A curated collection of podcasts that sometimes venture into science or philosophy, among many other topics. Also see the Science Podcast Collection and the Philosophy Podcast Collection.
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Updated: 2025-Jun-22 17:09 UTC. Podcasts listed: 36. Ordered by date of most recent episode (newest to oldest). AI-generated content is based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions.
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These podcasts cover a diverse range of intellectual and cultural topics, reflecting a rich tapestry of discussion and analysis across various fields. They often delve into complex themes such as the nature of reality, consciousness, and the philosophical implications of science and technology. Discussions frequently center on the interplay between traditional views and cutting-edge theories in fields such as mathematics, neuroscience, and quantum physics. Episodes explore language and cultural narratives, examining how they shape and are shaped by historical and contemporary contexts.
Political and economic issues feature prominently, with episodes examining the global implications of US hegemony, Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions, and China’s economic strategies. There is a focus on the intricacies of national and global politics, including topics like populism, nationalism, and the role of digital media in modern political discourse. Political history is also a recurrent theme, with analyses of significant historical events and figures.
Social issues, including race, identity, and environmental concerns, are frequently discussed, with episodes exploring the nuances of modern societal challenges. These discussions often intersect with themes of ethics and morality, questioning how societies should navigate contemporary challenges. There are also explorations of personal development, mental health, and the human condition, with discussions on the psychology of self-awareness and the power of narrative in shaping individual and collective identities.
Overall, these podcasts aim to illuminate the complexities of human thought and experience, offering listeners insights into a wide array of disciplines and fostering a deeper understanding of the multifaceted world we live in.
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![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 210 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 57 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Bi-weekly history podcast • Host David Runciman • Political trials • Revolutionary ideas • Globalisation • Great political films • Bonus episodes on PPF+ • Insights into historical and contemporary politics Description (podcaster-provided): Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast with David Runciman, host and creator of Talking Politics, exploring the history of ideas from politics to philosophy, culture to technology. David talks to historians, novelists, scientists and many others about where the most interesting ideas come from, what they mean, and why they matter. Latest episode (2025-Jun-22 05:00 UTC): The History of Bad Ideas: The Decisive Battle |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 1372 episodes 2013 to 2025 Median: 52 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Debates • Thought-provoking discussions • Politics • Philosophy • Misinformation • Technology • History • Culture • Economics Description (podcaster-provided): Intelligence Squared is the home of lively debate and deep-dive discussion. Follow Intelligence Squared wherever you get your podcasts and enjoy four regular episodes per week taking you to the heart of the issues that matter in the company of the world’s great minds. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to [email protected] or Tweet us @intelligence2. Latest episode (2025-Jun-21 23:10 UTC): An Evening with Deborah Frances-White and David Tennant (Part Two) |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 86 episodes 2014 to 2025 Median: 56 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Science communication • Artificial intelligence • Future technologies • Philosophy and ethics • Neuroscience • Evolution and consciousness • Space exploration • Information theory • Learning techniques • Human behavior Description (podcaster-provided): In-depth conversations with researchers, explorers and thought leaders from around the world, on cutting edge research and original ideas. Latest episode (2025-Jun-21 18:22 UTC): “The Human Journey From Ape to Agriculture” with Professor Peter Bellwood |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 467 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 60 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Trump administration policies • AI safety and impacts • Middle East conflicts • US foreign policy • Tariffs and trade issues • Israel relations • Authoritarianism and governance Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking. Latest episode (2025-Jun-21 14:58 UTC): Is Israel dragging the US to disaster in Iran? | NonZero World feat. Robert Wright |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 50 episodes 2024 to 2025 Median: 51 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Science • Nature • Human experience • Psychology • Social issues • Creativity • Spirituality • Culture • Art Description (podcaster-provided): ”To the Best of Our Knowledge” is a Peabody award-winning national public radio show that explores big ideas and beautiful questions. Deep interviews with philosophers, writers, artists, scientists, historians, and others help listeners find new sources of meaning, purpose, and wonder in daily life. Whether it’s about bees, poetry, skin, or psychedelics, every episode is an intimate, sound-rich journey into open-minded, open-hearted conversations. Warm and engaging, TTBOOK helps listeners feel less alone and more connected – to our common humanity and to the world we share. Latest episode (2025-Jun-21 11:00 UTC): How Should We Tell Our History? |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 129 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 75 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Politics • Science • Economics • Philosophy • Quantum Physics • History • Technology • Culture • Music • Comedy • Sports • Biography • Discussions with Experts Description (podcaster-provided): For the ones curious about the world and everything in it, but have know time. Latest episode (2025-Jun-21 06:00 UTC): #119: Quantum Computing, Complexity Theory, P vs. NP, AI & Consciousness ft. Scott Aaronson |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 2000 episodes 2012 to 2025 Median: 44 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophical discussions • Cultural analysis • Politics and society • Historical context • Art and literature • Science and technology • Interviews with thinkers • Contemporary issues • Interdisciplinary insights Description (podcaster-provided): Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy. Latest episode (2025-Jun-20 21:34 UTC): Language |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 237 episodes 2024 to 2025 Median: 54 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Diverse thought-provoking topics • Historical narratives • Cultural and societal analysis • Philosophy and politics • Science and innovation • Human rights issues • Music and arts insights • Environmental and democracy challenges Description (podcaster-provided): IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time. Latest episode (2025-Jun-20 21:10 UTC): Journalist Connie Walker on uncovering her family's dark history |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 448 episodes 2013 to 2025 Median: 44 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Political commentary • Science • Religion • Free speech • Current events • Technology • Meditation • Morality • Mindfulness Description (podcaster-provided): Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Latest episode (2025-Jun-19 18:42 UTC): #422 — Zionism & Jihadism |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 96 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 91 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): AI • politics • economics • technology • interviews • China • history • intelligence • alignment • global impact • governance • innovation Description (podcaster-provided): Deeply researched interviews Latest episode (2025-Jun-19 16:03 UTC): China’s Manufacturing Dominance: State Directives & Ruthless Competition — Arthur Kroeber |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 247 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 42 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Ethical debates • Moral issues in news • Philosophy of justice • Societal dilemmas • Political discourse • Cultural values • Free speech challenges • Responsibility in science • Environmental concerns Description (podcaster-provided): Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze Latest episode (2025-Jun-19 14:20 UTC): Was Israel right to launch strikes on Iran? |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 37 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 32 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Historical forces • Key figures • Societal trends • Science and technology developments • Political analysis • Cultural critique • Philosophical insights • Economic phenomena • Influence of books and ideas Description (podcaster-provided): Context is a podcast that explores the historical forces shaping our modern world. Hosted by Brad Harris, who earned his PhD from Stanford in the History of Science & Technology, each episode delves into pivotal ideas, events, and figures that have influenced civilization’s trajectory. From the rise of scientific thought to the challenges of globalization, Brad provides insightful analysis that connects the past to our present. Whether you’re a history enthusiast or seeking deeper understanding of contemporary issues, Context with Brad Harris offers a thoughtful journey through the narratives that define us. Latest episode (2025-Jun-19 11:20 UTC): The Decline of the West: Oswald Spengler’s Prophetic Vision |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 46 episodes 2024 to 2025 Median: 64 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Ethics • Wellbeing • Fulfillment • Philosophy • Happiness • Neuroscience • Altruism • Climate justice • Creativity • Activism • Social impact • Mindfulness Description (podcaster-provided): Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an ethical life, but also in that they are fulfilled and happy with what they have achieved in their lives. Some of these guests will be well-known figures, but others who are doing extraordinary things will be unfamiliar to almost all of our listeners. The conversations will often cover ground that involves ethics, how to live well, and how to make a positive difference in the world. It will inspire and empower its audience to change their own lives for the better. Latest episode (2025-Jun-19 06:44 UTC): JOSHUA GREENE: uniting moral tribes |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 257 episodes 2015 to 2025 Median: 58 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Intellectual conversations • Economics • AI and technology • History • Culture • Literature • Neuroscience • Philosophy • Politics • Social issues Description (podcaster-provided): Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Latest episode (2025-Jun-18 11:30 UTC): Chris Arnade on Walking Cities |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 170 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy discussions • Moral and ethical topics • Interviews with experts • Self-improvement • Law and justice • Cultural issues • Society and psychology • Creativity and work • True crime analysis Description (podcaster-provided): Good Is In The Details is hosted by Gwendolyn Dolske, Ph.D and Rudy Salo. We believe that being curious and satisfying your curiosity is the key to happiness. Every episode is a discussion with an expert where we are learning what we didn't know we didn't know. Join us in gaining a bit of wisdom, health tips, lessons on self-improvement, and some laughter in between. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 22:18 UTC): Fatherhood, Masculinity, Generational Shifts |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 310 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 114 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Theoretical physics • Quantum mechanics • Consciousness research • Artificial intelligence • Philosophy of science • Intersection of science and spirituality • Unifying theories • Cosmology and time Description (podcaster-provided): Exploring theoretical physics, consciousness, Ai, and God in a technically rigorous manner. If you'd like to support this endeavor, then please visit the Patreon ( https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal ). Thank you for your charitable and kindhearted support. My name's Curt Jaimungal, a Torontonian with a degree in mathematical physics from the University of Toronto and I analyze various Theories of Everything from this analytic perspective, though more and more opening up to alternative approaches. The separating factor of TOE from other podcasts is its focus on depth even at the risk of limiting the audience due to how much detail we delve into subjects. Paralleling the intensity found in academic discourse, we're increasingly embracing a spectrum of unconventional ideas to conduct research during this podcast, rather than merely conveying existing information. Contact toe [at] indiefilmTO [dot] com for business inquiries / sponsorship. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 22:03 UTC): The God Crutch: Do The Laws of Physics Exist? |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 104 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 80 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy discussions • Religious debates • Science and ethics • Historical analysis • Consciousness and mind • Political commentary • Cultural insights • Linguistics topics Description (podcaster-provided): For the curious. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 15:32 UTC): #108 Marcus du Sautoy - Do Numbers Exist? |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 715 episodes 2016 to 2025 Median: 65 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Discussions on democracy, liberalism, and politics • Philosophy and ideas • AI and technology concerns • Discussions of personal growth and happiness • Reflections on culture and society Description (podcaster-provided): The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 08:00 UTC): Is Trump winning? |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 185 episodes 2019 to 2025 Median: 67 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Political analysis • Philosophy discussions • Race and identity • Cultural commentary • Science and ethics • Technology and future trends • Interviews with authors, scientists, and commentators Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations with Coleman is where deep thinkers and curious minds meet for sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. Hosted by Coleman Hughes, writer, thinker, and guy who asks the questions other people dodge - this podcast isn’t about debating. It’s about discovery. Politics, philosophy, race, culture, science: it’s all fair game. If you're done with hot takes and hungry for real-talk, come join the conversation. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 08:00 UTC): The Roots of Iran’s Nuclear Program w/ Mark Dubowitz |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 556 episodes 2014 to 2025 Median: 67 minutes Collections: SciPhi-Adjacent • Science Themes (AI-generated): Science communication • New books and ideas • Experts from diverse fields • History and culture • Society and innovation • Environmental topics and conservation • Science and technology advancements Description (podcaster-provided): Cara Santa Maria is a science communicator, television host, producer, and journalist. She is excited to present "Talk Nerdy," a place for conversations with interesting people about interesting topics. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 07:32 UTC): Silly Science w/ Carly Anne York |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 430 episodes 2020 to 2025 Median: 91 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Dialogues on philosophy • Politics and society • History and culture • Science and psychology • Influential individuals and movements • Current global issues • Research and literature Description (podcaster-provided): Converging Dialogues is a podcast that is designed to have honest and authentic conversations with a diversity of thoughts and opinions. Wide-ranging topics include philosophy, psychology, politics, and social commentary. A spirit of civility, respect, and open-mindedness is the guiding compass. Latest episode (2025-Jun-16 04:28 UTC): #430 - The Rise and Spread of Mass Education: A Dialogue with Agustina Paglayan |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 61 episodes 2022 to 2025 Median: 48 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Interviews • Human stories • AI safety • Philosophy • Neuroscience • Technology • Problem-solving • Inspirational figures • Educational insights • Life experiences • Diverse topics Description (podcaster-provided): Exploring Human Lives. Latest episode (2025-Jun-15 14:42 UTC): What I Learned Running a Marathon in Every Country | The Human Podcast |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 473 episodes 2018 to 2025 Median: 146 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Science • Technology • History • Philosophy • Politics • War • Programming • Psychology • Interviews with experts • Culture • Society • AI • Economics Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond. Latest episode (2025-Jun-15 00:25 UTC): #472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 291 episodes 2017 to 2025 Median: 140 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): AI safety and governance • Ethical implications of AI • Effective altruism and philosophy • Consciousness studies • Technological innovations and impacts • Geopolitical considerations • Predictive modeling and forecasting Description (podcaster-provided): Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them. Latest episode (2025-Jun-12 16:43 UTC): #218 – Hugh White on why Trump is abandoning US hegemony – and that’s probably good |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 39 episodes 2023 to 2025 Median: 89 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Neuroscience • Philosophy • Quantum Mechanics • AI and Technology • Ethics • Consciousness • Mathematics • Physics • Biology • Futurism • Poetry • Linguistics • Climate Science Description (podcaster-provided): Coffee table conversations with people thinking about foundational issues. Multiverses explores the limits of knowledge and technology. Does quantum mechanics tell us that our world is one of many? Will AI make us intellectually lazy, or expand our cognitive range? Is time a thing in itself or a measure of change? Join James Robinson as he tries to find out. Latest episode (2025-May-02 09:26 UTC): Consciousness is not Computation — Christof Koch |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 653 episodes 2005 to 2025 Median: 36 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Science • Religion • Skepticism • Atheism • Politics • Society • Critical thinking • Paranormal investigation • Philosophy • Public health • Secularism • Misinformation • Cultural discourse • Rationality Description (podcaster-provided): Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics. Latest episode (2025-Mar-07 18:14 UTC): Taking Inspiration from Greek History With Evaggelos Vallianatos |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 25 episodes 2019 to 2024 Median: 48 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Conversations on neuroscience • Literature and art discussions • Psychological and philosophical insights • Connections between science and the arts • Exploration of language, memory, and perception Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to The Neuromantics – a monthly podcast for writers, psychologists, neuroscientists, poets, philosophers, comedians, musicians, and anyone interested in the exchange of ideas. The idea: a free-ranging conversation between Professor Sophie Scott (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/icn/people/sophie-scott and @sophiescott) of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL and Will Eaves about the brain, the mind, language, gesture, and communication as a fundamental property of science, literature and the arts. The format: roughly 30 mins of chat with musical stings in the punning style of the podcast title by Michael Caines. Sophie shares a bit of research. Will brings along a poem, story, speech, or essay. There will be guests in the future. There will be events. Latest episode (2024-Dec-06 12:05 UTC): The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 5 |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 57 episodes 2020 to 2024 Median: 57 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Interviews with economists, political scientists, and philosophers • Ideas on society, technology, and the economy • Discussions on innovation, policy, and cultural issues • Exploration of historical and contemporary conflicts Description (podcaster-provided): Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum) interviews some of the world's leading economists, political scientists, and philosophers to discuss their ideas and what they mean for society, technology, and the economy. Latest episode (2024-Oct-02 12:00 UTC): Corporal Dmytro on Serving on the Frontlines of Ukraine |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 30 episodes 2023 to 2024 Median: 84 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Science • Technology • AI and consciousness • Time management • Ethics • Evolution • Free market economics • Misinformation • Mathematics and physics • Astronomy and astrophysics Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations with the world's deepest thinkers in philosophy, science, and technology. A global top-ranked podcast by Matt Geleta. Latest episode (2024-Sep-23 15:00 UTC): Oliver Burkeman: Shortness of Life | Paradox of Productivity | Rethinking Time Management |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 50 episodes 2018 to 2023 Median: 49 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Oxford academics • societal challenges • mental health • pandemics • climate change • artificial intelligence • quantum computing • expert discussions • historical and contemporary insights Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, where our academics debate key issues for the future of society. Latest episode (2023-Sep-21 13:30 UTC): S4 Ep9: Evidence-based strategies for suicide and self-harm prevention with Professor Seena Fazel |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 380 episodes 2011 to 2023 Median: 19 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Cultural reflections • Social issues • Personal stories • Mental health • Art and creativity • Ethics • Social change • Identity and belonging • Innovation and technology Description (podcaster-provided): Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society Latest episode (2023-Feb-22 20:45 UTC): What I've Learned from Four Thought |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 263 episodes 2010 to 2021 Median: 51 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Skepticism • Science vs. pseudoscience • Economics • Technology • Philosophy • Politics • Ethics • Psychology • Social issues • Future predictions • Rational discourse Description (podcaster-provided): Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor! Latest episode (2021-Dec-23 16:02 UTC): Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye) |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 31 episodes 2021 Median: 60 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Science • Religion • Spirituality • Quantum Mechanics • Cognitive Bias • Evolutionary Theory • Free Will • Time Management • Meditation • Wokeness • Academic Freedom • Consciousness • Tribalism Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations about philosophy, science, religion and spirituality Latest episode (2021-Nov-29 18:35 UTC): Kant Stop Critiquin' (Aryeh Cohen-Wade & David Ottlinger) |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 27 episodes 2020 to 2021 Median: 46 minutes Collections: Philosophy • SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Historical political ideas • Influential thinkers • Modern politics • Crises and revolutions • Democracy and power • Inequality and justice • Feminism and patriarchy • Liberty and governance Description (podcaster-provided): A new series of talks by David Runciman, in which he explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics – from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, from revolution to lock down. Plus, he talks about the crises – revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics – that generated these new ways of political thinking. From the team that brought you Talking Politics: a history of ideas to help make sense of what’s happening today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Latest episode (2021-May-08 23:00 UTC): History of Ideas Q and A |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 42 episodes 2018 to 2020 Median: 10 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Exploring significant ideas shaping the world • Science and psychology insights • Economics and governance discussions • Social and cultural analysis • Technology and future predictions • Philosophical perspectives Description (podcaster-provided): What are the big ideas shaping our world now? Latest episode (2020-Dec-19 08:50 UTC): Fighting pandemics |
![]() Profile • Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts 237 episodes 2015 to 2020 Median: 50 minutes Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent Themes (AI-generated): Conversations with prominent figures • Surprising topics and discussions • Exploration of creativity, science, and culture • Themes of human struggle and triumph • Insights into art, philosophy, and society Description (podcaster-provided): We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. So each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you've probably heard of with hand-picked gems from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. The conversation could go anywhere. SINCE 2008, BIG THINK has captured on video the best ideas of the world’s leading thinkers and doers in every field, renowned experts including neurologist Oliver Sacks, physicist Stephen Hawking, behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman, authors Margaret Atwood and Marylinne Robinson, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, painter Chuck Close, and philosopher Daniel Dennett. Latest episode (2020-May-13 09:00 UTC): [SPECIAL] Clever Creature with Jason Gots - Episode 1: DESERT |