Supplementary Material 40: YouTube Builders, the Discourse Grind, and Sam Harris' Dinner Parties
We set down the Chardonnay at the latest heterodox dinner party and lean in for some hearty ‘civil discourse’ to once again defend the trembling pillars of Western civilization.The full episode is ava...
29 Nov 202542min
Stefan Molyneux, Part 1: A fun guy, who is here to help...
Welcome back to Cult Season, where we continue our sincere attempt to make you feel a little bit worse about the world and everything in it.This week, we turn to Stefan Molyneux, online pioneer, proli...
21 Nov 20253h 3min
Autism, Microbiomes, & Mice Burying Marbles with Kevin Mitchell
This week, we are joined by Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, who has committed the unforgivable sin of pointing out that an entire academic a...
18 Nov 20251h 26min
Right to Reply: A Dialogos about Sensemaking with Alexander Beiner
We are joined by Alexander Beiner, current founder of Kainos and former co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, to grapple with that eternally slippery concept: sensemaking. Naturally, this leads us through inter...
3 Nov 20251h 12min
Supplementary Material 39: Bad Guys, Panpsychists, and Sensemakers
Chris and Matt walk into a bar with an atheist sensemaker, an Ayurvedic Guru, and a Christian Apologist, and predictable frivolities ensue. Featuring not one but two good-natured, robust exchanges of ...
1 Nov 202537min
Required Readings: The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis
In another exciting Required Reading episode, Chris and Matt offer their penetrating, high IQ thoughts on the latest book by journalist and podcast quizmaster, Helen Lewis. Titled 'The Genius Myth: Th...
29 Okt 202516min
Discussing Nazis and Gurus with Al Murray
We welcome Al Murray, the comedian who might just be your new favourite historian, to Decoding the Gurus. In a crossover you probably didn’t expect, we discuss World War II, Wehraboos, gurus, and the ...
28 Okt 20251h 7min
Keith Raniere: The Serpent and the Cognitive Fog
Kicking off cult season, Chris and Matt take a dip into the manipulative world of NXIVM founder and self-proclaimed 200-IQ “Vanguard,” Keith Raniere, as he talks with his then-disciple and ex-Hollywoo...
26 Okt 20253h 8min
