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
174 | Tai-Danae Bradley on Algebra, Topology, Language, and Entropy
I talk with Tai-Danae Bradley about applying high-level mathematical concepts to the messiness of human language.
01:21:32 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
173 | Sylvia Earle on the Oceans, the Planet, and People
I talk with Sylvia Earle about the state of our oceans and what we can do to preserve them.
01:11:32 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
172 | David Goyer on Televising the Fall of the Galactic Empire
I talk with screenwriter David Goyer, creator of a new TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.
01:16:55 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
171 | Christopher Mims on Our Interconnected Industrial Ecology
I talk with Christopher Mims about the production and distribution of goods in the modern world, and its role in our everyday lives.
01:27:10 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
170 | Priya Natarajan on Galaxies, Black Holes, and Cosmic Anomalies
I talk with Priya Natarajan about how gravitational lensing and other techniques are changing our views of galaxies and black holes.
01:27:52 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
169 | C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency
I talk with C. Thi Nguyen about the philosophy of games, and how the clarity of value associated with gamification can lead us astray.
01:24:12 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
168 | Anil Seth on Emergence, Information, and Consciousness
I talk with neuroscientist Anil Seth about how higher-level descriptions emerge from lower ones, and what that has to do with consciousness.
01:25:00 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
167 | Chiara Marletto on Constructor Theory, Physics, and Possibility
I talk with physicist Chiara Marletto about constructor theory, a novel approach to fundamental physics.
01:35:14 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
166 | Betül Kaçar on Paleogenomics and Ancient Life
With astrobiologist Betül Kaçar, I talk about how we can use modern genetic analysis to learn about ancient life on Earth.
01:14:17 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
165 | Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness
I talk with psychologist Kathryn Paige Harden about how our genes affect who we become, and what that means for questions of fairness.
01:25:24 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
164 | Herbert Gintis on Game Theory, Evolution, and Social Rationality
I talk with economist and behavioral scientist Herbert Gintis about a unified theory of human behavior based on game theory and social rationality.
01:29:42 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
163 | Nigel Goldenfeld on Phase Transitions, Criticality, and Biology
I talk with physicist Nigel Goldenfeld about how we understand the complex things that occur in systems with many particles.
01:31:35 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
162 | Leidy Klotz on Our Resistance to Subtractive Change
I talk with engineer Leidy Klotz on how our brains prefer to fix problems by adding things rather than subtracting them.
01:14:22 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics
I talk with economist Brian Arthur about how complex-systems theory provides new insights into economic behavior.
01:35:43 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
160 | Edward Slingerland on Confucianism, Daoism, and Wu Wei
I talk with Edward Slingerland about the major ideas of ancient Chinese philosophy, and how they relate to ideas from modern science.
01:23:45 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
159 | Mari Ruti on Lack, Love, and Psychoanalysis
I talk with critical theorist Mari Ruti about psychoanalysis, existentialism, and human life.
01:49:44 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
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