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James Fallon - Memorial Show

Dec 26 2024 66 mins

James Fallon was a neuroscientist and author. Sadly, he passed away, but he was a frequent guest on the show, so please enjoy this memorial episode, a compilation of some of my favorite moments of his on the show.

William Deresiewicz - Solitude in Modern Life

Nov 11 2024 66 mins

William Deresiewicz is a former English professor at Yale, and the author of numerous books, including "The End of Solitude."

Kevin Knight - 2024 Election

Oct 31 2024 53 mins

Kevin Knight is the Chief of Staff of Congressman David Schweikert.

Jonathan Mann - Super-Forecaster

Sep 06 2024 60 mins

Jonathan Mann is a security architect, a Good Judgment Super Forecaster, and a faculty member in the Computer Science department at NYU. He writes at https://abstraction.substack.com/

Michael Jelen - Replay, AI, Web3

Jul 08 2024 49 mins

Michael Jelen is the CEO of Replay, a web3 video streaming service.

Jan Swafford - George Gershwin

Jun 12 2024 56 mins

Jan Swafford is an American composer and the author of several musical biographies.

Thomas Barfield - Nomadic People

May 27 2024 67 mins

Thomas Barfield is an anthropologist at Boston University, and the author of several books, including The Nomadic Alternative.

Stuart Reid - Patrice Lumumba

May 12 2024 58 mins

Stuart Reid is an executive editor at Foreign Affairs, and the author of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.

Robin Hanson - Health, AI and More

Apr 14 2024 64 mins

Robin Hanson is an economist at George Mason University. His Substack is Overcoming Bias, and he is the author of multiple books, including The Elephant in the Brain.

Ellen Bass - Poet

Nov 20 2023 67 mins

Ellen Bass is a poet, the winner of three Pushcart Prizes, and the author of several collections, including Indigo.