The Wright Show
Robert Wright and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes, author of a controversial article on The Descent of Man, try to unpack Darwin’s attitudes on race and genocide.
Mind-Body Problems
John Horgan and science writer Philip Ball discuss the roles of consciousness and calculation in quantum mechanics.
Psychopolitica
Over a slideshow of his work, the artist David Poleski describes a devastating “negative mystical experience” he had in 1974.
The Wright Show
In a conversation with Rob Wiblin, a leader of the effective altruism movement, Robert Wright argues that unchecked cognitive biases are pushing the world toward disaster.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright and Josh Summers ask whether mindfulness can help us overcome the fear of blowback from within our own tribe.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss why we punish people for unintentional transgressions.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright and John Thatamanil, author of the new book Circling the Elephant, discuss how different religious traditions try to access divinity
Mind-Body Problems
John Horgan talks with novelist and neuroscientist Erik Hoel, author of the new novel The Revelations, about how to reconcile science and fiction.
Psychopolitica
Nikita Petrov describes his conflicted relationship with “DMT entities” and how encountering them changed his thoughts on Scientology.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright explains how mindfulness could help humanity overcome destructive cognitive biases.
