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Decoding the Gurus

Decoding the Gurus

18 episodes

An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur? Join us and let's find out!

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Interview with Daniël Lakens and Smriti Mehta on the state of Psychology

Published: Nov. 18, 2023, 5:45 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 42 minutes 31 seconds

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Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia: Self-enhancement, supplements & doughnuts?

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 12 minutes 46 seconds

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Interview with Julia Ebner: Extremist Networks & Radicalisation

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 11 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 52 seconds

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Triggernometry's Big Moment: Entering the Guru Galaxy

Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 53 seconds

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Interview with the Conspirituality Trio: Navigating the Chakras of Conspiracy

Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes 19 seconds

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Andrew Huberman: Forest Bathing in Negative Ions

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 50 seconds

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Noam Chomsky: Lover of linguistics, the USA... not so much

Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 22 minutes 37 seconds

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The Science and the Art of Gurometry

Published: July 22, 2023, 3:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 34 seconds

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Mick West & Eric Weinstein: UFO Tango

Published: July 14, 2023, 3 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 56 minutes 35 seconds

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Interview with Jonathan Howard on Covid Contrarians

Published: June 23, 2023, 11:40 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 18 seconds

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"Mini" Decoding of Michael Shermer's Advice on Conspiracy Theories

Published: June 21, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 32 seconds

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Interview with Mick West: UFOs, Aliens, and Conspiracy Psychology

Published: June 17, 2023, 4:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 10 seconds

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Eliezer Yudkowksy: AI is going to kill us all

Published: June 10, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 21 minutes 4 seconds

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Interview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship Debates

Published: May 20, 2023, 2 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes 43 seconds

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Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan

Published: May 15, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 13 seconds

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Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens

Published: May 9, 2023, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 19 minutes 31 seconds

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Oprah Winfrey: Self Actualising Your Destiny

Published: April 16, 2023, 2 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 23 seconds

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"Mini" Decoding of Matthew Goodwin & Interview with Paul Bloom

Published: April 8, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Interview with Travis View: QANon & Modern Conspiracies

Published: March 25, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 48 seconds

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Interview with Worobey, Andersen & Holmes: The Lab Leak

Published: March 11, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes 9 seconds

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Dave Rubin: A Pointless Partisan Pundit

Published: March 8, 2023, 3 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 20 seconds

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Bill Maher: A boozy, stoned, liberal take on classic anti-vax tropes

Published: Feb. 25, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 13 seconds

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Daniel Dennett: It's Evolution Baby

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 34 minutes 21 seconds

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"Mini" Decoding of Konstantin Kisin's Oxford Union speech

Published: Jan. 21, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds

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Interview with Coffeezilla on Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and modern scammers

Published: Jan. 14, 2023, midnight
Duration: 3 hours 6 minutes 38 seconds

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Elon Musk: The Techno Shaman

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 9 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 27 minutes 28 seconds

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Gurus Christmas Special with Helen Lewis

Published: Dec. 27, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 59 seconds

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Guru Right to Reply with Jamie Wheal

Published: Dec. 10, 2022, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 34 minutes 33 seconds

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Interview with Manvir Singh on Gurus & Shamans

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 37 seconds

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Robin DiAngelo: Matt and Chris struggle with their fragility

Published: Nov. 2, 2022, 6:15 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 7 minutes 41 seconds

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Interview with Konstantin Kisin from Triggernometry on Heterodoxy, Biases, and the Media

Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 12:45 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 58 seconds

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Peterson, Murray & Pageau: Transcendent Tableware

Published: Oct. 1, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 38 seconds

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Interview with Neil Levy on Intellectual Virtue Signalling

Published: Sept. 27, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 42 seconds

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Daniel Schmachtenberger, Jamie Wheal & Jordan Hall: Making Sense about Making Sense of Sensemaking

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 37 minutes 5 seconds

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Interview with Helen Lewis on culture wars and religion, that Jordan Peterson interview, and gurus generally

Published: Sept. 3, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 58 seconds

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Interview with Dan Friesen from Knowledge Fight on Alex Jones, the Sandy Hook Trial, and conspiracy ecosystems

Published: Aug. 27, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 51 seconds

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John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau: Decoding the Demons

Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 2:15 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

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Interview with Elgen Strait on the Unification Church and the assassination of Shinzo Abe

Published: Aug. 20, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 53 seconds

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Special: Guru Right to Reply with Robert Wright

Published: July 31, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes 31 seconds

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Recoding Jordan Peterson: Think again, Sunshine!

Published: July 24, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 53 seconds

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*Patreon Preview* Lex and Haidt: Gurometer Ratings

Published: July 10, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 57 seconds

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Lex Fridman & Jonathan Haidt: The Techno Monk & The Social Scientist

Published: July 8, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 3 minutes 43 seconds

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Interview with Nathan Allebach on Online Brands, Weird Twitter & that Steak Umms Account

Published: June 11, 2022, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 45 seconds

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Jaron Lanier: Fear of an Algorithmic Planet

Published: May 30, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 42 seconds

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*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia 8: Monkey see, Monkey do?

Published: May 24, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 38 seconds

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Interview with Michael Inzlicht on the Replication Crisis, Mindfulness, and Responsible Heterodoy

Published: May 20, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 32 seconds

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Very Bad Gurus with David Pizarro & Tamler Sommers

Published: April 29, 2022, 3 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 40 seconds

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Interview with Timbah Toast on his Tim Pool Documentary & Scooby Doo Partisans

Published: April 23, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 43 seconds

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Reverend Sun Myung Moon: Absolute Decoding

Published: April 9, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 43 seconds

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Interview with Elgen Strait on growing up in the Moonies & cultish manipulation

Published: March 31, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 22 seconds

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Interview with Julian Walker on Conspirituality, Conspiracies and (Global) Culture Wars

Published: March 26, 2022, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 16 seconds

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Interview with Josh Szeps, The Rumble from Downunder

Published: March 17, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 33 seconds

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James Lindsay & Michael O'Fallon: Eating bugs for Feminist Glaciology

Published: March 6, 2022, 6 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 15 minutes 57 seconds

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Interview with Liam Bright on Scientific Orthodoxy, Reform Efforts & DTG's Philosophy

Published: March 3, 2022, 2:20 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 14 seconds

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Interview with Virginia Heffernan on Edge, the dangers of Scientism, & Culture Wars

Published: Feb. 26, 2022, 10:45 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 10 seconds

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Robert Wright: A Cosmic Journey Across the Bob-o-verse

Published: Feb. 19, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes 44 seconds

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Interview: Debunking (Antivaxx) Funk with Dr Dan Wilson

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 33 seconds

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Special: Joe Rogan 'Sorry, not Sorry'

Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 2 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 3 seconds

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*Patreon Preview* Malone & McCullough: Gurometer Ratings

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes

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Robert Malone & Peter McCullough: A litany of untruths

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds

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*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia #2: False Positive Psychology

Published: Dec. 30, 2021, 10 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 16 seconds

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Joe Rogan: Just an average Joe?

Published: Dec. 18, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 3 hours 7 minutes 14 seconds

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Special: Guru Right to Reply with Chris Williamson

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Decoding Academia: Matt on his ENTIRE research career *Patreon Sample*

Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 59 seconds

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Brené Brown: Matt and Chris courageously embrace their vulnerability

Published: Nov. 26, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 51 seconds

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Decoding Academia: Chris on Religion & Ritual *Patreon Sample*

Published: Nov. 23, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 9 seconds

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Interview with Annie Kelly on Vaccines, Conspiracies, & Misinformation

Published: Nov. 7, 2021, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Special: Interview with Sam Harris on Gurus, Tribalism & the Culture War

Published: Oct. 30, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 6 minutes 9 seconds

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Mikhaila Peterson: The Marvelous World of Meat

Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 54 seconds

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Interview with Stuart Neil on SARS CoV-2

Published: Oct. 9, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 44 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Stuart Ritchie on Hunter Gatherers in the 21st Century, covid skeptics, and bad science

Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 53 seconds

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Jordan Hall: Sensemaking, or the superficial pitter-patter on the neocortex?

Published: Sept. 11, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 36 seconds

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Special Episode: Welcome to Weinstein World with special guest David Pizarro

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 50 seconds

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Gad Saad: Oh my Gad, it's the Saadfather!

Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 43 minutes 38 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Robert Wright on crackpots, gurus, and modern media ecosystems

Published: Aug. 13, 2021, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 27 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Evan Thompson on Buddhist Exceptionalism

Published: July 30, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 12 seconds

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Carl Sagan: My God, it's full of stars

Published: July 23, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 11 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Daniel Harper on the Far Right & IDW Criticism

Published: July 15, 2021, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 56 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Amanda Montell on Cultish Linguistics

Published: July 2, 2021, 2 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 31 seconds

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Anthony DeMello: The Bob Ross of Spiritual Gurus?

Published: June 26, 2021, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 30 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Jesse Singal on Quick Fix Psychology

Published: June 18, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 16 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Tim Nguyen on Geometric Unity

Published: June 12, 2021, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 34 seconds

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Bret Weinstein & Jordan Peterson: Two gargantuan intellects stare into the abyss

Published: June 4, 2021, 7 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 14 minutes 27 seconds

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Brett Weinstein & Heather Heying: Why are 'they' suppressing Ivermectin, the miracle cure?

Published: May 22, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 29 seconds

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Michael O"Fallon: The Jacobins are Back..... To Reset..... Everything.... Dun Dun Daah!

Published: May 6, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 18 minutes 18 seconds

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Gwyneth Paltrow: Crawling with parasites and in need of a cleanse

Published: April 13, 2021, 6 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 29 minutes 55 seconds

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Special Episode: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need

Published: April 2, 2021, 9 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 24 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Phrost on Bullshido

Published: March 19, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 14 seconds

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Ibram X. Kendi: Gurometer Rating (Patreon Preview)

Published: March 12, 2021, midnight
Duration: 46 minutes 3 seconds

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Ibram X. Kendi: Inside you are two wolves. One of them is racist.

Published: March 6, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 43 minutes 6 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Matthew Remski on Conspirituality

Published: Feb. 20, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 56 seconds

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Nassim N. Taleb: Everything these idiots, frauds, and assholes don't understand

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 56 seconds

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Special Episode: Interview with Thi Nguyen, a Gurometer's Guru

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 38 seconds

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Douglas Murray: Can indulgent dinner conversation save OUR civilisation?

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes 49 seconds

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Special Episode: Calibrating the Gurometer

Published: Jan. 9, 2021, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 22 seconds

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Contrapoints: Making Philosophy Fabulous Again

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 18 seconds

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Special Episode: Entering the Portal

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Scott Adams: Chris and Matt Go to Hell

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 31 seconds

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Russell Brand: Spiritual Transcendence and Anarchic Revolution is Praxis

Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 6 seconds

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Rutger Bregman: Piglets vs. Toddlers

Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 36 seconds

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Special Episode: Is Eric Weinstein Feynman-Negative?

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 11 seconds

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JP Sears: Get Ultra Spiritual, Resist the Government, and Promote Coronavirus Conspiracies

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 30 seconds

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Jordan Peterson: The Alchemical Lemon explains the Crystalline Structure of Logos

Published: Oct. 9, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes 36 seconds

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James Lindsay: The monkey is out of the box and it HATES liberalism

Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 51 seconds

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Eric and Bret Weinstein: A Dark Horse Gallops through the Portal

Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 17 minutes 57 seconds

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