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Converging Dialogues — 503 episodes

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#503 - Gerrymandering: Our Insidious Downfall?: A Dialogue with David Daley

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#502 - Freud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing: A Dialogue with Mark Solms

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#501 - The Origin of Sex: A Dialogue with Lixing Sun

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#500 - Gerontocracy In America: A Dialogue with Samuel Moyn

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#499 - Why Nothing Works: A Dialogue with Marc Dunkelman

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#498 - The Invention of Yesterday: A Dialogue with Tamim Ansary

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#497 - The Sleepless Ape: A Dialogue with David Samson

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#496 - The Weimar Republic: A Dialogue with Katja Hoyer

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#495 - Rumination and Rumblings of the Mind: A Dialogue with Donna Jackson Nakazawa

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#494 - Contested Continent: A Dialogue with Peter C. Mancall

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#493 - Athens & Sparta: A Dialgoue with Adrian Goldsworthy

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#492 - The Life of George Washington: A Dialogue with H.W. Brands

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#491 - Boundaries of Belonging in the Ottoman Empire: A Dialogue with Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer

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#490 - A New History of Europe: A dialogue with Roderick Beaton

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#489 - Four Billion Years of Life on Earth: A Dialogue with Andrew Knoll

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#488 - A New History of the Ancient Maya: A Dialogue with David Stuart

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#487 - In Praise of Addiction: A Dialogue with Elizabeth F. S. Roberts

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#486 - Adventures in the Louvre: A Dialogue with Elaine Sciolino

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#485 - Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome: A Dialogue with Adrian Goldsworthy

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#484 - Borderlands of Bukovina: A Dialogue with Cristina Florea

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#483 - The Paradox of the Organism: A Dialogue with Arvid Ågren & Manus Patten

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#482 - Gender/Sex and Sexual Configurations Theory: A Dialogue with Sari van Anders

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#481 - The Ottoman Empire and the Supernatural: A Dialogue with Marinos Sariyannis

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#480 - Deconstructing the American West Frontier Myth: A Dialogue with Megan Kate Nelson

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#479 - Executive Functioning in Psychotherapy: A Dialogue with Chloe Drulis & Carly Trissler

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#478 - Five Partitions of Modern Asia: A Dialogue with Sam Dalrymple

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#477 - Can Schools Save Democracy?: A Dialogue with James Traub

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#476 - The Genetics of Original Sin: A Dialogue with Kathryn Paige Harden

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#475 - Genocides and Syrian Gulags: A Dialogue with Uğur Ümit Üngör

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#474 - A Modern History of Syria: A Dialogue with Daniel Neep

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#473 - Native America and First Peoples: A Dialogue with Kenneth Feder

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#472 - Consciousness and the Human Experience: A Dialogue with Christof Koch

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#471- Elites and Democracy: A dialogue with Hugo Drochon

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#470 - The Case for American Power: A Dialogue with Shadi Hamid

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#469 - From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science: A Dialogue with Peter Dear

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#468 - How Progress Ends: A Dialogue with Carl Benedikt Frey

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#467 - McNamara At War: A Dialogue with William Taubman

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#466 - A Global History of Islam: A Dialogue with James McDougall

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#465 - Diogenes: The Original Cynic: A Dialogue with Inger N. I. Kuin

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#464 - Thought Experiments, Morals, and Effective Altruism: A Dialogue with David Edmonds

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#463 - Remaking America's Constitution: A Dialogue with Akhil Reed Amar

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#462 - 250 Years of the United States: A Dialogue with Richard Bell

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#461 - World Enemy #1: A Dialogue with Jochen Hellbeck

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#460 - What A Liberal Society Could Be: A Dialogue with Alex Zakaras

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#459 - Crick: A Dialogue with Matthew Cobb

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#458 - A History of the DSM: A Dialogue with Allan Horwitz

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#457 - Who Wins Wars?: A Dialogue with Phillips P. O'Brien

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#456 - The Future of Space Exploration: A Dialogue with Caleb Scharf

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#455 - 2,000 Years of the Roman Empire: A Dialogue with Edward Watts

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#454 - A Global History of Capitalism: A Dialogue with Sven Beckert

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#453 - The Allure of Charlatans: A Dialogue with Quico Toro

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#452 - Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War: A Dialogue with Robin Waterfield and Polly Low

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#451 - The Rise and Fall of Poland's Illiberal Revolution: A Dialogue with Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley

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#450 - Prague: The Heart of Europe: A Dialogue with Cynthia Paces

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#449 - Living for Seven Decades: A Dialogue with Michael Gurven

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#448 - Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism: A Dialogue with John Burt

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#447 - 5,000 Years of India: A Dialogue with Audrey Truschke

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#446 - Translating The Aeneid: A Dialogue with Scott McGill & Susannah Wright

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#445 - A New History of the Renaissance: A Dialogue with Bernd Roeck

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#444 - The Fall and Rise of the Taliban: A Dialogue with Jon Lee Anderson

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#443 - A Concise History of Islam: A Dialogue with John Tolan

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#442 - The Future of the Euro: A Dialogue with John Cochrane

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#441 - What is Ancient History?: A Dialogue with Walter Scheidel

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#440 -Ancient Mesopotamia: A Dialogue with Moudhy Al-Rashid

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#439 - The Imperfection of Evolution: A Dialogue with Laurence Hurst

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#438 - Truth In Politics: A Dialogue with Michael P. Lynch

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#437 - How We Got "The West:" A Dialogue with Georgios Varouxakis

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#436 - All About Inflation: A Dialogue with Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli

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#435 - The Ballistic Movement Within Sports Medicine: A Dialogue with Henry Abbott

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#434 - Shifting Sands of the Sahara: A Dialogue with Judith Scheele

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#433 - Empire of AI: A Dialogue with Karen Hao

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#432 - American Authoritarianism and Erosion of Democracy: A Dialogue with Katherine Stewart

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#431 - Western Meddling and Betrayal in the Middle East: A Dialogue with Fawaz Gerges

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#430 - The Rise and Spread of Mass Education: A Dialogue with Agustina Paglayan

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#429 - Translation Multiples: A Dialogue with Kasia Szymanska

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#428 - Iran's Grand Political Strategy: A Dialogue with Vali Nasr

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#427 - A History of the Irish Famine: A Dialogue with Padraic Scanlan

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#426 - A History of Free Speech: A Dialogue with Jacob Mchangama

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#425 - What Russians Believe About Russia: A Dialogue with Paul Chaisty & Stephen Whitefield

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#424 - Reforming Our Institutions: A Dialogue with Yuval Levin

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#423 - Changing Personality: A Dialogue with Olga Khazan

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#422 - The Power of Behavioral Genetics: A Dialogue with Robert Plomin

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#421 - Beauty and the gods: A Dialogue with Hugo Shakeshaft

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#420 - Translating Homer's The Odyssey: A Dialogue with Daniel Mendelsohn

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#419 - Resisting Groupthink, Embracing Nuance: A Dialogue with Jenara Nerenberg

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#418 - Sex Is A Spectrum: A Dialogue with Agustín Fuentes

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#417 - The Golden Road: Ancient India and the World: A Dialogue with William Dalrymple

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#416 - A New History of the Americas: A Dialogue with Greg Grandin

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#415 - Off The Spectrum: Autism and Females: A Dialogue with Gina Rippon

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#414 - Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World: A Dialogue with Robert Garland

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#413 - Single Motherhood Since 1980: A Dialogue with Nicholas Wolfinger & Matthew McKeever

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#412 - The Neuroscience of Choice and Change: A Dialogue with Emily Falk

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#411 - A History of the Female Body: A Dialogue with Helen King

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#410 - The Social Genome: A Dialogue with Dalton Conley

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#409 - Animals as Doctors of Nature: A Dialogue with Jaap de Roode

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#408 - The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: A Dialogue with Henry Gee

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#407 - Baddeley's Model of Working Memory: A Dialogue with Alan Baddeley

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#406 - Polar Science in the Arctic and Antarctica: A Dialogue with Neil Shubin

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#405 - The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: A Dialogue with C. Daniel Batson

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#404 - Socrates and Living A Philosophical Life: A Dialogue with Agnes Callard

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#403 - Land Power: A Dialogue with Michael Albertus

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#402 - The Age Of Choice: A Dialogue with Sophia Rosenfeld

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#401 - Intent to Destroy: The Ukraine-Russian War: A Dialogue with Eugene Finkel

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#400 - The Extinction of Experience: A Dialogue with Christine Rosen

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#399 - A Christian Democracy?: A Dialogue with Jonathan Rauch

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#398 - The New India: A Dialogue with Rahul Bhatia

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#397 - The Life and Presidency of Martin Van Buren: A Dialogue with James M. Bradley

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#396 - Woodrow Wilson and Women's Rights: A Dialogue with Christopher Cox

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#395 - A Jewish Tragedy in 1929 Hebron: A Dialogue with Yardena Schwartz

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#394 - A Palestinian Tragedy in Jerusalem: A Dialogue with Nathan Thrall

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#393 - The Race for A Forested Future: A Dialogue with Lauren E. Oakes

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#392 - The Power of Prions: A Dialogue with Michel Brahic

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#391 - The Evolutionary Story of Fathers: A Dialogue with Sarah B. Hrdy

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#390 - A Military History of the Vietnam War: A Dialogue with Geoffrey Wawro

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#389 - The Eastern Front of World War I: A Dialogue with Nick Lloyd

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#388 - Aesop's Fables: A Dialogue with Robin Waterfield

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#387 - Ancient Christianities: A Dialogue with Paula Fredriksen

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#386 - Road Ecology: A Dialogue with Ben Goldfarb

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#385 - A History of Cyprus: A Dialogue with Alex Christofi

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#384 - The MAGA Red Wave: Thoughts on the 2024 U.S. Elections: A Dialogue with Ben Winegard

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#383 - Shame and Pride In Appalachia: A Dialogue with Arlie Hochschild

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#382 - Erasing History: A Dialogue with Jason Stanley

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#381 - The Quest for Cosmic life: A Dialogue with Mario Livio

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#380 - The Raceless Antiracist: A Dialogue with Sheena Mason

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#379 - The Philosophy of Henri Bergson: A Dialogue with Emily Herring

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#378 - The Cleopatras: A Dialogue with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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#377- The Myth of American Idealism: A Dialogue with Nathan J. Robinson

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#376 - Lessons and Laws of Angela Merkel: A Dialogue with Melissa Eddy

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#375 - We Have Never Been Woke: A Dialogue with Musa al-Gharbi

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#374 - The Horse and The Rise of Empires: A Dialogue with David Chaffetz

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#373 - The Indomitable Will of Lyndon Johnson: A Dialogue with Mark Updegrove

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#372 - A History of the Bible: A Dialogue with Bruce Gordon

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#371- Blinded by Digital Realities: A Dialogue with Renée DiResta

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#370 - The Life and Death of the American Worker: A Dialogue with Alice Driver

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#369 - Karl Marx's Capital I: A Dialogue with Paul North and Paul Reitter

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#368 - The Rise of Illiberalism: A Dialogue with Marlene Laruelle

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#367 - How The World Made The West: A Dialogue with Josephine Quinn

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#366 - The Presidency of John Adams: A Dialogue with Lindsay Chervinsky

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#365 - The Language Puzzle: A Dialogue with Steven Mithen

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#364 - The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement: A Dialogue with Benjamin Nathans

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#363 - Understanding Political Polling: A Dialogue with Brett Loyd

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#362 - Liberalism and The Holy Alliance: A Dialogue with Isaac Nakhimovsky

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#361 - Hawks and Doves: Elites on Foreign Policy: A Dialogue with Elizabeth Saunders

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#360 - Why Animals Talk?: A Dialogue with Arik Kershenbaum

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#359 - Alternative Economies: A Dialogue with Nick Romeo

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#358 - Observing Evolutionary Change: A Dialogue with B. Rosemary Grant

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#357 - A History of Nomads: A Dialogue of Anthony Sattin

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#356 - Ending the Dark Ages of Quantum Theory: A Dialogue with Adam Forrest Kay

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#355 - Nomadic Empires of the Steppes: A Dialogue with Kenneth Harl

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#354 - Liberalism As A Way Of Life: A Dialogue with Alexandre Lefebvre

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#353 - A History of the Muslim World: A Dialogue with Michael Cook

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#352 - Our Bayesian Priors: A Dialogue with Tom Chivers

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#351 - RNA as Catalyst: A Dialogue with Thomas Cech

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#350 - Voices From The New Syrian Diaspora: A Dialogue with Wendy Pearlman

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#349 - A Damascus Massacre: A Dialogue with Eugene Rogan

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#348 - Parliamentary America: A Dialogue with Maxwell Stearns

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#347 - Failures of the Constitution: A Dialogue with Aziz Rana

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#346 - Rethinking the End of Empire: A Dialogue with Lynn Tesser

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#345 - How Culture Creates Emotions: A Dialogue with Batja Mesquita

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#344 - Economic Guarantees: A Dialogue with Natalie Foster

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#343 - Metaracism: A Dialogue with Tricia Rose

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#342 - The Presidency of James Polk: A Dialogue with Robert Merry

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#341 - How NOT To Do Your Own Research: A Dialogue with Alex Edmans

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#340 - How the American Heartland Turned Red: A Dialogue with Stephanie Ternullo

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#339 - Planta Sapiens: A Dialogue with Paco Calvo

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#338 - Victim: A Dialogue with Andrew Boryga

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#337 - Wahhābism: A Dialogue with Cole Bunzel

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#336 - The Secular Gospel of Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Dialogue with James Marcus

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#335 - Hubert Humphrey: Giant of Liberalism: A Dialogue with James Traub

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#334 - Recognizing Others: A Dialogue with Michèle Lamont

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#333 - The Genius of Ibn Sina and Biruni: A Dialogue with S. Frederick Starr

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#332 - Nostalgia: A Dialogue with Clay Routledge

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#331 - Making Sense of Our Delusions: A Dialogue with Lisa Bortolotti

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#330 - Deceiving Ourselves: A Dialogue with Ajit Varki

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#329 - Fighting for Women's Rights Around the World: A Dialogue with Sima Samar

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#328 - Listening to Prozac: A Dialogue with Peter Kramer

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#327 - The Invention of Prehistory: A Dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos

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#326 - Puerto Rico: A Natural History: A Dialogue with Jorell Meléndez Badillo

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#325 - Health Problems: A Dialogue with Elizabeth Barnes

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#324 - Paying Attention In A Distracted World: A Dialogue with Christian Madsbjerg

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#323 - Wonderstruck: A Dialogue with Helen De Cruz

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#322 - Democracy Birthed in Darkness: A Dialogue with Katlyn Carter

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#321 - Homer and His Iliad: A Dialogue with Robin Lane Fox

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#320 - The Art of Public Conversation: A Crossover Episode with Where We Go Next

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#319 - Somebody's Gotta Win the 2024 US Presidential Election: A Dialogue with Tara Palmeri

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#318 - Virtues and the Founding Fathers: A Dialogue with Jeffrey Rosen

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#317 - The Five-Year Presidency: A Dialogue with Christopher Liddell

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#316 - The Brain From the Inside-Out: A Dialogue with György Buzsáki

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#315 - Regulating AI Systems: A Dialogue with Robert Trager

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#314 - A Central American Exodus and the Reshaping of America: A Dialogue with Jonathan Blitzer

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#313 - The Mongol Storm: A Dialogue with Nicholas Morton

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#312 - Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and Late Ottoman State: A Dialogue with Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky

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#311 - Shifting Grounds: Territory, Society, and Conflict: A Dialogue with Burak Kadercan

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#310 - Comparative Cognition: A Dialogue with Nicola Clayton

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#309 - Sex, Evolution, and the Female Animal: A Dialogue with Lucy Cooke

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#308 - The Five Million Year History of Humans: A Dialogue with Peter Bellwood

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#307 - Many Worlds in the Multiverse: A Dialogue with Paul Halpern

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#306 - Heidegger's Culmination of German Idealism: A Dialogue with Robert Pippin

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#305 - The Disillusionment of Suburbia: A Dialogue with Benjamin Herold

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#304 - Failures of the Clinton Presidency: A Dialogue with Nelson Lichtenstein

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#303 - The Science of Mental Health: A Dialogue with Camilla Nord

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#302 - Modeling Social Behavior: A Dialogue with Paul Smaldino

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#301 - Directionless Democrats: A Dialogue with Ruy Teixeira

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#300 - A Leftist Reading of Nietzsche: A Dialogue with Daniel Tutt

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#299 - Myths of Migration: A Dialogue with Hein de Haas

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#298 - Origins of the Just War: A Dialogue with Rory Cox

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#297 - Social Construction of Our Emotions: A Dialogue with Lisa Feldman-Barrett

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#296 - A Natural History of Cephalopods: A Dialogue with Danna Staaf

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#295 - Discovering the Ribosome Structure: A Dialogue with Venki Ramakrishnan

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#294 - The Philosophy of Twins: A Dialogue with Helena de Bres

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#293 - The History of Equality: A Dialogue with Darrin McMahon

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#292 - Surviving Our Catastrophes: A Dialogue with Robert Jay Lifton

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#291 - Cold War Liberalism: A Dialogue with Samuel Moyn

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#290 - Finding Meaning In Our Universe: A Dialogue with Philip Goff

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#289 - First Steps Towards Ending Mass Incarceration: A Dialogue with Colleen Eren

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#288 - Mass Incarceration and The Death of Rehabilitation: A Dialogue with Vincent Schiraldi

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#287 - The Blue machine: A Dialogue with Helen Czerski

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#286 - Gender Performativity in Biology: A Dialogue with Richard Prum

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#285 - Polyvagal Theory: A Dialogue with Stephen Porges

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#284 - Hegel on Being: A Dialogue with Stephen Houlgate

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#283 - Recycling Empire: A Dialogue with Adam Mestyan

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#282 - Nuclear Doomsday Pending: A Dialogue with Carl Robichaud

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#281 - Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint: A Dialogue with Peter Sarris

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#280 - The Four Realms of Existence: A Dialogue with Joseph LeDoux

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#279 - Carbon Accounting and Climate Change: A Dialogue with Kristian Rönn

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#278 - Conservation Presidents in the 20th Century: A Dialogue with Douglas Brinkley

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#277 - The 200 Million Year History of Eves: A Dialogue with Cat Bohannon

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#276 - A Segmented History of The Chapter: A Dialogue with Nicholas Dames

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#275 - Animal Consciousness: A Dialogue with Walter Veit

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#274 - A Theory of Everyone: A Dialogue with Michael Muthukrishna

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#273 - Christians and Muslims in the Age of Charlemagne: A Dialogue with Sam Ottewill-Soulsby

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#272 - The Darkened Light of Democracy: A Dialogue with Melvin Rogers

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#271 - Black Grief/White Grievance: A Dialogue with Juliet Hooker

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#270 - From Kant to Kink: Demystifying Sexual Consent: A Dialogue with Manon Garcia

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#269 - Two Much Privilege: Marriage, Parenting, and Economics: A Dialogue with Melissa Kearney

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#268 - An Evolutionary Journey of Free Will: A Dialogue with Kevin Mitchell

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#267 - A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind: A Dialogue with Clancy Martin

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#266 - The Identity Trap: A Dialogue with Yascha Mounk

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#265 - 700 years of Rivalry Between Rome and Persia: A Dialogue with Adrian Goldsworthy

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#264 - The Golden Age of the Roman Empire: A Dialogue with Tom Holland

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#263 - Climate and the Science of Denial: A Dialogue with David Lipsky

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#262 - Failures of Forgiveness: A Dialogue with Myisha Cherry

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#261 - Collective Memory and Civil Rights: A Dialogue with Hajar Yazdiha

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#260 - Power and Progress: A Dialogue with Daron Acemoglu

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#259 - Nietzsche's Great Politics: A Dialogue with Hugo Drochon

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#258 - Beyond the Wall: A Dialogue with Katja Hoyer

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#257 - Polyamory and Eugenics: A Dialogue with Diana Fleischman

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#256 - The Rigor of Angels: A Dialogue with William Egginton

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#255 - Notes on Complexity: A Dialogue with Neil Theise

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#254 - Trying To "Own the Libs" Since 1967: A Dialogue with Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

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#253 - Taking Flight: A Dialogue with Lev Parikian

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#252 - The Philosophy of Translation: A Dialogue with Damion Searls

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#251 - Mental Imagery: A Dialogue with Bence Nanay

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#250 - Parfit: A Dialogue with David Edmonds

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#249 - A Cellular Story of Life: A Dialogue with Alfonso Martinez Arias

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#248 - Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of A Divided Land: A Dialogue with Jacob Mikanowski

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#247 - Kant's Influence on Biology: A Dialogue with Andrew Jones

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#246 - Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds: A Dialogue with Mackenzie Cooley, Anna Toledano, & Duygu Yildirim

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#245 - Oppenheimer: A Dialogue with Kai Bird

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#244 - Psychoanalysis: Past and Present: A Dialogue with Nancy McWilliams

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#243 - Heidegger's Destruction of Aristotle: A Dialogue with Sean Kirkland

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#242 - Roots of The Black Working Class: A Dialogue with Blair LM Kelley

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#241 - States of Being: A Dialogue with Frank Putnam

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#240 - The Life and Presidency of James Garfield: A Dialogue with C.W. Goodyear

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#239 - On Being Moderately Undefined: A Dialogue with Salomé Sibonex

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#238 - The Dark Side of Martin Heidegger: A Dialogue with Richard Wolin

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#237 - Evolutionary Psychiatry: A Dialogue with Randy Nesse

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#236 - Being Human On Earth: A Dialogue with Lewis Dartnell

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#235 - Syria, Identity, and Activism: A Dialogue with Celine Kasem

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#234 - The Making and Re-making of Sunnism and Shiism: A Dialogue with Toby Matthiesen

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#233 - Psychiatry and Anti-Depressants: A Dialogue with Peter Kramer

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#232 - Radical and Revolutionary: Alfred Russel Wallace: A Dialogue with James Costa

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#231 - The Neuroscience of Music: A Dialogue with Lawrence Sherman & Dennis Plies

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#230 - Unmasking Libertarianism: A Dialogue with Andrew Koppelman

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#229 - Defying the British Empire: A Dialogue with David Veevers

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#228 - The Possibility of Life: A Dialogue with Jaime Green

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#227 - Without Children: A Dialogue with Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

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#226 - The Pandemic Paradox: A Dialogue with Scott Fulford

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#225 - Making the Rational Decisions: A Dialogue with Lionel Page

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#224 - Brains As Prediction Machines: A Dialogue with Andy Clark

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#223 - The Legacy of Sultan Süleyman: A Dialogue with Kaya Sahin

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#222 - Cats: An Evolutionary Story: A Dialogue with Jonathan Losos

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#221 - The Earth Transformed: A Dialogue with Peter Frankopan

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#220 - Generations: A Dialogue with Jean Twenge

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#219 - Women Who Kill: A Dialogue with Marissa Harrison

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#218 - Neuroscience and Embodiment: A Dialogue with Inês Hipólito

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#217 - Longtermism and Our Future: A Dialogue with Richard Fisher

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#216 - Social Constructions of The Self: A Dialogue with Brian Lowery

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#215 - The Triumphant Spread of Christianity: A Dialogue with Peter Heather

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#214 - Assyria: The World's First Empire: A Dialogue with Eckart Frahm

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#213 - The Reopening of The Western Mind: A Dialogue with Charles Freeman

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#212 - The World Through Our Senses: A Dialogue with Ashley Ward

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#211 - Armageddon: A Dialogue with Bart Ehrman

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#210 - Trauma and Justice: A Dialogue with Judith Herman

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#209 - Autism: Difference and Disability: A Dialogue with Simon Baron-Cohen

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#208 - Introduction to Psychology: A Dialogue with Paul Bloom

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#207 - Science Communication and Free Speech in Academia: A Dialogue with Nicholas Dirks

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#206 - Mourning the Presidents: A Dialogue with Lindsay Chervinsky

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#205 - A Philosophy of Protest: A Dialogue with Clayton Bohnet

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#204 - The Problem of Democracy: A Dialogue with Shadi Hamid

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#203 - A History of Transplant Surgery: A Dialogue with Paul Craddock

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#202 - The Culture of Incels: A Dialogue with William Costello

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#201 - The Invention of Tomorrow: A Dialogue with Adam Bulley

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#200 - Marketing in the 21st Century: A Dialogue with Pinar Yildirim

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#199 - Breaking Barriers in Biology: A Dialogue with Joseph Graves Jr.

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#198 - Racial Equity and Selfhood: A Dialogue with Brian Lowery

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#197 - Freely Determined: A Dialogue with Ken Sheldon

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#196 - Wagnerism: A Dialogue with Alex Ross

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#195 - Healthcare and Public Health: A Dialogue with Michael Stein

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#194 - Stories & Culture: A Dialogue with Kat Rosenfield

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#193 - Digital Sovereignty's Elusiveness: A Dialogue with Aynne Kokas

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#192 - Transfer of Power: A Dialogue with David Marchick

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#191 - Masculinity, Homelessness, and Mental Health: A Dialogue with Christopher Ferguson

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#190 - Deconstructing Derrida: A Dialogue with Peter Salmon

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#189 - The Death of God and The Importance of Appreciation: A Dialogue with David Hoinski

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#188 - The Supreme Value of Literary Criticism: A Dialogue with Merve Emre

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#187 - If Nietzsche Were A Narwhal: A Dialogue with Justin Gregg

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#186 - Inside the Mind of A Bee: A Dialogue with Lars Chittka

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#185 - Blood & Iron: A History of The German Empire: A Dialogue with Katja Hoyer

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#184 - The Cult of Smart: A Dialogue with Freddie deBoer

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#183 - Science Fictions Within The Social Sciences: A Dialogue with Stuart Ritchie

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#182 - The Moral History of Genetic Engineering: A Dialogue with Matthew Cobb

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#181 - Schelling's Idealism: A Dialogue with Ben Norris

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#180 - Sexual Selection, Polyamory, and AI: A Dialogue with Geoffrey Miller

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#179 - Red Wave?: Thoughts on the 2022 US Midterm Elections: A Dialogue with Ben Winegard

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#178 - The Good, The Bad, and The Pathological Nature of Narcissism: A Dialogue with W. Keith Campbell

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#177 - Masculinity In The 21st Century: A Dialogue with Richard Reeves

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#176 - A Minimal Concept of Death: A Dialogue with Susana Monsó

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#175 - A Natural History of The Future: A Dialogue with Rob Dunn

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#174 - The Art of Living and Dying: A Dialogue with Kevin Aho

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#173 - The Scientific Race to Defeat COVID-19: A Dialogue with David Quammen

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#172 - Virtues and Character: A Dialogue with Massimo Pigliucci

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#171 - A Cellular Symphony: A Dialogue with Siddhartha Mukherjee

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#170 - Navigating Friendship: A Dialogue with Hannah Bradshaw

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#169 - Hidden Motives, Norms, and The Sacred: A Dialogue with Robin Hanson

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#168 - An Economy of Promises: A Dialogue with Bruce Carruthers

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#167 - Being and Worldhood: The Philosophy of Martin Heidegger: A.Dialogue with Richard Polt

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#166 - Infant Cognition and Plants: A Dialogue with Annie Wertz

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#165 - Platypus, Echidna, and The Magnificent Mammals of Australia: A Dialogue with Jack Ashby

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#164 - A Natural History of The Red Planet: A Dialogue with Simon Morden

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#163 - The Power of Our Influence: A Dialogue with Vanessa Bohns

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#162 - Expansionism and Tariffs: The Presidency of William McKinley: A Dialogue with Robert Merry

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#161- The State of Our Culture: A Dialogue with William Deresiewicz

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#160 - Iron Will: The Presidency of Grover Cleveland: A Dialogue with Troy Senik

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#159 - Our Need to Belong: A Dialogue with Geoffrey Cohen

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#158 - Ancient Brains, Modern Times: A Dialogue with Douglas Kenrick & David Lundberg-Kenrick

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#157 - An Evolutionary Framework for Depression: A Dialogue with Ed Hagen

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#156 - The Embodied Mind: A Dialogue with Thomas R. Verny

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#155 - The Human Blueprint For A Good Society: A Dialogue with Nicholas Christakis

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#154 - Eating Someone: Animal Ethics and Consciousness: A Dialogue with Lori Marino

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#153 - Authenticity and Feminism with Simone de Beauvoir: A Dialogue with Skye Cleary

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#152 - The Complexities of Gender and Gender Dysphoria: A Dialogue Between Patrick Lockwood and Colin Wright

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#151- A Hidden Human Species?: A Dialogue with Gregory Forth

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#150 - The Multiple Configurations of Gender: A Dialogue with Will Beischel

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#149 -Female Intrasexual Competition and Attractiveness Privilege: A Dialogue with Tania Reynolds

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#148 - Method Acting: The Most Misunderstood System of Acting: A Dialogue with Isaac Butler

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#147 - Game Theory and Human Behavior: A Dialogue with Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli

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#146 - The Good Enough Life: A Dialogue with Avram Alpert

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#145 - Encounters with Extreme Hate: A Dialogue with Daryl Davis

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#144 - Parrots: A Mirror Reflection?: A Dialogue with Antone Martinho-Truswell

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#143 - Intersectional Fortunes of Dinosaurs and Mammals: A Dialogue with Steve Brusatte

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#142 - The Science of Friendship: A Dialogue with Jaimie Arona Krems

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#141 - The Life and Presidency of Woodrow Wilson: A Dialogue with John Milton Cooper

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#140 - The Phenomenology of Dreams in Animals: A Dialogue with David Peña-Guzmán

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#139 - Accuracy in Climate Science: A Dialogue with Steven Koonin

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#138 - Complacency and Efficiency of the Economic Style: A Dialogue with Elizabeth Popp Berman

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#137 - Yellowstone and History of the Western United States: A Dialogue with Megan Kate Nelson

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#136 - Know Your Influence: A Dialogue with Zoe Chance

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#135 - Human Rights and The Syrian Conflict: A Dialogue with Jomana Qaddour and Gissou Nia

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#134 - Origins of The Human Brain: A Dialogue with William A. Harris

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#133 - The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter: A Dialogue with Kai Bird

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#132 - The Evolution of Birds: A Dialogue with Douglas Futuyma

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#131- Citizens: A Better Future: A Dialogue with Jon Alexander

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#130 - Undoing Bias: A Dialogue with Christia Spears Brown

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#129 - The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: A Dialogue with Riley Black

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#128 - Immigration In The 21st Century: A Dialogue with Nancy Foner

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#127 - The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza: A Dialogue with Steven Nadler

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#126 - Dogs Without Humans: A Dialogue with Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff

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#125 - A Geological History of The Earth: A Dialogue with Andrew Knoll

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#124 - Living In the Grey with Neurodiversity: A Dialogue with Jenara Nerenberg

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#123 - The Process of Animal Domestication: A Dialogue with Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra

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#122 - Virtues and Limits: A Dialogue with David McPherson

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#121 - Unifying the Bayesian Brain Model and Free Energy Principle: A Dialogue with Karl Friston

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#120 - Is Psychology A Failing Science?: A Dialogue with Patrick Lockwood

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#119 - The Communication of Whales: A Dialogue with Mel Cosentino

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#118 - The Origins of The East India Company: A Dialogue with William Dalrymple

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#117 - Cooperation and The Social Lives of Animals: A Dialogue with Ashley Ward

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#116 - John F. Kennedy: The Formation of An American Dream: A Dialogue with Fredrik Logevall

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#115 - Should We Care About the Culture Wars?: A Dialogue with Meghan Daum

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#114 - Bridging Divides Through Curiosity: A Dialogue with Monica Guzman

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#113 - Building Life Over Billions of Years: A Dialogue with Neil Shubin

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#112 - Recalibrating Our Views on Anger and Shame: A Dialogue with Daniel Sznycer

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#111 - Are We Evolved to Exercise?: A Dialogue With Daniel Lieberman

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#110 - The Power of Convergent Evolution: A Dialogue with Jonathan Losos

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#109 - Genetic History of the Americas: A Dialogue with Jennifer Raff

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#108 - Structural Figures of Continental Philosophy: A Dialogue with John Macready

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#107 - Biophysics of the Living World: A Dialogue with Raghuveer Parthasarathy

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#106 - The Interconnectedness of Scale: A Dialogue with Geoffrey West

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#105 - Are Humans Evolved for Cooperation and Kindness?: A Dialogue with Michael McCullough

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#104 - Four Women Who Revolutionized Ethics: A Dialogue with Benjamin Lipscomb

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#103 - The Horde: Genius of the Mongols: A Dialogue with Marie Favereau

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#102 - Genes, Moods, and the Self: A Dialogue with Bill Sullivan

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#101 - From Darwin to Derrida: A Dialogue with David Haig

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#100 - In the Shadow of Vietnam: A Dialogue with Mark Atwood Lawrence

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#99 - Time of the Magicians: A Dialogue with Wolfram Eilenberger

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#98 - Puzzling Wonders of Evolution: A Dialogue with Kenneth Catania

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#97 - The Neuroscience of Psychotherapeutic Change: A Dialogue with Richard Lane

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#96 - The Complicated Utility of Anger and Shame: A Dialogue with Owen Flanagan

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#95 - The History of Human Emotions: A Dialogue with Richard Firth-Godbehere

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#94 - The Neuroscientific and Philosophical Landscape of Self-Regulation: A Dialogue with Stuart Shanker

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#93 - 500 Million Years of Cephalopods: A Dialogue with Danna Staaf

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#92 - Is There A Way Out of Toxic Polarization?: A Dialogue with Peter Coleman

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#91 - German Idealism: The Philosophies of Kant and Fichte: A Dialogue with Gabriel Gottlieb

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#90 - Sovereignty: A Most Presumptuous Claim: A Dialogue with Peter Russell

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#89 - The Macabre Pleasures of Morbid Curiosity: A Dialogue with Coltan Scrivner

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#88 - Life in the Arctic Tundra: A Dialogue with Laura Galloway

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#87 - The End of Trauma: A Dialogue with George Bonanno

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#86 - A History of Maternal-Fetal Effects: A Dialogue with Sarah Richardson

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#85 - Earth: The Annals of Our Home: A Dialogue with Henry Gee

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#84 - The Phenomenological Materialism of Hannah Arendt: A Dialogue with Samantha Rose Hill

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#83 - The Pleasures of Suffering: A Dialogue with Paul Bloom

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#82 - The Gene‘s-Eye View of Evolution: A Dialogue with Arvid Ågren

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#81 - Media‘s Gentrification of the Working Class: A Dialogue with Batya Ungar-Sargon

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#80 - Wrestling With Our Social Taboos: A Dialogue with Charles Murray

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#79 - Plagues Upon The Earth: A Dialogue with Kyle Harper

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#78 - Nuanced Feminism in Modern Times: A Dialogue with Kat Rosenfield

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#77 - Balanced and Healthy Group Identities: A Dialogue with Dominic Packer

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#76 - The Evolving Complexities of Higher Education: A Dialogue with Nicole Barbaro

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#75 - Social Implications of Our Genetic Lottery: A Dialogue with Kathryn Paige Harden

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#74 - Whales: The Mysterious Giants of the Ocean: A Dialogue with Nick Pyenson

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#73 - The Evolution of Beauty: A Dialogue with Richard Prum

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#72 - Let‘s Talk About Sex(ual Arousal, Desire, & Disgust): A Dialogue with Courtney Crosby

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#71 - The Fiscal Legacy of Calvin Coolidge: A Dialogue with Amity Shlaes

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#70 - A Conservative Case for Liberal Education: A Dialogue with Jonathan Marks

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#69 - Jungles: Our Fading Home: A Dialogue with Patrick Roberts

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#68 - Uncovering the Inner Experience of Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Dialogue with Shioma-Lei Craythorne

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#67 - Zealous Search for Truth in Documentary Filmmaking: A Dialogue with Nadia Gill

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#66 - Testosterone: Understanding Without Judgment: A Dialogue with Carole Hooven

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#65 - A Balanced Black History in Education: A Dialogue with Charles Love

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#64 - Lifting the Veil of Islam: A Dialogue with Yasmine Mohammed

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#63 - The Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas: A Dialogue with Simon Critchley

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#62 - De-Stigmatizing Mental Illness: A Dialogue with Lucy Foulkes

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#61 - Can Evolution Explain Morality?: A Dialogue with Allen Buchanan

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#60 - The Self-Conscious Emotion of Shame: A Dialogue with June Tangney

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#59 - Genetic Balancing of Nature and Nurture: A Dialogue with Kevin Mitchell

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#58 - Suicide: The Most Known Unknown: A Dialogue with Kathryn Gordon

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#57 - The Emotional Lives of Black Women: A Dialogue with Inger Burnett-Zeigler

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#56 - A Defense Against Illiberalism: A Dialogue with Jonathan Rauch

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#55 - Evolve & Restart: A Dialogue with Luis Lopez-Portillo

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#54 - Can We Have An Ethical Artificial Intelligence?: A Dialogue with Alentina Vardanyan

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#53 - Starmanning and Superman: A Dialogue with Angel Eduardo + Guests

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#52 - Menopause: A Cultural Syndrome? - A Dialogue with Susan Mattern

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#51 - The WEIRDest People in the World: A Dialogue with Joseph Henrich

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#50 - The Phenomenology of Soren Kierkegaard: A Dialogue with Amber Bowen

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#49 - The Self-Conscious Emotion of Pride: A Dialogue with Jessica Tracy

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#48 - Our Social Instinct for Cooperation: A Dialogue with Nichola Raihani

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#47 - Evolution Misconceptions and the Myers Briggs: A Dialogue with Laith Al-Shawaf

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#46 - The Humanism of Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy: A Dialogue with Paul Grant & Ellen Inverso

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#45 - Walking Upright: The Importance of Bipedalism: A Dialogue with Jeremy DeSilva

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#44 - The Mathematical Power of Neuroscience: A Dialogue with Grace Lindsay

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#43 - Feminist Existentialism: A Dialogue with Talia Welsh

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#42 - The Dark Side of Sexual Evolution: A Dialogue with David Buss

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#41 - Source Bias, Trustworthiness, and Persuasion: A Dialogue with Laura Wallace

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#40 - Applied Phenomenology: Hegel, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty: A Dialogue with John Russon

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#39 - The Impact of Parenthood and Divorce: A Dialogue with Manon Van Scheppingen

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#38 - Education: A School Psychology Perspective: A Dialogue with Jessica Koehler

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#37 - Cognition, Consciousness, and Cephalopods: A Dialogue with Alex Schnell

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#36 - The Evolution of Modern-Day Conservatism: A Dialogue with Rick Perlstein

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#35 - Understanding Moral Extremism: A Dialogue With Spencer Case

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#34 - A More Person-Centered Journalism: A Dialogue With Monica Guzman

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#33 - Leaving Race Behind: A Dialogue with Thomas Chatterton Williams

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#32 - COVID-19: The Malady of Our Time: A Dialogue with Nicholas Christakis

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#31- Crisis! The Current State of the Social Sciences: A Dialogue with Lee Jussim

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#30 - The Hidden Source of Consciousness: A Dialogue with Mark Solms

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#29 - Video Games, Madness, and Our Society: A Dialogue with Christopher Ferguson

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#28 - Genetics, Race, and Populations: A Dialogue with Razib Khan

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#27 - Mixed Race Identity and Pragmatic Conservatism: A Dialogue with John Wood Jr.

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#26 - Getting Personal with Nietzsche and Heidegger: A Dialogue with David Hoinski

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#25 - Postmodernism, Phenomenology, and Lived Experiences: A Dialogue with Bret Alderman

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#24 - Deserts: Free Will and Moral Responsibility: A Dialogue with Gregg Caruso

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#23 - The Underrated Magnum Opus of George Washington: A Dialogue with Lindsay Chervinsky

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#22 - Statistical Value of Personality: A Dialogue with Allie Choate

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#21 - Evidence-Based Treatments and Elimination Disorders: A Dialogue with Camilo Ortiz

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#20 - The Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty: A Dialogue with Talia Welsh

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#19 - The Labyrinth of Attachment Theory: A Dialogue with Nicole Barbaro

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#18 - The Audacity of Race Data: A Dialogue with Wilfred Reilly

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#17 - Fire and Vultures: A Dialogue with Iona Italia

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#16 - Pragmatic Conservatism or Classical Liberalism: A Dialogue Between Bo Winegard and Nicholas Wolfinger

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#15 - Marriage, Divorce, and Single Motherhood: A Dialogue with Nicholas Wolfinger

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#14 - Nietzsche Contra Freud: Towards A Nietzschean Psychology: A Dialogue with Tyler VanOstrand

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#13 - Philosophy As An Attitude: A Dialogue with Sanjana Rajagopal

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#12 - Stress, Psychology, and Self-Help: A Dialogue with Simona Efanov

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#11 - Important Enough To Refute: A Dialogue with Stephen Clouse

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#10 - Cold Takes: The Battleground of Ideas and Latino Diversity: A Dialogue with Angel Eduardo

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#9 - Make Psychotherapy Great Again: A Dialogue with Ashley King

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#8 - Bias, Replication, and Free Will: A Dialogue with Cory Clark

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#7 - Truth and Compassion: Evolution, Biological Sex, and Gender Identity: A Dialogue with Colin Wright

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#6 - Sex, Critical Race Theory, and The Social Sciences: A Dialogue with Rod Graham

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#5 - The Necessity of Awe: A Dialogue with Jonah Paquette

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#4 - Can We Have Diversity of Thought on Race?: A Dialogue with Brittany Talissa King

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#3 - Is Pragmatism the Real Progressivism?: A Dialogue with Ben Winegard

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#2 - Conservatism, Trumpism, and Immigration: A Dialogue with Bo Winegard

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