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Miguel Farias - The Buddha Pill

Miguel Farias is an experimental psychologist at Coventry University, where he leads the Brain, Belief, and Behavior research group. He is co-author of the book, "The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You?"

Jay Parini - Jorge Luis Borges

Jay Parini is a poet, novelist, professor of English at Middlebury College, and the author of several books, most recently "Borges and Me: An Encounter."

Dr. James Lineback & James Fallon - The Covid Elephant

Dr. James Lineback is a practicing pulmonary physician with an academic appointment at the University of California Riverside, College of Medicine, as associate clinical professor of medicine. James Fallon is a neuroscientist and a professor at UC Irvine school of medicine.

Srdja Popovic - Toppling Dictators

Srdja Popovic is a Serbian political activist, whose student group Otpor! helped topple Serbian president Slobodan Milošević. His group CANVAS teaches activists around the world how to overthrow autocratic governments.

Ervand Abrahamian - War With Iran?

Ervand Abrahamian is considered to be one of the world's leading experts on modern Iran, and is a professor of history at City University of New York. He is the author of several books, including "The Coup: 1953,  the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations."

Russell Foster - Improve Your Sleep

Russell Foster is a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford, and is the Director of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, as well as the head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute.

Alex Hutchinson - Mind Over Matter

Alex Hutchinson is a former Canadian national team runner, a contributing editor to Outside Magazine, and the author of "Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance."

James B. Steele - America: What Went Wrong?

James B. Steele is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, and the author of "America: What Went Wrong?" and "Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness."

Graeme Turner - Toxic Fame

Graeme Turner is a professor of cultural studies at the University of Queensland, and the author of several books, including "Understanding Celebrity" and "Ordinary People and the Media."

James Fallon - The Good Doctor Pt. IV

James Fallon is a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine.