Episodes (Page 5)
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Iain McGilchrist discusses the divided brain and lateralized consciousness in human cognition
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Andrew Mark Henry examines the Gospel of Thomas, an apocryphal early Christian text
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Elaine Pagels, prominent historian of religion, discusses the Gnostic Gospels and their discovery
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Coleman Hughes argues for removing race as a central category in political discourse
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Justin Sledge traces the historical development and evolution of Yahweh in ancient Near Eastern religions
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Rory Stewart, former UK minister and Afghanistan expert, critiques modern political dependency on crisis narratives
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A.C. Grayling explores property rights and ownership questions regarding celestial bodies
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Celebration episode acknowledging 750,000 YouTube subscribers
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Sam Harris argues that science can inform and constrain moral values through understanding human wellbeing
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Carlo Rovelli, theoretical physicist specializing in quantum gravity, explains counterintuitive nature of time
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William Lane Craig defends ethical justifications for Old Testament violence and slaughter
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Michael Knowles, conservative political commentator, addresses whether America was founded as Christian nation
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David Deutsch defends the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and multiverse reality
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Susan Neiman argues that leftist political philosophy and 'woke' ideology are fundamentally different, with the left grounded in Enlightenment values of reason and universal principles
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Robert Sapolsky presents neuroscientific evidence that free will is an illusion determined by biology, physics, and prior causes beyond our control
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The Cultural Tutor analyzes why modern architecture, urban design, and aesthetics have become increasingly ugly compared to historical periods
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Jason Brennan argues that democracy is flawed because voters are often poorly informed, irrational, and incompetent in their decision-making
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Jonathan Pageau critiques secular modernist architecture for abandoning symbolic meaning and sacred geometry that historically grounded human spaces
Secular Architecture
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Richard Dawkins defends his critique of religion, arguing that religious belief remains intellectually unjustified and socially harmful despite its persistence
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Sisyphus 55 explores how nihilistic philosophy has become intertwined with manosphere ideology and misogynistic online communities