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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,

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All Episodes

01:23:00

136 | Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/03/01

I talk with sociologist Roderick Graham about how hot-button issues, from race to cultural conservatism, play out in cyberspace.

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01:20:08

135 | Shadi Bartsch on Plato, Vergil, Confucius, and...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/02/22

I talk to classicist Shadi Bartsch about the classics in the modern world, from Vergil's Aeneid to how China thinks about Plato.

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02:53:43

AMA | February 2021

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/02/17

Ask Me Anything episode for February 2021.

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01:28:38

134 | Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/02/15

I talk with psychoneurobiologist Robert Sapolsky about why human beings behave the way they do.

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01:37:57

133 | Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/02/08

I talk with science journalist Ziya Tong about how what we see and think about shapes how we live in the world.

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04:01:58

Bonus | AIP Oral History Interview

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/02/04

I am interviewed by David Zierler for the Oral History Project of the American Institute of Physics.

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01:21:33

132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/02/01

I talk with biologist Michael Levin about how a combination of genetic information and physical constraints shape an organism.

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01:40:33

131 | Avi Loeb on Taking Aliens Seriously

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/01/25

I talk with astronomer Avi Loeb about interstellar interloper Oumuamua and how to think about detecting advanced alien life.

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01:16:03

130 | Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/01/18

I talk with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek about what fundamental physics is, and where it's likely to go in the future.

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01:43:37

129 | Solo: Democracy in America

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/01/11

I reflect on what recent events imply for the bigger questions of democracy and society.

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01:27:19

128 | Joseph Henrich on the Weirdness of the West

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2021/01/04

I talk to anthropologist Joseph Henrich about the origin of WEIRD societies -- Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic.

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01:31:14

Holiday Message 2020 | The Screwy Universe

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/12/21

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.

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01:15:31

127 | Erich Jarvis on Language, Birds, and People

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/12/14

I talk with neurobiologist Erich Jarvis about the rare ability in species to learn how to make new sounds.

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03:24:19

AMA | December 2020

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/12/09

December 2020 Ask Me Anything episode.

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01:25:37

126 | David Stasavage on the Origin and History of...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/12/07

I talk with political scientist David Stasavage about where democracy came from, with implications for where it's going.

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01:15:28

125 | David Haig on the Evolution of Meaning from...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/11/30

I talk with evolutionary biologist David Haig about how purposes and meanings can arise in the natural world.

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02:41:50

124 | Solo: How Time Travel Could and Should Work

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/11/23

A solo episode on the physics and fiction of time travel.

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03:12:22

AMA | November 2020

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/11/20

Monthly Ask Me Anything episode.

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01:17:03

123 | Lisa Feldman Barrett on Emotions, Actions, and...

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/11/16

I talk with psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett about the origin and use of emotions in the brain.

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01:17:14

122 | David Eagleman on Tapping Into the Livewired Brain

Sean Carroll"s Mindscape: Science, Society,... ·

2020/11/09

I talk with neuroscientist David Eagleman about our pliable brains, and how to communicate with them in unusual ways.

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