Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you s...

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Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | September 2026 Sean Carroll · 2 days ago

367 | Jared Diamond on the Course of History and the Role of leaders 1 h 21 min · Sean Carroll · 9 days ago

366 | Jim Al-Khalili on Time, Quantum, Biology, and Cosmology 1 h 17 min · Sean Carroll · 16 days ago

365 | Vitor Cardoso on Why Black Holes Are Special 1 h 09 min · Sean Carroll · 23 days ago

364 | Stuart Firestein on How Science Relies on Ignorance and Failure 1 h 17 min · Sean Carroll · Aug 17

363 | Chandra Sripada on How LLMs and Humans are Cognitive Cousins 1 h 54 min · Sean Carroll · Aug 10

Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | August 2026 4 h 00 min · Sean Carroll · Aug 3

362 | Luis Bettencourt on the Universal Properties of Self-Organizing Cities 1 h 25 min · Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Sean Carroll · Jul 27

361 | Bonnie Bassler on How Bacteria Talk and Work Together 1 h 18 min · Bonnie Bassler, Sean Carroll · Jul 20

Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | July 2026 4 h 03 min · Sean Carroll · Jul 13

360 | Marc Berman on the Science of Touching Grass 1 h 30 min · Marc Berman, Sean Carroll, Bruno Satin · Jul 6

359 | Solo: Theories of Dark Energy 1 h 56 min · Sean Carroll · Jun 29

358 | Solo: Vacuum Energy and the Cosmological Constant 2 h 02 min · Sean Carroll · Jun 22

357 | Jeff Coller on mRNA, Vaccines, and Bespoke Therapeutics 1 h 20 min · Jeff Coller, Sean Carroll, Olen Shannon Maldonado · Jun 15

356 | Andrea Wulf on Enlightenment, Nature, Romanticism, and Modernity 1 h 17 min · Andrea Wulf, Sean Carroll · Jun 8

AMA | June 2026 3 h 58 min · Sean Carroll, Unknown · Jun 1

355 | Solo: Looking Quantum Mechanics in the Eyeball 1 h 44 min · Sean Carroll, Unknown · May 24

354 | Christian List on Free Will and Levels of Reality 1 h 28 min · Sean Carroll · May 18

353 | Alvin Roth on the Economics of Morally Contested Markets 1 h 14 min · Alvin Roth, Sean Carroll · May 11

AMA | May 2026 4 h 09 min · Sean Carroll · May 4

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Charts

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#23 Overall · United States

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About

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Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you've come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers t...

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As of 2026-09-15, Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas ranks #189 on Apple Podcasts in Finland, and appears on charts in 1 country.

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Current overall position by country · categories in 🇫🇮 Finland as of 2026-09-16

🇫🇮 Finland #189 Science #12 Apple

Chart records

First charted2025-08-19

Best ever#69 on Apple Podcasts (Finland) · 2026-05-14

Days on chart141

Countries now1

CategoriesScience

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