Neil Lanctot - The US & WW1
Neil Lanctot is a historian and author, whose most recent book is "The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America's Future."
Mar 14, 2022•53 min•Ep. 137
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Peter Neumann - AI, Security, & The Big Picture
Peter Neumann is a computer scientist at SRI International, edits ACM's RISKS Digest, and formerly worked at Bell Labs.
Mar 07, 2022•55 min•Ep. 136
Derrick Jensen - Civilization on the Brink
Derrick Jensen is an author, speaker and environmentalist. His most recent book is, "Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It."
Feb 28, 2022•58 min•Ep. 135
Doron Zeilberger - Math’s Heretic
Doron Zeilberger is a mathematician at Rutger's University, and is well known for his work in combinatorics and his strong opinions about the mathematical establishment.
Feb 21, 2022•33 min•Ep. 134
Robert McChesney - Death of the Media?
Robert McChesney is a professor in the Department of Communication at University of Illinois, and is the author of several books, including "Dollarocracy" and "The Problem of the Media."
Feb 13, 2022•56 min•Ep. 133
Richard Neupert - French New Wave
Richard Neupert is a professor in the department of Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Georgia, and is the author of several books, including "French Animation History" and "A History of the French New Wave."
Feb 06, 2022•57 min•Ep. 132
Alan Robock - Castro, Climate & Nukes
Alan Robock is a climatologist at Rutgers University and a member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. His research interests include geoengineering and the climate effects of nuclear winter.
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 131
Robin Hanson - Cryonics, Gene-Editing & Birth Rates
Robin Hanson is an economist at George Mason University, and the author of multiple books, including "The Age of Em" and "The Elephant in the Brain." His blog is called "Overcoming Bias."
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 130
Pauline Boss - Coping With Loss
Pauline Boss is a professor emeritus at University of Minnesota, a pioneer of the field of ambiguous loss, and the author of numerous books, the most recent of which is called "The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic."
Jan 16, 2022•58 min•Ep. 129
Rolf Potts - How to Travel Forever
Rolf Potts is the author of "Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel." His podcast is called "Deviate with Rolf Potts."
Jan 08, 2022•54 min•Ep. 128
Angelo Pentaris - Drums & Disabilities
Angelo Pentaris is a drummer, disability advocate and motivational speaker.
Jan 01, 2022•45 min•Ep. 127
Robert Gross - The Transcendentalists
Robert Gross is a historian at the University of Connecticut and the author of "The Transcendentalists and Their World."
Dec 26, 2021•43 min•Ep. 126
James Fallon - Biohacking, Genes & Vaccines
James Fallon is a neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry and human behavior at UC Irvine.
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 125
Dean Baker - Inflation, Stocks and Panic
Dean Baker is an economist at the Center for Economic Policy Research. His blog is called "Beat the Press."
Dec 10, 2021•37 min•Ep. 124
Laurence Bergreen - ”Great” Explorers
Laurence Bergreen is a historian and author of several biographies of famous explorers, including most recently, "In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire."
Nov 27, 2021•43 min•Ep. 123
Charles Prebish - American Buddhism
Charles Prebish is a former professor of religious studies, and the author of numerous books including, "American Buddhism."
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 122
Donald Prothero - Dinosaurs & Skepticism
Donald Prothero is a paleontologist, geologist and the author of numerous books, including "Abominable Science" and "The Story of Life in 25 Fossils."
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 121
Jan Swafford - Jazz History
Jan Swafford is a composer and author of multiple biographies, the most recent of which is, "Mozart: The Reign of Love."
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 120
Nicole Prause - Sex Researcher
Nicole Prause is a neuroscientist and sexual psychophysiologist, and is the founder of Liberos LLC.
Oct 11, 2021•57 min•Ep. 119
Martin Gurri - Revolt of the Public
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst and the author of "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium."
Oct 05, 2021•55 min•Ep. 118
Adam Johnson - Media Critic
Adam Johnson is co-host of the "Citations Needed" podcast and the author of The Column on Substack.
Sep 28, 2021•59 min•Ep. 117
Nicholas Schou - CIA, Crack and Gary Webb
Nicholas Schou is an award-winning journalist and the author of multiple books, including "Kill the Messenger" and "Spooked."
Sep 18, 2021•55 min•Ep. 116
Clay Tumey - Ex-Bank Robber
Clay Tumey is an award-winning poet from Texas, and the author of "The Blue Chip Store: How Bank Robbery Changed My Life."
Sep 11, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 115
Mikhail Dyakonov - Quantum Hype
Mikhail Dyakonov is a professor of physics at Montpellier University, and the author of "Will We Ever Have a Quantum Computer?"
Sep 04, 2021•38 min•Ep. 114
Richard Hanania - Afghan Withdrawal
Richard Hanania is a former fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, and the current President of The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, as well as the host of their podcast.
Aug 27, 2021•42 min•Ep. 113
Rick Perlstein - Reagan Vs. Carter
Rick Perlstein is a historian and author of numerous best-selling books, the most recent of which is Reaganland, now available in paperback.
Aug 18, 2021•58 min•Ep. 112
Vijay Seshadri - Wild Poet
Vijay Seshadri is a poet, essayist and literary critic, whose 2014 poetry collection "3 Sections" won the Pulitzer Prize.
Aug 03, 2021•41 min•Ep. 111
John McCourt - James Joyce
John McCourt is a Professor of English at University of Macerata. He is the author of a number of books on James Joyce, and is President of the International James Joyce Foundation.
Jul 27, 2021•50 min•Ep. 110
Steven Callahan - Adrift Pt. 2
Steven Callahan survived 76 days adrift at sea, and his since written the books "Adrift" and "Capsized," and has consulted for numerous films and TV shows.
Jul 19, 2021•58 min•Ep. 109
Tom Oliver - The Self Delusion
Tom Oliver is a professor of applied ecology at the University of Reading, and the author of, "The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters."
Jul 12, 2021•40 min•Ep. 108
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