Podcast Episodes

Special Episode: Interview with Stuart Ritchie on Hunter Gatherers in the 21st Century, covid skeptics, and bad science

Episode 27

This week we have an engaging interview with the scientist, author, and public science communicator Stuart Ritchie. Stuart wrote the excellent 'Science Fictions: Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and …

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Jordan Hall: Sensemaking, or the superficial pitter-patter on the neocortex?

Episode 26

This episode is about sense-making... if you are not sick of that term yet, trust us, you soon will be.

To get things rolling, Matt and Chris launch the podcast with a pair of rants. Chris vents about…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Special Episode: Welcome to Weinstein World with special guest David Pizarro

The Weinstein brothers have been busy bees over the past few weeks/months(!) and it left Matt and Chris with a conundrum. How do they cover them as part of an intro segment without it turning into a …

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Gad Saad: Oh my Gad, it's the Saadfather!

Episode 25

Gad Saad is a Professor of Marketing at Concordia University, author of The Consuming Instinct and, more recently, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense. Self described as…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Special Episode: Interview with Robert Wright on crackpots, gurus, and modern media ecosystems

Episode 24

This week we welcome the author, journalist, and podcaster Robert Wright. Robert wrote the popular (and provocative!) book 'Why Buddhism is True' and has hosted many interesting discussions and debat…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Special Episode: Interview with Evan Thompson on Buddhist Exceptionalism

Episode 23

We class up the podcast this week with another special interview with a philosopher specialising in Asian philosophical traditions, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind.

In our discussion with Ev…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Carl Sagan: My God, it's full of stars

Episode 22

In the second instalment of the personal gurus season we take a look at Matt's childhood science guru: the famed astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan.

Sagan's regarded as an intellectual he…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Special Episode: Interview with Daniel Harper on the Far Right & IDW Criticism

In this episode we have an engaging discussion with Daniel Harper host of the anti-fascist podcast 'I Don't Speak German' about his experience covering the Far Right and what constitutes responsible …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Special Episode: Interview with Amanda Montell on Cultish Linguistics

Episode 21

Amanda Montell is an author, linguist, and podcaster with a new book 'Cultish' on "how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language" to manipulate fo…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Anthony DeMello: The Bob Ross of Spiritual Gurus?

Episode 20

Well, the hosts have had a good long taste of the culture wars and friends, it is a bitter, bitter draught. As a palette cleanser, we return to a simpler time, a better(?) time... The 1980's! When Ch…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago