Change 2021-Aug-30 74 minutes |
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161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics 2021-Aug-23 95 minutes |
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160 | Edward Slingerland on Confucianism, Daoism, and Wu Wei 2021-Aug-16 83 minutes |
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AMA | August 2021 2021-Aug-12 191 minutes |
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159 | Mari Ruti on Lack, Love, and Psychoanalysis 2021-Aug-09 109 minutes |
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158 | David Wallace on the Arrow of Time 2021-Aug-02 107 minutes |
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157 | Elizabeth Strychalski on Synthetic Cells and the Rules of Biology 2021-Jul-26 77 minutes |
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156 | Catherine D’Ignazio on Data, Objectivity, and Bias 2021-Jul-19 88 minutes |
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155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics 2021-Jul-12 160 minutes |
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AMA | July 2021 2021-Jul-09 228 minutes |
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154 | Reza Aslan on Religion, Metaphor, and Meaning 2021-Jul-05 85 minutes |
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153 | John Preskill on Quantum Computers and What They’re Good For 2021-Jun-28 92 minutes |
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152 | Charis Kubrin on Criminology, Incarceration, and Hip-Hop 2021-Jun-21 79 minutes |
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151 | Jordan Ellenberg on the Mathematics of Political Boundaries 2021-Jun-14 83 minutes |
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AMA | June 2021 2021-Jun-10 198 minutes |
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150 | Simon DeDeo on How Explanations Work and Why They Sometimes Fail 2021-Jun-07 92 minutes |
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149 | Lee Smolin on Time, Philosophy, and the Nature of Reality 2021-May-31 89 minutes |
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148 | Henry Farrell on Democracy as a Problem-Solving Mechanism 2021-May-24 86 minutes |
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147 | Rachel Laudan on Cuisine, Culture, and Empire 2021-May-17 76 minutes |
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AMA | May 2021 2021-May-13 178 minutes |
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146 | Emily Riehl on Topology, Categories, and the Future of Mathematics 2021-May-10 76 minutes |
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145 | Niall Ferguson on Histories, Networks, and Catastrophes 2021-May-03 85 minutes |
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144 | Solo: Are We Moving Beyond the Standard Model? 2021-Apr-26 71 minutes |
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143 | Julia Galef on Openness, Bias, and Rationality 2021-Apr-19 92 minutes |
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AMA | April 2021 2021-Apr-14 161 minutes |
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142 | Charlie Jane Anders on Stories and How to Write Them 2021-Apr-12 86 minutes |
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141 | Zeynep Tufekci on Information and Attention in a Networked World 2021-Apr-05 77 minutes |
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140 | Dean Buonomano on Time, Reality, and the Brain 2021-Mar-29 87 minutes |
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139 | Elizabeth Anderson on Equality, Work, and Ideology 2021-Mar-22 79 minutes |
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138 | Daryl Morey on Analytics, Psychology, and Basketball 2021-Mar-15 76 minutes |
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AMA | March 2021 2021-Mar-10 191 minutes |
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137 | Justin Clarke-Doane on Mathematics, Morality, Objectivity, and Reality 2021-Mar-08 92 minutes |
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136 | Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and Cultural Conservatism 2021-Mar-01 83 minutes |
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135 | Shadi Bartsch on Plato, Vergil, Confucius, and Modernity 2021-Feb-22 80 minutes |
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AMA | February 2021 2021-Feb-17 173 minutes |
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134 | Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do 2021-Feb-15 88 minutes |
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133 | Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See 2021-Feb-08 97 minutes |
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Bonus | AIP Oral History Interview 2021-Feb-04 241 minutes |
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132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self 2021-Feb-01 81 minutes |
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131 | Avi Loeb on Taking Aliens Seriously 2021-Jan-25 100 minutes |
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130 | Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of Fundamental Physics 2021-Jan-18 76 minutes |
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129 | Solo: Democracy in America 2021-Jan-11 103 minutes |
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128 | Joseph Henrich on the Weirdness of the West 2021-Jan-04 87 minutes |
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Holiday Message 2020 | The Screwy Universe 2020-Dec-21 91 minutes |
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127 | Erich Jarvis on Language, Birds, and People 2020-Dec-14 75 minutes |
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AMA | December 2020 2020-Dec-09 204 minutes |
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126 | David Stasavage on the Origin and History of Democracy 2020-Dec-07 85 minutes |
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125 | David Haig on the Evolution of Meaning from Darwin to Derrida 2020-Nov-30 75 minutes |
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124 | Solo: How Time Travel Could and Should Work 2020-Nov-23 161 minutes |
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AMA | November 2020 2020-Nov-20 192 minutes |
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123 | Lisa Feldman Barrett on Emotions, Actions, and the Brain 2020-Nov-16 77 minutes |
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122 | David Eagleman on Tapping Into the Livewired Brain 2020-Nov-09 77 minutes |
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121 | Cornel West on What Democracy Is and Should Be 2020-Nov-02 81 minutes |
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120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, and the Bible 2020-Oct-26 88 minutes |
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119 | Musa al-Gharbi on the Value of Intellectual Diversity 2020-Oct-19 76 minutes |
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118 | Adam Riess on the Expansion of the Universe and a Crisis in Cosmology 2020-Oct-12 78 minutes |
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117 | Sean B. Carroll on Randomness and the Course of Evolution 2020-Oct-05 80 minutes |
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116 | Teresa Bejan on Free Speech, Civility, and Toleration 2020-Sep-28 103 minutes |
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115 | Netta Engelhardt on Black Hole Information, Wormholes, and Quantum Gravity 2020-Sep-21 86 minutes |
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114 | Angela Chen on Asexuality in a Sex-Preoccupied World 2020-Sep-14 68 minutes |
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113 | Cailin O'Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of Unfairness 2020-Sep-07 79 minutes |
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112 | Fyodor Urnov on Gene Editing, CRISPR, and Human Engineering 2020-Aug-31 80 minutes |
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111 | Nick Bostrom on Anthropic Selection and Living in a Simulation 2020-Aug-24 80 minutes |
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110 | Neil Johnson on Complexity, Conflict, and Infodemiology 2020-Aug-17 83 minutes |
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109 | Jason Torchinsky on Our Self-Driving Future 2020-Aug-10 78 minutes |
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108 | Carl Bergstrom on Information, Disinformation, and Bullshit 2020-Aug-03 84 minutes |
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107 | Russ Shafer-Landau on the Reality of Morality 2020-Jul-27 90 minutes |
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106 | Stuart Bartlett on What "Life" Means 2020-Jul-20 85 minutes |
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105 | Ann-Sophie Barwich on the Science and Philosophy of Smell 2020-Jul-13 77 minutes |
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104 | David Rosen and Scott Miles on the Neuroscience of Music and Creativity 2020-Jul-06 86 minutes |
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103 | J. Kenji López-Alt on Cooking As and With Science 2020-Jun-29 75 minutes |
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102 | Maria Konnikova on Poker, Psychology, and Reason 2020-Jun-22 80 minutes |
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101 | David Baltimore on the Mysteries of Viruses 2020-Jun-15 74 minutes |
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100 | Solo | Life and Its Meaning 2020-Jun-08 93 minutes |
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99 | Scott Aaronson on Complexity, Computation, and Quantum Gravity 2020-Jun-01 112 minutes |
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98 | Olga Khazan on Living and Flourishing While Being Weird 2020-May-25 61 minutes |
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97 | John Danaher on Our Coming Automated Utopia 2020-May-18 82 minutes |
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96 | Lina Necib on What and Where the Dark Matter Is 2020-May-11 81 minutes |
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95 | Liam Kofi Bright on Knowledge, Truth, and Science 2020-May-04 95 minutes |
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94 | Stuart Russell on Making Artificial Intelligence Compatible with Humans 2020-Apr-27 87 minutes |
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93 | Rae Wynn-Grant on Bears, Humans, and Other Predators 2020-Apr-20 62 minutes |
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92 | Kevin Hand on Life Elsewhere in the Solar System 2020-Apr-13 116 minutes |
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91 | Scott Barry Kaufman on the Psychology of Transcendence 2020-Apr-06 79 minutes |
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90 | David Kaiser on Science, Money, and Power 2020-Mar-30 94 minutes |
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89 | Lera Boroditsky on Language, Thought, Space, and Time 2020-Mar-23 88 minutes |
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Tara Smith on Coronavirus, Pandemics, and What We Can Do 2020-Mar-18 80 minutes |
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88 | Neil Shubin on Evolution, Genes, and Dramatic Transitions 2020-Mar-16 93 minutes |
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87 | Karl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free Energy 2020-Mar-09 89 minutes |
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86 | Martin Rees on Threats to Humanity, Prospects for Posthumanity, and Life in the Universe 2020-Mar-02 100 minutes |
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85 | L.A. Paul on Transformative Experiences and Your Future Selves 2020-Feb-24 74 minutes |
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84 | Suresh Naidu on Capitalism, Monopsony, and Inequality 2020-Feb-17 86 minutes |
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83 | Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity, Stories, and Cosmopolitanism 2020-Feb-10 98 minutes |
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82 | Robin Carhart-Harris on Psychedelics and the Brain 2020-Feb-03 77 minutes |
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81 | Ezra Klein on Politics, Polarization, and Identity 2020-Jan-27 81 minutes |
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80 | Jenann Ismael on Connecting Physics to the World of Experience 2020-Jan-20 86 minutes |
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79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life 2020-Jan-13 83 minutes |
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78 | Daniel Dennett on Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image 2020-Jan-06 121 minutes |
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Holiday Message 2019: On Publishing Books 2019-Dec-22 66 minutes |
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77 | Azra Raza on The Way We Should Fight Cancer 2019-Dec-16 82 minutes |
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76 | Ned Hall on Possible Worlds and the Laws of Nature 2019-Dec-09 85 minutes |
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75 | Max Tegmark on Reality, Simulation, and the Multiverse 2019-Dec-02 71 minutes |
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74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics 2019-Nov-25 66 minutes |
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73 | Grimes (c) on Music, Creativity, and Digital Personae 2019-Nov-18 78 minutes |
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72 | César Hidalgo on Information in Societies, Economies, and the Universe 2019-Nov-11 76 minutes |
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71 | Philip Goff on Consciousness Everywhere 2019-Nov-04 94 minutes |
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70 | Katie Mack on How the Universe Will End 2019-Oct-28 83 minutes |
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69 | Cory Doctorow on Technology, Monopoly, and the Future of the Internet 2019-Oct-21 77 minutes |
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68 | Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Common Sense 2019-Oct-14 82 minutes |
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67 | Kate Jeffery on Entropy, Complexity, and Evolution 2019-Oct-07 72 minutes |
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66 | Will Wilkinson on Partisan Polarization and the Urban/Rural Divide 2019-Sep-30 112 minutes |
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65 | Michael Mann on Why Our Climate Is Changing and How We Know 2019-Sep-23 77 minutes |
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64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future 2019-Sep-16 76 minutes |
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63 | Solo -- Finding Gravity Within Quantum Mechanics 2019-Sep-09 110 minutes |
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62 | Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and People 2019-Sep-02 72 minutes |
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61 | Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices and What to Do About Them 2019-Aug-26 70 minutes |
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60 | Lynne Kelly on Memory Palaces, Ancient and Modern 2019-Aug-19 75 minutes |
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59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics 2019-Aug-12 100 minutes |
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58 | Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity 2019-Aug-05 72 minutes |
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57 | Astra Taylor on the Promise and Challenge of Democracy 2019-Jul-29 83 minutes |
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56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life 2019-Jul-22 72 minutes |
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55 | A Conversation with Rob Reid on Quantum Mechanics and Many Worlds 2019-Jul-15 86 minutes |
54 | Indre Viskontas on Music and the Brain2019-Jul-08 75 minutes |
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53 | Solo -- On Morality and Rationality 2019-Jul-01 125 minutes |
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52 | Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games 2019-Jun-24 64 minutes |
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51 | Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information 2019-Jun-17 91 minutes |
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50 | Patricia Churchland on Conscience, Morality, and the Brain 2019-Jun-10 72 minutes |
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49 | Nicholas Christakis on Humanity, Biology, and What Makes Us Good 2019-Jun-03 114 minutes |
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48 | Marq de Villiers on Hell and Damnation 2019-May-27 71 minutes |
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47 | Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General 2019-May-20 98 minutes |
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46 | Kate Darling on Our Connections with Robots 2019-May-13 66 minutes |
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45 | Leonard Susskind on Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, and Holography 2019-May-06 73 minutes |
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44 | Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity 2019-Apr-29 72 minutes |
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43 | Matthew Luczy on the Pleasures of Wine 2019-Apr-22 106 minutes |
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42 | Natalya Bailey on Navigating Earth Orbit and Beyond 2019-Apr-15 59 minutes |
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41 | Steven Strogatz on Synchronization, Networks, and the Emergence of Complex Behavior 2019-Apr-08 74 minutes |
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40 | Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology 2019-Apr-01 63 minutes |
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39 | Malcolm MacIver on Sensing, Consciousness, and Imagination 2019-Mar-25 79 minutes |
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38 | Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist’s Sense of Meaning 2019-Mar-18 76 minutes |
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37 | Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy 2019-Mar-11 91 minutes |
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36 | David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds 2019-Mar-04 102 minutes |
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35 | Jessica Yellin on The Changing Ways We Get Our News 2019-Feb-25 68 minutes |
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34 | Paul Bloom on Empathy, Rationality, Morality, and Cruelty 2019-Feb-18 70 minutes |
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33 | James Ladyman on Reality, Metaphysics, and Complexity 2019-Feb-11 67 minutes |
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32 | Naomi Oreskes on Climate Change and the Distortion of Scientific Facts 2019-Feb-04 70 minutes |
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31 | Brian Greene on the Multiverse, Inflation, and the String Theory Landscape 2019-Jan-28 71 minutes |
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30 | Derek Leben on Ethics for Robots and Artificial Intelligences 2019-Jan-21 88 minutes |
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29 | Raychelle Burks on the Chemistry of Murder 2019-Jan-14 75 minutes |
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28 | Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Consciousness, and the Universe 2019-Jan-07 95 minutes |
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Holiday Message 2018 2018-Dec-24 44 minutes |
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27 | Janna Levin on Black Holes, Chaos, and the Narrative of Science 2018-Dec-17 68 minutes |
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26 | Ge Wang on Artful Design, Computers, and Music 2018-Dec-10 70 minutes |
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25 | David Chalmers on Consciousness, the Hard Problem, and Living in a Simulation 2018-Dec-03 82 minutes |
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24 | Kip Thorne on Gravitational Waves, Time Travel, and Interstellar 2018-Nov-26 79 minutes |
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23 | Lisa Aziz-Zadeh on Embodied Cognition, Mirror Neurons, and Empathy 2018-Nov-19 66 minutes |
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22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth 2018-Nov-12 88 minutes |
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21 | Alex Rosenberg on Naturalism, History, and Theory of Mind 2018-Nov-05 80 minutes |
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20 | Scott Derrickson on Cinema, Blockbusters, Horror, and Mystery 2018-Oct-29 83 minutes |
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19 | Tyler Cowen on Maximizing Growth and Thinking for the Future 2018-Oct-22 59 minutes |
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18 | Clifford Johnson on What's So Great About Superstring Theory 2018-Oct-15 72 minutes |
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17 | Annalee Newitz on Science, Fiction, Economics, and Neurosis 2018-Oct-08 71 minutes |
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16 | Coleen Murphy on Aging, Biology, and the Future 2018-Oct-01 64 minutes |
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain 2018-Sep-08 84 minutes |
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14 | Alta Charo on Bioethics and the Law 2018-Sep-08 68 minutes |
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13 | Neha Narula on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the Internet 2018-Sep-08 66 minutes |
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12 | Wynton Marsalis on Jazz, Time, and America 2018-Sep-04 61 minutes |
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11 | Mike Brown on Killing Pluto and Replacing It with Planet 9 2018-Aug-27 77 minutes |
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10 | Megan Rosenbloom on the Death Positive Movement 2018-Aug-20 69 minutes |
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9 | Solo -- Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing? 2018-Aug-13 81 minutes |
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8 | Carl Zimmer on Heredity, DNA, and Editing Genes 2018-Aug-06 91 minutes |
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7 | Yascha Mounk on Threats to Liberal Democracy 2018-Jul-30 65 minutes |
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6 | Liv Boeree on Poker, Aliens, and Thinking in Probabilities 2018-Jul-23 70 minutes |
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5 | Geoffrey West on Networks, Scaling, and the Pace of Life 2018-Jul-16 83 minutes |
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4 | Anthony Pinn on Humanism, Theology, and the Black Community 2018-Jul-12 60 minutes |
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3 | Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice 2018-Jul-11 80 minutes |
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2 | Carlo Rovelli on Quantum Mechanics, Spacetime, and Reality 2018-Jul-10 72 minutes |
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1 | Carol Tavris on Mistakes, Justification, and Cognitive Dissonance 2018-Jul-04 71 minutes |
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Welcome to the Mindscape Podcast! 2018-Jul-01 16 minutes |