Notable Guests
QG
Quantum Gravity
3x
AH
Adam Rutherford on Humans
1x
AC
Alison Gopnik on Children
1x
AT
Alan Lightman on Transcendence
1x
AN
Alex Rosenberg on Naturalism
1x
AS
Alice Dreger on Sexuality
1x
AD
Addy Pross on Dynamics
1x
AO
All at Once
1x
AM
Ancient and Modern
1x
AF
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
1x
AM
Andrew Jaffe on Models
1x
AE
Anil Seth on Emergence
1x
AS
Annalee Newitz on Science
1x
AG
Adam Gurri
1x
Recent Episodes
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Alvin Roth discusses how economic markets efficiently determine prices.
04:06:12
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Bing Brunton discusses the brain's connectome, its neural wiring diagram.
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Discussed consequentialism, utilitarianism, and metaethical questions with Peter Singer.
Peter Singer
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J. Eric Oliver discusses the complexity of understanding our "self."
03:46:32
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Daniel Harlow discusses the challenge of reconciling general relativity with quantum mechanics.
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Jessica Riskin discusses Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and his ideas on life's creative agency.
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Andrew Ferguson discusses the Panopticon and modern surveillance.
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Erica Cartmill explores intelligence differences between humans and animals.
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March 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape.
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Adam Elga on rationality amidst uncertainty.
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Adam Gurri discusses the historical trend towards democracy and individual rights.
Adam Gurri
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Explored the nature of human thinking and reasoning processes.
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Answering listener questions submitted via Patreon.
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Discussed evolutionary convergence and divergence in species.
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Explored maintenance as a fundamental organizing principle.
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Explored the meaning of 'mattering' to ourselves and others.
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Debated whether consciousness requires a biological substrate.
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Reflecting on the value of higher education beyond economic benefits.