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Currents 049: Ashley Colby & Jason Snyder on Doomer Optimism
Season 1
Jim talks with Ashley Colby & Jason Snyder about the growing movement of Doomer Optimism... Jim talks with Ashley Colby & Jason Snyder about the gro…
4 years, 2 months ago
EP 151 Daniel Mezick on Ritual and Hierarchy
Season 1 Episode 151
Jim talks with Daniel Mezick about two books on leadership & social coherence, Michael Suk-Young Chwe's Rational Ritual & Christopher Boehm's Hierarc…
4 years, 2 months ago
Currents 048: Welf von Hören on Potential
Season 1
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Welf von Hören, co-founder of the recently beta-launched Potential app... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Welf von…
4 years, 3 months ago
EP 150 Jeremy Lent on the Web of Meaning
Season 1 Episode 150
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Jeremy Lent about his latest book, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place …
4 years, 3 months ago
Currents 047: Samuel Scarpino on the Epidemiology of Covid-19
Season 1
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Samuel Scarpino on Covid-19 epidemiology and disease surveillance... Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Samuel Scarpi…
4 years, 3 months ago
EP 149 Joshua Vial on Enspiral
Season 1 Episode 149
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with Joshua Vial, co-founder of the multifaceted social-impact support network Enspiral... Jim has a wide-ranging talk w…
4 years, 3 months ago
Currents 046: Henry Elkus & Sam Feinburg on Solving Societal Problems
Season 1
Jim talks with Henry Elkus and Sam Feinburg, founders of the global problem solving organization Helena...Jim talks with Henry Elkus and Sam Feinburg…
4 years, 4 months ago
EP148 Antonio Damasio on Feeling and Knowing
Season 1 Episode 148
Jim has a wide-ranging talk with neuroscientist Antonio Damasio about his latest book, Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious... Jim has a wide-ra…
4 years, 4 months ago
EP147 John Vervaeke Part 5: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Season 1 Episode 147
John Vervaeke joins Jim for the final episode of a five-part series examining the ideas put forward in Vervaeke’s popular YouTube series, Awakening f…
4 years, 4 months ago
Currents 045: Dorian Abbot on Protecting Academic Freedom
Season 1
Jim has a timely discussion with geophysicist Dorian Abbot, whose public lecture was recently canceled by MIT—Jim's alma mater—due to Dorian's views …
4 years, 4 months ago