Mini Decoding: Yuval and the Philosophers
Join us for a mini decoding to get us back into the swing of things as we examine a viral clip that had religious reactionaries, sensemakers, and academic philosophers in a bit of a tizzy. Specificall...
30 Jan 202440min
DTG's Face to Face Reflections 2024
In this episode, our intrepid hosts embrace a rare opportunity for sincere self-reflection, spurred by a face-to-face meeting in an inspiring ryokan in a Japanese mountain setting. The discussion delv...
19 Jan 202431min
Mini-Decoding: Huberman on the Vaccine-Autism Controversy
Andrew Huberman, Stanford academic and host of a science-themed podcast, recently released an episode on Autism with guest Dr. Karen Parker. Considering the prevalence of misinformation about vaccines...
28 Dec 202348min
Sam Harris: Transcending it All?
Sam Harris is the subject today and a man who needs no introduction. Although he's come up and he's come on, we've never actually (technically) decoded him. There is no Gurometer score! A glaring omis...
23 Dec 20233h 20min
DTG Christmas Quiz 2023 with Helen Lewis
Seasons greetings from Decoding the Gurus!Time to grab a hot chocolate, cosy up to the fire, and wrack your brain to see how much attention you've been paying to all those gurus... that's right it is ...
22 Dec 20231h 42min
Red Scare: Bohemian Hipsterism x Reactionary Tradcaths
In today's joyous episode, we saunter into the loft apartment, take a draw on our gauloise, and glance icily into a world of bohemian hipsters living their best postmodern tradcath lives. Welcome to t...
8 Dec 20232h 39min
Interview with Daniël Lakens and Smriti Mehta on the state of Psychology
We are back with more geeky academic discussion than you can shake a stick at. This week we are doing our bit to save civilization by discussing issues in contemporary science, the replication crisis,...
18 Nov 20232h 42min
Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia: Self-enhancement, supplements & doughnuts?
In a kind of meta cross-over with our Decoding Academia series, we're going to decode a journal club discussion between two well-known health optimisers: Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Andrew Huberman. So yo...
9 Nov 20233h 12min
