Podcast Episodes

Dave Rubin: A Pointless Partisan Pundit

Episode 66

Dave Rubin has always sought out a career in the spotlight, beginning with stand-up comedy and then becoming a pundit (of sorts) on shows like the Young Turks. From there he (in)famously came to pres…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Bill Maher: A boozy, stoned, liberal take on classic anti-vax tropes

Episode 65

Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host from the tail end of the baby-boomer generation. He's principally a centrist liberal in terms of his political leanings,…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Daniel Dennett: It's Evolution Baby

Episode 64

In this episode, we take a bit of a detour from current trends and examine a talk by the philosopher Daniel Dennett on evolution. Dennett rose to public prominence as one of the so-called four horsem…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

"Mini" Decoding of Konstantin Kisin's Oxford Union speech

Episode 63

Recently the Oxford Union (based in Oxford but distinct from the university) hosted a debate on "whether woke culture has gone too far". A very fresh question, and it's been good to see people finall…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Interview with Coffeezilla on Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and modern scammers

Episode 62

In this episode we are joined by the irrepressible "Coffeezilla" (aka Stephen Findeisen), a man who is, it's fair to say, kind of a big deal on YouTube. And rightly so! His channel focuses on exposi…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk: The Techno Shaman

Episode 61

So here we are rounding off 2022 with a Guru of the moment, Elon Musk.

Trust us, we want to stop hearing about him as much as you do but we have long had him scheduled as the finale for the tech seaso…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

DTG Christmas Special 2022 with Helen Lewis

Join us for this special festive episode in which we initiate the fledgling Gurologist (and occasional journalist and author) Helen Lewis into the deeper and more esoteric levels of Gurology. Helen m…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Guru Right to Reply with Jamie Wheal

Today we are joined by Jamie Wheal, who comprised a full one-third of the subjects covered on our prior "Sensemaking Cubed" episode also featuring Daniel Schmachtenberger and Jordan Hall. Jamie has k…

Published on 3 years ago

Interview with Manvir Singh on Gurus & Shamans

Episode 60

We are back with another academic-themed interview with the evolutionary/cultural/cognitive anthropologist Manvir Singh. That's right two anthropologists from the same relatively obscure field on the…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Robin DiAngelo: Matt and Chris struggle with their fragility

Episode 59

Racism is all around. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds white people together. And if you try to deny it, it only makes it stronger. That's Robin DiAngelo's thesis, anyway, and she calls th…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago