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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: 2024-Nov-05 18:10 UTC. Podcasts listed: 31. Ordered by date of most recent episode (newest to oldest). AI-generated content is based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions.


Collection summary covering past 30 days of combined episodes (AI-generated):

These podcasts explore a wide variety of themes and subjects, with a strong emphasis on intellectual dialogue, current events, and cultural analysis. Many episodes delve into philosophical discussions, covering both historical and contemporary thought, including explorations of logic and morality. Topics such as AI, neuroscience, and information theory are explored, reflecting ongoing discussions about technology's role in shaping modern life.

A recurring theme across the episodes is the intersection of culture, politics, and history. Some discussions analyze the political landscape, including U.S. democracy, global political dynamics, and the implications of rising political ideologies, such as fascism. Others examine historical events and figures to draw lessons applicable to the present day.

Social and cultural movements are also focal points, with episodes discussing the concept of "wokeness," race, identity, and the evolving communication landscape within journalistic practices. Conversations about art, literature, and creativity often highlight the human experience, exploring how these elements reflect and influence societal changes.

Episodes focusing on science and nature discuss topics like consciousness, evolution, and environmental issues. The podcasts explore innovative thinking in these fields, reflecting broader questions about humanity’s relationship to the natural world and the universe.

Also prevalent are discussions on personal growth and social responsibilities, looking at how individuals can navigate complex cultural and societal landscapes. These podcasts often bring together diverse experts and thinkers, fostering conversations that challenge conventional wisdom and provide a deeper understanding of the multifaceted world we live in.


Podcasts:
Ideas Image Ideas
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203 episodes
2023 to 2024
Median: 54 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Contemporary thought • Intellectual history • Political ideologies • Social issues • Cultural insights • Science and technology • Environmental topics • Historical analysis • Art and creativity

Description (podcaster-provided): IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.

Latest episode (2024-Nov-05 13:10 UTC): Do Dogs Feel Guilt? Animal Cognition Discoveries

The Gray Area with Sean Illing Image The Gray Area with Sean Illing
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684 episodes
2016 to 2024
Median: 65 minutes
Collections: PhilosophySciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy and politics • Technology and AI • Culture and creativity • Mental health and human experience • History and societal change

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 (2024-Nov-04 09:00 UTC): Does being "woke" do any good?

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria Image Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
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527 episodes
2014 to 2024
Median: 68 minutes
Collections: SciPhi-AdjacentScience

Themes (AI-generated): Science communication • Ethics in healthcare • Understanding animal behavior • History and social issues • Climate change • Language diversity • Technology and robots • Public health and aging • Space exploration

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 (2024-Nov-04 08:00 UTC): Fierce Desires w/ Rebecca L. Davis

Intelligence Squared Image Intelligence Squared
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1243 episodes
2013 to 2024
Median: 53 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Diverse debates • Modern politics • Historical narratives • Technology and AI • Cultural analysis • Gender and power dynamics • Economic insights • Prominent global figures • Social issues • Science and innovation

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.
And if you’d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared today. Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more.

Latest episode (2024-Nov-04 00:10 UTC): Jeremy Bowen: Making Sense of the Modern Middle East, Part Two

Converging Dialogues Image Converging Dialogues
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382 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 95 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Diverse dialogues on philosophy, psychology, politics, and society • Civil discourse • Experts and authors • Wide-ranging topics • Civility and open-mindedness

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.
convergingdialogues.substack.com

Latest episode (2024-Nov-03 23:22 UTC): #382 - Erasing History: A Dialogue with Jason Stanley

Arts & Ideas Image Arts & Ideas
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2000 episodes
2012 to 2024
Median: 44 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Discussions on culture and ideas • Historical insights • Philosophy debates • Literature and art analysis • Social and political commentary • Academic perspectives • New research exploration

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 (2024-Nov-01 22:17 UTC): Ghosts, death and ecstatic states

Making Sense with Sam Harris Image Making Sense with Sam Harris
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416 episodes
2013 to 2024
Median: 45 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Neuroscience • Philosophy • Politics • Society • Religion • Ethics • Current events • AI • Rationality • Mindfulness • Meditation • Technology • Economics • War • Antisemitism

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.
Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind.
Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com.
Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.

Latest episode (2024-Nov-01 21:08 UTC): #390 — Final Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election

80,000 Hours Podcast Image 80,000 Hours Podcast
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259 episodes
2017 to 2024
Median: 138 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): AI and existential risk • Effective altruism • Mental health • Evolutionary psychology • Scientific progress • Biosecurity • Environmental issues • Parenting and education economics • Space exploration • Alternative proteins

Description (podcaster-provided): Unusually in-depth conversations about the world's most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them.
Subscribe by searching for '80000 Hours' wherever you get podcasts.
Produced by Keiran Harris. Hosted by Rob Wiblin and Luisa Rodriguez.

Latest episode (2024-Nov-01 17:22 UTC): #206 – Anil Seth on the predictive brain and how to study consciousness

Moral Maze Image Moral Maze
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229 episodes
2015 to 2024
Median: 42 minutes
Collections: PhilosophySciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Moral debates • Societal issues • Ethical questions • Politics • Justice • Identity • Human nature • Culture • Global challenges • Social change

Description (podcaster-provided): Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze

Latest episode (2024-Oct-31 15:49 UTC): The morality of sending offenders to prison.

Within Reason Image Within Reason
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86 episodes
2019 to 2024
Median: 76 minutes
Collections: PhilosophySciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Religion • Politics • Science • Atheism • History • Prominent thinkers and authors • Existential questions • Current events • Social issues • Guest interviews • Logical analysis

Description (podcaster-provided): For the curious.
A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Latest episode (2024-Oct-31 13:44 UTC): #86 Pre-Election Podcast - Destiny on Immigration, Trump, and Voter ID

Lex Fridman Podcast Image Lex Fridman Podcast
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452 episodes
2018 to 2024
Median: 144 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Science and technology • Philosophy and consciousness • Politics and history • Notable personalities and interviews • Society and culture • AI and robotics • Current events and controversies

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 (2024-Oct-30 21:30 UTC): #451 – Rick Spence: CIA, KGB, Illuminati, Secret Societies, Cults & Conspiracies

Conversations with Tyler Image Conversations with Tyler
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236 episodes
2015 to 2024
Median: 57 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): In-depth interviews with experts • Intellectual exploration • Economics • Politics • History • Culture • Technology • Media • Philosophy • Science

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 (2024-Oct-30 11:30 UTC): Christopher Kirchhoff on Military Innovation and the Future of War

Know Time Image Know Time
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103 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 73 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Diverse topics • Interviews with experts • Science, philosophy, and technology • Arts and entertainment • Culture and history • Well-being and personal development

Description (podcaster-provided): For the ones curious about the world and everything in it, but have know time.
Join me on my quest to share stories from people of all fields, and hopefully learn a bit more about space, science, technology, philosophy, culture, history, movies, music or sport. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knowtime/support

Latest episode (2024-Oct-25 22:57 UTC): #94: Dance, Movement Therapy & Wellness ft. Swarali Karulkar

Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds Image Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds
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80 episodes
2014 to 2024
Median: 55 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): In-depth conversations with researchers and thought leaders • Cutting-edge scientific research and original ideas • Philosophy and ethics of technology • Evolution, AI, and neuroscience • Science communication and societal impact

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 (2024-Oct-19 16:37 UTC): “The Network of Life: A New View of Evolution” with Professor David Mindell

Good Is In The Details Image Good Is In The Details
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155 episodes
2019 to 2024
Median: 46 minutes
Collections: PhilosophySciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Sociology • Self-improvement • Relationships • True Crime • Ethics • Arts in Education • Diversity and Inclusion • Business Success • Psychology • Journalism • Media 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 (2024-Oct-18 23:11 UTC): The Public Square Post Covid

Lives Well Lived Image Lives Well Lived
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22 episodes
2024
Median: 68 minutes
Collections: PhilosophySciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Ethics and philosophy • Interviews with influential figures • Neuroscience and psychology • Personal development and fulfillment • Social and environmental issues • Well-being and happiness

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.
Executive Producer - Rachel Barrett
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episode (2024-Oct-03 06:44 UTC): JOYCE CAROL OATES: reflections on life and art

Dwarkesh Podcast Image Dwarkesh Podcast
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76 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 91 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): AI advancements • semiconductor industry • historical analyses • longtermism and ethical discussions • technological and economic impacts • prominent guest interviews

Description (podcaster-provided): Deeply researched interviews
www.dwarkeshpatel.com

Latest episode (2024-Oct-02 14:19 UTC): Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) – How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

New Frontier Image New Frontier
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57 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 57 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Economists • Political Scientists • Philosophers • Society • Technology • Economy • Conflicts • Innovation • Defense • History • Culture • Religion • Policy • Trade • Philosophy

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

Paradigm Image Paradigm
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30 episodes
2023 to 2024
Median: 84 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Science • Technology • Time management • Artificial intelligence • Consciousness • Cosmology • Ethics • Evolution • Quantum physics • Misinformation • Free market economics • Neuroscience

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

Conversations With Coleman Image Conversations With Coleman
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181 episodes
2019 to 2024
Median: 67 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Honest conversations • Race, politics, and culture in the West • Intellectual discussions • Polarized issues • Debates on contemporary topics • Interviews with experts • Critiques of progressive ideologies • Philosophical insights

Description (podcaster-provided): Conversations with Coleman is home to honest conversations with leading intellectuals on polarised issues in the realm of race, politics and culture in the West.

Latest episode (2024-Sep-07 12:00 UTC): Live in Melbourne w/Josh Szeps

MULTIVERSES Image MULTIVERSES
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34 episodes
2023 to 2024
Median: 88 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy & science intersections • Quantum mechanics interpretations • AI & ethics • Animal consciousness • Language & evolution • Carbon capture & climate change • Genomics & genetics ethics • Poetry & thought experiments

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 (2024-Aug-27 06:00 UTC): 34| Animal Minds — Kristin Andrews on why assuming consciousness would aid science

Point of Inquiry Image Point of Inquiry
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650 episodes
2005 to 2024
Median: 36 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Science • Religion • Atheism • Secularism • Politics • Critical thinking • Skepticism • Social issues • Interviews with authors, scientists, and activists • Conspiracy theories • Historical perspectives

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.
Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins.
Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.

Latest episode (2024-Jul-19 16:03 UTC): Steve Hill on Point of Inquiry

The Neuromantics Image The Neuromantics
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24 episodes
2019 to 2024
Median: 47 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Neuroscience and psychology discussions • Literature and poetry analysis • Interdisciplinary dialogues on human behavior • Exploration of art, music, and culture • Scientific and philosophical themes • Academic and literary insights

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-Jun-24 15:37 UTC): The Neuromantics – S3, Ep 4

Futuremakers Image Futuremakers
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50 episodes
2018 to 2023
Median: 49 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Academic debates • Future societal issues • Mental health • Pandemics • Climate change • Artificial Intelligence • Quantum computing • Expert discussions

Description (podcaster-provided): Welcome to Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, where our academics debate key issues for the future of society.
Season Four: Brain and Mental Health
Season Three: The History of Pandemics
Season Two: Climate Change
Season One: Artificial Intelligence
Special Episode: A brief history of Quantum Computing

Latest episode (2023-Sep-21 13:30 UTC): S4 Ep9: Evidence-based strategies for suicide and self-harm prevention with Professor Seena Fazel

Context with Brad Harris Image Context with Brad Harris
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31 episodes
2018 to 2023
Median: 35 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Historical analysis • Modern world development • Science and philosophy • Cultural and social change • Influential books • Notable historians • Civilization rise and fall • Political and educational issues

Description (podcaster-provided): What led to the rise of the modern world? How have we made so much progress, and what are its consequences? What are humanity's best ideas? Join award-winning historian Brad Harris as he engages these fundamental questions and interprets the biggest historical forces that shape their answers, from the rise of civilization and the development of modern science to the spread of disease and the growth of globalization.

Latest episode (2023-May-17 15:24 UTC): Into the Trenches Once More

Four Thought Image Four Thought
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380 episodes
2011 to 2023
Median: 19 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Diverse personal stories • Cultural reflections • Social justice issues • Mental health challenges • Creative and artistic explorations • Environmental concerns • Philosophical discussions • Historical insights • Innovative ideas

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

Rationally Speaking Podcast Image Rationally Speaking Podcast
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263 episodes
2010 to 2021
Median: 51 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Skeptical analysis of science and pseudoscience • Philosophy and ethics discussions • Economic theories and social issues • Political analysis and strategy • Insights into technology and AI • Exploring human psychology and morality

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!
We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them."Rationally Speaking was co-created with Massimo Pigliucci, is produced by Benny Pollak, and is recorded in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village.

Latest episode (2021-Dec-23 16:02 UTC): Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye)

MeaningofLife.tv Image MeaningofLife.tv
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31 episodes
2021
Median: 60 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Philosophy • Science • Religion • Spirituality • Cognitive biases • Rationality • Quantum mechanics • Evolutionary psychology • Free will • Meditation practices • Social issues • Determinism • Consciousness

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)

Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS Image Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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27 episodes
2020 to 2021
Median: 46 minutes
Collections: PhilosophySciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Exploration of political philosophy • Influential thinkers and ideas • Historical and modern political contexts • Political crises and their impacts • Episodes covering a variety of subjects

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

The Big Idea Image The Big Idea
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42 episodes
2018 to 2020
Median: 10 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Exploring influential ideas • Science, economics, and psychology • Interviews with experts • Social, environmental, and ethical issues • Human behavior and emotions • Challenges of modern society

Description (podcaster-provided): What are the big ideas shaping our world now?

Latest episode (2020-Dec-19 08:50 UTC): Fighting pandemics

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast Image Think Again - a Big Think Podcast
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237 episodes
2015 to 2020
Median: 50 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

Themes (AI-generated): Intellectual conversations • Surprising ideas • Diverse guests • Philosophy and creativity • Social issues • Science and technology • Literature and storytelling • Personal experiences • Thought-provoking discussions

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