Decoding the Gurus
Episodes
Bret Weinstein & Jordan Peterson: Two gargantuan intellects stare into the abyss
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The big dog of the Intellectual Dark Web, Jordan Peterson, is back! And this hero, this mythical archetype, is welcomed back from his long hiatus by D...
Brett Weinstein & Heather Heying: Why are 'they' suppressing Ivermectin, the miracle cure?
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode wasn't meant to be about Ivermectin, or Bret and Heather's unique ability to apply an 'evolutionary lens' to understand everything, inclu...
Michael O"Fallon: The Jacobins are Back..... To Reset..... Everything.... Dun Dun Daah!
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just as the Terror was used by Robespierre and the Jacobins during the French Revolution two centuries ago, fear and draconian control is being used t...
Gwyneth Paltrow: Crawling with parasites and in need of a cleanse
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought it, the Hollywood A-lister and founder of the luxury lifestyle brand 'Goop', Gwyneth Paltrow also finds time to host a podcast....
Special Episode: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Harris is a public intellectual who inspires strong reactions both positive and negative. Here, Matt and Chris dip their toes into Sam's introspec...
Special Episode: Interview with Phrost on Bullshido
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Chris are helped again by a guest in their endless quest to get the bottom of what the Hell is Going On and What It's All About.Phrost descri...
Ibram X. Kendi: Gurometer Rating (Patreon Preview)
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we provide a special preview of our usual Patreon content with the follow up discussion and our Gurometer™ scores for Ibram X. Kendi...
Ibram X. Kendi: Inside you are two wolves. One of them is racist.
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ibram X. Kendi is a Professor of history, director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, and a research fellow at Harvard Universit...
Special Episode: Interview with Matthew Remski on Conspirituality
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to Matthew Remski, co-host of the Conspirituality podcast, writer, yoga practitioner, and independent journalist. Matthew is a font of i...
Nassim N. Taleb: Everything these idiots, frauds, and assholes don't understand
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nassim Taleb, what a mensch. He's got the confidence of a bull in a china shop that has just bought a lycra muscle-shirt and knows it looks great on h...
Special Episode: Interview with Thi Nguyen, a Gurometer's Guru
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to C. Thi Nguyen, a philosophy professor at University of Utah. He has some excellent insights into the kind of discourse that *feels* ...
Douglas Murray: Can indulgent dinner conversation save OUR civilisation?
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Murray is a British conservative columnist, social pundit, and veteran culture warrior famed for his biting wit and eloquent intellectual spee...
Special Episode: Calibrating the Gurometer
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Matt take a break from examining the endless stream of Guru galaxy brain takes to offer their own and calibrate their newly minted Gurometer...
Contrapoints: Making Philosophy Fabulous Again
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Wynn is kind of a big deal. Her YouTube channel Contrapoints explores not only philosophy, but also politics and social issues. Praised by aug...
Special Episode: Entering the Portal
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Matt take a peak behind the curtain at Guru Community dynamics in the Web 2.0 era in an extended interview with Dan Gilbert, a self describe...
Scott Adams: Chris and Matt Go to Hell
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has since written self-help books like 'Win Bigly' & 'Loserthink' and now hosts his own podcast "Coffee with Scot...
Russell Brand: Spiritual Transcendence and Anarchic Revolution is Praxis
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Russell Brand is a hip bohemian Englishman on the path to enlightenment. And he likes the ineffable. Like, a lot. The decoders kinda like him too, des...
Rutger Bregman: Piglets vs. Toddlers
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rutger Bregman is a Dutch Historian who wants to tell the world that humans are actually fundamentally kind, hunter gatherer societies contain importa...
Special Episode: Is Eric Weinstein Feynman-Negative?
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Weinstein has a habit of inserting mini conspiracy laden "audio-essays" at the beginning of his podcast The Portal. The one released this week wa...
JP Sears: Get Ultra Spiritual, Resist the Government, and Promote Coronavirus Conspiracies
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
JP Sears is quite the contradictory figure. He's well known for his YouTube videos mocking alternative health and spirituality, but he also sells natu...
Jordan Peterson: The Alchemical Lemon explains the Crystalline Structure of Logos
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Matt finally discuss the big kahuna Jordan Peterson by taking a deep dive into his extended 2017 interview on the Transliminal YouTube chann...
James Lindsay: The monkey is out of the box and it HATES liberalism
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Matt discuss James Lindsay's talk at the Speaking Truth to Social Justice conference held at the ostentatious National Liberal Club, in an e...
Eric and Bret Weinstein: A Dark Horse Gallops through the Portal
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Chris introduce themselves and the overall concept for the podcast then take a deep dive into an infamous episode of Eric Weinstein's podcast...