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Polymath — 49 episodes

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Title
1

Why the U.S. North and South Are So Different

2

A Deepdive Into The Porn World of 'Painal': and Why People Watch It

3

Why R@pe is More Common Than You Think

4

The Myth of Materialism

5

How to Get Yourself to ACTUALLY Exercise, According to the Buddha

6

How States Get Built - and Why Many in Sub-Saharan Africa Keep Breaking Down

7

'Traditional Masculinity' Explained Calmly and Scientifically

8

The Great Mystery Neither Science Nor Philosophy Can Solve- Or Can They?

9

Science Answers Once and For All Whether Nice Guys ACTUALLY Finish Last

10

Why Coups and Civil Wars Keep Happening in Developing Countries

11

What Actually is Neoliberalism? An Objective Guide in 30 Minutes

12

The Science of Stress: Everything You Need to Know

13

How Many Genders Are There? Sex and Gender Calmly and Scientifically Explained

14

What Actually is Anarchism? An Objective Guide in 20 Minutes

15

Are Life and the Universe Inherently Kind or Cruel? A Scientific Debate

16

How Influencers Are Lying to You: A Scientific & Philosophical Critique of Materialism

17

What Actually is Islamism? An Objective Guide

18

Religion's Role in Society: A Sociological Analysis of Western Europe & the Middle East

19

The 'Hard Problem' of Consciousness: The Great Debate Explained in 20 Minutes

20

Mental Illness Explained: A Proper, Scientific Guide

21

Personality Explained: What Makes You You

22

What Actually is Fascism? An Objective Guide

23

Systemic Sexism: Is it Real, and How Does it Work?

24

What Actually is Liberalism? An Objective Guide

25

Do You Have Free Will?

26

What 'Left Wing' and 'Right Wing' Actually Mean

27

'Systemic Discrimination' and How it Works (Social Identity Theory)

28

How the World (and Your Own Mind) Works: Social Identity Theory

29

The State of Women's Rights and Treatment in the Middle East

30

'Kill Anything That Moves': The Ubiquity of U.S. War Crimes in the Vietnam War

31

How We Went From Hunter-Gatherers to States

32

The Beneficial Disease

33

What Was it Like to Live in The Past?

34

What Actually is Anarchism? An Objective Guide

35

Can We Judge Historical Figures by the Standards of Today?

36

What if the Harry Potter World Were Real?

37

Why People Voted for Hitler: How Democracies Elect Dictators

38

Is Humanity Getting Dumber?

39

What Actually is Socialism? An Objective Guide

40

The Different Types of Capitalism & Which of Them Actually Work

41

What Actually is Capitalism? An Objective Guide

42

An Objective Guide to Political Ideologies: Introduction

43

What 'Left Wing' and 'Right Wing' Actually Mean

44

Why Britain & the West Industrialised First

45

The Science of Attractiveness

46

Is Morality Innate or Learned?

47

Why Some Countries Are More Developed Than Others

48

The Macroeconomics of Harry Potter

49

Why Has Evolution Made it Hard For Us to Stay in Shape?