The Absurd World Podcast

I am tired. You are tired. We are all, collectively, tired. Some of us might call it burnout. Maybe all of us have felt it at some point. But what does that really mean, and how do we keep it from spreading any further?In this weeks episode, we explore burnout as something far more complex than simple exhaustion, depression, or weakness. With the help of South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han, and the thinkers he draws from like Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Nietzsche , we ask how deeply burnout is woven into the fabric of our society and whether it has been ingrained in us to the point that we pursue it without even realizing it...

Many of us spend a huge portion of our lives online. Scrolling, swiping, clicking through an endless stream of images and videos that claim to show us the world. But is that world actually reality, especially now that AI is part of the picture?And was it ever reality to begin with?In this episode, I explore how photography and video may have quietly reshaped the way we believe we experience reality, often in deceptive ways. With the help of American essayist Susan Sontag, we question what it really means to see life through a camera and whether these images reveal anything objective at all, or simply convince us that they do.

We talk about a lot of complex topics on this podcast. Confusing, shifting, and often elusive ideas, and the language we use to try to make sense of them. But if there were one concept we could all count on understanding, it would have to be evil...... Right?In this weeks episode, I dive into why that is most definitely not the case as we explore what evil is, and more importantly, what it is not. With the help of German philosopher Hannah Arendt, we begin to question whether evil is something deeply complex and difficult to grasp, or if its power lies in just how simple it might actually be.

We’ve spent a lot of time exploring the world around us, how it works, how it misleads us, how it often feels indifferent to our existence. We’ve looked at the many ways we try to survive within it. But we keep returning to something deeper: not just surviving, but creating a place for ourselves and living authentically within it. And that raises a difficult question; how do we actually come to belong?In this episode, I explore the tension at the heart of belonging, the constant push and pull between ourselves and the world as we try to find our place within it. With the help of German author Hermann Hesse and his novel Steppenwolf, we examine what it means to seek belonging in a world we often fear… and sometimes feel rejected by.

Freedom matters, maybe more than anything else. To some more than life itself. It’s one of the central ideas this podcast has explored from an existential perspective. But have we ever stopped to ask whether freedom is really all it’s cracked up to be? Is it truly the ultimate goal of human life?In this week’s episode, I question whether our idea of freedom is overly idealistic and maybe even a kind of fantasy. What if freedom is not only difficult, but deeply unsettling? What if, in some ways, we fear it more than oppression?With the help of German-American psychotherapist Erich Fromm, we explore the human need for belonging, and how that need may quietly undermine our pursuit of true freedom.

Do you feel like your mind never slows down? Dread, anxiety, aimlessness… a fear of being vulnerable enough to truly connect, paired with a deep longing for belonging and intimacy that only true vulnerability can bring?Sounds like you should talk to someone.In the final episode of this philosophical check-in series, we explore the role of psychotherapy; what it is, what it can offer, and why it might matter more than we think. With guidance from thinkers like Irvin Yalom, Viktor Frankl, and Carl Jung, we look at what therapy was always meant to be, why it can feel so hard to find now adays, and why it may still be worth the search.

I’ve shared a lot with you over the past year; ideas about money, ethics, morality, society, ideology, and how we treat each other and the world we live in. For some, these ideas spark a desire to take action. For others, they can feel overwhelming… like there’s nothing you can really do.Which makes me wonder… you mad bro?In the second part of this philosophical check-in series, we explore what happens when these ideas stir up frustration, helplessness, or even rage. With the help of thinkers like Fyodor Dostoevsky, we consider what action might look like when you can’t fix everything, and whether that means you shouldn’t act at all.

It’s been a year of episodes, and it feels like the right time to ask a simple but important question… are you okay?We’ve covered a lot together, exploring existential crises, personal struggles, and the many ways the world can feel overwhelming. We’ve looked into some heavy, unsettling ideas. Maybe it’s time for a philosophical check-in.In this first episode of a short series focused on reflecting on your journey, I invite you to consider how life has been as you try to balance individual freedom with responsibility to others and the world around you. Drawing on ideas from philosophers like Simone de Beauvoir and Friedrich Nietzsche, we explore whether it’s possible to find some kind of balance through it all.

It’s the beginning of the twentieth century. The founders of existentialism are gone, and Europe stands in a near-constant state of upheaval. The world is primed for a surge of thought, questions of purpose, meaning, and above all… freedom.In this episode, the second part of our one-year anniversary special, we turn to the thinkers who would carry existentialism into the modern era. Their ideas would shape not only philosophy, but the lives of countless people searching for answers in an often unjust world.Following the years before, during, and after World War II, we explore the rising philosophical careers—and occasional downfalls—of Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simone Weil, Keiji Nishitani, and Albert Camus as they help form the foundation of existential thought in the modern world.

Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.” For him, the actions we choose—those not born out of obligation but out of freedom—reveal who we truly are. In today’s episode, we explore that idea more closely.After a year of episodes, we finally pause to ask: who were the existentialists this podcast is built upon? How did they come to believe and teach what they did? What experiences shaped their thinking?In the first episode of a special two-part series exploring the lives behind the philosophy, we turn to three foundational figures of existential thought: Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Friedrich Nietzsche. It’s time to look at the hardships, struggles, and experiences that helped shape these towering voices in philosophy.

What does it truly mean to be an existentialist? To fully embrace the label, not just as an idea, but as a way of living. After everything we’ve explored on this podcast, what would it actually look like to let existential thought guide your life? And does such a thing even really exist?In this week’s episode, I take on a question that’s been a long time coming as we try to uncover what it truly means to live existentially. Drawing on biographer Sarah Bakewell and her outline of existentialist tenets, we explore a label that is complex, contested, and often misunderstood, asking not only what we’d be signing up for, but whether we even want to.Spoiler: it may be much harder to live by than we imagine.

What does it mean to be wrong about something? And maybe more importantly, what does it say about us to be the kind of person who can be wrong? In everyday life, people seem intensely convinced that they’re right, often in completely opposing ways. So should we begin questioning what it even means to be wrong in the first place?In this week’s episode, I dive into the ideas of right and wrong, truth and falsehood. On a deeper level, can we really be as wrong as people make it seem? Or is the concept of “wrongness” far more complex than we assume? With the help of German existential psychotherapist Karl Jaspers, we explore the human experience of perception and whether it’s truly possible to be wrong in the way we often imagine.

Am I truly connected to my world? Do I feel a sense of belonging with the people and places around me? Do I engage with life in a way that brings unity, or am I simply moving through it on autopilot, barely noticing as it slips by?In this episode, we return to Transcendentalism to wrestle with one of its central questions: what does it mean to be genuinely connected to the world? With the guidance of American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, we explore what it might look like to return to our natural roots and rediscover a more meaningful way of engaging with life.Along the way, we confront a difficult possibility: can we ever truly know ourselves if we remain disconnected from the world we inhabit?

What do I believe? What do I think? What are my opinions? In any given moment, how do I actually feel about myself and the world around me, apart from the constant influence of the society I live in? These can feel like impossibly difficult questions to answer, yet they may be among the most important. And perhaps the hardest question of all: if I truly knew the answers, would I embrace them… or run from them?In this week’s episode, I explore the idea of self-reliance as taught by the Transcendentalists, with a particular focus on Henry David Thoreau and his attempt to live it fully. Using imagination as a guide, we ask what it might look like to be yourself without the pressure to conform, and whether, if given the chance, you’d trust the person you find.

We all fail. It’s part of being human; trying, falling short of our own standards or those imposed on us by others. Most of us know this experience well, and for many it’s one of the most painful we face. Failure can bring shame, self-hatred, alienation, and the urge to disappear. But what if failure isn’t something to fear or avoid? What if it’s something we should actively seek?In this week’s episode, I ask a simple but unsettling question: What is failure, and is it really that bad? Building on our previous exploration of nihilism, the relentlessly nihilistic Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran takes this idea to its extreme, inviting us to consider whether failing might be the only way we ever truly come to know ourselves.

Minneapolis has me thinking, as I assume it has a lot of us. I reflect on the state of the world, my country, philosophy, and I ask myself and you all, what are we supposed to do?

We are self-aware to the point that some see it as a curse, the true source of human suffering. And yet we persist, searching for meaning and purpose in an existence that appears to offer neither inherently. But what happens when we grow tired of performing, of wearing masks, of playing the roles we think we must? What does it mean to live authentically in that raw, honest space? And what might it look like for nihilism to overcome itself?In this episode, I explore self-awareness not as something to flee from, but as something to lean into. With the guidance of Japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani and the insights of existential psychotherapist Viktor Frankl, we begin to find the courage to face the void, and perhaps even allow it fully into our hearts, minds, and lives.

As humans, we possess a rare capacity: the ability to reflect on ourselves, to question our existence, to create meaning, and to build entire belief systems around a single question: why? But what if this gift is also a burden?After several heavy episodes, I step back to ask whether we might be too self-aware for our own good. Drawing on the bleak and provocative reflections of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa and Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe, we confront an unsettling possibility: that our capacity for self-reflection is not only a source of suffering, but, if taken to its extreme, a reason some have argued humanity should not continue at all...

Over the past few episodes, we’ve explored the flaws, struggles, and misguided judgments that have shaped our society into something many people find difficult to live within, let alone find happiness, dignity, or peace. So what now?In this episode, we explore another possibility: anarchism. From David Graeber to Peter Kropotkin, Emma Goldman to Henry David Thoreau, we encounter voices that have called for change for centuries, and a tradition far more nuanced than its reputation suggests.Along the way, we ask a difficult question:Is our fear of changing the system… the system speaking through us?

The current way of doing things isn’t working for a lot of people anymore. People are angry. People are demanding lives that feel worth living—less alienated from the things that matter most. It may be why democratic socialism is gaining traction in the U.S. But what does it actually mean? And what are the trade-offs?In this week’s episode, we explore why so many people want change, where that change might lead, and why we seem unable to get there. With the misguided cautionary tale of political scientist Francis Fukuyama, we take a closer look at why meaningful change is so difficult to achieve.Along the way, we also ask whether a politics built on “you owe me” is really the path forward.

We work, constantly. For many of us, it consumes most of our waking hours, and we do it simply to survive, often just barely. We’re told we should feel grateful to have a job at all, lucky to be paid to do something many don’t enjoy. Gratitude and loyalty are expected… but when did work become something we owe?In this episode, we trace the history of work and examine how capitalism has shaped modern labor. With the help of anthropologist David Graeber and capitalism’s forefather Adam Smith, we ask a simple but radical question:What do I actually owe my job?

Philosophy has shaped how we understand ourselves, our relationships, and our world. It has challenged our stories about reality and pushed us to question what we take for granted. But sometimes thinking isn’t enough. Sometimes philosophy must move us toward direct action, especially when the world we live in becomes unlivable.In this week’s episode, we explore what it means to use philosophy as a catalyst for real change. Drawing from Simone Weil and Henry David Thoreau, and building on Episodes 21 and 31, we examine the ingredients needed to enact meaningful transformation in our lives and the world around us.It might require us to become a little... disobedient.

When we think of the unconscious mind, we imagine mystery, depth, and vast uncharted territory. It can feel unsettling to consider what might surface when we stop keeping everything neatly tucked away. But what if the unconscious isn’t just chaos? What if it can be mapped?In this final episode of our series on the unconscious, we turn to Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung to explore what it might mean to truly encounter the parts of ourselves we don’t consciously claim. As we descend into the psyche, we may discover that what shapes us isn’t entirely personal at all, but something far older, symbolic, and mythological, quietly living beneath the surface.

Since the beginning of this podcast, I’ve been asking the question: “Who am I?” As if finding ourselves would unlock endless possibilities.But what if the answer to that question is far more unsettling than we ever imagined?What if the “you” you think you know… isn’t the real you at all?In this week’s episode, we continue our series on the unconscious mind by diving into the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan—his theories on fantasies, mirrors, and the ever-mysterious, ever-unnerving Real.Prepare to confront the possibility that the self you’ve always known… might just be an act.

What’s going on in your mind? What’s going on in mine?Sure, we know the surface-level stuff—the things we say, think, and do every day… but what’s deeper than that? What’s hiding in the dim, weird corridors of my psyche?This week kicks off a three-part series exploring and mapping the interior of the unconscious mind. We start with the general structure Sigmund Freud laid out and build from there.I just hope I don’t uncover anything sinister lurking in the recesses of my mind. Like a desire to kill or—worse—a deeply ingrained impulse to start awkwardly singing in public even though absolutely no one asked for it…

I’ve got a podcast where I talk about ethics, morals, human rights, solidarity, and why we should be fighting for each other instead of against each other. A lot of you care about the same causes. Many of you take action every day because you believe it’s the right thing to do. But… what if some of the “good” we do isn’t actually good? What if, even without realizing it, we’re doing something much more insidious?In this week’s episode, we take a hard look at virtue signaling: the act of performing morality instead of living it. Through the lens of Albert Camus, we explore what it really means to call ourselves out, confront our motives, and step toward genuine ethical action.

Gender norms. What a topic. People argue about it. Fight, scream, and yell. Your uncle won’t stop bringing it up at every family gathering, whether he’s talking about bathrooms, sports, or… well… everything else. Why does it feel like such a hot-button issue today, yet remain wildly misunderstood by those shouting the loudest?In this week’s episode, we unpack what gender and its norms really are. With insights from Simone de Beauvoir, Bell Hooks, and Martha Nussbaum, we explore why gender carries so much emotional weight in our culture, and why it matters for all of us.Hopefully, by the end, we’ll all walk away having learned something new.

Sex. It’s woven through society, adulthood, and relationships. We’re told it should be one of the most important parts of a healthy, loving partnership, but what do we actually think about it? Do we place way too much weight on something we all seem to understand differently? Or barely understand at all?In this episode we get down and dirty with one of the biggest topics in modern life. With the help of Simone de Beauvoir, Bell Hooks, and Rollo May, we explore the impact sex has on society and daily experience, the ways we approach it, and whether it’s doing something far more complex, and maybe even a little unsettling, than we tend to admit.

Emotions, what are they, really? Why do we have them? Why do we struggle to express them? And for some of us… why is it so hard to feel them at all?In this week’s episode, I take a deep look at emotions, why they exist, the roles they play in our daily lives, and why so many of us find ourselves disconnected from them. With help from Bell Hooks, Brené Brown, and Rollo May, we’ll also explore how social expectations can pressure entire groups of people to stay numb just to fit in... or even survive.Maybe, just beneath the surface, something far more insidious is at work.

It’s almost Halloween!And to celebrate, we’re digging into one of the most chilling topics of all — Existential Horror.Through film and literature, we’ll descend into the strange, the unsettling, and the deeply human fears of ambiguity, helplessness, and loss of control.Spoiler alert for the following works:EnemyFoeI Who Have Never Known MenA Collapse of HorsesThe Empty ManRoadside PicnicAnnihilationAll Tomorrows

Throughout my career as a psychotherapist, I’ve worked closely with people healing from trauma. It’s been one of the main focuses of my practice, and in this week’s episode, we’re diving deep into that very topic, asking the question: how much can trauma be treated philosophically?With insights from thinkers like Judith Herman, Peter Levine, Robert Jackman, and David Spiegel, we’ll peel back the many layers of what trauma really is, from its definitions and neuroscience, to its social roots and the ways it reshapes our inner philosophy at its core.Maybe together, we can begin to understand what healing truly looks like after such a world-shattering experience.

After 31 episodes of exploring what it means to be human, we’ve finally arrived at one of the most difficult questions of all: why do we suffer? And maybe even harder, does anything good actually come out of it?Suffering is something everyone experiences, yet most of us spend our lives trying to avoid it, numb it, or make sense of it. But what if, as painful as it is, suffering might hold a kind of strange wisdom? What if, instead of just something to escape, it’s something that reveals what we value, what we love, or even who we really are?With the help of thinkers like Viktor Frankl, who survived the horrors of the Holocaust and still found meaning in the midst of despair, I explore how pain might actually shape us into more authentic versions of ourselves, and when it simply just… sucks for no reason at all.

What actually are human rights? Do they come naturally, or are they something we invented? Do they exist to define what it means to be human, or to control how humans behave? Are they legal, moral, or something cosmic? And most importantly… do they even work?In this week’s episode, I explore what a “human right” really is, how we’re meant to use them, and whether they actually serve the people they claim to protect. With the help of thinkers like Camus, Weil, Arendt, and Giorgio Agamben, we might just discover a better way forward... though it may demand something we’ve all grown a little uneasy with: trust.

Technology. From hammers and shovels to smartphones and the AI best friend I beg for validation from (because asking a real human is apparently harder than rocket science). It’s shaped our lives for basically forever. But does it really free us to build the world we want, or quietly trap us in a cage we’ve built ourselves?With the help of thinkers Paulo Freire and Martin Heidegger, I explore whether leaning on technology is liberation or self-sabotage… and if it’s the latter, what on earth we’re supposed to do about it.

Do I have a problem? Am I too dependent on this? Am I an addict? These are questions I hear often in my work, and questions that rarely come with simple answers. Even when they do, there aren’t always easy fixes, because dependency isn’t just about chemicals, it’s also about who we are.In this episode, we dive into addiction from an existential perspective: what it means when your very sense of self becomes entangled with something outside of you. With insight from thinkers like Kierkegaard, and grounded in the raw reality of human suffering, we explore the deeper meaning of addiction.And maybe, just maybe, we’ll begin to question the way we see “addicts” altogether.

Grief — the ache we’re left with after a loss, the pit we fear we’ll never climb out of, and one of the hardest existential challenges we can face.In the third and final episode of our mini-series on death, we examine this painful aspect of mortality: what it means to be the one left behind. Joined by thinkers like Andrew Solomon, Kierkegaard, Rollo May, and Viktor Frankl, we try to make sense of grief and search for ways to find peace.One question hangs over the whole episode: Will grief ever stop — and if so, when? If not, how do we keep going?

Suicide — the topic we avoid. The conversation new therapists are trained to face despite discomfort and fear. The nightmare for families and loved ones. Yet it’s something that has weighed heavily on humanity’s mind since the beginning of time. How do we confront it? How do we talk about it? And perhaps most importantly, should it be considered a human right?In this episode, I wade into the dark and murky waters of suicidality with the help of Albert Camus, Emil Cioran, Viktor Frankl, and the Stoics. Together, we ask: where does autonomy end, and where does protection from ourselves begin?Maybe, once again, we’ll find that no answer is black and white — and it’s in the absurd complexity of it all that we begin to glimpse something like clarity.

Death — the thing so many of us fear most. Hardwired into nearly every living creature is the instinct to fight against it, yet it remains the one certainty we cannot escape. The opposite of survival, and still, the end awaiting us all. What kind of cruel joke is that? And why does it terrify us so deeply?In this episode, I open a new mini-series on death by asking: why do we fear it so much? And is there any way to escape such a horrid truth... or must we learn to accept it?With the help of a strange cast of characters, we’ll explore whether death truly is the end, and whether that’s really as terrifying as we think. Or... are there even stranger possibilities waiting for us?

Oh money. The thing that buys us what we want and what we need. The thing that seems to do everything for us. People love to say, “money can’t buy happiness”—yet most of us can’t even imagine happiness without it somehow being involved. Sometimes, having money feels just as essential as food and water. Maybe even more. But what is it, really?In this episode, I get a little help from one of modern philosophy’s favorite chaotic uncles, Slavoj Žižek, as I dig into what money truly is, what it does to us, and whether life without it is even possible.And ask yourself this: do you actually believe you could be happy without money? Or is that just a story we tell ourselves so we never have to find out?

What are labels, really? Are they made by us, or are they something bigger than us? Do they help define who we are, or just confuse us about the truth? Should we fear them, reject them, fight them—or embrace them and make peace with them?In this episode, I dig into what labels actually mean, how they function, and whether we truly embrace the ones we carry—or if they never really fit us at all. With thoughts from Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and even the ever-confusing Hegel, I ask: is life simple enough for labels to be useful, or do they only hold us back?Oh, and I also talk about being a potato… (trigger warning for you Irish out there).

What is art? How do we make it? What does it mean to see it, hear it, experience it? And who does it really belong to—the artist, the audience, or something else entirely?In this particularly pretentious and confusing episode (your words, not mine), I turn to existentialists of the past—like Martin Heidegger and Rollo May—to help untangle what art is supposed to mean, why it matters, and how it impacts those who encounter it.Along the way, we’ll also wrestle with the question of who gets to interpret art, and how to protect ourselves from the more dangerous traps of biased meaning-making.

Am I crazy? Would I even know if I were? Should I rely on others to tell me? Could that be dangerous? Who could I really trust to decide what’s wrong with me?In this episode, I get to the heart of something many of us fear, misunderstand, or even go to therapy to wrestle with: the feeling that something must be wrong with me. That there’s something that sets me apart from everyone else... in a bad way.With the help of French philosopher Michel Foucault, we’ll dig into the history of how society decides who’s “crazy”, and why it might actually need some of us to feel that way in order to keep running the way it does.

In today’s world, we face fears, uncertainty, and living conditions that many have grown deeply tired of. Political terrors, social estrangement, and a good dose of paranoia — for many, it feels like the perfect time to rebel… or at least to demand serious change.In this episode, I focus on exactly how we can do that. People often find themselves lost at the starting line of what it takes to spark a true rebellion — of any kind. Luckily, our dear friend Albert Camus has some answers… though you may not always like them.So get ready to set aside your hate and thirst for vengeance, and dig deeper to discover the real sacrifices a rebel must make to build the world they long for.

Mysticism… What is it, really? Is it tarot cards, crystals, and reading the stars? Potions, curses, and chatting with spirits? Magic spells? Or is it just some nerds hanging out in basements, eating mushrooms, and flipping through ancient books?In this episode, we wrap up our three-part series on spirituality by exploring these spiritually adventurous souls who exist on the fringes of religious institutions.With help from thinkers like English philosopher Simon Critchley, we’ll ask what it might mean for anyone to become a mystic in this day and age — and why, maybe, we should seriously consider it.

What does it mean to have a religious experience? Do I have to talk to God? Do I have to be touched by the divine? Or… could it be more than that? Maybe I’ve already had one and didn’t even realize it.In this episode, we dive into what it really means to be religious—and to be open to having a religious experience at all. With a little help from psychologist, philosopher, and father of pragmatism William James, we unpack what it means to call yourself religious, who gets to make that claim, and why it might be a much grayer area than most people think.Turns out, your next religious experience might be closer than you think—so keep an eye on your morning coffee.

What does it mean to have faith? Is it something reserved for those who believe in a god (or gods)? For the religious only? Or is it something everyone takes part in, whether we realize it or not?In this week’s episode, we kick off the first in a three-part series on spirituality. I start us off with a headfirst dive into the meaning of faith. With the help of the great grandpapa of existentialism himself, Søren Kierkegaard, we explore the role faith plays in the lives of possibly everyone who has ever lived—and why it might be just as existential as stirring coffee in a French café… or dare I say, even more so....

What’s right and what’s wrong? How do I know if I’m doing the right thing — or if I’m just being a bad person? Jesse told me morality is all human-made… but then why do I feel so bad when I do something I think is wrong?In today’s episode, we dive into the concept of morality — not to brush it off as just another social construct, but to explore the deeper, human side of ethics beneath all the philosophical jargon.With help from Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, we dig into what morality really is, and why existentialism might need to take it more seriously than it usually does.

What does it mean to have control—and to be under someone else’s? And do we really know how to tell the difference?In today’s episode, I dive into the elusive, slippery concept of control and how it shows up in our daily lives, often in ways we don’t even notice. Along the way, we’ll turn to one of the most celebrated psychotherapists of the 20th century—often mentioned alongside Freud and Adler—Viktor Frankl.Maybe we’ll discover that control isn’t always about the actions we take, but about the freedoms we’re able to recognize… and the meaning we assign to any given moment

What’s true? What’s false? Who can I trust, and who should I question? Do I even know when I’m being lied to or fed misinformation?In this episode, I dive into the increasingly unsettling reality of our time: in a world where anyone can say anything and call it “truth,” how are we supposed to know what to believe?With the help of two major figures in the history of education and personal autonomy—Paulo Freire and Carl Rogers—I explore two urgent questions: Are we being trained to become easily oppressed? And if so, is the answer to that problem already hidden inside our own minds?

We’ve got AI, electric cars, photos of black holes, and—most importantly—a runaway alarm clock named Clocky. We are officially living in the future.But despite all this progress… do we actually understand ourselves any better than we did centuries ago?In this episode, I dig into the big question: Can science really answer life’s biggest, most human questions? And is that even what science is meant to do—or are we misusing it like we’ve misused so many things we don’t fully understand?