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#372 — Life & Work
Making Sense with Sam Harris - June 24, 2024 15:56 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 25.2K ratingsSam Harris speaks with George Saunders about his creative process. They discuss George’s involvement with Buddhism, the importance of kindness, psychedelics, writing as a practice, the work of Raymond Carver, the problem of social media, our current political moment, the role of fame in American...
#112 - Controlling the Narrative: Faith of our Fathers - Stoddard and Cotton
Controlling the Narrative - June 24, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutesSupport the Show.
Adam Alter | Getting Unstuck When It Matters Most
Mentally Flexible - June 23, 2024 15:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsAdam Alter is a Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business with an affiliated appointment in the NYU’s Psychology Department. Adam is the New York Times bestselling author of two books: Irresistible (March, 2017), which considers why so many people today are addicte...
How global government pushes censorship
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 21, 2024 16:14 - 32 minutesPaul Coleman is executive director of Alliance Defending Freedom and has been involved in more than 20 cases before the European Court of Human Rights. He is the author of Censored (2016), about the rise of European hate crime laws. He joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to demystify the inner workings...
Birdie in the Cage
Radiolab - June 21, 2024 14:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsPeople have been doing the square dance since before the Declaration of Independence. But does that mean it should be THE American folk dance? That question took us on a journey from Appalachian front porches, to dance classes across our nation, to the halls of Congress, and finally a Kansas Cit...
Brooke Lavelle: Engaged spirituality for transforming self and world | Living Mirrors #129
Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke - June 21, 2024 11:44 - 54 minutesBrooke Lavelle is the Co-Founder and President of the Courage of Care Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to facilitating personal and social transformation through relational compassion training, anti-oppressive pedagogies, and systems and community organizing tools. She holds a PhD in Buddhist Stu...
The Scam of School Vouchers (with Nick Fish of American Atheists)
TheThinkingAtheist - June 21, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsSupporters say they're about "choice," but school voucher programs are a weapon against education. Nick Fish, president of American Atheists, weighs in. LINKS: http://www.atheists.org/signup http://www.au.org Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheis...
Trump Hates Milwaukee (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)
Bloggingheads.tv: The DMZ - June 20, 2024 09:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsMatt's big announcement ... What's the import of "cheapfakes"? ... Has Trump set debate expectations too low? ... Does it matter that Trump insulted Milwaukee? ... Will attacking Trump as a criminal work? ... Why is Trump outsourcing GOTV to Charlie Kirk? ...
Trump Hates Milwaukee (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 20, 2024 09:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsMatt's big announcement ... What's the import of "cheapfakes"? ... Has Trump set debate expectations too low? ... Does it matter that Trump insulted Milwaukee? ... Will attacking Trump as a criminal work? ... Why is Trump outsourcing GOTV to Charlie Kirk? ...
Elon, Sex, AI, and Free Will (among other things) (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 18, 2024 22:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsBob re-enters reality ... Elon’s X-rated horse-trading ... What do LLMs really say about the “blank slate” view of the mind? ... Bob challenges Paul to meditate—will Paul retreat? ... Have Bob’s views changed since writing Nonzero? ... Paul’s and Bob’s (semi-compatible) views on free ... H...
Hard Knocks: Who Are the Jehovah's Witnesses? (with Owen Morgan)
TheThinkingAtheist - June 18, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsEx-JW Owen Morgan pulls back the curtain on this mysterious cult. https://owenmorgan.com VIDEO of this conversation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
279 | Ellen Langer on Mindfulness and the Body
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - June 17, 2024 11:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsFor those of us who are not dualists, the mind arises from our physical bodies -- mostly the brain, but the rest of the body has a role to play. And yet it remains tempting to treat the mind as a thing in itself, disconnected from how the body is doing. Ellen Langer is a psychologist wh...
AMA: Inner Space Institute & retreat update, living life well, idealism, breathwork
Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke - June 16, 2024 12:41 - 25 minutesAMA on Inner Space Institute & retreat updates, living life well, idealism, & breathwork.
Confessions of a Black Conservative (Robert Wright & Glenn Loury)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 14, 2024 18:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsGlenn’s very unvarnished memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative ... Glenn’s unusual urban upbringing ... Is Glenn’s sermon for black men hypocritical? ... Glenn’s double life at Harvard ... How it all came crashing down ... Is Glenn’s book *too* honest? ... Heading t...
#371 — What the Hell Is Happening?
Making Sense with Sam Harris - June 14, 2024 17:14 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 25.2K ratingsSam Harris speaks to Bill Maher about the state of the world. They discuss the aftermath of October 7th, the cowardice and confusion of many celebrities, gender apartheid, the failures of the Biden campaign, Bill’s relationship to his audience, the differences between the left and right, Megyn K...
Aphantasia
Radiolab - June 14, 2024 14:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsClose your eyes and imagine a red apple. What do you see? Turns out there’s a whole spectrum of answers to that question and Producer Sindhu Gnanasambandan is on one far end. In this episode, she explores what it means to see – and not see – in your mind. Special thanks to Kim Nederveen Pieters...
Climate, risk, and the rise of agriculture
Many Minds - June 12, 2024 10:00 - 1 hourIt's an enduring puzzle. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors were nomadic, ranging over large territories, hunting and gathering for sustenance. Then, beginning roughly 12,000 years ago, we pivoted. Within a short timeframe—in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas—humans...
Episode 286: Laugh and the World Laughs With You
Very Bad Wizards - June 11, 2024 18:58 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsDavid and Tamler dive into the mysteries at the heart of Park Chan-wook’s deeply disturbing masterpiece "Oldboy" (2003). An ordinary man, Oh Dae-su, is imprisoned for 15 years in an old, windowless hotel room. After being abruptly released Oh Dae-su embarks on a mission to discover why he was im...
Beliefs, the Bible, & Brain Freeze: with Matt Dillahunty (and Kat)
TheThinkingAtheist - June 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsActivist Matt Dillahunty joins us to talk about everything from Alex Jones to the Red Letter Bible to Transhumanism. Atheist Debates Matt's Patreon VIDEO of this conversation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
Listen Now: Wow in the World's Summer of Wow!
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - June 11, 2024 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWow in the World is the #1 science podcast for kids and their grown-ups. Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz share stories about the latest news in science, technology, and innovation. Stories that give kids hope, agency and make us all say "WOW"! New episodes come out every Monday. Listen ...
The Last Episode. Elizabeth Saunders on How Democracies Wage War and Make Peace
Democracy Paradox - June 11, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutesWe've often compared democratic national security and autocratic security making in terms of autocratic elites and democratic voters. My argument is not that all democracies are the same, but I do think we ought to be thinking about autocratic elites and democratic elites and voters. Elizabeth ...
Election deep dive: Europe turns Right
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 10, 2024 22:08 - 1 hourIs a rightward shift really hitting Europe? Regular UnHerd contributors Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Thomas Fazi and Ralph Schoellhammer react to the breaking news of the European elections, with Freddie Sayers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
AI, Techno-optimism, and Cosmic Purpose (Robert Wright & Kevin Kelly)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 10, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsKevin’s place in cyberspace history ... Are we grappling with the pace of tech progress rationally? ... Why Kevin identifies as a techno-optimist ... Is it too early to regulate AI? ... The noosphere, the technium, and species of mind ... Do AI doomers think too highly of thinking? ... Evol...
#111 - Controlling the Narrative : Faith of our Fathers: The Puritan's Gospel
Controlling the Narrative - June 10, 2024 16:00 - 49 minutesSupport the Show.
278 | Kieran Healy on the Technology of Ranking People
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - June 10, 2024 12:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWe claim to love all of our children, friends, and students equally. But perhaps deep down you assign a ranking to them, from favorite to not-so-favorite. Ranking and quantifying people is an irresistible human tendency, and modern technology has made it ubiquitous. In this episode I ta...
Kyle Kowalski: Mastering the Art of Living in a World Starving for Wisdom
Through Conversations - June 10, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Kyle Kowalski, founder of Sloww.co, discusses the Four Stages of Life and his Wise Walk Project, which emphasizes life-long learning and the benefits of slow living. He shares his personal journey of giving up alcohol and how it has contributed to his approach to a more delibera...
Alexandre Christoyannopoulos on Christian Anarchism | Living Mirrors #128
Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke - June 07, 2024 16:30 - 1 hourAlexandre Christoyannopoulos is a political scholar and leading expert on Christian Anarchism, based at Loughborough University. His PhD on this topic was published as the book Christian Anarchism, a leading scholarly text in this area. He is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of...
"Crimes Against Humanity"? A Defense of Dr. Anthony Fauci
TheThinkingAtheist - June 07, 2024 16:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsIn the minds of many, immunologist and public health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has become an enemy of the people. Who is this man, and what is driving public hatred toward him? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
The Alien Mind of AI (Robert Wright & Steven Pinker)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 06, 2024 21:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsAI's human-like, but inhuman, language skills ... Bob argues that LLMs don’t vindicate the ‘blank slate’ view of the mind ... Do humans and AIs acquire language in totally different ways? ... Will AIs ever quit hallucinating? ... The importance (or not) of “embodied cognition” ... What is ...
#370 — Gender Apartheid and the Future of Iran
Making Sense with Sam Harris - June 06, 2024 19:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25.2K ratingsIn today’s housekeeping, Sam explains his digital business model. He and Yasmine Mohammed (co-host) then speak with Masih Alinejad about gender apartheid in Iran. They discuss the Iranian revolution, the hypocrisy of Western feminists, the morality police and the significance of the hijab, the M...
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