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Mar 30, 2016 — Robert Wright & Emily Sigalow
Meet the American Jubu
How far into Buddhism do Jubus go?
Fusing Judaism and Buddhist practice
A brief history of Jubus
Is meditation a lefty thing to do?
Varieties of Jubu experience
Mar 25, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Daniel Tippens
Rationalism, its virtues and ideals
Manifestations of rationalism in epistemology …
… in ethics …
… and in political philosophy
Critique of rationalism: It can’t be reasons all the way down
Dan K. claims rational ethicists don’t really exist …
… and if they did, you wouldn’t like them
How philosophy turned to rationalism, and Dan K. turned away from it
Mar 21, 2016 — Robert Wright & Sarah Posner
Why do people believe in Donald Trump?
Tapping into fear and resentment
What’s the appeal of vulgar rhetoric?
Us vs. Them
The “Trumpvangelical”
Donald Trump at AIPAC
Mar 17, 2016 — Robert Wright & Chris Impey
The unique weirdness of light
Time travel and the theory of relativity
Comparing “emptiness” in physics and Buddhist philosophy
Why Einstein never accepted quantum physics
Can physics really explain why there’s something rather than nothing?
Teaching science to Buddhist monks
Mar 12, 2016 — Robert Wright & Stephen Asma
The Western encounter with Buddhism
Divine beings and supernatural forces in Buddhism
Why Stephen finds Buddhism appealing
Drawing as meditation
Does neuroscience support the Buddhist view of the self?
What the New Atheists get wrong about religion
Mar 10, 2016 — Nikita Petrov & Eric McLuhan
The road as the medium of the car
A story of a blind man who could see
Parallels between rap and
The Odyssey
How the alphabet made us detached from the world
The comeback of images as a way of thinking
Mar 8, 2016 — Robert Wright & Susan Gelman
The psychology of essentialism
Is your dog an essentialist?
The essence of good, evil, and Donald Trump
Why we value some objects more than others
Religion and essentialism
Do we perceive reality accurately?
Mar 6, 2016 — Robert Wright & Daniel Ingram
What is it like to be an arhat?
Perspectives on the self: It’s nothing, it’s everything
What enlightenment is, and what’s so great about it
Dwelling in enlightenment is easy, but getting there can be hard
Does enlightenment entail moral improvement?
Can meditation save—or impede salvation of—the world?
Mar 4, 2016 — David Kyuman Kim & George Lipsitz
Introducing Love-Driven Politics
Lessons on love from James Baldwin
Identifying a root cause of discrimination
“Turn poison into medicine”
Considering generosity
Dealing with the inevitability of heartbreak
Mar 1, 2016 — Robert Wright & Mark Smith
Considering the thesis of Mark’s new book
Secular Faith
Creative uses of the Scriptures by pro-choice and pro-life advocates
What shapes attitudes towards abortion?
Reinterpreting biblical condemnations of homosexuality
How cultural change affects religious thought
How cultural change affects religious institutions
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