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
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
Lab Leak Fever with Philipp Markolin
Join Matt and Chris as they dive into the controversy-ridden world of the lab leak theory, accompanied by biochemist-turned-author Philipp Markolin. Philipp details his journey into the abyss of lab l...
18 Okt 20251h 13min
Supplementary Material 38: Toxic Mould Symbiosis, Mild Phrenology, and the Best People in the World
We end the futile struggle, embrace the toxins, and become one with our mould brethren.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hours, 38 minutes).Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/De...
14 Okt 202549min
A Sense-Making Odyssey, Part 2: Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke & Jordan Hall
Matt and Chris once again take up their oars and plunge deeper into the recursive whirlpools of contemporary sensemaking. Picking up where Part 1 left off, having grappled with conscience, touchstones...
25 Sep 20252h 36min
