All episodes

Eileen Buckholtz - The Women Who Built the NSA's Secret Computer World | STM Podcast #268

Saul Levmore & Ward Farnsworth - Why Smart People Make Bad Everyday Decisions | STM Podcast #267

Mark Schroeder - Why Small Arguments Become Personal | STM Podcast #266

Colin Marshall - How to Change Someone's Mind Without Manipulating Them | STM Podcast #265

Arlie Russell Hochschild - How Trump Turned Shame and Fear Into Political Power | STM Podcast #264

J. Aaron Simmons & Benjamin W. McCraw - The Hidden Philosophy of Heavy Metal | STM Podcast #263

Mike McIntire - Why America Can't Escape Gun Violence | STM Podcast #262

Ilan Stavans - Why Americans Can't Stop Arguing About God | STM Podcast #261

David Ost - The Hidden Connection Between Fascism and Modern Populism | STM Podcast #260

Ann Larson - The Untold Reality of Poverty Wages in America | STM #259

David R. Samson - Why You're Optimizing Sleep Wrong | The Evolution of Human Sleep | STM Podcast #258

Christian B. Miller - The Collapse of Honesty in Modern Society | STM Podcast #257

Gail Straub - She Traveled the World and Realized This About Humanity | STM Podcast #256

Jonathan Vigliotti - Who Failed Los Angeles? The Real Story Behind the Fire" | STM Podcast #255

Aaron Poochigian - Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: Philosophy as Psychological Training | STM #254

Christopher Mathias - The Fascists Next Door — And How They're Exposed | STM Podcast #253

Benjamin A. Saltzman - Why Turning Away Might Be an Ethical Act | STM Podcast #252

Patricia Martin - Who Are We Becoming? Identity in the Internet Age | STM Podcast #251

Amy Nathan - The Untold Story of Civil Rights Icon Sara Keyes Evans | STM Podcast #250

Jack El-Hai - Were the Nazis Insane? The Psychiatrist Who Studied Hitler's Inner Circle | STM Podcast #249

Dorothy Roberts - Interracial Marriage Is an Important Step to Ending Racial Inequality | STM #248

Lybi Ma -The Mental Habits Keeping You Miserable (And How to Stop Them) | STM Podcast #247

David Bather Woods - Can Pessimism Save Us? Schopenhauer's Surprising Message About Life | STM Podcast #246

Michael Uebel - Philosophy Meets Psychotherapy: On Equanimity as Awareness | STM Podcast #245

Troyen A. Brennan - America's Healthcare Is Broken — Can Primary Care Save It? | STM Podcast #244

Eram Alam - Why U.S. Healthcare Depends on Immigrant Physicians | STM Podcast #243

Cass R. Sunstein - The Surprising Truth About Fame: It's Not What You Think | STM Podcast #242

Natalia Kholodenko - Understanding the Trauma of War: Surviving in Ukraine | STM Podcast #241

Mark D. White - Is It Clobbering Time? - The Philosophy Behind the Fantastic Four | STM Podcast #240

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling - The Spiritual Crisis Behind Ghosts and UFOs | STM Podcast #239

Emile Suotonye DeWeaver - The Near Enemy of Justice: Dismantling Mass Incarceration | STM Podcast #238

Steven Poser - Psychoanalysis and Psychosis | STM Podcast #237

Nicole Karlis - Your Brain on Altruism: How Kindness Rewires Us | STM Podcast #236

Jaz Brisack - Unionize Your Job? What Every Worker Needs to Know | STM Podcast #235

Vanessa Daniel - Intersectionality, Social Justice Movements, and the Real Left | STM Podcast #234

Constantine Sandis - Did Wittgenstein Believe We Could Understand Each Other? | STM Podcast #233

Adam Chandler - 99% Perspiration, 100% Self-Made Myth | STM Podcast #232

Elaine Weiss - How Education Became the Foundation of the Civil Rights Movement | STM Podcast #231

Michelle Sherman - Mental Health & Family: How to Support a Loved One Struggling with Illness | STM Podcast #230

Steven J. Heine - Your Brain on Existential Anxiety: Why We Struggle to Find Meaning | STM #229

Lorraine Besser - Beyond Happiness and Meaning: The Missing Key to a Good Life | STM Podcast #228

Robert C. Smith - Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? A Doctor's Bold Call to Fix Mental Health Care | STM Podcast #227

William Haldeman - Leadership Lessons from America's Most Transformative Presidents | STM #226

Casey Michel - Foreign Influence Unmasked: Inside America's Lobbying Crisis | STM Podcast #225

Rob Jackson - From Climate Chaos to Restoration: Roadmap for Change | STM Podcast #224

Claudia Strauss - Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic: The True Meaning of Work | STM Podcast #223

Jon Michaels & David Noll - Democracy Under Siege: The Rise of Legalized Extremism in the US | STM Podcast #222

Randy Fertel - The Power and Peril of Improvisation in Politics and Culture | STM Podcast #221

Jason Stanley - How Fascists Rewrite History to Control the Future | STM Podcast #220

Alice Driver - On Worker Exploitation: The Hidden Costs of Your Chicken Nuggets | STM Podcast #219

Constantine Sandis - Debunking Trans Myths: Detransition, Sports, and Epistemic Injustice | Seize The Moment Podcast #218

Bill Sullivan - The Hidden Forces That Drive Us: The Interplay Between Genes and Environment | #217

Mark D. White - The Ethics of Captain America: Justice, Integrity, and Sacrifice | STM Podcast #216

Roberto Olivardia - Beyond the Diagnosis: Experiencing and Managing ADHD | STM Podcast #215

Tom Chivers - From Science to Daily Life: The Impact of Bayesian Thinking | STM Podcast #214

Ed Simon - Faust in the 21st Century: Have We Made a Deal with the Devil? | STM Podcast #213

Mark L. Ruffalo - Misunderstanding the Medical Model of Mental Illness | STM Podcast #212

Mark Tuitert - From Olympic Champion to Stoic Philosopher: The Stoic Mindset | STM Podcast #211

Sabrina B. Little - Running Toward Virtue: Guide to Ethical Athletics | STM Podcast #210

Robin Reames - From Aristotle to Twitter: The Timeless Tactics of Rhetoric | STM Podcast #209

Louis King - Aim4theheart: How 2Pac & Emotional Literacy Inspire My Mission | STM Podcast #208

Constantine Sandis - From Thought to Action to Ethics | STM Podcast #207

Mark D. White - Dissecting Antitrust: Balancing Rights and Welfare | STM Podcast #206

Jack Symes - Does God Exist? Debating Religion, Evil, and Atheism | STM Podcast #205

Aaron James - The Variety of Assholes | STM Podcast #204

EDI Mean - Street Fame: The Ecstasies and Perils of Hip Hop | STM Podcast #203

Michael Amster - The Power of Awe: How Simple Moments Can Transform Your Life | STM Podcast #202

J. Aaron Simmons - Philosophy in the Wild: On 'Camping with Kierkegaard' | STM #201

Tom Morris & Gregory Bassham - The Metaphysical and Practical Philosophies of Stoicism | STM #200

Jeff Fuhrer - Fixing Our Broken Economy: Insights from 'The Myth That Made Us' | STM Podcast #199

Mark D. White - Unmasking Daredevil: A Deep Dive into Philosophy and Comics | STM Podcast #198

Roberto Olivardia - The Hidden Battle: The Adonis Complex and Male Body Image Challenges | STM Podcast #197

Richard Deming - Loners, Outcasts, & Creativity | This Exquisite Loneliness | STM Podcast #196

Eric G. Wilson - Deconstructing Trauma and Revenge in Point Blank | STM Podcast #195

Tom Morris - The 7 Cs of Success and Early Days of Public Philosophy | STM Podcast #194

Al Snow - Breaking Down the Ring: Wrestling's Realities and Myths | #193

Eric Gosselin - The Reality of the Ring: 'Wrestlers' & the Heart of Professional Wrestling | STM Podcast #192

Dannagal G. Young - Info Wars: The Battle Against Misinformation | STM Podcast #191

Claire Jean Kim - Understanding Structural Racism and Anti-Blackness | STM Podcast #190

Roy Richard Grinker - Nobody's Normal: Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness | STM Podcast #189

Wendy Dio - Rock's Power Couple: My Life with Ronnie James Dio | STM #188

Katie Palmer - Behind the Curtain: Directing 'The Nobodies Who Were Everybody' | STM #187

Krista K. Thomason - The Myth of Emotional Harmony: Rational and Irrational Emotions | STM Podcast #186

David R. Samson - Redefining Tribalism for Good: Discussing 'Our Tribal Future' | STM Podcast #185

Barry Mauer - The Tumor of Denial: Exploring Metaphorical Growth into Delusions | STM Podcast #184

Sander van der Linden - Battling Fake News: Foolproof Strategies | STM Podcast #183

Melanie Trecek-King - Charlatans Exposed: On the Art of Deception | STM Podcast #182

Dan "Nitro" Clark - Cheating Death, Loving Life: Muscles, Mayhem, and Meaning | STM Podcast #181

Andy Norman - Mental Immunity & Infectious Ideas: Debunking Disinformation and Cult Leaders | STM Podcast #180

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling - From Quacks to Cures: Inside the World of Alternative Medicine | STM Podcast #179

Lee McIntyre - Democracy at Risk: Exposing the Threat of Disinformation | STM Podcast #178

David Edmonds - The Moral Maze: Exploring Derek Parfit's Vision of Ethics | STM Podcast #177

Julia Keller - The Myth of Perseverance: Discovering the Benefits of Quitting | STM Podcast #176

Dr. Judith Herman - Reimagining Justice: Insights from Truth and Repair | STM Podcast #175

Michael Ignatieff - On Consolation: Navigating Dark Times | STM Podcast #174

Valerie Tiberius - Discovering Your Values and Aspirations | STM Podcast #173

Vanessa Patrick - Saying No Without Guilt: Strategies for Setting Boundaries | STM Podcast #172

James Hibbard - Cycling as Self-Expression: Finding Philosophy, Meaning, and Personal Growth | STM Podcast #171

Edith Shiro - Turning Pain into Purpose & Transforming Trauma: Exploring Posttraumatic Growth | STM Podcast #170

Dean Rickles - Learning How to Embrace the Shortness of Life | STM Podcast #169