All episodes

#303 — The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

#302 — Science & Civilization

#301 — The Politics of Unreality: Ukraine and Nuclear Risk

#300 — A Tale of Cancellation

#299 — Steps in the Right Direction

#298 — Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)

#297 — Preparing for the End

#296 — Repairing Our Country

#295 — Philosophy and the Good Life

#294 — Status Games

#293 — What I Really Think About Trump and Media Bias

#292 — How Much Does the Future Matter?

#291 — Where is Happiness?

#290 — What Went Wrong?

#289 — Time Management for Mortals

#288 — The End of Global Order

#287 — Why Wealth Matters

#286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics

#285 — American Division

#284 — The Funny Business

#283 — Gun Violence in America

#282 — Do You Really Have a Self?

#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents

#280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence

#279 — The Rules of the Stage

#278 — The Man Who Will Be King

#277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End?

#276 — Defending the Global Order

#275 — The Russian War in Ukraine

Absolutely Mental Season 3

Special Episode: Recipes for Future Plagues

#274 — The Future of American Democracy

#273 — Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology

Vaccine Mandates, transgender athletes, billionaires… (AMA #19)

#272 — On Disappointing My Audience

#271 — Earning to Give

#270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?

#269 — Deep Time

#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge

#267 — The Kingdom of Sleep

#266 — The Limits of Pleasure

#265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism

#264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast)

#263 — The Paradox of Death

#262 — The Future of American Democracy

#261 — Belief & Identity

Absolutely Mental Season Two

Ask Me Anything #18

#260 — The Second Plane

#259 — The Reckoning to Come

#258 — The Fall of Afghanistan

#257 — The State of the World

Ask Me Anything #17

#256 — A Contagion of Bad Ideas

#255 — The Future of Intelligence

#254 — The Mating Strategies of Earthlings

#253 — Corporate Courage

#252 — Are We Alone in the Universe?

#251 — Corporate Cowardice

#250 — Broken Conversations

#249 — Distance & Arrival

#248 — Order & Freedom

Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse

#247 — Constructing Minds

#246 — Police Training & Police Misconduct

#245 — Can We Talk About Scary Ideas?

#244 — Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk

#243 — A Few Points of Confusion

#242 — Psychedelics and the Self

#241 — Final Thoughts on Free Will

#240 — The Boundaries of Self

#239 — Yet Another Call from Ricky Gervais

#238 — How to Build a Universe

#237 — Another Call from Ricky Gervais

#236 — Rebooting New York City

#235 — A Call from Ricky Gervais

#234 — The Divided Mind

#233 — The Groves of Misinformation

#232 — Inequality and Revolution

#231 — Crossing the Abyss

#230 — An Insurrection of Lies

#229 — A Few Thoughts for a New Year

#228 — Doing Good

#227 — Knowing the Mind

Making Sense with Sam Harris

#226 — The Price of Distraction

#225 — Republic of Lies

#224 — The Key to Trump's Appeal

#223 — A Conversation with Andrew Sullivan

#222 — A Pandemic of Incompetence

#221 — Success, Failure, & the Common Good

#220 - The Information Apocalypse

#219 — The Power of Compassion

#218 — Welcome to the Cult Factory

#217 — The New Religion of Anti-Racism

#216 — A Conversation with Graeme Wood

#215 — A Conversation with David Miliband

#214 — A Conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee

#213 — The Worst Epidemic

#212 — A Conversation with Kathryn Paige Harden