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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-Apr-13 17:14 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):

Across these podcasts, the episodes largely revolve around big-picture questions in science, philosophy, and public life, often approached through long-form interviews or roundtable discussions with researchers, writers, and practitioners. A major thread is the foundations of modern physics and mathematics: quantum measurement and paradoxes, time and causality (including time travel and “negative time” experiments), cosmology and the limits of inference in mapping dark matter, and conceptual work on infinity, logic, and abstract mathematical frameworks such as category theory and type theory. Several conversations emphasize how knowledge is produced and validated—why scientific “verification loops” can take decades, how models and assumptions shape what counts as evidence, and what it means to understand rather than merely generate outputs.

Another recurring theme is technology’s societal impact, especially rapid advances in AI. Episodes examine AI governance, corporate incentives, surveillance and privacy, agentic systems, labor displacement, concentrated power, and catastrophic risks spanning cyber and biosecurity. Alongside these are discussions of communication and trust—how institutions sustain cooperation, how misinformation and “conspiracy addiction” spread, and what changes when people increasingly interact with machines for advice, companionship, or meaning.

Politics and history form a second pillar: ideological “conversions,” populism, democracy under strain, war and strategy (notably Middle East conflict and the Russia–Ukraine war), and debates about American power, immigration, and citizenship. Cultural and humanistic subjects appear through episodes on translation, film, art history, oral tradition, education, religion’s public role, and moral concepts like humility, taste, forgiveness, and mattering. Personal well-being and intimate life are also explored via happiness research, trauma, overdiagnosis in medicine, sexuality and declining intimacy, and the search for purpose in an era of technological change.

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal Image Conversations with Coleman Image The Gray Area with Sean Illing Image Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria Image Intelligence Squared Image The Human Podcast Image Past Present Future Image The Michael Shermer Show Image Know Time Image Wonder Cabinet Image Ideas Image Making Sense with Sam Harris Image 80,000 Hours Podcast Image Robert Wright's Nonzero Image Lex Fridman Podcast Image Moral Maze Image Context with Brad Harris Image Within Reason Image Dwarkesh Podcast Image Converging Dialogues Image Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds Image Big Brains Image Lives Well Lived Image Conversations with Tyler Image Good Is In The Details Image Arts & Ideas Image Point of Inquiry Image MULTIVERSES Image

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ANOMALY Image The Neuromantics Image

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Paradigm Image

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Futuremakers Image Four Thought Image

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Rationally Speaking Podcast Image MeaningofLife.tv Image Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS Image

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The Big Idea Image Think Again - a Big Think Podcast Image