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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more.

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121 | Cornel West on What Democracy Is and Should Be

Nov 2, 2020
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120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, and the Bible

Oct 26, 2020
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119 | Musa al-Gharbi on the Value of Intellectual Diversity

Oct 19, 2020
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118 | Adam Riess on the Expansion of the Universe and a Crisis in Cosmology

Oct 12, 2020
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117 | Sean B. Carroll on Randomness and the Course of Evolution

Oct 5, 2020
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116 | Teresa Bejan on Free Speech, Civility, and Toleration

Sep 28, 2020
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115 | Netta Engelhardt on Black Hole Information, Wormholes, and Quantum Gravity

Sep 21, 2020
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114 | Angela Chen on Asexuality in a Sex-Preoccupied World

Sep 14, 2020
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113 | Cailin O'Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of Unfairness

Sep 7, 2020
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112 | Fyodor Urnov on Gene Editing, CRISPR, and Human Engineering

Aug 31, 2020