Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas podcast

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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, philosophy, culture and much more.

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.

 

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Aak Me Anything | November 2026

Welcome to the November 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursion... more

Yesterday

4 HR 06 MINS

4:06:51

Yesterday


#451

373 | Colin Camerer on the Neuroscience of Economic Thinking

Economics often starts with an assumption that people are rational maximizers of their own... more

02 Nov 2026

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:55

02 Nov 2026


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372 | Erik Winfree on DNA Computers and Robots

When we think of computers, we think of machines running on some kind of silicon chips. Bu... more

26 Oct 2026

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:39

26 Oct 2026


#449

371 | Kyle Harper on How Humans Have Shaped Life on Earth

Humanity is merely one species out of millions living on Earth, but we have a disproportio... more

19 Oct 2026

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:21

19 Oct 2026


#448

Ask Me Anything | October 2026

Welcome to the October 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions... more

12 Oct 2026

3 HR 31 MINS

3:31:54

12 Oct 2026


#447

370 | Daniel Akerib on a Faint Hint of Dark Matter

One reason it's been so hard to directly detect the dark matter is that we're not sure wha... more

03 Oct 2026

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:17

03 Oct 2026


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369 | Gregg Caruso on Living Well Without Free Will

The worry about debates over free will is that they degenerate into semantics -- what do y... more

28 Sep 2026

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:31

28 Sep 2026


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368 | Elizabeth Alexander on Why Democracy Needs Imagination

In all sorts of ways, the modern world makes it difficult to nurture our individual humani... more

21 Sep 2026

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:29

21 Sep 2026


#444

Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | September 2026

Welcome to the September 2026 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursio... more

14 Sep 2026

3 HR 52 MINS

3:52:06

14 Sep 2026


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367 | Jared Diamond on the Course of History and the Role of leaders

The course of history is affected by many things, including the political and social situa... more

07 Sep 2026

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:15

07 Sep 2026


#442

366 | Jim Al-Khalili on Time, Quantum, Biology, and Cosmology

Everyone lives through time, but we continue to struggle to fully understand it. We remain... more

31 Aug 2026

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:16

31 Aug 2026


#441

365 | Vitor Cardoso on Why Black Holes Are Special

Black holes, as Stephen Hawking discovered, do grow old: they emit radiation, lose mass, a... more

24 Aug 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:36

24 Aug 2026