The Dissenter
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In-depth interviews with leading academics on #psychology, #philosophy, #anthropology, #neuroscience, #economics, #biology, and more. Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/
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In-depth interviews with leading academics on #psychology, #philosophy, #anthropology, #neuroscience, #economics, #biology, and more.
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In episode 760, I talk with Dr. Jonathan Maynard about his fascinating book, Ideology and Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides. #politics

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#760 Jonathan Maynard - Ideology and Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides
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In episode 754, I talk with Dr. Jerome Wakefield about what mental disorders are, depression, and anxiety. #Psychiatry #Science

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#754 Jerome Wakefield: What is a Mental Disorder?; Depression, and Anxiety
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New episode (1159), with Dr. Michael Hudson. We talk about his book, Temples of Enterprise: Creating Economic Order in the Bronze Age Near East. #History #Economics #Science

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#1159 Michael Hudson - Temples of Enterprise: Creating Economic Order in the Bronze Age Near East
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In episode 658, I talk with Dr. Todd Kashdan about his book, The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively. #psychology #Science

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#658 Todd Kashdan - The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
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In episode 733, I talk with Dr. Andrew Knoll about his fascinating book, A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters. #Biology #Geology #Science

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#733 Andrew Knoll - A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
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New episode (1158), with Dr. Vibeke Ottesen. We talk about the #Psychology of political violence, including terrorism, mass shootings, and assassinations. #evolutionarypsychology #Science

YouTube: youtu.be/rEugabhf_gc
Podcast: bit.ly/3IDBsfH
#1158 Vibeke Ottesen: The Psychology of Political Violence
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In episode 731, I talk with Dr. Clara Mattei about her fantastic book, The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism. #Economics #Science

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#731 Clara Mattei The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
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New episode (1157), with Drs. Melissa Shew and Kimberly Garchar. We talk about their great book, Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought. #Philosophy

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#1157 Melissa Shew & Kimberly Garchar: Philosophy for Girls
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In episode 724, I talk with Dr. Lucia Melloni about consciousness, language, and neuroplasticity. #neuroscience #Science

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#724 Lucia Melloni: Consciousness, Language, and Neuroplasticity
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In episode 720, I talk with Dr. Patrick McNamara about his great book, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience: Decentering and the Self. #neuroscience #CognitiveScience #Science

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#720 Patrick McNamara - The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience: Decentering and the Self
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In episode 719, I talk with Dr. Dimitris Xygalatas about his fascinating book, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. #Anthropology #Science

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#719 Dimitris Xygalatas - Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
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New episode (1156), with Dr. Eric Sprankle. We talk about the #History and #Science of masturbation and pornography. #psychology

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#1156 Eric Sprankle: The History and Science of Masturbation and Pornography
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In episode 717, I talk with Dr. Allan Horwitz about his fascinating book, DSM: A History of Psychiatry's Bible. #sociology #psychiatry

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#717 Allan Horwitz - DSM: A History of Psychiatry's Bible
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In episode 711, my first talk with Dr. Daniel Williams (@danwphilosophy.bsky.social), we talk about beliefs, rationalization markets, misinformation, and motivated cognition. #Philosophy #psychology

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#711 Daniel Williams: Beliefs, Rationalization Markets, Misinformation, and Motivated Cognition
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In episode 709, I talk with Dr. Jeanne Bovet about the evolution of female attractiveness, and parent-offspring conflict in mating. #evolutionarypsychology #Science

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#709 Jeanne Bovet: The Evolution of Female Attractiveness, and Parent-Offspring Conflict in Mating
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New episode (1155), with Adam Chandler. We talk about his fascinating book, 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life.

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#1155 Adam Chandler - 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life
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In episode 706, I talk with Dr. Wiebke Bleidorn about #Personality change across the lifespan. #psychology #Science

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#706 Wiebke Bleidorn: Personality Change Across the Lifespan
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New episode (1154), with Dr. Michael Cook. This is part 2 of our talk about his great book, A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity. #History

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#1154 Michael Cook: A History of the Muslim World (Part 2)
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In episode 892, I talk with Dr. Philip Ball (@philipcball.bsky.social) about his fascinating book, The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens. #Biology #Science

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#892 Philip Ball - The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings
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In episode 704, my second interview with Dr. Matthew Cobb, we talk about his great book, As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age. #Genetics #Biology #Science

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#704 Matthew Cobb - As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
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In episode 700, I talk with Dr. Claudio Tennie (@ctennie.bsky.social) about tool behaviors in Great Apes, cultural transmission, and cumulative culture. #Anthropology #primatology #Science

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#700 Claudio Tennie: Tool Behaviors in Great Apes, Cultural Transmission, and Cumulative Culture
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In episode 696, I talk with Dr. Ryutaro Uchiyama about the cultural evolution of genetic heritability. #culture #evolution #Genetics

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#696 Ryutaro Uchiyama: Cultural Evolution of Genetic Heritability
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New episode (1153), with Dr. Richard Wolff. We talk about economic inequality and why we need to tax the rich. #economics #Science

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#1153 Richard Wolff: Economic Inequality and Why We Need to Tax the Rich
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