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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 100 minutes
- Episodes
- 392
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
190 | Lea Goentoro on Regrowing Limbs
Regrowing limbs is an obvious medical goal, toward which there hasn't been much tangible progress. Is biology finally providing some clues?
01:03:55 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
189 | Brian Klaas on Power and the Temptation of Corruption
I talk with political scientist Brian Klaas about corruption in politics: where it comes from and how to prevent it.
01:22:29 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
188 | Arik Kershenbaum on What Aliens Will Be Like
I talk with zoologist Arik Kershenbaum about the likely forms of alien biology.
01:21:13 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
187 | Andrew Leigh on the Politics of Looming Disasters
I talk with Andrew Leigh of the Australian Parliament about how we can politically act to protect against existential risks.
01:20:38 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
186 | Sherry Turkle on How Technology Affects Our Humanity
I talk with Sherry Turkle about how our ubiquitous connection to devices affects how we see and relate to ourselves and other people.
01:11:38 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
185 | Arvid Ågren on the Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution
I talk with biologist Arvid Ågren about the relative merits of genes and organisms as the drivers of evolution.
01:25:47 |
Mon 21 Feb 2022
184 | Gary Marcus on Artificial Intelligence and Common Sense
I talk with Gary Marcus about how AI needs to think more symbolically to better think like a human.
01:24:17 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
183 | Michael Dine on Supersymmetry, Anthropics, and the Future of Particle Physics
I talk with Michael Dine about the current state of particle physics, and where it might go next.
01:39:43 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical Theory
I talk with philosopher Sally Haslanger about the social construction of (certain aspects of) reality.
01:37:34 |
Mon 31 Jan 2022
181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories
I talk with Peter Dodds about how we can use big data to characterize words and how they're deployed in stories and news.
01:16:47 |
Mon 24 Jan 2022
180 | Camilla Pang on Instructions for Being Human
Camilla Pang uses her experience as a scientist and a person with autism to construct an instruction manual for being human.
01:03:40 |
Mon 17 Jan 2022
179 | David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity
I talk with geneticist David Reich about what ancient DNA has taught us about the history of humankind.
01:13:20 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
178 | Jody Azzouni on What Is and Isn't Real
I talk with philosopher Jody Azzouni about the reality (or otherwise) of mathematical and other concepts.
01:14:31 |
Mon 03 Jan 2022
Holiday Message 2021 | On Disciplines & Cocktails
Holiday Message 2021 from Mindscape.
00:59:13 |
Mon 20 Dec 2021
177 | Monika Schleier-Smith on Cold Atoms and Emergent Spacetime
I talk to physicist Monika Schleier-Smith about experimental quantum mechanics, including models of emergent spacetime.
01:10:44 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
176 | Joshua Greene on Morality, Psychology, and Trolley Problems
I talk with psychologist/philosopher Joshua Greene about where morality comes from and how we should think about it.
01:26:27 |
Mon 06 Dec 2021
175 | William Ratcliff on Multicellularity, Physics, and Evolution
I talk with William Ratcliff about the transition to multicellular life, in nature and in the lab.
01:26:47 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
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