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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 p…
4 years, 7 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…
4 years, 7 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…
4 years, 7 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…
4 years, 7 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 …
4 years, 8 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 coveri…
4 years, 8 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…
4 years, 8 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 sim…
4 years, 9 months ago
Special Episode: Interview with Jesse Singal on Quick Fix Psychology
Episode 19
Another week and another extra special interview with journalist, podcaster, and Twitter outrage lightning rod, Jesse Singal.
We discuss his new book …
4 years, 9 months ago
Special Episode: Interview with Tim Nguyen on Geometric Unity
Despite promising to leave Weinstein world for an overdue holiday, Matt and Chris have been lured back by a world shattering theory with a cosmic vis…
4 years, 9 months ago