Podcast Episodes

Eliezer Yudkowksy: AI is going to kill us all

Episode 74

Thought experiment: Imagine you're a human, in a box, surrounded by an alien civilisation, but you don't like the aliens, because they have facilities where they bop the heads of little aliens, but t…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Interview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship Debates

Episode 73

We are joined by Renée DiResta a writer and researcher at the Stanford Internet Observatory. Renée has done a lot of interesting work on disinformation and influence campaigns. Including leading an i…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan

Episode 72

Our short-lived Christopher Hitchens ends in our second episode and full-length decoding of the punchy Brit.

This time we are examining one of his well-known religion-themed debates, debating the que…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens

Episode 71

We are back for an interview with the author and independent writer Matt Johnson discussing the New Atheist hero and legendary debater, Christopher Hitchens. The other Matt recently published a book …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens

Episode 71

We are back for an interview with the author and independent writer Matt Johnson discussing the New Atheist hero and legendary debater, Christopher Hitchens. The other Matt recently published a book …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Oprah Winfrey: Self Actualising Your Destiny

Episode 70

Oprah Winfrey is someone who truly needs no introduction. She's a legend of daytime television, a warm and charismatic juggernaut who steam-rolled her way to the very apex of media success. Now, an e…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

"Mini" Decoding of Matthew Goodwin & Interview with Paul Bloom

Episode 69

Apologies everyone, we've been compelled to break our 'golden rule' of interspersing decoding episodes with interview episodes. However, the opportunity to talk to the well-known psychologist, Profes…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Interview with Travis View: QANon & Modern Conspiracies

Episode 68

If you have managed to avoid the phenomenon of QAnon up until now, then congratulations! Your life is likely better for not knowing. Sadly many of us have been forced not only to learn about the 'eni…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Interview with Worobey, Andersen & Holmes: The Lab Leak

Episode 67

The question of the SARS-CoV-2 origin: whether it was a zoonotic spillover from a wet market, or an engineered virus that escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is seemingly a debate that will…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Interview with Woroby, Anderson & Homes: The Lab Leak

Episode 67

The question of the SARS-CoV-2 origin: whether it was zoonotic spillover from a wet market, or an engineered virus that escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, is seemingly a debate that will n…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago