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January 14, 2017 — Robert Wright & Mark Juergensmeyer
The Wright Show
How Mark got his start studying under Reinhold Niebuhr
Using religion to justify violence
The appeal of ISIS's apocalyptic vision
What Obama got right--and wrong--in his response to terrorism
Will Trump's war on terrorism lead to another 9/11?
What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about religion and violence today?
Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism
December 15, 2015 — Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama
The Wright Show
Revisiting Frank's "End of History" thesis
Trump, China, and the threat of illiberal democracy
Frank: The singularity is an "idiotic" idea
Should we fear homemade eugenics?
Why Americans need to improve their moral imaginations
Does religion unite more than it divides?
April 17, 2016 — David Masciotra & William Irwin
An introduction to existentialism
Jean-Paul Sartre's tough-minded optimism
Existentialists want you to keep it real
The dark side of the search for meaning
Capitalism as existentialist economics
"We're condemned to be free"
January 22, 2017 — Robert Wright | Terrorism as a spiritual challenge
Sixty-Second Sermons
December 28, 2015 — Robert Wright & Murtaza Hussain
The Wright Show
The new normal for American Muslims
Why Muslim women bear the brunt of Islamophobia
Murtaza calls The Atlantic's big ISIS piece "shallow nonsense"
How Saudi Arabia fueled a "bad reformation" of Islam
A "Muslim loser with a gun" can hurt millions
What being a Muslim means to Murtaza
May 23, 2016 — Robert Wright
The Wright Show
Why science calls for a new agnosticism
Consciousness seems more mysterious than ever
The intellectual hubris of the "New Atheists"
The holy war against religion
Cognitive biases that fuel tribalism
Questions from the audience
November 21, 2016 — Robert Wright & Gad Saad
The Wright Show
How hormones drive consumer and mating behavior
How your fingers give your testosterone level away
Why some people seem taller than they are
Why grandfathers get fewer gifts than grandmothers
Is religion at the root of bad behavior?
Is Islam more conducive to violence than other religions?
Evolutionary perspectives on religion
December 09, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Rory Dickson
Sufis, "the ones who are not"
How Sufism relates to establishment Islam
Why is ISIS destroying Sufi shrines?
How Sufism came to America
Does Islam lend itself to universalism?
Is Sufism always Islamic?
April 07, 2017 — Robert Wright & Wendell Wallach
The Meaning of Future Life
When technology takes people's jobs
Asking your iPhone for medical advice
Killer robots!
Letting machines decide whether to push the nuclear button
The growing threat of bioterrorism
How to stop bioterrorists
Is it all happening too fast?
July 15, 2015 — John Horgan & Sheldon Solomon
Sheldon's roots in psychology
Ernest Becker and the meaning of mortality
Terror and death as motivating forces in life
Studying death rituals around the world
What happens when we're reminded of death
Is there a path to eternity--or at least sanity?
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