Decoding the Gurus

Decoding the Gurus

An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur? Join us and let's find out!

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Interview with Mick West: UFOs, Aliens, and Conspiracy Psychology

Interview with Mick West: UFOs, Aliens, and Conspiracy Psychology

UFOs are all the rage now, and it's certainly a topic that excites many of our gurus *cough* <Eric Weinstein>. Hidden mysteries, advanced technologies, conspiracies, and government cover-ups. What's n...

17 Jun 20231h 44min

Eliezer Yudkowksy: AI is going to kill us all

Eliezer Yudkowksy: AI is going to kill us all

Thought experiment: Imagine you're a human, in a box, surrounded by an alien civilisation, but you don't like the aliens, because they have facilities where they bop the heads of little aliens, but th...

10 Jun 20233h 21min

Interview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship Debates

Interview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship Debates

We are joined by Renée DiResta a writer and researcher at the Stanford Internet Observatory. Renée has done a lot of interesting work on disinformation and influence campaigns. Including leading an in...

20 Mai 20232h 20min

Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan

Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan

Our short-lived Christopher Hitchens ends in our second episode and full-length decoding of the punchy Brit. This time we are examining one of his well-known religion-themed debates, debating the ques...

15 Mai 20232h 22min

Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens

Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens

We are back for an interview with the author and independent writer Matt Johnson discussing the New Atheist hero and legendary debater, Christopher Hitchens. The other Matt recently published a book c...

9 Mai 20232h 19min

Oprah Winfrey: Self Actualising Your Destiny

Oprah Winfrey: Self Actualising Your Destiny

Oprah Winfrey is someone who truly needs no introduction. She's a legend of daytime television, a warm and charismatic juggernaut who steam-rolled her way to the very apex of media success. Now, an ex...

16 Apr 20232h 11min

"Mini" Decoding of Matthew Goodwin & Interview with Paul Bloom

"Mini" Decoding of Matthew Goodwin & Interview with Paul Bloom

Apologies everyone, we've been compelled to break our 'golden rule' of interspersing decoding episodes with interview episodes. However, the opportunity to talk to the well-known psychologist, Profess...

8 Apr 20232h 47min

Interview with Travis View: QANon & Modern Conspiracies

Interview with Travis View: QANon & Modern Conspiracies

If you have managed to avoid the phenomenon of QAnon up until now, then congratulations! Your life is likely better for not knowing. Sadly many of us have been forced not only to learn about the 'enig...

25 Mar 20231h 48min

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