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Art of the Question
Conversations about science, technology, philosophy, psychology, self-improvement, media, and culture.
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Art of the QuestionThe Ethics of Seeding the Universe - Dr. Asher Soryl - #68
Asher Soryl is a philosopher and bioethicist from New Zealand whose work focuses on well-being, suffering and the ethics of wild animal welfare. He studied…
Art of the QuestionIs AI Killing Creativity? - Prof. Adam Green - #67
Adam Green is a professor and cognitive neuroscientist at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he directs a lab studying how the brain produces…
Art of the QuestionWhy Are People Leaving Big Cities? - Prof. Steven Pedigo - #66
Steven Pedigo is an urban economic development expert and professor who has advised more than 100 cities, universities and companies on growth and innovation…
Art of the QuestionThe Dystopian Rise of Flock Cameras - Prof. Steven Keener - #65
Steven Keener is an assistant professor of criminology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia and one of the few researchers who has studied Flock…
Art of the QuestionWhy Do People Cheat on Someone They Love? - Prof. Dylan Selterman - #64
Dylan Selterman is a social-personality psychologist and Director of Research and Resource Development at Heterodox Academy, where he also leads the Mike and…
Art of the QuestionThe Science of Dark Humor - Dr. Sonja Heintz - #63
Sonja Heintz is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Plymouth, where she studies the psychology of humour and positive psychology. She earned her PhD…
Art of the QuestionThe Controversial History of The Nobel Prize - Prof. Robert Marc Friedman - #62
Robert Marc Friedman is a historian of science and playwright, professor emeritus at the University of Oslo, and one of the first scholars to work in the…
Art of the QuestionThe Philosophy of Free Will - Prof. Taylor Cyr - #61
Taylor W. Cyr is a philosophy professor at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, specializing in free will, moral responsibility, and the metaphysics of…
Art of the QuestionHow Did a Plumber Help Save Flydubai Flight 1073? - Prof. Shawn Pruchnicki - #60
Shawn Pruchnicki is an associate professor in the Department of Aviation and Integrated Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, who…
Art of the QuestionThe Explosive Rise of Peptides - Dr. Matthew Dunn - #59
Matthew Dunn is an associate professor at Deakin University in Australia and one of the world's leading researchers on performance and image enhancing drugs…
Art of the QuestionWhy Women Hate Sydney Sweeney (But Love Marilyn Monroe) - April Vevea - #58
April VeVea is a Hollywood historian and Marilyn Monroe scholar who has researched the star for nearly two decades. She is finishing a PhD in screen studies at…
Art of the QuestionCan We Actually Survive on Mars? - Prof. Cyprien Verseux - #57
Cyprien Verseux is a French astrobiologist and professor at ZARM, the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen, where he…
Art of the QuestionWhy Your Goals Might Not Be Yours (And How to Tell) - Prof. Kennon Sheldon - #56
Kennon Sheldon is a Curators' Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri and one of the leading researchers on motivation, goals, and…
Art of the QuestionIs AI Actually Going to Kill Us All? - Prof. Moshe Vardi - #55
Moshe Y. Vardi is a University Professor at Rice University and one of the most decorated computer scientists alive, a member of the National Academy of…
Art of the QuestionAre You Still You If Everything Changes? - Prof. Marya Schechtman - #54
Marya Schechtman is an LAS Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Illinois Chicago, and one of the most influential living…
Art of the QuestionHow Smart is an Octopus Really? - Dr. Piero Amodio - #53
Piero Amodio is a comparative cognition researcher and staff scientist at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples, Italy, where he leads work on the…
Art of the QuestionThe Neuroscience of Musical Pleasure - Prof. Robert Zatorre - #52
Robert Zatorre is a cognitive neuroscientist at the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University, and one of the founders of the modern science of…
Art of the QuestionThe Exciting Science of Boredom - Prof. James Danckert - #51
James Danckert is a cognitive neuroscientist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, and one of the world's leading experts on…
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Stop Caring About the Opinions of Others - Julius Moorman - #50
This is a solo episode to mark episode 50 and six months of the show. I sit down on my own to look back at what the podcast has become, what I have learned…
Art of the QuestionIs Your Red the Same as Mine? - George Musser - #49
George Musser is a contributing editor at Scientific American and Nautilus and a contributing writer at Quanta, where he covers fundamental physics and space…
Art of the QuestionPsychological Tricks of World's Biggest Brands - Phil Barden - #48
Phil Barden is the managing director of Decode Marketing and one of the few people who bridges hands-on brand management with hard decision science. He spent…
Art of the QuestionDo Animals Know Right from Wrong? - Dr. Jessica Pierce - #47
Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer based in Colorado, best known for making the scientific case that animals have morality. She…
Art of the QuestionDo Animals Know Right from Wrong? - Dr. Jessica Pierce - #47
Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer based in Colorado, best known for making the scientific case that animals have morality. She…
Art of the QuestionThe Incredible Benefits of Fiber - Prof. Jens Walter - #46
Jens Walter is Professor of Ecology, Food, and the Microbiome at University College Cork and APC Microbiome Ireland, and one of the world's most cited…
Art of the QuestionThe Scientific Method to Achieve Your Goals - Prof. Gabriele Oettingen - #45
Gabriele Oettingen is a professor of psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg who has spent decades studying motivation and the science…
Art of the QuestionHow Becoming a Father at 19 Saved My Life - pharrellstory - #44
Pharrell is a 21-year-old entrepreneur and father who lives in Bali after growing up in a small village of fewer than a thousand people in Europe. From the age…
Art of the QuestionThe Secret to a Quiet Mind - Prof. Doug Mennin - #43
Doug Mennin is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he runs the Regulation of…
Art of the QuestionThe Fascinating Psychology of Fashion - Dr. Carolyn Mair - #42
Carolyn Mair is a cognitive psychologist, behavioural scientist and fashion business consultant based in the UK, and the author of The Psychology of Fashion…
Art of the QuestionThe Insane Advantage of Growth Mindset - Prof. Paul O'Keefe - #41
Paul O'Keefe is a social psychologist and Professor of Organisational Behaviour and HRM at the University of Exeter Business School, where he directs the…
Art of the QuestionDebunking the Simulation Hypothesis - Prof. Franco Vazza - #40
Franco Vazza is a numerical astrophysicist and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Bologna, where he runs some…
Art of the QuestionThe Science of Cuckoldry - Prof. Todd Shackelford - #39
Todd K. Shackelford is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and one of the most…
Art of the QuestionThe Surprising Benefits of Gaming - Prof. Shawn Green - #38
C. Shawn Green is a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who studies how people learn and how experience reshapes perception and…
Art of the QuestionThe Ethics of Living With Robots - Prof. Sven Nyholm - #37
Sven Nyholm is Professor of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at LMU Munich and a Principal Investigator at the Munich Center for Machine Learning. Before…
Art of the QuestionHow Men's Groups Cure Loneliness - Kian Nemzer - #36
Kian is a recent graduate of LIU Global and the researcher behind a thesis on loneliness in men. Studying global studies, he was tasked with picking a global…
Art of the QuestionThe Science Behind Near-Death Experiences - Dr. Charlotte Martial - #35
Charlotte Martial is a neuroscientist at the Coma Science Group within the GIGA-Consciousness research unit at the University of Liege in Belgium, where she…
Art of the QuestionWhy We Still Need Humans in Space - Prof. Ian Crawford - #34
Ian Crawford is Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, and a…
Art of the QuestionThe Secret to Speaking With Confidence - Caroline Goyder - #33
Caroline Goyder is a leading voice and gravitas coach based in the UK and the bestselling author who has trained news anchors, CEOs, actors, and even royalty…
Art of the QuestionThe Ultimate Case for Nuclear Energy - Prof. Wade Allison - #32
Wade Allison is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Keble College, where he taught physics and medical physics for…
Art of the QuestionThe Ethics of Mining the Moon - Dr. Erik Persson - #31
Erik Persson is a Swedish philosopher, an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Lund University and co-director of its Space Humanities Lab…
Art of the QuestionThe Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God - Justin Brierley - #30
Justin Brierley is a British writer, broadcaster and public speaker who has spent over two decades hosting dialogue between Christians, atheists and sceptics…
Art of the QuestionThe Science of Slang and Swearing - Prof. Kate Burridge - #29
Kate Burridge is Professor of Linguistics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the…
Art of the QuestionCan We Upload The Human Brain? - Dr. Randal Koene - #28
Randal Koene is a Dutch neuroscientist, neuroengineer, and co-founder of the Carboncopies Foundation, a nonprofit advancing research into substrate-independent…
Art of the QuestionThe Science of Decision Making - Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer - #27
Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist, director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam, and director emeritus of the Max…
Art of the QuestionOzempic, GLP-1s and the Future of Obesity - Prof. Carel Le Roux - #26
Carel le Roux is a Professor of Experimental Pathology at University College Dublin, Director of the Metabolic Medicine Group, and one of the world's leading…
Art of the QuestionThe Science of Awe - Gloria Simoncini - #25
Gloria Simoncini is a neuropsychologist, psychotherapist, and PhD student at eCampus University, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, researching…
Art of the QuestionThe Future of Meat - Prof. Hanna Tuomisto - #24
Hanna Tuomisto is a professor of sustainable food systems at the University of Helsinki, based in Finland, and one of the world's leading researchers on the…
Art of the QuestionThe Dark History of Gene Editing - Matthew Cobb - #23
Matthew Cobb is a professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Manchester and one of Britain's most prominent science communicators and historians of…
Art of the QuestionEverything You Want To Know About Quantum Mechanics - Maria Violaris - #22
Maria Violaris is a quantum physicist and science communicator based in Oxford, UK, and a researcher at Oxford Quantum Circuits, an Oxford University spin-out…
Art of the QuestionHow To Stop Being a People Pleaser - Frederik Herre - #21
Frederik Herre is a German men's coach and facilitator based in Bali, Indonesia, formerly Berlin, who specialises in helping men overcome people-pleasing and…
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What I Learned From 20 Podcasts - Julius Moorman - #20
Julius Moorman is a Dutch journalist, documentary creator, and podcast host based in Amsterdam, currently living in Bali, Indonesia. He trained as a tax lawyer…
Art of the Question7 Fascinating Facts About DNA - Sander Wuyts - #19
Sander Wuyts is a bioscience engineer and CEO of ImmuneWatch, a Belgian biotech startup using machine learning to decode the immune system's DNA for pharma and…
Art of the QuestionCan We Build a Computer From Living Brain Cells? - Dr. Ewelina Kurtys - #18
Dr. Ewelina Kurtys is a neuroscientist and strategic advisor at FinalSpark, a Swiss biocomputing startup building computers from living human neurons. She…
Art of the QuestionFinite and Infinite Games - Prof. Niki Harré - #17
Niki Harre is a professor of psychology and head of the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, known for applying psychological…
Art of the QuestionShould We Have the Right to Modify Our Bodies? - Dr. Anders Sandberg - #16
Anders Sandberg is a Swedish researcher, futurist, and transhumanist at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, holding a PhD in…
Art of the QuestionHow AI Could Help Us 'Talk' to Animals - Dr. Elodie Mandel-Briefer - #15
Elodie Floriane Mandel-Briefer is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Copenhagen and one of the world's leading researchers in animal…
Art of the QuestionThe Philosophy of Funmaxxing - Christian Gonzalez-Capizzi - #14
Christian Gonzalez-Capizzi is a philosopher, podcaster, and content creator based in New York, known online as the philosophical architect connecting analytic…
Art of the QuestionCan AI Ever Become Conscious? - Dr. Henry Shevlin - #13
Henry Shevlin is a philosopher of mind and AI ethicist, formerly Associate Director at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University…
Art of the QuestionHow Realistic is Project Hail Mary? - Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen - #12
Sheri Wells-Jensen is a professor of linguistics at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, a board member of METI International, and one of the few working…
Art of the QuestionLiving with BCI - Nathan Copeland - #11
Nathan Copeland is the world's longest-running intracortical brain implant user — over 10 years, beating the previous record by nearly four years. In 2004, at…
Art of the QuestionMy Wife Hired a Hitman So I Faked My Death - Ramon Sosa - #10
17:18 Ramon Sosa is a former professional boxer and boxing coach from Houston, Texas. Born in Puerto Rico in 1967, he turned pro at 17 before dedicating his…