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What makes things last, and what do very different lasting things have in common? Why might a space alien not be able to understand music? Why do windows in medieval cathedrals look thicker at the bottom, and what does this reveal about the world’s religions? What was the most important weapon in ancient history, and how did it disappear? Join today for the story of persistence, from sharks to schizophrenia to Roman concrete to DNA.
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158 - Ep143 "How do things last?" Part 1: neurons to civilizationsMon, 02 Mar 2026
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157 - Ep142 "Do breakthroughs require rule-breakers?" with Eric WeinsteinMon, 23 Feb 2026
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156 - Ep141 "What do brains and weather systems have in common?" with Nicole RustMon, 16 Feb 2026
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155 - Ep140 "How does your brain decide what’s true?" with Sam HarrisMon, 09 Feb 2026
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154 - Ep139 "What does alignment look like in a society of AIs?" with Danielle PerszykMon, 02 Feb 2026
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153 - Ep138 "Why do our political brains mistake opinion for truth?" with Kaizen AsieduMon, 26 Jan 2026
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152 - Ep137 "Do cures ever create the next crisis?" with Thomas GoetzMon, 19 Jan 2026
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151 - Ep136 "Why do we care about mattering?" with Rebecca GoldsteinMon, 12 Jan 2026
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150 - Ep135: What does neuroscience mean by hypnosis? with David SpiegelMon, 05 Jan 2026
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149 - Ep82 Re Broadcast "Why Do Your 30 Trillion Cells Feel Like a Self?" Part 1Mon, 29 Dec 2025
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148 - Ep70 Re Broadcast "Why do our memories drift? Part 1: The War of the Ghosts"Mon, 22 Dec 2025
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147 - Ep134 "What do brains teach us about morality?" with Joshua GreeneMon, 15 Dec 2025
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146 - Ep133 "Why do people hold misbeliefs?" with Dan ArielyMon, 08 Dec 2025
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145 - Ep132 "What will AI mean for the economy?" with Andrew MayneMon, 01 Dec 2025
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144 - Ep131 "What do brains tell us about politics?" Part 2: RehumanizationMon, 24 Nov 2025
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143 - Ep130 "What do brains tell us about politics?" Part 1: PolarizationMon, 17 Nov 2025
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142 - Ep129 "Is utopia possible or do human brains preclude it?" with Paul BloomMon, 10 Nov 2025
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141 - Ep128 "Would space aliens see the world as we do?" with Daniel WhitesonMon, 03 Nov 2025
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140 - EP127 "What happens when we marry brains to machines?" with Sergey StaviskyMon, 27 Oct 2025
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139 - Ep126 "Does science fiction shape reality?" with Bethanie MaplesMon, 20 Oct 2025
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138 - Ep125 "Why do brains need friends?" (with Ben Rein)Mon, 13 Oct 2025
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137 - Ep124 "Why don't we notice gaps in time?"Mon, 06 Oct 2025
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136 - Ep123 "Will AI cure loneliness?" with Paul BloomMon, 29 Sep 2025
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135 - Ep122 "Why do we so rarely say what we mean?" (with Steven Pinker)Mon, 22 Sep 2025
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134 - Ep121 "What’s the secret to intelligence (in brains and AI)?" with Ramesh RaskarMon, 15 Sep 2025
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133 - Ep120 "Will AI build us into better humans?"Mon, 08 Sep 2025
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132 - Ep119 "Why do brains believe in the unbelievable?" with Bruce HoodMon, 01 Sep 2025
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131 - Ep118 "Why has the brain always been our hardest puzzle?" with Matthew CobbMon, 25 Aug 2025
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130 - Ep117 "What does brain science have to do with free speech? (with Greg Lukianoff)" (with Greg Lukianoff)Mon, 18 Aug 2025
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129 - Ep116 " What is Color? Part 2: Why royals wear purple"Mon, 11 Aug 2025
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128 - Ep115 "What is color? Part 1: Why hunters wear orange"Mon, 04 Aug 2025
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127 - Ep114 "Would you eat a self burger?"Mon, 28 Jul 2025
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126 - Ep113 "What's special about inventors?" (with Pablos Holman)Mon, 21 Jul 2025
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125 - Ep112 "How is computer code like magic?" (with Sam Arbesman)Mon, 14 Jul 2025
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124 - Ep111 "Might we be surrounded with undetected minds?" (with Michael Levin)Mon, 07 Jul 2025
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123 - Ep110 "Is consciousness related to quantum physics?" (with Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff)Mon, 30 Jun 2025
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122 - Ep85 rebroadcast - "What is a Thought?"Mon, 23 Jun 2025
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121 - Ep109 "Are you one mind or many drives?" with Jordan PetersonMon, 16 Jun 2025
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120 - Ep108 "Can brains increase their happiness?" (with Bruce Hood)Mon, 09 Jun 2025
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119 - Ep107 "Why do brains love stories?" (with Joshua Landy)Mon, 02 Jun 2025
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118 - Ep106 "What happens when brains watch movies?" (with Jeffrey Zacks)Mon, 26 May 2025
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117 - Ep105 "What if AI is not actually intelligent?" (with Alison Gopnik)Mon, 19 May 2025
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116 - Ep104 "What is your internal world really like?" (with Russell Hurlburt)Mon, 12 May 2025
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115 - Ep103 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 2)Mon, 05 May 2025
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114 - Ep102 "Could you ever know what it’s like to be someone else?" (Part 1)Mon, 28 Apr 2025
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113 - Ep101 "Why do people walk away from bad events with different outcomes?"Mon, 21 Apr 2025
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112 - Ep100 "Why do brains love slow motion video?"Mon, 14 Apr 2025
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111 - Ep99 "Why do brains sometimes make things up?"Mon, 07 Apr 2025
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110 - EP98 "What's the future of AI relationships?" (with Bethanie Maples)Mon, 31 Mar 2025
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109 - Ep 97 "Can we rewrite the human code?" (with Trevor Martin)Mon, 24 Mar 2025
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