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

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.

 

#363

305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology

Political outcomes would be relatively simple to predict and understand if only people wer... more

17 Feb 2025

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:25

17 Feb 2025


#362

Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter

The Trump administration, led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, ha... more

12 Feb 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:25

12 Feb 2025


#361

304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science

It is a feature of many human activities - sports, cooking, music, interpersonal relations... more

10 Feb 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:03

10 Feb 2025


#360

303 | AMA | February 2025

Welcome to the February 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursion... more

03 Feb 2025

3 HR 44 MINS

3:44:12

03 Feb 2025


#359

303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System

A typical human lifespan is approximately three billion heartbeats in duration. Lasting th... more

27 Jan 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:38

27 Jan 2025


#358

302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution

Randomness plays an important role in the evolution of life (as [my evil twin] (https://ww... more

20 Jan 2025

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:54

20 Jan 2025


#357

301 | Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability

Big data is ruling, or at least deeply infiltrating, all of modern existence. Unprecedente... more

13 Jan 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:21

13 Jan 2025


#356

300 | Solo: Does Time Exist?

A new year, and a new centennial -- 300 (regularly-numbered) episodes of Mindscape! Our tr... more

06 Jan 2025

2 HR 11 MINS

2:11:35

06 Jan 2025


#355

Holiday Message | Hits and Misses

It's the end of the year, and time for our annual holiday break here at Mindscape. But as ... more

23 Dec 2024

2 HR 01 MINS

2:01:23

23 Dec 2024


#354

299 | Michael Wong on Information, Function, and the Origin of Life

Living organisms seem exquisitely organized and complex, with features clearly adapted to ... more

16 Dec 2024

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:00

16 Dec 2024


#353

298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain

The number of neurons in the human brain is comparable to the number of stars in the Milky... more

09 Dec 2024

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:09

09 Dec 2024


#352

AMA | December 2024

Welcome to the December 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursion... more

02 Dec 2024

3 HR 55 MINS

3:55:31

02 Dec 2024


#351

297 | Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation

Not too long ago, Brad Pitt and Eric Bana starred in a (loose) [adaptation] (https://en.wi... more

25 Nov 2024

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:12

25 Nov 2024


#350

296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution

Biological evolution via natural selection is a simple idea that becomes enormously compli... more

18 Nov 2024

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:42

18 Nov 2024


#349

295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality

[Emergence] (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/properties-emergent/) is a centrally impor... more

11 Nov 2024

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:59

11 Nov 2024


#348

AMA | November 2024

Welcome to the November 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursion... more

04 Nov 2024

3 HR 50 MINS

3:50:29

04 Nov 2024


#347

294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life

Erwin Schrödinger said that the important characteristic of life is that it "goes on doing... more

28 Oct 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:33

28 Oct 2024


#346

293 | Doyne Farmer on Chaos, Crashes, and Economic Complexity

A large economy is one of the best examples we have of complex dynamics. There are multipl... more

21 Oct 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:17

21 Oct 2024


#345

292 | Jonathan Birch on Animal Sentience

It's not immoral to kick a rock; it is immoral to kick a baby. At what point do we start s... more

14 Oct 2024

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:42

14 Oct 2024


#344

AMA | October 2024

Welcome to the October 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions... more

07 Oct 2024

4 HR 29 MINS

4:29:35

07 Oct 2024


#343

291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

Aging and death happen to the best of us, but there are increasing efforts to do something... more

30 Sep 2024

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:36

30 Sep 2024


#342

290 | Hahrie Han on Making Multicultural Democracy Work

It's a wonder democracy works at all -- a collection of people with potentially different ... more

23 Sep 2024

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:33

23 Sep 2024


#341

289 | Cari Cesarotti on the Next Generation of Particle Experiments

As an experimental facility, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva has been extraord... more

16 Sep 2024

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:40

16 Sep 2024