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.
Psychopolitica
Nikita Petrov and John Horgan provide a mystical perspective on Steven Pinker’s case for informed optimism.
Mind-Body Problems
Philosopher Tim Maudlin explains why he thinks that quantum mechanics is not as resistant to interpretation as some people think.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright and David Ottlinger discuss Kant’s understanding of the relationship between the mind and the world.
The Wright Show
Robert Wright talks with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek, author of the new book Fundamentals, about the axion, a hypothesized particle that could explain why much of the universe’s mass seems to be missing.
Psychopolitica
Nikita Petrov pitches a premise for a metaphysical system to John Horgan: ideas as living beings that enter this world through humans.
