Podcast Episodes

Sam Harris: Right to Reply

Episode 93

Sam Harris is an author, podcaster, public intellectual, ex-New Atheist, card-returning IDWer, and someone who likely needs no introduction. This is especially the case if you are a DTG listener as w…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

The Passion of the Jordan and the Wisdom of the Bret

Episode 92

Sometimes it's important to check in on old friends, just to make sure they're doing okay. That's the theme for today's episode. We felt it was necessary to pay an unannounced house call to our old p…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Mini Decoding: Yuval and the Philosophers

Episode 91

Join us for a mini decoding to get us back into the swing of things as we examine a viral clip that had religious reactionaries, sensemakers, and academic philosophers in a bit of a tizzy. Specifical…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

DTG's Face to Face Reflections 2024

In this episode, our intrepid hosts embrace a rare opportunity for sincere self-reflection, spurred by a face-to-face meeting in an inspiring ryokan in a Japanese mountain setting. The discussion del…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Mini-Decoding: Huberman on the Vaccine-Autism Controversy

Episode 90

Andrew Huberman, Stanford academic and host of a science-themed podcast, recently released an episode on Autism with guest Dr. Karen Parker. Considering the prevalence of misinformation about vaccine…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Sam Harris: Transcending it All?

Episode 89

Sam Harris is the subject today and a man who needs no introduction. Although he's come up and he's come on, we've never actually (technically) decoded him. There is no Gurometer score! A glaring omi…

Published on 2 years ago

DTG Christmas Quiz 2023 with Helen Lewis

Episode 88

Seasons greetings from Decoding the Gurus!

Time to grab a hot chocolate, cosy up to the fire, and wrack your brain to see how much attention you've been paying to all those gurus... that's right it is…

Published on 2 years ago

Red Scare: Bohemian Hipsterism x Reactionary Tradcaths

Episode 87

In today's joyous episode, we saunter into the loft apartment, take a draw on our gauloise, and glance icily into a world of bohemian hipsters living their best postmodern tradcath lives. Welcome to …

Published on 2 years ago

Interview with Daniël Lakens and Smriti Mehta on the state of Psychology

Episode 86

We are back with more geeky academic discussion than you can shake a stick at. This week we are doing our bit to save civilization by discussing issues in contemporary science, the replication crisis…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia: Self-enhancement, supplements & doughnuts?

Episode 85

In a kind of meta cross-over with our Decoding Academia series, we're going to decode a journal club discussion between two well-known health optimisers: Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Andrew Huberman. So y…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago