Episodes

20 hours ago
Jean-Pierre Isbouts - The Historical Jesus
20 hours ago
20 hours ago
Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a Biblical scholar, the author of "The Fractured Kingdom," and the host of the Amazon Prime show "Searching for the Historical Jesus."

Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
William Basinski - Experimental Composer
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
William Basinski is an American experimental composer.

Thursday Dec 26, 2024
James Fallon - Memorial Show
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
James Fallon was a neuroscientist and author. Sadly, he passed away, but he was a frequent guest on the show, so please enjoy this memorial episode, a compilation of some of my favorite moments of his on the show.

Monday Nov 11, 2024
William Deresiewicz - Solitude in Modern Life
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
William Deresiewicz is a former English professor at Yale, and the author of numerous books, including "The End of Solitude."

Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Kevin Knight - 2024 Election
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Kevin Knight is the Chief of Staff of Congressman David Schweikert.

Friday Sep 06, 2024
Jonathan Mann - Super-Forecaster
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Jonathan Mann is a security architect, a Good Judgment Super Forecaster, and a faculty member in the Computer Science department at NYU. He writes at https://abstraction.substack.com/

Monday Jul 08, 2024
Michael Jelen - Replay, AI, Web3
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Michael Jelen is the CEO of Replay, a web3 video streaming service.

Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Jan Swafford - George Gershwin
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Jan Swafford is an American composer and the author of several musical biographies.

Monday May 27, 2024
Thomas Barfield - Nomadic People
Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
Thomas Barfield is an anthropologist at Boston University, and the author of several books, including The Nomadic Alternative.

Sunday May 12, 2024
Stuart Reid - Patrice Lumumba
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Stuart Reid is an executive editor at Foreign Affairs, and the author of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.