Podcast Episodes

#87 - Gullibility, Belief, and Conformity (with Hugo Mercier)

Ben and Vaden test their French skills and have Hugo Mercier on the podcast to discuss who we trust and what we believe. Are humans gullible? Do we f…

1 year, 2 months ago

#86 (Reaction) - On Confidence and Evidence: Reacting to Brett Hall and Peter Boghossian (Part 2)

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1 year, 3 months ago

#85 (Reaction) - On Confidence and Evidence: Reacting to Brett Hall and Peter Boghossian (Part 1)

We all knew that Vaden would release his inner Youtube debate bro at some point. Well he finally paid Ben enough to do it, and here we are: our first…

1 year, 4 months ago

#84 - A Primer on Not Born Yesterday by Hugo Mercier

Some thoughts (arguments?) on Hugo Mercier's Not Born Yesterday, which advances the thesis that humans are not as gullible as is commonly thought. Th…

1 year, 4 months ago

#83 - The Anxious Generation Round II: Alternative Explanations

Round two on the anxious generation. Well, honestly, round three. But we had a false start with round two, which is why this episode is a little late…

1 year, 5 months ago

#82 - Are Screens Really That Bad? Critiquing Jon Haidt's "The Anxious Generation"

Anxiety, dispair, loneliness, depression -- all we need is a social media recession! A popular thesis is that All The Bad Things things are on the ri…

1 year, 6 months ago

#81 - What Does Critical Rationalism Get Wrong? (w/ Kasra)

As whores for criticism, we wanted to have Kasra on to discuss his essay The Deutschian Deadend. Kasra claims that Popper and Deutsch are fundamental…

1 year, 7 months ago

#80 (C&R Series, Chap. 7) - Dare to Know: Immanuel Kant and the Enlightenment

Immanuel Kant was popular at his death. The whole town emptied out to see him. His last words were "it is good". But was his philosophy any good? In …

1 year, 7 months ago

#79 (Bonus) - The Mitford Sisters

Hope everyone is having a great holiday! Today we're releasing a short lil' bonus episode from the patreon archives before we get back into the serio…

1 year, 8 months ago

#78 - What could Karl Popper have learned from Vladimir Nabokov? (w/ Brian Boyd)

Where do you arrive if you follow Vaden's obsessions to their terminus? You arrive at Brian Boyd, the world expert on the two titanic thinkers of the…

1 year, 9 months ago