Mixed Mental Arts
As kids, we're like little sponges blindly copying culture from the people around us. The cultures into which we were all born evolved to fit very old agricultural environments. Each contains timeless wisdom about human affairs but none of them is ideally suited to navigating the ever-changing environment in which we find ourselves.
The goal of Mixed Mental Arts is to steal the best cultural software from everywhere and apply the core principle of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." Welcome to the dojo! We're excited to learn from you.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 366
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2020
Ep 365 - Caroline Criado Perez
Bryan Callen and today's guest, Caroline Criado-Perez, have very different feeeeeeelings about the word feminism. For Bryan, feminism is a bit of a dirty word which he associates with well-meaning b…
Ep 364 - Mark Manson
When Mark Manson wrote "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck," he couldn't have anticipated what a tremendous success it would be or that with that success there would be new challenges. Namely, now …
Ep 363 - Cailin O'Connor
In an age of fake news and alternative facts, Cailin O'Connor's "The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread" could not be better timed. With fantastic historical examples and the latest science…
Ep 362 - Jonathan Haidt
Although Bryan and Hunter talk about Jon Haidt all the time, this is actually only Jon's second appearance on the podcast. It was well worth the wait. Having read Jon's books many times and interview…
Hiatus is Over!
While Bryan has been busy filming his new spinoff Schooled, Hunter has been working hard to figure out how to take Mixed Mental Arts to the next level. We've had so much fun sharing the best ideas we…
Ep 358 - Reporting on Palestine: Wajahat Ali
Stay tuned until the end for some information on the re-renaming of the show to the Bryan Callen Show.
Ep 356 - A Better Way To Help: Dambisa Moyo
Dambisa Moyo is from Zambia. She's studied the effect of foreign aid on the economies of developing nations. She finds it lacking in many respects. Her new book is Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Fai…
Ep 355 - Learning Through Adversity: Howard Bloom
Howard Bloom developed chronic fatigue syndrome in 1988. That didn't stop him from writing a bunch of books. His most recent book is How I Accidentally Started the Sixties, which is a memoir.
Ep 354 - Talking Creativity and Corgis with Allen Gannett
Allen Gannett is the author of The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time and he helps debunk genius myths. That's why Hunter likes him. That's why Bryan likes him. We hope …
Ep 353 - A New Song and Dance: Ken Gordon and Adam Hansen
Adam Hansen and Ken Gordon are innovation guys. They also like to sing songs and enjoy the finer things in life. Their beards make the world a better place.
Ep 352 - Real Science, Bro: Dr. Layne Norton
Layne Norton is an expert in nutrition. He's also an elite powerlifter and a professional body builder. In the continuing journey of sorting the wheat from the chaff, Bryan and Hunter learn about how…
Ep 351 - Found in Translation: Magdalena Edwards
Magdalena Edwards is Bryan Callen's neighbor. She's also a translator.
Ep 350 - Modern Maori: Te Miri Rangi
Te Miri Rangi is a Maori from New Zealand who instituted a program known as Whakapapa Fridays as an outreach to young people to instill a connection with their roots.
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Ep 349 - The Knowledge Frontier: Cesar Hidalgo
Cesar Hidalgo is the directer of the Collective Learning Group at the MIT media lab,. His book Why Information Grows combines physics and economics to give a new take on economic growth in the 21st c…
Ep 348 - Con Body: Coss Marte
Coss Marte did 4 years in state prison for drug trafficking. While in prison, he became interested in physical training. Now he runs a fitness studio in New York where he hires former inmates and tra…
Idea Quickie 8: Way Back with Big Mike (Repost)
From June, 2014
Bryan and Big Mike talked about everything from the History of Western Philosophy, to capital punishment in Saudi Arabia. Be sure to follow us on social media and check out our Patreo…