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69 | Cory Doctorow on Technology, Monopoly, and the Future of the Internet

October 21, 2019 | 8
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68 | Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Common Sense

October 14, 2019 | 9
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67 | Kate Jeffery on Entropy, Complexity, and Evolution

October 7, 2019 | 13
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66 | Will Wilkinson on Partisan Polarization and the Urban/Rural Divide

September 30, 2019 | 7
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65 | Michael Mann on Why Our Climate Is Changing and How We Know

September 23, 2019 | 3
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64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future

September 16, 2019 | 9
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63 | Solo: Finding Gravity Within Quantum Mechanics

September 9, 2019 | 23
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62 | Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and People

September 2, 2019 | 7
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61 | Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices and What to Do About Them

August 26, 2019 | 11
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60 | Lynne Kelly on Memory Palaces, Ancient and Modern

August 19, 2019 | 10
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59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics

August 12, 2019 | 11
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58 | Seth MacFarlane on Using Science Fiction to Explore Humanity

August 5, 2019 | 7
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57 | Astra Taylor on the Promise and Challenge of Democracy

July 29, 2019 | 6
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56 | Kate Adamala on Creating Synthetic Life

July 22, 2019 | 10
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55 | A Conversation with Rob Reid on Quantum Mechanics and Many Worlds

July 15, 2019 | 25
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Episode 54: Indre Viskontas on Music and the Brain

July 8, 2019 | 7
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Episode 53: Solo — On Morality and Rationality

July 1, 2019 | 42
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Episode 52: Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games

June 24, 2019 | 5
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Episode 51: Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information

June 17, 2019 | 10
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Episode 50: Patricia Churchland on Conscience, Morality, and the Brain

June 10, 2019 | 10
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Episode 49: Nicholas Christakis on Humanity, Biology, and What Makes Us Good

June 3, 2019 | 4
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Episode 48: Marq de Villiers on Hell and Damnation

May 27, 2019 | 8
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Episode 47: Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General

May 20, 2019 | 8
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Episode 46: Kate Darling on Our Connections with Robots

May 13, 2019 | 7
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Episode 45: Leonard Susskind on Quantum Information, Quantum Gravity, and Holography

May 6, 2019 | 6
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Episode 44: Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity

April 29, 2019 | 7
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Episode 43: Matthew Luczy on the Pleasures of Wine

April 22, 2019 | 5
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Episode 42: Natalya Bailey on Navigating Earth Orbit and Beyond

April 15, 2019 | 4
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Episode 41: Steven Strogatz on Synchronization, Networks, and the Emergence of Complex Behavior

April 8, 2019 | 5
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Episode 40: Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology

April 1, 2019 | 3
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Episode 39: Malcolm MacIver on Sensing, Consciousness, and Imagination

March 25, 2019 | 9
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Episode 38: Alan Lightman on Transcendence, Science, and a Naturalist’s Sense of Meaning

March 18, 2019 | 11
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Episode 37: Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy

March 11, 2019 | 2
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Episode 36: David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds

March 4, 2019 | 22
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Episode 35: Jessica Yellin on The Changing Ways We Get Our News

February 25, 2019 | 4
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Episode 34: Paul Bloom on Empathy, Rationality, Morality, and Cruelty

February 18, 2019 | 11
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Episode 33: James Ladyman on Reality, Metaphysics, and Complexity

February 11, 2019 | 6
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Episode 32: Naomi Oreskes on Climate Change and the Distortion of Scientific Facts

February 4, 2019 | 10
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Episode 31: Brian Greene on the Multiverse, Inflation, and the String Theory Landscape

January 28, 2019 | 7
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Episode 30: Derek Leben on Ethics for Robots and Artificial Intelligences

January 21, 2019 | 14
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