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SciPhi-Adjacent Podcast Collection

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.

Updated: 2026-Jul-27 17:13 UTC. Podcasts listed: 38. 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 largely revolve around big, often contested questions about how the world works and how we should live in it, mixing long-form interviews, lectures, and panel-style discussions. A substantial portion focuses on foundational issues in physics and philosophy of science, including quantum mechanics (measurement, nonlocality, and competing interpretations such as Many Worlds), the nature of time and relativity, and alternative approaches to gravity and cosmology that aim to explain puzzles like dark matter, dark energy, and black hole singularities. Alongside technical exposition, there is sustained attention to the conceptual scaffolding of science: what counts as evidence, how probability should be understood, why nature seems “law-governed,” and what it means to investigate “reality” or “existence,” including puzzles about reference to fictional or nonexistent objects.

Another recurring theme is artificial intelligence as a social, political, and ethical stress test. Episodes examine the beliefs and incentives of people building advanced AI, the risks of arms races, governance and regulation efforts, shifting public opinion and “AI populism,” and AI’s effects on work, education, childhood development, and culture. Several conversations extend this to human relationships, exploring loneliness, AI companions, virtual intimacy, and “digital resurrection” in grief, as well as questions about machine consciousness and moral status.

Across the set there is also wide-ranging coverage of public life: geopolitical conflict and the future of US power, democratic stability and founding myths, misinformation and echo chambers, ethics of knowledge, utilitarianism and its political implications, and debates about elites, leadership, and institutional performance. Interwoven are episodes on history, literature, art, linguistics, biology and health, conservation, and practical expertise—from forensic science to space exploration and strategic thinking in games and sport—framed as ways of understanding human behavior and modern society.

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Futuremakers Image Four Thought Image

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