Podcast Episodes

Roko’s Basilisk — The Thought That Dooms You

Season 1 Episode 253

What if the future could punish you… for what you didn’t do today?

In this episode, we explore Roko’s Basilisk—one of the most disturbing thought experiments ever created. Not because it’s science fic…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

The Fungus Theory - From a fungus to interstellar travel — with Mark L. Christensen

Season 1 Episode 252

What if consciousness isn’t static… but something that must grow?

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, I sit down with Mark L. Christensen, author of The Fungus Theory of Conscious Growth, renaissa…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

The Ring of Gyges — Who Are You When No One Is Watching?

Season 1 Episode 251

What would you do if you could act without consequences?

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we descend into one of the most unsettling thought experiments ever conceived — Plato’s Ring of Gyges.

A…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

The Chinese Room: Are we just machines?

Season 1 Episode 250

What does it really mean to understand something?

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most unsettling philosophical thought experiments ever proposed — John Searle’s C…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Heinz Dilemma: When Morality Has No Clean Answers

Season 1 Episode 249

In this gripping episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we step into one of the most uncomfortable yet revealing questions in all of moral psychology: The Heinz Dilemma.

You’ll be dropped into an immersive, …

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Gambler’s Fallacy

Season 1 Episode 248

In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most seductive illusions in human psychology: The Gambler’s Fallacy — the belief that after a streak of bad outcomes, a win is “due.”

But this isn’t about…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The Blitzkrieg Strategy

Season 1 Episode 247

In this episode, we break down one of the most misunderstood yet powerful principles of strategy: Blitzkrieg — often translated as “lightning war.” But beyond the battlefield, it’s a philosophy for l…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

The Overton Window: How Society Decides What You Think

Season 1 Episode 246

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive into one of the most powerful—and most invisible—forces shaping your worldview: The Overton Window.

You’ll discover how society defines what you’re “all…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Vocabulary: The Architecture of Thought

Season 1 Episode 245

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most overlooked performance enhancers in human development: vocabulary.

Your vocabulary is not about sounding intelligent — it’s ab…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

The Placebo Effect

Season 1 Episode 244

In this episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most misunderstood — yet most powerful — forces in human psychology: the placebo effect.

You’ll learn how belief alters biology, wh…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago