PREMIUM: "In-Groups & Out-Groups" with social psychologist Jolanda Jetten
Are you defined by your identities? Where do you rank in the hierarchy of your social group, either online or in real life? How are the boundaries of your communities policed? By whom? In an era of so...
10 Jul 202532min
“Josh vs the Anti-Gay-Parenting Activist” Katy Faust
Katy Faust is a family-values activist who campaigns against all families that don't contain a biological mother and father. A rockstar among American conservatives, she's the founder of the children'...
7 Jul 20252h 3min
"Artificial Intelligence in a Human World" with Prof. Toby Walsh
Is it legit for tech companies to vacuum up everything humans create, to spin off A.I. content, and not to compensate humans? Will this world of creative artificial creatures promote or corrode human ...
3 Jul 202550min
"Should We Ban Extreme Wealth?” with Prof. Carl Rhodes
Is there something broken about a world where some people are absurdly, insanely rich? Or is inequality the price we pay for innovation? What do Bezos, Gates, Musk & Zuck tell us about what's malfunct...
30 Jun 20251h 5min
PREMIUM: “The Palestinian Delusion: the 'Right of Return' & the Mirage of Peace” with fmr Labor Knesset parliamentarian Einat Wilf
What if the problem for the Palestinian people was not Israel, but the encouragement by the international community of a fantasy that, one day, Palestinians will return to Israel proper? That’s the th...
26 Jun 202550min
"A.I., Artificial Souls, and the Crazy Conundrum of Consciousness" with Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel
Let's take a break from the news cycle for a moment, shall we? There's a lot of cool shit to ponder that's more important and more fascinating. Like, how does the gooey blob of atoms between your ears...
23 Jun 20251h 4min
"Being Courageous in a Conformist World" with Sarah Wilson
Are we too spoilt to be creative? Are we succumbing to decadent decline? How do you dissent when the incentives are to conform? How do the French retain the art of disagreement while the Anglosphere g...
19 Jun 20251h 15min
JUST JOSH: "Staying Sane on Israel"
Anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Palestinians, Hamas, Israeli Arabs, diaspora Jews, Gaza, and now an all-out war with Iran. It's head-spinning, trying to make sense of Israel right now. Today, Josh comes ...
16 Jun 202556min
