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Welcome to the Mindscape Podcast! |
July 1, 2018 |
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1 | Carol Tavris on Mistakes, Justification, and Cognitive Dissonance |
July 4, 2018 |
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2 | Carlo Rovelli on Quantum Mechanics, Spacetime, and Reality |
July 10, 2018 |
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3 | Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice |
July 11, 2018 |
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4 | Anthony Pinn on Humanism, Theology, and the Black Community |
July 12, 2018 |
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5 | Geoffrey West on Networks, Scaling, and the Pace of Life |
July 16, 2018 |
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6 | Liv Boeree on Poker, Aliens, and Thinking in Probabilities |
July 23, 2018 |
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7 | Yascha Mounk on Threats to Liberal Democracy |
July 30, 2018 |
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8 | Carl Zimmer on Heredity, DNA, and Editing Genes |
Aug. 6, 2018 |
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9 | Solo -- Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing? |
Aug. 13, 2018 |
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10 | Megan Rosenbloom on the Death Positive Movement |
Aug. 20, 2018 |
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11 | Mike Brown on Killing Pluto and Replacing It with Planet 9 |
Aug. 27, 2018 |
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12 | Wynton Marsalis on Jazz, Time, and America |
Sept. 4, 2018 |
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13 | Neha Narula on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of the Internet |
Sept. 8, 2018 |
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14 | Alta Charo on Bioethics and the Law |
Sept. 8, 2018 |
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain |
Sept. 8, 2018 |
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16 | Coleen Murphy on Aging, Biology, and the Future |
Oct. 1, 2018 |
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17 | Annalee Newitz on Science, Fiction, Economics, and Neurosis |
Oct. 8, 2018 |
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18 | Clifford Johnson on What's So Great About Superstring Theory |
Oct. 15, 2018 |
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19 | Tyler Cowen on Maximizing Growth and Thinking for the Future |
Oct. 22, 2018 |
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20 | Scott Derrickson on Cinema, Blockbusters, Horror, and Mystery |
Oct. 29, 2018 |
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21 | Alex Rosenberg on Naturalism, History, and Theory of Mind |
Nov. 5, 2018 |
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22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth |
Nov. 12, 2018 |
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23 | Lisa Aziz-Zadeh on Embodied Cognition, Mirror Neurons, and Empathy |
Nov. 19, 2018 |
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24 | Kip Thorne on Gravitational Waves, Time Travel, and Interstellar |
Nov. 26, 2018 |
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25 | David Chalmers on Consciousness, the Hard Problem, and Living in a Simulation |
Dec. 3, 2018 |
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26 | Ge Wang on Artful Design, Computers, and Music |
Dec. 10, 2018 |
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27 | Janna Levin on Black Holes, Chaos, and the Narrative of Science |
Dec. 17, 2018 |
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Holiday Message 2018 |
Dec. 24, 2018 |
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28 | Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Consciousness, and the Universe |
Jan. 7, 2019 |
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29 | Raychelle Burks on the Chemistry of Murder |
Jan. 14, 2019 |
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30 | Derek Leben on Ethics for Robots and Artificial Intelligences |
Jan. 21, 2019 |
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31 | Brian Greene on the Multiverse, Inflation, and the String Theory Landscape |
Jan. 28, 2019 |
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32 | Naomi Oreskes on Climate Change and the Distortion of Scientific Facts |
Feb. 4, 2019 |
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33 | James Ladyman on Reality, Metaphysics, and Complexity |
Feb. 11, 2019 |
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34 | Paul Bloom on Empathy, Rationality, Morality, and Cruelty |
Feb. 18, 2019 |
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35 | Jessica Yellin on The Changing Ways We Get Our News |
Feb. 25, 2019 |
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36 | David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds |
March 4, 2019 |
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37 | Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy |
March 11, 2019 |
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38 | Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist’s Sense of Meaning |
March 18, 2019 |
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39 | Malcolm MacIver on Sensing, Consciousness, and Imagination |
March 25, 2019 |
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40 | Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology |
April 1, 2019 |
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41 | Steven Strogatz on Synchronization, Networks, and the Emergence of Complex Behavior |
April 8, 2019 |
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42 | Natalya Bailey on Navigating Earth Orbit and Beyond |
April 15, 2019 |
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43 | Matthew Luczy on the Pleasures of Wine |
April 22, 2019 |
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44 | Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity |
April 29, 2019 |
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45 | Leonard Susskind on Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, and Holography |
May 6, 2019 |
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46 | Kate Darling on Our Connections with Robots |
May 13, 2019 |
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47 | Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General |
May 20, 2019 |
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48 | Marq de Villiers on Hell and Damnation |
May 27, 2019 |
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49 | Nicholas Christakis on Humanity, Biology, and What Makes Us Good |
June 3, 2019 |
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50 | Patricia Churchland on Conscience, Morality, and the Brain |
June 10, 2019 |
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51 | Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information |
June 17, 2019 |
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52 | Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games |
June 24, 2019 |
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53 | Solo -- On Morality and Rationality |
July 1, 2019 |
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54 | Indre Viskontas on Music and the Brain |
July 8, 2019 |
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55 | A Conversation with Rob Reid on Quantum Mechanics and Many Worlds |
July 15, 2019 |
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56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life |
July 22, 2019 |
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57 | Astra Taylor on the Promise and Challenge of Democracy |
July 29, 2019 |
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58 | Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity |
Aug. 5, 2019 |
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59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics |
Aug. 12, 2019 |
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60 | Lynne Kelly on Memory Palaces, Ancient and Modern |
Aug. 19, 2019 |
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61 | Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices and What to Do About Them |
Aug. 26, 2019 |
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62 | Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and People |
Sept. 2, 2019 |
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63 | Solo -- Finding Gravity Within Quantum Mechanics |
Sept. 9, 2019 |
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64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future |
Sept. 16, 2019 |
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65 | Michael Mann on Why Our Climate Is Changing and How We Know |
Sept. 23, 2019 |
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66 | Will Wilkinson on Partisan Polarization and the Urban/Rural Divide |
Sept. 30, 2019 |
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67 | Kate Jeffery on Entropy, Complexity, and Evolution |
Oct. 7, 2019 |
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68 | Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Common Sense |
Oct. 14, 2019 |
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69 | Cory Doctorow on Technology, Monopoly, and the Future of the Internet |
Oct. 21, 2019 |
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70 | Katie Mack on How the Universe Will End |
Oct. 28, 2019 |
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71 | Philip Goff on Consciousness Everywhere |
Nov. 4, 2019 |
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72 | César Hidalgo on Information in Societies, Economies, and the Universe |
Nov. 11, 2019 |
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73 | Grimes (c) on Music, Creativity, and Digital Personae |
Nov. 18, 2019 |
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74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics |
Nov. 25, 2019 |
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75 | Max Tegmark on Reality, Simulation, and the Multiverse |
Dec. 2, 2019 |
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76 | Ned Hall on Possible Worlds and the Laws of Nature |
Dec. 9, 2019 |
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77 | Azra Raza on The Way We Should Fight Cancer |
Dec. 16, 2019 |
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Holiday Message 2019: On Publishing Books |
Dec. 22, 2019 |
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78 | Daniel Dennett on Minds, Patterns, and the Scientific Image |
Jan. 6, 2020 |
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79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life |
Jan. 13, 2020 |
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80 | Jenann Ismael on Connecting Physics to the World of Experience |
Jan. 20, 2020 |
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81 | Ezra Klein on Politics, Polarization, and Identity |
Jan. 27, 2020 |
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82 | Robin Carhart-Harris on Psychedelics and the Brain |
Feb. 3, 2020 |
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83 | Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity, Stories, and Cosmopolitanism |
Feb. 10, 2020 |
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84 | Suresh Naidu on Capitalism, Monopsony, and Inequality |
Feb. 17, 2020 |
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85 | L.A. Paul on Transformative Experiences and Your Future Selves |
Feb. 24, 2020 |
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86 | Martin Rees on Threats to Humanity, Prospects for Posthumanity, and Life in the Universe |
March 2, 2020 |
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87 | Karl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free Energy |
March 9, 2020 |
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88 | Neil Shubin on Evolution, Genes, and Dramatic Transitions |
March 16, 2020 |
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Tara Smith on Coronavirus, Pandemics, and What We Can Do |
March 18, 2020 |
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89 | Lera Boroditsky on Language, Thought, Space, and Time |
March 23, 2020 |
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90 | David Kaiser on Science, Money, and Power |
March 30, 2020 |
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91 | Scott Barry Kaufman on the Psychology of Transcendence |
April 6, 2020 |
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92 | Kevin Hand on Life Elsewhere in the Solar System |
April 13, 2020 |
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93 | Rae Wynn-Grant on Bears, Humans, and Other Predators |
April 20, 2020 |
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94 | Stuart Russell on Making Artificial Intelligence Compatible with Humans |
April 27, 2020 |
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95 | Liam Kofi Bright on Knowledge, Truth, and Science |
May 4, 2020 |
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96 | Lina Necib on What and Where the Dark Matter Is |
May 11, 2020 |
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