Robinson's Podcast

275 - Nate Soares: AI Will Kill Us All If We Don’t Change Course

19 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Nate Soares is the President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and plays a central role in setting MIRI’s vision and strategy. Soares ...

Robinson’s Podcast #274 - Norman Finkelstein: Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, and the War in Iran

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his research on Israel and Palestine.  N...

273 - Richard Wolff: Iran, Israel, and the End of the American Empire

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works...

272 - Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and President of the Institute for the Stud...

271 - Sara Imari Walker & Lee Cronin: Quantum Physics, Time, and the Origin of Life

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Imari Walker is Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is Deputy Director of the Beyond Ce...

270 - Tim Maudlin & Jacob Barandes: The Indivisible Approach to Quantum Theory

15 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. Jacob Barandes is Se...

269 - Scott Aaronson: What Is Quantum Computing?

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Aaronson is the Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information ...

268 - Jeffrey Pfeffer: Power, Influence, and the Psychology of Institutions

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taug...

267 - Lee Cronin: Aliens, Artificial Intelligence, and the Origin of Life

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Cronin is Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Among his many pursuits are the digitization of chemistry, the discovery of alie...

266 - Annaka Harris: The Fundamentality of Consciousness

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Annaka Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind and writer and producer o...

265 - Jacob Barandes: A New Foundation for Quantum Mechanics

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob Barandes is Senior Preceptor in Physics at Harvard University, where he works widely across the philosophy of physics, with focuses on the found...

264 - Lee Cronin: The Chemistry of Life

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Cronin is Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. Among his many pursuits are the digitization of chemistry, the discovery of alie...

263 - Sara Imari Walker: Astrobiology, Aliens, and the Origin of Life

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Imari Walker is Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, where she is Deputy Director of the Beyond Ce...

262 - Slavoj Žižek: Marxism, Quantum Mechanics, and Artificial Intelligence

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Visit our sponsor, Wealthfront!: wealthfront.com/robinsonSlavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the ...

261 - Tyler Cowen: The Economics of Artificial Intelligence

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Go to https://surfshark.com/robinsonerhardt and use code robinsonerhardt at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Tyler Cowen is the Holbert...

260 - Reid Hoffman: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn, Manas AI, and Inflection AI. As an investor at Greylock, he is one of the leading figures in the tech indu...

259 - Kenneth Roth: Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and How to Shame a Dictator

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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258 - Richard Wolff: Donald Trump’s Tariff War Dissected

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Support our sponsor, FarmKind, to fix factory farming: https://www.farmkind.givingThe code “ROBINSON” will increase your donation by 50% with a bu...

257 - Carl Hart: The Neuroscience of Drugs and Their Role in the Good Life

17 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carl Hart is Mamie Phipps Clark Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, where he researches the behavioral and neuropharmacological effects of...

256 - Tim Maudlin: A Masterclass on the Philosophy of Time

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. This is Tim’s eigh...

255 - Michael Hudson: Trump, China, AI, and the Untold History of Economics

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and President of the Institute for the Stud...

254 - The Yale US-China Forum: Slavoj Žižek, Richard Wolff, Yannis Varoufakis, Robin Visser, Yascha Mounk, Pei Wang, Daniel Mattingly

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Robinson and Karl Zheng Wang co-host at the Yale US-China Forum. Return guests from the show include Slavoj Žižek, Richard ...

253 - Peter Zeihan: China’s Fall, America’s Rise, and the End of the World Order

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, futurist, and best-selling author who researches and strategizes around demography, economics, energy, politic...

252 - David Kipping: Alien Civilizations, Megastructures, Spacecraft, and Artificial Intelligence

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Kipping is a Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University, where he runs Cool Worlds Lab and researches planets and moons that revolve around s...

251 - Eliezer Yudkowsky: Artificial Intelligence and the End of Humanity

25 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eliezer Yudkowsky is a decision theorist, computer scientist, and author who co-founded and leads research at the Machine Intelligence Research Instit...

250 - Norman Finkelstein: Trump, Israel, Gaza, and the Criminalization of Dissent

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his research on Israel and Palestine.  N...

249 - Chris Hedges: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Rise of American Fascism

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times. He has cove...

248 - Richard Wolff: Trump, Hitler, and the End of the American Empire

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works...

247 - Garry Nolan: Aliens | The Case They’re Already Here

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nolan is the Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor in the Department of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has published o...

246 - Tim Maudlin: A Masterclass on General Relativity

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. This is Tim’s seve...

245 - Leonard Susskind: String Theory and the Black Hole War

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Leonard Susskind is Felix Block Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Along with other accomplishments, he is among the fathers of such revolut...

244 - Norman Finkelstein: Donald J. Trump, Mossad Conspiracies in Israel, and the Dying Left

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his research on Israel and Palestine. In ...

243 - Richard Wolff: Donald J. Trump and the Decline of the United States

09 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works...

242 - Victor Davis Hanson: President Donald J. Trump and the Fate of the United States

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned classicist, military historian, and political commentator. He is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Resi...

241 - Raphael Bousso: The Cold Truth About Quantum Mechanics

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Raphael Bousso is the Chancellor’s Chair in Physics at the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, where he leads the Bousso Group in research on q...

240 - Peter Godfrey-Smith: Cuttlefish, Octopuses, and the Consciousness of Mysterious Minds

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robinson’s Podcast #240 - Peter Godfrey-Smith: Cuttlefish, Octopuses, and the Consciousness of Mysterious Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith is a professor ...

239 - Ned Block: Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and the Philosophy of Mind

29 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ned Block is Silver Professor at New York University in the Departments of Philosophy and Psychology, where he works on the philosophy of mind, the ph...

238 - Barry Loewer: What Is The Philosophy of Science?

15 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Barry Loewer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers. Before that he did his PhD in philosophy at Stanford. Barry works largely in the phi...

237 - Tim Maudlin: A Masterclass on Special Relativity

08 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. This is Tim’s seve...

236 - David Albert: A Masterclass on Time’s Arrow

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, director of the Philosophical Foundations of Physics progr...

235 - Janna Levin: How to Survive a Black Hole

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Janna Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is also the Chair and Founding Direct...

234 - Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Karl Marx and the Fall of the West

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode came on the heels of a traumatic, eight-interview sprint in NYC. As you’ll see, this one was particularly chaotic, but the stars aligne...

233 - Judith Butler: Trump & Harris | Israel & Palestine | Sex & Gender

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and t...

232 - Niall Ferguson: Trump v. Harris | Israel v. Hamas | Russia v. Ukraine

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Cente...

231 - Victor Davis Hanson: The Final Case for Donald J. Trump

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned classicist, military historian, and political commentator. He is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Resi...

230 - Richard Wolff: The Final Case Against Donald J. Trump

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Robinson’s Fashion Empire: http://bit.ly/3XBKqO2 Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Universit...

229 - Rashid Khalidi: October 7th Revisited | Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, & The Nakba

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Robinson’s Fashion Empire: http://bit.ly/3XBKqO2 Some speakers, like Norman (https://youtu.be/vhFm62msNGc), are wh...

228 - Norman Finkelstein: October 7th Revisited | Israel, Palestine, Hezbollah, & The End of Gaza

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Robinson’s Fashion Empire: http://bit.ly/3XBKqO2 Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University...

227 - David Eagleman: Synesthesia, Brain Plasticity, AI, and Conspiracy Theories

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Robinson’s Fashion Empire: http://bit.ly/3XBKqO2 David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford University who wor...

226 - David Builes: The Metaphysics of Time and Consciousness

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 David Builes is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, where he works in metaphysics and epist...

225 - Alexander Nehamas: Nietzsche, Eternal Recurrence, and the Will to Power

14 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Alexander Nehamas is the Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities, both of philosophy and com...

224 - Peter Woit: String Theory and the Crisis in Physics

08 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Peter Woit is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Columbia University, where he researches quantum ...

223 - Michael Graziano: Consciousness, Animal Minds, and the Neuroscience of Suffering

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Michael Graziano is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University, where he and his lab research t...

222 - Richard Wolff: Israel, Ukraine, China, and the End of the American Empire

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor ...

221 - David Albert: The Measurement Problem of Quantum Mechanics

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, director of the Philosoph...

220 - Michael Hudson: Debt, Economic Collapse, and the End of Civilization

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Presid...

Ask Me Anything | August 2024

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 This is the August 2024 AMA for Robinson’s Podcast. It is supported by the members of the Patreon. In this installm...

219 - Joscha Bach: Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and the Threat of AI Apocalypse

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Joscha Bach is a computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher currently working with Liquid AI. He has p...

218 - Norman Finkelstein: Genocide in Israel and Palestine

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his rese...

217 - Leonard Susskind: String Theory, Fine-Tuning, and the Physics of the Multiverse

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Leonard Susskind is Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Among other accomplishments, he is among...

216 - Raphael Bousso: The Black Hole Paradox, Quantum Gravity, and the Holographic Principle

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Raphael Bousso is the Chancellor’s Chair in Physics at the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics, where he leads ...

215 - Anna Lembke: On Philosophy and Psychiatry

07 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Dr. Anna Lembke received her undergraduate degree in Humanities from Yale University and her medical degree from Stan...

Ask Me Anything | July 2024

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 This is the inaugural AMA for Robinson’s Podcast. It is supported by the members of the podcast’s Patreon. In thi...

214 - Joyce Carol Oates: On Philosophy and Literature

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Joyce Carol Oates is the Rogers S. Berlind ’52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities at Princeton University with the...

213 - Slavoj Žižek: God, Marxism, Philosophy, and Quantum Mechanics

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, vi...

212 - Deborah Gordon: Ants, Myrmecology, and Collective Behavior

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Deborah Gordon is Professor of Biology at Stanford University. She is a myrmecologist—an entomologist who studies a...

211 - Jay Chandrasekhar: Comedy, Creative Integrity, Super Troopers, & Jackass

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Jay Chandrasekhar is a director, writer, stand-up comic, and actor. Some of his works include directing Super Trooper...

210 - David Albert & Tim Maudlin: A Discussion of Niels Bohr, Measurement, & Quantum Mechanics

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, director of the Philosoph...

209 - Peter Singer: Controversial Ideas, Utilitarianism, and Animal Liberation

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor Emeritus of Bioethics in the Department of Philosophy at Princeton University...

208 - Victor Davis Hanson: Annihilation, Genocide, and World War III

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned classicist, military historian, and political commentator. He is the Martin and Ill...

207 - Sean Carroll: Quanta, Fields, and the Philosophy of Quantum Physics

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Sean Carroll is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and fractal faculty at the Santa...

206 - Slavoj Žižek & Lee Smolin: Marxism Meets Quantum Physics

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London and...

205 - Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence, Posthumanity, and AI Utopia

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Nick Bostrom is a Swedish philosopher who was most recently Professor at Oxford University, where he served as the fo...

204 - Philip Goff: Panpsychism and the Mystery of Consciousness

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Philip Goff is a professor of philosophy at Durham University in the United Kingdom, where he researches consciousnes...

203 - Vijay Prashad: Colonialism, Israel-Palestine, Marxism, and European Anti-Semitism

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Vijay Prashad is a historian and journalist. He obtained his PhD in history at the University of Chicago and was most...

202 - Jeffrey Sachs: JFK, Conspiracy Theories, Israel-Palestine, and Ending the War in Gaza

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University, where he serves as the Director of the Center for Susta...

201 - Benny Morris: Israel-Palestine, Genocide, Apartheid, Hamas, Muscular Judaism, and the Nakba

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Benny Morris is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Middle East Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev...

200 - Sean Carroll, Daniel Dennett, & Steven Pinker: AI, Parapsychology, Panpsychism, & Physics Violations

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Sean Carroll is Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and fractal faculty at the Santa...

199 - Lawrence Krauss: God, String Theory, and the State of Physics

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist who has taught at Yale, Arizona State University, and Case Western, and is...

198 - Michael Hudson: Marxism, Economic Parasites, and Debt Cancellation

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Presid...

197 - Martha Nussbaum: Justice for Animals

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Martha Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, w...

196 - Stephen Wolfram: The Fundamental Theory of the Universe

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Stephen Wolfram is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, and the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wo...

195 - Brian Keating: Cosmological Inflation and the Universe’s First Light

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Brian Keating is the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Scie...

194 - Daniel Dennett: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Evolution of Minds

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Daniel Dennett is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Tufts University, where he was co-director of the Center for Co...

193 - Robert Sapolsky: Determinism, Free Will, & The End of Moral Responsibility

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Robert Sapolsky is John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor and Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at St...

192 - Norman Finkelstein: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Justice in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Norman Finkelstein received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department, and is best known for his inde...

191 - Victor Davis Hanson: An American’s Case For Israel

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned classicist, military historian, and political commentator. He is the Martin and Ill...

190 - Richard Wolff: A Marxist’s Case For Palestine

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor ...

189 - David Albert & Barry Loewer: The Mentaculus (Or, a Probability Map of the Universe)

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 David Albert is the Frederick E. Woodbridge Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, director of the Philosoph...

188 - Tim Maudlin & Sheldon Goldstein: The Copenhagen Interpretation and Bohmian Mechanics

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Tim Maudlin is Professor of Philosophy at NYU and Founder and Director of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations...

187 - Michael Levin: The New Era of Cognitive Biorobotics

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology Department at Tufts University, where he holds the Vannevar...

186 - Jenann Ismael: Determinism and Self-Reference in Classical and Quantum Physics

06 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Jenann Ismael is the William H. Miller III Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, where she researches ...

185 - Jim Al-Khalili: The Fundamentals of Quantum Biology

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Jim Al-Khalili holds a University of Surrey Distinguished Chair in physics and a university chair in the Public Engag...

184 - Brian Leiter: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Critique of Morality

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Brian Leiter is Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Chicago Law School, founder and Dir...

183 - Neil Shubin: Fins, Limbs, and the Evolutionary Journey from Fish to Human

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Neil Shubin is Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chica...

182 - Larry Keith: Conserving Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance Masters’ Artwork

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7 Larry Keith is the Head of Conservation and Keeper of the National Gallery of London, where he preserves and maintain...

181 - Jon Butterworth: The Higgs Boson and the Standard Model of Particle Physics

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/robinsonerhardt Jon Butterworth is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at University C...

180 - Michael Hudson: Neoliberalism, Industrial Capitalism, and the Rise of Debt

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/robinsonerhardt⁠ Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri...

179 - Adam Gazzaley: Neuroscience, Therapeutic Video Games, and the Cognition Crisis

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Gazzaley is David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Californi...

178 - Chike Jeffers & Lucius Outlaw: African & Africana Philosophy

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chike Jeffers is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University, where he researches Africana philosophy, the philosophy ...