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What Does It Mean to Live a Fulfilling Life? The Candy Ken Show
What does it mean to live a fulfilling life? Why should we commit to one person? Why are we as a society so obsessed with wealth? And why do I consid…
1 year, 7 months ago
How I Lost the Nobel Prize and What I Learned from the Experience w/ Jordan Harbinger
What’s it like to almost win and then lose the Nobel Prize?
In 2014, using the BICEP2 telescope, we believed we had caught a glimpse of the spark tha…
1 year, 7 months ago
Giving the Devil His Due: In Defense of Free Speech w/ Michael Shermer
If we can censor one person, we can censor everyone.
Our freedom is strongly linked to other people's freedom ... Even those with whom we disagree.
T…
1 year, 7 months ago
Richard Dawkins On Genes, Memes, AI, Religion, and Life Beyond Earth
Episode 454
Why are men's sex drives so strong? Can genetic information be destroyed? And why does the desert lizard have such intricate patterns?
I had the extr…
1 year, 7 months ago
What It Takes to Achieve Great Scientific Breakthroughs w/ Rick Walker
Episode 453
What does it take to achieve great breakthroughs in science? What makes Galileo’s approach to science still relevant today? And why is it essential f…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Truth About Terrence Howard's Patents: Part 2
Getting it right is the hallmark of any great scientist. And when we don’t, we should be able to say we were wrong.
In part 2 of debunking all the cla…
1 year, 7 months ago
Pentagon’s Former UFO Chief Speaks Out On UAPs & Government Secrets | Sean Kirkpatrick
Episode 451
Have you ever wondered what’s happening inside the US government’s UFO program? How far has our hunt for aliens come? Are they hiding evidence of ali…
1 year, 7 months ago
Can Cosmic Strings Solve The Early Galaxy Problem? | Robert Brandenberger
Cosmic strings, theorized as topological defects from the early universe, are being explored for their potential to solve significant cosmological pu…
1 year, 7 months ago
Perspectives on the Theory of Everything with Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, & Lee Smolin
Are we any closer to understanding the fundamental nature of reality?
Experimental evidence for any current Theory of Everything is, at best, inconclu…
1 year, 7 months ago
The MASSIVE STEM Graduate Exodus - What’s Going Wrong? | John Skrentny
Episode 448
Did you know that most STEM graduates don't end up working in STEM fields?
This surprising fact isn’t due to a lack of demand—tech companies dominate …
1 year, 8 months ago