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Intimate interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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Why 2025 is the single most pivotal year in our lifetime
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15 min
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with
Peter Leyden
Are we blinded by our desire to find extraterrestrial life?
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25 min
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with
David Kipping
Black and white cutout of a smiling man's face with red heart shapes drawn over his eyes on a black background.
The ancient origins of partnering and romantic love
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17 min
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with
Helen Fisher
Sean Carroll: Can we ever escape the logic of a clockwork universe?
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9 min
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with
Sean Carroll
A person is leaping between two buildings against a clear blue sky.
The alarm bells are sounding for young men. Will we listen?
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21 min
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with
Richard Reeves
A Möbius strip made from paper with printed text is displayed against a dark background.
Lawrence Wright: Fiction goes where reporting cannot follow
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16 min
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with
Lawrence Wright
A person with curly brown hair wearing a black shirt and gray t-shirt sits against a plain white background, gesturing with both hands raised near their chest.
Jesse Eisenberg: How to rewire your anxiety into authenticity
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11 min
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with
Jesse Eisenberg
A digitally rendered black hole with a dark center and a glowing, distorted ring of light surrounding it.
Brian Cox: The bizarre history of black holes
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23 min
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with
Brian Cox
Why the American dream no longer moves upward
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15 min
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with
Derek Thompson
A silhouette of a human head with swirling arrows inside the brain, illustrating a concept of circular thought or mental processes.
How to train your nervous system for optimal performance
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9 min
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with
Steven Kotler
Two men in suits face each other against a yellow background, one yelling with a clenched fist, the other pointing and appearing angry.
The 4 hidden forces underneath every argument
Your brain: the most important sex organ in the body
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9 min
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with
Emily Nagoski
A triangle labeled "The Fraud Triangle" with its three sides named Incentive, Opportunity, and Rationalization, on an orange background.
Inside the mind of a white-collar criminal
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32 min
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with
Kelly Richmond Pope
An older man with long white hair and a suit looks at the camera, standing in front of a blurred background with bookshelves.
Michio Kaku: Why we don’t even rank on the Kardashev scale
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12 min
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with
Michio Kaku
A person walks barefoot on a slackline stretched high above the ocean, with one arm raised for balance and cliffs visible at each end.
Nate Silver: Habits of highly successful risk-takers
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5 min
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with
Nate Silver
Two red-toned, woodcut-style portraits side by side: one of a gorilla and one of an older man with a beard, on a beige background.
The history of natural selection, in 7 minutes
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8 min
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with
Paul Nurse
Silhouette of a person overlaid with a sunset sky and a full moon, with tall grass in the foreground.
Sam Harris: Experience emotions without being consumed by them
Use the Triple Check Method to jumpstart your brain
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7 min
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with
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
A hand holding a sealed envelope emerges from turbulent ocean waves against a black background.
Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information
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13 min
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with
Yuval Noah Harari
A man looking at a meteorite.
How two freak accidents shaped human evolution
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20 min
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with
Sean B. Carroll
Two torn paper cutouts of open mouths are positioned against a black background, both appearing to be yelling or shouting.
The true cost of always needing to win an argument
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6 min
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with
Jefferson Fisher
A red flower with a green stem and leaf drawn using overlapping scribbled lines on a black background.
Anxiety gives you an advantage. Unlock it with neuroplasticity
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18 min
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with
Wendy Suzuki
A man in a suit shown in profile, with the back of his head dissolving into a star-filled galaxy against a dark blue background.
How the illusion of self shapes your reality
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17 min
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with
Annaka Harris
A city skyline is reflected inside a single water droplet hanging from the tip of a metallic object against a gradient sky background.
The laboratory accident that saved 500 million lives
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10 min
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with
Derek Thompson
A radio telescope points at the night sky, where stars are arranged in the shape of a large question mark.
The Fermi Paradox has a terrifying answer: The Dark Forest
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13 min
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with
David Kipping
A magnifying glass focusing on concentric circles against a plain teal background.
Brian Cox: The Planck scale is where physics breaks
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19 min
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with
Brian Cox
An illustration of a human brain tightly bound with red rope, set against a textured background with blue and brown patches.
Sam Harris: Breaking the thought trap of anger
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21 min
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with
Sam Harris
Two silhouetted figures against a blue background, with one appearing to whisper to the other.
CIA psychology: Ask questions that make people reveal everything
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17 min
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with
Andrew Bustamante
A foam structure shaped like a human brain is surrounded by translucent bubbles on a black background.
The science behind the 10-minute brain reset walk
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18 min
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with
Wendy Suzuki
A heart shape is cut out of paper, revealing a circuit board with computer chips and code underneath.
The ethical crisis lurking in the background of the AI boom
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4 min
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with
Peter Singer
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