The Blind Spot Podcast
Episodes
Episode 22: Physics, Reality, and Consciousness.
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
EN:Physics, Reality, and Consciousness.In this episode, we talk to philosopher of science Michel Bitbol about the nature of consciousness, quantum Bay...
Episode 21: Phenomenology and Quantum Weirdness: A Conversation with Prof. Harald Wiltsche
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
EN: In this episode Adam, Marcelo, and Evan, engage in a deep conversation with philosopher Harald Wiltsche on the differences between analytical and ...
Episode 20: From Ancestral Wisdom to Our Planetary Future: A Conversation with Dr. Yuria Celidwen
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
EN:From Ancestral Wisdom to Our Planetary Future: A Conversation with Dr. Yuria Celidwen In this episode, Evan and Marcelo talk to Dr. Yuria Celidwen,...
Episode 19: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
EN: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson In this episode Adam and Marcelo talk to best-selling scifi author Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Mi...
Episode 18: Let’s Talk About Aliens!
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
EN: Let’s Talk About Aliens! In this episode Adam and Marcelo discuss the possibility of alien life in the galaxy. Starting with the mysterious 3I/A...
Episode 17: From the Space Race to the Multiverse: Science x Religion
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ENFrom the Space Race to the Multiverse: Science x ReligionIt may seem surprising, but religious thinking hides in the strangest of places, even in th...
Episode 16: The Planet and The Planetary
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:The Planet and The Planetary.In this episode we talk with philosopher Lukáš Likavčan about how human culture will respond to a climate changing ...
Episode 15: The Meaning of Quantum Theory
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN: Searching for the Meaning of Quantum Theory: From the Many Worlds to QBism. In this conversation, guest Jacques Pienaar and Marcelo Gleiser discus...
Episode 14: Some Like It Hot: Heat Is a Form of Motion
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:Some Like It Hot: Heat Is a Form of MotionIn this episode we discuss the basic physics of heat, from its beginnings in the experience of hot and co...
Episode 13: Is Earth Alive? Gaia and Systems Thinking
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:Is Earth Alive? Gaia and Systems ThinkingIn this episode we discuss the famous Gaia Hypothesis (or theory). After a bit of history for context,we c...
Episode 12: Buddhism, Science and Mind.
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN: Buddhism, Science and Mind. In this episode, we’re joined by Buddhist scholar professor John Dunne of the University of Wisconsin. He takes us o...
Episode 11: Mind, Life and Intelligence
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:Mind, Life and Intelligence.What is intelligence and who has it? In this episode Evan and Adam explore the links between life and intelligence. Top...
Episode 10: Why is Quantum Physics so Weird?
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:Why is Quantum Physics So Weird? In this episode Adam and Marcelo set the stage to explore the weirdness of quantum mechanics. Taking a historical ...
Episode 9: Why Science Hasn't Solved Consciousness (Yet)
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ENG:Why science can’t figure out consciousness? In this conversation we explore this question by exposing some of the flaws of thinking about consci...
Episode 8: What is the World Made Of? A Brief History of Ontology
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:What is the world made of? In this episode we dive deep into the history of what philosophers call “ontology”, the study of being or. more coll...
Episode 7: Life: Beyond the Machine Metaphor
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN:In this episode, Adam and Evan go deep into the nature of life — what we know and what we don’t know about it. It turns out we know much more a...
Episode 6: The Seduction of Beauty: What’s Wrong with String Theory?
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN: In this episode, Adam and Marcelo dive deep into the details of the physics and the philosophical assumptions behind Superstring Theories, includi...
Episode 5: Cosmology, Part II
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN: The Problems with Cosmology and Unified Theories: In this episode we dive deeper into the success and the challenges of the big bang model but als...
Episode 4: Cosmology, The Modern Story of the Universe
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ENG: In this episode, we dive into the fascinating history of modern cosmology. Starting with Einstein and his 1917 model of a static universe, we adv...
Episode 3: What is Time? Part II - The Arrow of Time and Time in Relativity
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN Episode 3: What is Time? Part II - The Arrow of Time and Time in RelativityIn this episode, we dive deeper into the nature of time, discussing the ...
Episode 2: What Is Time? Part I
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
EN Episode 2 – What Is Time?In this episode, we dive deep into the nature of time. What does physics really tell us about it? How does philosophy ch...
Episode 1 : An Introduction
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ENIn our first episode we will present some of our key ideas and goals and explain why we must go beyond the blind spot in order to make sense of th...