Podcast Episodes

Decoding Academia 33: The Great Müller-Lyer Debate from Fish Tanks to Eye Operations *Patreon Preview*

Welcome to another enlightening episode of Decoding Academia. In this bonus preview of our highly secretive Patreon content, we are discussing a controversial paper by Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone t…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Supplementary Material 31: Aquatic Nightmares, Strategic Obliviousness, & Race Realists

We venture into the darker corners of the gurusphere and marvel at some very, very brave individuals, their valiant efforts to play devil's advocate, and some world-class discourse surfing skills. Jo…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Shamanism and the Art of Charismatic Otherness with Manvir Singh

Episode 131

The Decoders welcome back cognitive anthropologist Manvir Singh for a continued exploration into the social and cognitive dimensions of shamanism. Building upon their earlier conversation, this episo…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump vs. Elon: The Gurusphere Reacts

There’s been a disturbance in the Gurusphere. Two of its central objects of worship are feuding. The guru’s guru, Elon Musk, and the MAGA God-King, Donald Trump, have finally turned on each other, tr…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supplementary Material 30: Decoding Irish Stew, Owl Hate, and Hypothetical Avoidance

Prepare for a hearty mix of culinary tips, avoidance of hypothetical scenarios, and the usual guru grievances. Will Jordan Peterson ever admit he's a Christian? Is it ever truly possible to understan…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Eric Weinstein vs. Sean Carroll: Pomp & Fury

Episode 130

In this medium-decoding episode, Matt and Chris turn their attention to an unlikely venue for cutting-edge theoretical physics: Piers Morgan Uncensored. There, Eric Weinstein, renegade genius and ube…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Supplementary Material 29: Sensemaking Evolved Relationship Constellations, Woke Lucifer, and Cancerous Outrage

We enter the ontological in-between to try and spin up our paradigms to understand the next stage in relationship technology, the horrific damage of modern medicine, how Lucifer connects with wokenes…

Published on 7 months ago

The All-In Podcast: How Tech Titans Besties Saved the World

Episode 129

Fresh from unbuckling their seatbelts on the Gliding Guru luxury jet and mooring the show’s mega-yacht, our decoders are feeling an unexpected surge of empathy for their last decoding subject, Gary S…

Published on 7 months ago

Supplementary Material 28: The Ultimate Geometric Unifying Cognitive-Theoretic Iceberg

We exercise our ethnographic muscles as we revel in the esoteric dynamics of Australian Pool Culture, the mysteries of Eric Weinstein's theories as revealed by Curt Jaimungal, and the contradictions …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Gurometer: Gary Stevenson

The podcast arrives at 'late stage' Gary discourse as Matt and Chris attempt to enter the man, the myth, and the legend, Gary Stevenson, into a reductive classification system (that once again includ…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago