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Intimate, distraction-free, long-form interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.

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Are black holes the key to unlocking a quantum theory of gravity?

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01:18:29 min

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Silhouettes of two people face each other closely, with warm light casting their shadows on a wall.

The science-backed guide to having better sex

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01:25:59 min

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A woman in a pink suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop while U.S. dollar bills fall around her on a black background.

Legal fraud: How the books get cooked

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01:40:02 min

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Kelly Richmond Pope

Helen Fisher: How science can explain heartbreak

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01:06:42 min

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A sequence of six yellow-gold spheres illustrates stages of cell division against a black background.

Life is older, weirder, and more interconnected than we ever thought

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44 min

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A human cell and the Earth are shown side by side in outer space against a starry background.

The unlikely asteroid collision that made your life possible

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01:11:56 min

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Sean B. Carroll

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Move your body, grow your brain: the science of hippocampal neurogenesis

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01:16:33 min

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Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality

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An older man sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop, surrounded by rows of hanging beef carcasses in a meat processing facility.

Peter Singer: Animal suffering is human responsibility

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A man in a suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, with illustrated green skyscrapers, solar panels, and trees in the background.

A liberal critique of liberalism: What needs to change

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A man in a black suit sits on a chair against a white backdrop, surrounded by several monarch butterflies on a bright blue background.

Your life is at the mercy of seemingly random tiny events

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01:36:26 min

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A person sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop in a loft-style room with brick walls, dark flooring, and two windows.

Conflict, crisis, consumption: What’s eating our nation?

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A person sits in front of a white backdrop, surrounded by a cosmic map with galaxies and celestial objects.

Where did our universe come from?

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A person sitting on a chair with legs crossed in front of a white backdrop in a spacious room with wooden floors and large windows.

Love, sex, and happiness, explained by philosophy | Jonny Thomson: Full Interview

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32 min

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A person in a suit sits on a chair against a cosmic background with galaxies and stars.

Searching for aliens and Earth 2.0 | David Kipping: Full Interview

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Person in a red sweater sitting on a stool in a bright studio with white walls and colorful striped rugs.

Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The 3 cognitive scripts that rule over your life | Full Interview

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50 min

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff

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Hannah Ritchie: We can tackle our biggest environmental problems | Full Interview

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01:17:21 min

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Sam Harris: Breaking the spell of propaganda

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Why philosophy needs the Bible (and vice versa)

Philosopher Meghan Sullivan challenges the idea that religious texts can’t be taken seriously in modern philosophy. She explains how parables, scripture, and debate have always been connected to asking life’s biggest questions:

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3 min

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Meghan Sullivan

A man sits on a stool in front of a white backdrop with a black circle behind his head, surrounded by colorful, nebula-like clouds.

Are black holes the key to unlocking a quantum theory of gravity?

“Could black holes be the key to a quantum theory of gravity, a deeper theory of how reality, of how space and time works?”

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01:18:29 min

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A radio telescope points at the night sky, where stars are arranged in the shape of a large question mark.

The Fermi Paradox has a terrifying answer: The Dark Forest

“We’ve sent out one or two little messages, but we certainly aren’t investing billions of dollars shouting out into the cosmos saying, “Hey, we are here. Come say hi.””

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13 min

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A fantastical creature with a human face, colorful body, four legs, and spiky hair stands on grass, illustrated in a medieval manuscript style.

The ocean is evolving, and it’s not based on the ‘survival of the fittest’

The ocean is evolving, and it’s not based on the ‘survival of the fittest.’ Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar explains how it’s not competition that has kept the ocean alive, but collaboration.

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Silhouettes of two people face each other closely, with warm light casting their shadows on a wall.

The science-backed guide to having better sex

“Virtually everything we’re taught about sexuality for the first two decades of our lives is wrong.”

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