David Eagleman
@davideagleman.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at Stanford, NYT bestselling author, Writer/host of The Brain and #1 Science Podcast: Inner Cosmos.
We're in a polarized moment, but it's not the first time. What do history & neuroscience teach us about climbing out of these eras? Find out in this week's episode: "What do brains tell us about politics? Part 2: Rehumanization"
eagleman.com/podcast/131
eagleman.com/podcast/131
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're in a polarized moment, but it's not the first time. What do history & neuroscience teach us about climbing out of these eras? Find out in this week's episode: "What do brains tell us about politics? Part 2: Rehumanization"
eagleman.com/podcast/131
eagleman.com/podcast/131
Now ep of Inner Cosmos drops at now-o'clock: "What do brains tell us about politics? Part 2: Rehumanization". Last week I explored how societies become polarized; this week I dive into what pulls societies out. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
eagleman.com/podcast/131
eagleman.com/podcast/131
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Now ep of Inner Cosmos drops at now-o'clock: "What do brains tell us about politics? Part 2: Rehumanization". Last week I explored how societies become polarized; this week I dive into what pulls societies out. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
eagleman.com/podcast/131
eagleman.com/podcast/131
What does propaganda have in common across nations and eras? Tune in to this week's Inner Cosmos to learn the basic tricks of #propaganda... and how we might overcome them.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
eagleman.com/podcast/130
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What does propaganda have in common across nations and eras? Tune in to this week's Inner Cosmos to learn the basic tricks of #propaganda... and how we might overcome them.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
eagleman.com/podcast/130
When someone disagrees with your politics, does your #brain take it as a physical threat? Discover this and more on this week's Inner Cosmos:
What do brains tell us about politics? Polarization: Part 1
eagleman.com/podcast/130
What do brains tell us about politics? Polarization: Part 1
eagleman.com/podcast/130
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
When someone disagrees with your politics, does your #brain take it as a physical threat? Discover this and more on this week's Inner Cosmos:
What do brains tell us about politics? Polarization: Part 1
eagleman.com/podcast/130
What do brains tell us about politics? Polarization: Part 1
eagleman.com/podcast/130
Why do humans so easily divide into ingroups and outgroups? Dive into the #brain and #polarization on this week's Inner Cosmos:
eagleman.com/podcast/130
eagleman.com/podcast/130
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why do humans so easily divide into ingroups and outgroups? Dive into the #brain and #polarization on this week's Inner Cosmos:
eagleman.com/podcast/130
eagleman.com/podcast/130
How do all propaganda campaigns (across place and time) dial down the brain's ability to see other groups as human? Learn all about #polarization and the #brain on this week's Inner Cosmos.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
eagleman.com/podcast/130
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
How do all propaganda campaigns (across place and time) dial down the brain's ability to see other groups as human? Learn all about #polarization and the #brain on this week's Inner Cosmos.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
eagleman.com/podcast/130
We all used to get our news from the same source... or did we? Learn why this idea is a false honeypot, and dive into the neuroscience of polarization on this week's Inner Cosmos: 'What do brains tell us about politics?'
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We all used to get our news from the same source... or did we? Learn why this idea is a false honeypot, and dive into the neuroscience of polarization on this week's Inner Cosmos: 'What do brains tell us about politics?'
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
Is social media responsible for polarization? Find out why I don't think so. Check out this week's episode of Inner Cosmos ('What do brains tell us about politics?') and share your thoughts.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Is social media responsible for polarization? Find out why I don't think so. Check out this week's episode of Inner Cosmos ('What do brains tell us about politics?') and share your thoughts.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
New ep of Inner Cosmos drops at now o'clock: What do brains tell us about politics? Tune in to discover why all nations use the same propaganda techniques, why polarization is cyclical, & how we can build immune responses to mind viruses.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New ep of Inner Cosmos drops at now o'clock: What do brains tell us about politics? Tune in to discover why all nations use the same propaganda techniques, why polarization is cyclical, & how we can build immune responses to mind viruses.
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
eagleman.com/podcast/130
#brain #polarization
For societal improvement, will we need to accept some facts about human nature while pushing to improve in other ways? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with Paul Bloom to discover why utopias may be challenging to achieve.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
For societal improvement, will we need to accept some facts about human nature while pushing to improve in other ways? Join this week's Inner Cosmos with Paul Bloom to discover why utopias may be challenging to achieve.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
Are we wired to detect when someone gets something better than we have? Join this week's Inner Cosmos to explore some of the neural roadblocks to utopia.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are we wired to detect when someone gets something better than we have? Join this week's Inner Cosmos to explore some of the neural roadblocks to utopia.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain
How does utopian zeal + human psychology = the opposite of paradise? Join this week's episode with Paul Bloom to discover why utopias are likely to be impossible.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How does utopian zeal + human psychology = the opposite of paradise? Join this week's episode with Paul Bloom to discover why utopias are likely to be impossible.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
Can we build a utopia or do our brains preclude it? Does our innate tribalism and jealousy make perfect societies difficult to achieve? Join me this week as I talk with psychologist Paul Bloom about the (im)possibility of societal perfection.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Can we build a utopia or do our brains preclude it? Does our innate tribalism and jealousy make perfect societies difficult to achieve? Join me this week as I talk with psychologist Paul Bloom about the (im)possibility of societal perfection.
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
eagleman.com/podcast/129
#brain #utopia
Our whole planet does science only one way. How might a different planet, with different lucky accidents, have developed? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore the possibilities of alien science.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Our whole planet does science only one way. How might a different planet, with different lucky accidents, have developed? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore the possibilities of alien science.
Will the power of AI kill scientific careers or enhance them? Explore this and more with me & physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) on this week's Inner Cosmos.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Will the power of AI kill scientific careers or enhance them? Explore this and more with me & physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) on this week's Inner Cosmos.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
Might aliens live on a different timescale than we do? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore some mind-stretching possibilities about alien science.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Might aliens live on a different timescale than we do? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) this week to explore some mind-stretching possibilities about alien science.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
Is human physics the optimal way to tell the story? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson this week to explore the possibility that physics might not be universal.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Is human physics the optimal way to tell the story? Join particle physicist Daniel Whiteson this week to explore the possibility that physics might not be universal.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
How do our senses steer our science? Might aliens with a different umwelt derive a different science? Dive deep this week with me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social).
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How do our senses steer our science? Might aliens with a different umwelt derive a different science? Dive deep this week with me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social).
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
Are planets as important as we think? Might aliens from a star's atmosphere care about different things in science? Join me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) for some mind-stretching surprises.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Are planets as important as we think? Might aliens from a star's atmosphere care about different things in science? Join me & particle physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social) for some mind-stretching surprises.
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
If alien sensation or cognition were quite different from ours, would they derive the same science? Join this week's episode with guest physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social), author of the new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?"
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If alien sensation or cognition were quite different from ours, would they derive the same science? Join this week's episode with guest physicist Daniel Whiteson (@danielwhiteson.bsky.social), author of the new book "Do Aliens Speak Physics?"
eagleman.com/podcast/128
eagleman.com/podcast/128
How rapidly will brain-computer interfaces become a regular tool of medicine? Join guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
How rapidly will brain-computer interfaces become a regular tool of medicine? Join guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
Brain-computer interfaces can currently decode intended language. In future decades, will they decode something closer to thought? What are the medical opportunities and the ethical conundrums? Join guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Brain-computer interfaces can currently decode intended language. In future decades, will they decode something closer to thought? What are the medical opportunities and the ethical conundrums? Join guest Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
Will everyone get a brain-computer interface? What's the killer app? Join me with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Will everyone get a brain-computer interface? What's the killer app? Join me with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
How do you make a brain-computer interface that reads intended language output? Join me with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How do you make a brain-computer interface that reads intended language output? Join me with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky as we dive into the world of interfacing brains and machines.
How can a brain-computer interface (BCI) eavesdrop on neural signals to restore movement? BCIs really started taking off 20 years ago; tune in this week with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky to see how far they've come.
eagleman.com/podcast/127
eagleman.com/podcast/127
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How can a brain-computer interface (BCI) eavesdrop on neural signals to restore movement? BCIs really started taking off 20 years ago; tune in this week with guest neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky to see how far they've come.
eagleman.com/podcast/127
eagleman.com/podcast/127