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Sep 26, 2015 — Robert Wright & Glenn Loury
Glenn’s born-again Christian experience
A double life: Harvard professor and crack addict
How the death of a close friend shattered Glenn’s faith
Is a secular life a less meaningful life?
Glenn’s communitarian understanding of moral truth
Why hedonism isn’t enough
Sep 24, 2015 — Robert Wright & David Sloan Wilson
David’s new book,
Does Altruism Exist?
Human society as an organism that evolves
Why Bob disagrees with David’s worldview
People are nicer than economists think they should be
How cultural evolution is like genetic evolution
The butterfly effect and group-selection theory
Sep 21, 2015 — Robert Wright & Andrew Sullivan
Andrew’s unorthodox Christianity
The darkest fifteen minutes of Andrew’s life
Andrew: “God is forgiveness”
Silent monks and psychedelic experiences
Jesus vs. Nietzsche
Andrew: Good religion, not atheism, will beat bad religion
Sep 19, 2015 — Robert Wright & Salman Hameed
Why the Quran doesn’t give rise to young-earth arguments
Islam’s relationship with science
The politicization of evolution in Muslim societies
Creationism as an expression of minority identity
The debate among Muslims about evolution
How Richard Dawkins has fueled the rejection of evolution
Sep 18, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Glenn Loury
How scientific are the social sciences?
Glenn defends the reliability of economic predictions
The strengths and weaknesses of “natural experiments”
How much does culture affect economic behavior?
New insights from behavioral economics
Dan: We trust the social sciences too much
Sep 15, 2015 — Robert Wright & Matthew Yglesias
Is loving your kids just your genes helping themselves?
Matt’s strange new respect for Tony Soprano
How the web made writing more meaningful
Why Matt is more religious than spiritual
The origins of Matt’s phenomenal productivity
Would living forever be kind of a drag?
Sep 9, 2015 — Robert Wright & John Thatamanil
Paul Tillich’s conception of God as “the ground of being”
Viewing the Christian tradition as symbolic, not literal
Tillich’s engagement with Eastern mysticism
How Tillich wrestled with the problem of evil
Tillich’s recasting of the idea of divine revelation
Is there consolation in Tillich’s view of death?
Sep 8, 2015 — Temple Grandin, Steve Silberman, & Brian Degenhart
Unraveling the history of autism
Preparing autistic children for productive lives
Successful adults on the autism spectrum
Temple and Steve recall first meeting Oliver Sacks
The link between genius and disability
The immortal life of Oliver Sacks
Sep 6, 2015 — Robert Wright & Clayton Critcher
Clayton’s research into the psychology of religious belief
The difference between awe and inspiration
Evidence that inspiration causes belief in God
The effects of remembering personally inspiring events
What happens during moments of spiritual transcendence
Believing in a loving God vs. a controlling God
Sep 4, 2015 — Robert Wright & Megan McArdle
The higher purpose in Megan’s life
How exclusion can create meaning
Megan’s test for being her best
The challenge of understanding the other
Getting to a global community
Confronting death
Sep 1, 2015 — Robert Wright & David Corn
How David finds meaning in his life
Why does God have to be perfect?
David: I like when politicians talk about their faith
Imagining David Corn, coal company CEO
The upsides of tribalism
How to leave a meaningful legacy
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