Podcast Episodes

Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview

"We try to stick to routines and we try to go through very long lists of tasks, often ignoring our mental health in the process. There is a lot more to think about on a daily basis, but our brains ha…

Published on 1 day, 23 hours ago

Berkeley professor explains gender theory | Judith Butler

Sex, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler. What if gender wasn't a predetermined reality, but a fluid construct formed by culture, history, and individua…

Published on 2 days, 1 hour ago

3 biases fueling belief in conspiracy theories | Brian Klaas

**Why do conspiracy theories spread like wildfire?** Our brains are wired to seek patterns, reject randomness, and crave compelling narratives. This makes us especially vulnerable to grand conspiraci…

Published on 2 days, 3 hours ago

The 3 most difficult types of coworkers and how to deal with them | Amy Gallo for Big Think+

Harvard Business Review editor Amy Gallo shares the three worst types of coworkers and how to deal with them. Positive work relationships, as Amy emphasizes, are not only nice to have but also cruci…

Published on 2 days, 5 hours ago

Manage your emotions, in 9 minutes

Emotions are ancient, but your method for managing them doesn’t have to be. Psychologist and author Ethan Kross shares how modern science has given us surprising tools to manage our emotional reactio…

Published on 2 days, 7 hours ago

We have the tools to fix our food system. Why aren’t we using them? | Hannah Ritchie

**We are eating our way into climate disaster.**

Even if fossil fuel emissions ended *today*, our current food systems alone would still push us past the 1.5°C global warming target—and nearly exha…

Published on 2 days, 11 hours ago

Michio Kaku has some news about simulation theory

Sorry, you’re not Neo and this isn’t "The Matrix." Michio Kaku gets real about simulation theory. Are we all just living in an elaborate simulation? After movies like "The Matrix" (1999) posited the…

Published on 2 days, 13 hours ago

Brian Cox: Why black holes could hold the secret to time and space | Full Interview

“Could black holes be the key to a quantum theory of gravity, a deeper theory of how reality, of how space and time works?” Black holes are forcing us to rethink everything we know about the very fou…

Published on 2 days, 15 hours ago

Michio Kaku: This could finally solve Einstein's unfinished equation | Full Interview

“An equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, that would allow us to, quote, 'Read the mind of God.'” What if everything we know about computing is on the verge of collapsing? Physicist Michio Ka…

Published on 2 days, 17 hours ago

The unexpected impact of AI on animals | Peter Singer

Can AI and animals coexist? Philosopher Peter Singer gives us a nuanced take on the issue. Philosopher Peter Singer explores the impact of AI on animals, using historical parallels in how humans have…

Published on 2 days, 19 hours ago