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The Dissenter — 61 episodes

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#1306 Steve Keen: The Existential Risk of Climate Change, and the War in Iran

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#1305 Vanniall: Trans Women in the Sex Industry

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#1304 Michael Wilson: Chimpanzee Behavior, Ecology, Violence, and Human Warfare

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#1303 Charmaine Borg: Sexual Arousal, Sexual Disgust, and Sexual Dysfunction

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#1302 Benjamin Saltzman - Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture

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#1301 Suki Finn - What's in a Doughnut Hole?: And Other Philosophical Food for Thought

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#1300 Jim Al-Khalili - On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick

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#1299 Amy Baldwin: Shameless Sex

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#1298 Rachel Steele: Humanizing Sex Workers

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#1297 Neil Sinhababu: Nietzsche on the Eternal Recurrence

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#1296 Carolyn Kraft: Discussing the Ethics and Legality of Sex Work

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#1295 Neal Hebert: A Philosophical Analysis of Wrestling | WWE SummerSlam 2026

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#1294 Harry Reis - How to Feel Loved: The Five Mindsets That Get You More of What Matters Most

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#1293 Amy McPhie Allebest: Breaking Down Patriarchy

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#1292 Nima Bassiri: Capitalism, Psychiatry, and the Emergence of Pathological Value

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#1291 Christopher Kavanagh & Matthew Browne: Decoding the Gurus

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8 and 1/2 Years of The Dissenter: I Need Your Support, Please

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#1290 Matthew Lindauer: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts

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#1289 Wataru Toyokawa: Social Learning, Collective Decision-Making, and the Wisdom/Madness of Crowds

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#1288 Omer Bartov - Israel: What Went Wrong?

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#1287 Audun Dahl - Between Fixed and Fickle: Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing

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#1286 Hugo Drochon: Elites and Democracy

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#1285 Luke Kemp - Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse

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#1284 Lars Penke: Do Women's Mate Preferences Change During Ovulation?

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#1283 Stijn Vanheule: Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy

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#1282 Turi Munthe - Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs

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#1281 Francesca Rossi: The Benefits and Risks of AI

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#1280 Rafael Ruiz: Is "Woke" Good, Actually?

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#1279 Patrick Hassan: An Open Conversation About Suicide with a Philosopher

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#1278 Paul Pettitt: Human Mortuary Practices, and Other Animals' Awareness of Death

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#1277 Matthew McManus: The Right Wants You Stupid, and Steven Pinker Is Wrong About Marxism

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#1276 Daisy Dixon - Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art

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#1275 Orna Donath: Women Who Regret Having Children

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#1274 Julian Kiverstein: 4E Cognition, Phenomenology, Culture, and Science

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#1273 Helen Pearson - Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works

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#1272 Arvid Ågren & Manus Patten: The Paradox of the Organism

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#1271 Douglas Fry: Advanced Introduction to Conflict Resolution

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#1270 Paul Eastwick: Evolutionary Psychology Is Wrong About Mating

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#1269 Breeze Oliver & Kerushi Drake: Destroying Every Manosphere Claim

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#1268 Christian Miller: The Honesty Crisis

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#1267 Mary Knight: Infidelity, Relationships with Escorts, and Intimacy

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#1266 Robert Pantano (Pursuit of Wonder): The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

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#1265 Nina Hartley: The Feminist Sexual Revolution, Women's Reproductive Rights, and Sexlessness

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#1264 Steve Stewart-Williams: A Billion Years of Sex Differences

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#1263 Carl-Johan Palmqvist: Semi-Secular Worldviews and the Belief in Something Beyond

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#1262 Amanda Sukenick: Antinatalism, Extinction, The Right to Die, Eugenics, & More

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#1261 Neal Hebert & Jon Cogburn: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump, and the New Cynicism

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#1260 Émile Torres: The Risks of AI and Climate Change

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#1259 Sarah Stein Lubrano: Why Political Debate Does Not Work

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#1258 Nuno Pessoa Gil: Uma Conversa Honesta Sobre Suicídio e Eutanásia Com Um Psiquiatra

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#1257 Jeffry Simpson: Attachment Styles and Interpersonal Relationships

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#1256 Nathan King - The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life

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#1255 Teresa Baron: The Ethics of Procreation, Pronatalism, and Antinatalism

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#1254 Lynda Boothroyd: How Culture and the Media Shape Gender Differences and Mate Preferences

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#1253 Ricardo Barroso: Compormento Criminoso, do Ponto de Vista da Psicologia Clínica e da Justiça

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#1252 David Benatar - The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

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#1251 Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees

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#1250 Quill Kukla - Sex Beyond "Yes": Pleasure and Agency for Everyone

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#1249 Melissa Shew: Women and Intellectual Joy

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#1248 Carles Lalueza-Fox - Identity: What DNA Can Tell Us About Ourselves

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#1247 Zygmunt Baranski: Dante's Divine Comedy