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September 04, 2017 — Philip Menchaca & Michael Jerryson
When Buddhists get violent
The clash between Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand
The roots of Thailand's violence
Military monks
How Buddhist cosmology can justify violence
How pacifist is Buddhist pacifism?
October 16, 2015 — Robert Wright & Lee Smolin
The Wright Show
What Lee means when he says "time is fundamental"
Understanding the universe as a network
A (very) tentative theory of consciousness
Did the laws of physics evolve?
Is the universe fine-tuned for the emergence of life?
Applying Lee's theories of time to everyday life
December 20, 2015 — Robert Wright & Lawrence Krauss
The Wright Show
Lawrence on religion's "most immoral" aspect
A defense of giving offense
Why is there something rather than nothing?
Bob accuses Lawrence of avoiding the key question
Debating whether evolution has directionality
Can science fill religion's place in people's lives?
March 17, 2016 — Robert Wright & Chris Impey
The Wright Show
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
September 24, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Anthony Silvia
The Gnostic version of enlightenment
Modern Gnosticism's Christian roots
Aeons, Archons, and the Demiurge
What do Gnostics do?
Salvation and the Gnostic afterlife
A brief history of the Johannite Church
October 07, 2017 — Robert Wright & Tyler Volk
The Weirdness of Physics
Tyler's "ambitious" new book, Quarks to Culture
"Combogenesis": The reason for everything?
When subatomic particles make friends
From protons to evolution
What came before culture?
The link between inner peace and world peace
The possibility of purpose in the universe
May 27, 2018 — Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Michael Benson
Culturally Determined
Michael's new book Space Odyssey, about the film 2001
The quest to make the "first good science fiction film"
The remarkable development of the Dawn of Man sequence
The fiction and fact of HAL 9000
The trippy "Stargate" sequence
Why the movie's premiere was an utter disaster
Is the film supposed to be boring?
2001's legacy
July 26, 2014 — John Horgan & George Johnson
Prominent physicists bash philosophy
Can materialism explain consciousness?
The problem with Lawrence Krauss's "universe from nothing"
Why "mathematical mysticism" leaves John cold
Are mathematical truths discovered or invented?
Environmentalists who want more energy usage
May 01, 2019 — Robert Wright & Luke Kemp
The Wright Show
Are we on the road to civilizational collapse?
Why we need global governance, not global government
The double-edged sword of civilizational complexity
The apocalyptic scenario Bob fears most
Luke: Not every problem has a technical solution
Bob: Slower technological change would be a blessing
November 01, 2019 — Robert Wright & Preston Greene
The Wright Show
Why many intelligent people think we're living in a simulation
The philosophical argument that you're probably not real
How cosmic rays might (and might not) reveal that reality is fake
Preston's dire warning against trying to determine if we're in a simulation
Is the simulation hypothesis non-falsifiable?
Is "the simulation" just religion for atheists?
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