Spellbound W/ Julian Smith

MIT Professor/NY Time Best Selling Author Daron Acemoglu on inclusive and extractive institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ramona Pringle, journalist and professor of interactive media for Ryerson University talks about your personal data, who has it, and how they want to use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Award winning ABC journalist and author of NY Times Bestseller, 10% Happier on the science behind meditation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quillette Founder/Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann on sexism, racism + other matters of cultural diversity and uniformity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part III in our civilization series. Discussing Aldous Huxley's 1933 novel which depicts an advanced technological society dependent on social conditioning and hierarchy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cognitive Scientist Lera Boroditsky breaks down the logic behind various world languages and demonstrates its influence on their speakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Agility Robotics CTO Jonathan Hurst on building humanoid robots and how we'll interact with them in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Green Anarchist John Zerzan & Aerospace Engineer Andrew Rader debate the ultimate implications of civilization and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Zerzan on the origins of Civilization and what we can learn from life before it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JS and Dr. Ray discuss the psychological and biological differences between men and women and how we can harmonize our energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Psychologist Dr. Ray on the decline of masculinity in men over the last century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exploring miracles and morality according to the Old Testament, through the lens of cultural memory, with world-renowned Bible scholar Ron Hendel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aerospace Engineer / Author Andrew Rader on the challenges that face us in colonizing Mars and other worlds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guggenheim Fellowship Award recipient/Author, Richard Panek on everything we know (and don't know) about dark energy and dark matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author and Professor of Islamic Studies at Notre Dame, Gabriel Said Reynolds on the similarities between the Quran and the Bible, and where they diverge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Were Adam and Eve the world's first agriculturalists? Dr. Richard Elliott Friedman on this fascinating interpretation of the Genesis origin story, as found in Daniel Quinn's classic novel, Ishmael. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Times Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein on the past, present, and future of feminism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World renowned expert Dr. Janja Lalich on cults. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temple Grandin on autism and why the world needs it more than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Evergreen professor and evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein on evolution, racism, and echo chambers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices