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careers in the age of AI with BEN TODD

Altruistic Kidney Donation with Elaine Perlman and Joshua Morrison

raising children in the AI era with DANA SUSKIND

modern stoicism with RYAN HOLIDAY

the hidden dimensions of consciousness with MICHAEL POLLAN

the multiverse with SEAN CARROLL

Peter Singer turns 80!! 🎂

a life of kindness with AMY AELA

the moral marketplace with ALVIN ROTH

Lessons from the World Happiness Report with JOHN HELLIWELL

The future of food with BRUCE FRIEDRICH

How converging science and AI could reshape humanity’s morality with JAMIE METZL

forgiving the unforgivable, with Holocaust survivor EDITH EGER

CLAUDE STEELE on stereotype threat, and overcoming churn

DEREK SHILLER: How AI will change what it is to live well

BEYOND HUMAN: are we creating AI consciousness?

WILL MACASKILL says we are not prepared for the intelligence explosion

ZOE WEIL has a solutionary idea to change the world

REBECCA GOLDSTEIN thinks we are all attention seeking

forget happiness, JENNIFER WALLACE thinks mattering is the key to a life well lived

(RE-RELEASE) LISA FELDMAN BARRETT: everything you know about the brain is wrong!

(RE-RELEASE) Why YUVAL NOAH HARARI thinks modern society is on the brink of collapse

(RE-RELEASE) INGRID NEWKIRK: the dark side of animal rights

(RE-RELEASE) DANIEL KAHNEMAN: understanding how we make decisions

(RE-RELEASE) A.J. JACOBS exposes why living biblically means stoning adulterers!

MARION NESTLE exposes the dark truth about ultra processed foods

PAUL SIMON: life beyond the sound of silence

TIM MINCHIN vs The Church

SHERMIN KRUSE on surviving the Iranian Revolution through the power of empathy

BRIAN HARE & VANESSA WOODS: kindness will prevail over aggression

STEPHEN WEST found philosophy whilst working in a warehouse

MERCEDES & ANASTASIA KORNGUT are teenagers on a crusade for happiness

DANIEL GILBERT thinks our brains are wired for misery

BISHOP MARIANN BUDDE defied Trump, and delivered a sermon that shook the world

WORKING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE with Julia van Boven & Sjir Hoeijmakers

CHRISTINE WEBB: why human exceptionalism is a myth

(re-release) How JANE GOODALL defied experts and changed our view on animals forever!

BARRY JONES is the politician who abolished the death penalty

MARTHA NUSSBAUM: why killing animals might not always be wrong

STEPHEN FRY and the defining moment that almost destroyed his future

ANNA MACHIN: monogamy is unnatural

ELLEN LANGER says you need to question everything

the controversial crusade of WAYNE HSIUNG, and the legal challenges of animal liberation

DASHO DECHEN WANGMO: How Bhutan's unconventional approach to health beat COVID-19

DEAN SPEARS thinks the depopulation of humanity will change the world forever

MEG SMAKER has been kidnapped and cancelled

TALI SHAROT exposes the optimism bias

JOSHUA GREENE has a solution to our divided world

CYAN BANISTER: from homelessness to angel investor

SLAVOJ ZIZEK: why happiness is overrated

CASS SUNSTEIN: the government has ways to mind control you

LAWRENCE KRAUSS thinks you are cosmically insignificant

RUTGER BREGMAN is fighting a battle against moral apathy

ELIZABETH BARNES: is disability a burden or a blessing?

THOMAS NAGEL thinks you are wrong about the understanding of the universe

ARTHUR C. BROOKS: why chasing money and escaping pain won't make you happy

ANTONIO DAMASIO: why everything you think you know about consciousness is dead wrong

SIGAL SAMUEL: why saving strangers might make you a villain

DAVID DUCHOVNY: the dark secrets behind fame and conspiracy theories

MICHAEL PLANT shares the 2025 World Happiness Report

ANNA LEMBKE on breaking free of addiction

ROBERT SAPOLSKY tells us why free will is an illusion

SAFEENA HUSAIN wants to educate girls and end intergenerational cycles of poverty

PROFIT FOR GOOD: building businesses that donate 100% of their profits to charity

MOBY on fame, punk rock activism, and animal liberation

RICHARD LAYARD: are governments keeping you unhappy?

KAKENYA NTAIYA will not stop fighting the war against female genial mutilation

why ADAM GRANT thinks you are wrong about your life choices

forgiving the unforgivable, how Holocaust survivor EDITH EGER turns trauma into triumph

STEVEN PINKER: society's biggest lies exposed!

CHARLIE BRESLER: from millionaire to philanthropist

JOYCE CAROL OATES is not interested in a life well lived

LISA FELDMAN BARRETT: everything you know about the brain is wrong!

MURALI DORAISWAMY: understanding the complexity of mental illness

SAM HARRIS: breaking through the illusion of consciousness and free will

PAUL BLOOM: the hidden truth about empathy and why your good intentions are flawed

XIMENA ABOGABIR: living to 100, a miracle or a misery?

JONATHAN HAIDT: why social media might be more dangerous than we think

A.J. JACOBS exposes why living biblically means stoning adulterers!

Debunking Happiness with MATTHIEU RICARD "the world's happiest man"

FRANCES KISSLING: the nun who challenged The Vatican

TYLER COWEN thinks we should worry about wolves more than climate change

DUI TOLEDO: why ditching your phone could be the ultimate freedom

KATE GRANT: forgotten women and the untold tragedy of obstetric fistula

ROBERT WRIGHT: the art of self-delusion, why your mind betrays your morals

How JANE GOODALL defied experts and changed our view on animals forever!

The Future of Humanity... Will we survive NEIL DE GRASSE TYSON'S vision?

JUDY COLLINS: from addiction and heartbreak to timeless music

Why YUVAL NOAH HARARI thinks modern society is on the brink of collapse

INGRID NEWKIRK: the dark side of animal rights

DANIEL KAHNEMAN: understanding how we make decisions

PETER & KASIA: welcome to the podcast

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