Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll | Wondery
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll | Wondery
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.
Thursday 12 May 2022 : Welcome to the May 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the...
Monday 09 May 2022 : To say that event A causes event B is to not only make a claim about our actual world, but about other possible worlds — in worlds...
Monday 02 May 2022 : Evolution has equipped species with a variety of ways to travel through the air — flapping, gliding, floating, not to mention jumping...
Monday 25 April 2022 : Humans are related to all other species here on Earth, but some are closer relatives than others. Primates, a group that includes apes,...
Monday 18 April 2022 : Every time we make an important decision, it’s hard not to wonder how things would have turned out had we chosen differently. The set of...
Thursday 14 April 2022 : Welcome to the April 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
Monday 11 April 2022 : Randomness and probability are central to modern physics. In statistical mechanics this is because we don’t know everything about the...
Monday 04 April 2022 : The future grows out of the present, but it manages to consistently surprise us. How can we get better at anticipating and preparing for...
Monday 28 March 2022 : Biological organisms are pretty good at healing themselves, but their abilities fall short in crucial ways. Planaria can be cut into...
Monday 21 March 2022 : All societies grant more power to some citizens, and there is always a temptation to use that power for the benefit of themselves rather...
Thursday 17 March 2022 : Welcome to the March 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
Monday 14 March 2022 : If extraterrestrial life is out there — not just microbial slime, but big, complex, macroscopic organisms — what will they be like?...
Monday 07 March 2022 : We’re pretty well-calibrated when it comes to dealing with common, everyday-level setbacks. But our brains aren’t naturally equipped for...
Monday 28 February 2022 : Advances in technology have gradually been extending the human self beyond its biological extent, as we augment who we are with a variety of...
Monday 21 February 2022 : One of the brilliant achievements of Darwin’s theory of natural selection was to help explain apparently “purposeful” or...
Monday 14 February 2022 : Artificial intelligence is everywhere around us. Deep-learning algorithms are used to classify images, suggest songs to us, and even to...
Thursday 10 February 2022 : Welcome to the February 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
Monday 07 February 2022 : Modern particle physics is a victim of its own success. We have extremely good theories — so good that it’s hard to know exactly how to...
Monday 31 January 2022 : Reality is just out there — but how we perceive reality and talk about it depends on choices we human beings make. We decide (consciously...
Monday 24 January 2022 : A good story takes you on an emotional journey, with ups and downs along the way. Thanks to science, we can quantify that. Peter Dodds works...
Monday 17 January 2022 : Being a human is tricky. There are any number of unwritten rules and social cues that we have to learn as we go, but that we ultimately...
Monday 10 January 2022 : Human beings like to divide themselves into groups, and then cooperate, socialize, and reproduce with members of their own group. But...
Monday 03 January 2022 : Are numbers real? What does that even mean? You can’t kick a number. But you can talk about numbers in useful ways, and we use numbers to...
Monday 20 December 2021 : As each December comes to a close, we wrap up another year of podcasts with the Mindscape Holiday Message. Nothing too profound, just some...
Wednesday 15 December 2021 : Welcome to the December 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
Sean Carroll | Wondery
AMA | May 2022
Welcome to the May 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the...
196 | Judea Pearl on Cause and Effect
To say that event A causes event B is to not only make a claim about our actual world, but about other possible worlds — in worlds...
195 | Richard Dawkins on Flight and Other Evolutionary Achievements
Evolution has equipped species with a variety of ways to travel through the air — flapping, gliding, floating, not to mention jumping...
194 | Frans de Waal on Culture and Gender in Primates
Humans are related to all other species here on Earth, but some are closer relatives than others. Primates, a group that includes apes,...
193 | Daniels on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Every time we make an important decision, it’s hard not to wonder how things would have turned out had we chosen differently. The set of...
AMA | April 2022
Welcome to the April 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
192 | Nicole Yunger Halpern on Quantum Steampunk Thermodynamics
Randomness and probability are central to modern physics. In statistical mechanics this is because we don’t know everything about the...
191 | Jane McGonigal on How to Imagine the Future
The future grows out of the present, but it manages to consistently surprise us. How can we get better at anticipating and preparing for...
190 | Lea Goentoro on Regrowing Limbs
Biological organisms are pretty good at healing themselves, but their abilities fall short in crucial ways. Planaria can be cut into...
189 | Brian Klaas on Power and the Temptation of Corruption
All societies grant more power to some citizens, and there is always a temptation to use that power for the benefit of themselves rather...
AMA | March 2022
Welcome to the March 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
188 | Arik Kershenbaum on What Aliens Will Be Like
If extraterrestrial life is out there — not just microbial slime, but big, complex, macroscopic organisms — what will they be like?...
187 | Andrew Leigh on the Politics of Looming Disasters
We’re pretty well-calibrated when it comes to dealing with common, everyday-level setbacks. But our brains aren’t naturally equipped for...
186 | Sherry Turkle on How Technology Affects Our Humanity
Advances in technology have gradually been extending the human self beyond its biological extent, as we augment who we are with a variety of...
185 | Arvid Ågren on the Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution
One of the brilliant achievements of Darwin’s theory of natural selection was to help explain apparently “purposeful” or...
184 | Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense
Artificial intelligence is everywhere around us. Deep-learning algorithms are used to classify images, suggest songs to us, and even to...
AMA | February 2022
Welcome to the February 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
183 | Michael Dine on Supersymmetry, Anthropics, and the Future of Particle Physics
Modern particle physics is a victim of its own success. We have extremely good theories — so good that it’s hard to know exactly how to...
182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical Theory
Reality is just out there — but how we perceive reality and talk about it depends on choices we human beings make. We decide (consciously...
181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories
A good story takes you on an emotional journey, with ups and downs along the way. Thanks to science, we can quantify that. Peter Dodds works...
180 | Camilla Pang on Instructions for Being Human
Being a human is tricky. There are any number of unwritten rules and social cues that we have to learn as we go, but that we ultimately...
179 | David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity
Human beings like to divide themselves into groups, and then cooperate, socialize, and reproduce with members of their own group. But...
178 | Jody Azzouni on What Is and Isn't Real
Are numbers real? What does that even mean? You can’t kick a number. But you can talk about numbers in useful ways, and we use numbers to...
Holiday Message 2021 | On Disciplines & Cocktails
As each December comes to a close, we wrap up another year of podcasts with the Mindscape Holiday Message. Nothing too profound, just some...
AMA | December 2021
Welcome to the December 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also...
