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
142 | Charlie Jane Anders on Stories and How to Write Them
I talk with writer Charlie Jane Anders about the techniques that go into good storytelling.
01:26:22 |
Mon 12 Apr 2021
141 | Zeynep Tufekci on Information and Attention in a Networked World
I talk with sociologist Zeynep Tufekci about how we get information and what we pay attention to in our networked age.
01:17:58 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
140 | Dean Buonomano on Time, Reality, and the Brain
I talk with neuroscientist Dean Buonomano about how the brain reconstructs time and other aspects of reality.
01:27:41 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
139 | Elizabeth Anderson on Equality, Work, and Ideology
I talk with philosopher Elizabeth Anderson about what equality should mean, and how it applies to employment and the work ethic.
01:19:16 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
138 | Daryl Morey on Analytics, Psychology, and Basketball
I talk with Daryl Morey about the theory of being an NBA general manager, from analytics and game theory to psychological biases.
01:16:43 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
137 | Justin Clarke-Doane on Mathematics, Morality, Objectivity, and Reality
I talk with Justin Clarke-Doane about the philosophical similarities and differences between mathematics and morality.
01:32:50 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
136 | Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and Cultural Conservatism
I talk with sociologist Roderick Graham about how hot-button issues, from race to cultural conservatism, play out in cyberspace.
01:23:00 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
135 | Shadi Bartsch on Plato, Vergil, Confucius, and Modernity
I talk to classicist Shadi Bartsch about the classics in the modern world, from Vergil's Aeneid to how China thinks about Plato.
01:20:08 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
134 | Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do
I talk with psychoneurobiologist Robert Sapolsky about why human beings behave the way they do.
01:28:38 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
133 | Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See
I talk with science journalist Ziya Tong about how what we see and think about shapes how we live in the world.
01:37:57 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
Bonus | AIP Oral History Interview
I am interviewed by David Zierler for the Oral History Project of the American Institute of Physics.
04:01:58 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self
I talk with biologist Michael Levin about how a combination of genetic information and physical constraints shape an organism.
01:21:33 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
131 | Avi Loeb on Taking Aliens Seriously
I talk with astronomer Avi Loeb about interstellar interloper Oumuamua and how to think about detecting advanced alien life.
01:40:33 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
130 | Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of Fundamental Physics
I talk with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek about what fundamental physics is, and where it's likely to go in the future.
01:16:03 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
129 | Solo: Democracy in America
I reflect on what recent events imply for the bigger questions of democracy and society.
01:43:37 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
128 | Joseph Henrich on the Weirdness of the West
I talk to anthropologist Joseph Henrich about the origin of WEIRD societies -- Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic.
01:27:19 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
Holiday Message 2020 | The Screwy Universe
Bonus episode in which I talk about the possibility that photons might rotate as they travel through the universe, and what that means for dark energy.
01:31:14 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
127 | Erich Jarvis on Language, Birds, and People
I talk with neurobiologist Erich Jarvis about the rare ability in species to learn how to make new sounds.
01:15:31 |
Mon 14 Dec 2020
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