Episodes

  • Matthew Gasda - Playwright and Novelist
    Jun 29 2025

    Matthew Gasda is a playwright and novelist based in New York City. He is the founder of the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, and the author of The Sleepers.

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    47 mins
  • Jean-Pierre Isbouts - The Historical Jesus
    Mar 31 2025

    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."

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    55 mins
  • William Basinski - Experimental Composer
    Feb 26 2025

    William Basinski is an American experimental composer.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • James Fallon - Memorial Show
    Dec 27 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.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • William Deresiewicz - Solitude in Modern Life
    Nov 12 2024

    William Deresiewicz is a former English professor at Yale, and the author of numerous books, including "The End of Solitude."

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Kevin Knight - 2024 Election
    Nov 1 2024

    Kevin Knight is the Chief of Staff of Congressman David Schweikert.

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    54 mins
  • Jonathan Mann - Super-Forecaster
    Sep 7 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/

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Michael Jelen - Replay, AI, Web3
    Jul 9 2024

    Michael Jelen is the CEO of Replay, a web3 video streaming service.

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    50 mins