Think Again – a Big Think Podcast podcast

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast

We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. So each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you've probably heard of with hand-picked gems from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. The conversation could go anywhere. SINCE 2008, BIG THINK has captured on video the best ideas of the world’s leading thinkers and doers in every field, renowned experts including neurologist Oliver Sacks, physicist Stephen Hawking, behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman, authors Margaret Atwood and Marylinne Robinson, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, painter Chuck Close, and philosopher Daniel Dennett.

We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we're pushed outside of our comfort zones. So each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you've probably heard of with hand-picked gems from Big Think's interview archives on every imaginable subject. The conversation could go anywhere. SINCE 2008, BIG THINK has captured on video the best ideas of the world’s leading thinkers and doers in every field, renowned experts including neurologist Oliver Sacks, physicist Stephen Hawking, behavioral psychologist Daniel Kahneman, authors Margaret Atwood and Marylinne Robinson, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, painter Chuck Close, and philosopher Daniel Dennett.

 

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[SPECIAL] Clever Creature with Jason Gots - Episode 1: DESERT

NOTE: This is a special guest episode of [Jason's new podcast Clever Creature] (www.jasong... more

13 May 2020

40 MINS

40:30

13 May 2020


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235. Neil Gaiman (Jason Plays Favorites #7) – and then it gets darker

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

22 Mar 2020

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:14

22 Mar 2020


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234. Robert MacFarlane (Jason Plays Favorites #7) – deep time rising

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

14 Mar 2020

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:45

14 Mar 2020


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233. Terry Gilliam (Jason Plays Favorites #5) – the impossible dream

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

07 Mar 2020

53 MINS

53:12

07 Mar 2020


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232. Anaïs Mitchell (Jason Plays Favorites #4) – sometimes the god speaks through you

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

29 Feb 2020

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:06

29 Feb 2020


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231. Marlon James (Jason Plays Favorites #3) – don't get too comfortable

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

22 Feb 2020

56 MINS

56:37

22 Feb 2020


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230. Eve Ensler (Jason Plays Favorites #2) – no way out but through

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

15 Feb 2020

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:17

15 Feb 2020


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229. David Sedaris (Jason Plays Favorites #1) – Sir David of the Spotless Roadways

[From February through March 22, 2020 (his last day hosting Think Again) Jason will be rev... more

08 Feb 2020

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:37

08 Feb 2020


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228. Sharon Salzberg (meditation and mindfulness teacher) – on balance

Since 1976, [Sharon Salzberg] (https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/) has been sharing ancient m... more

01 Feb 2020

51 MINS

51:47

01 Feb 2020


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227. Roz Chast and Patricia Marx (cartoons, words, ukuleles) – The Beatles stole everything from us

Thelma and Louise, Ponch and John, Pancho and Lefty, Quixote and Sancho Panza, Marx and En... more

25 Jan 2020

45 MINS

45:42

25 Jan 2020


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226. Joseph Goldstein (dharma teacher) – doubt comes masquerading as wisdom

Freedom. Everyone wants it, but knowing where to look for it is another matter. And to mak... more

18 Jan 2020

57 MINS

57:19

18 Jan 2020


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225. Jad Abumrad (Radiolab, Dolly Parton's America) – American Multiverse

If you’d told me a couple months ago that a podcast about Dolly Parton could move me deepl... more

21 Dec 2019

47 MINS

47:34

21 Dec 2019


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224. Norman Fischer (zen priest, poet) – the only way out of the catastrophe we’re in

The other day on social media a friend asked what the heck is up with this Mr. Rogers revi... more

14 Dec 2019

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:52

14 Dec 2019


#224

223. Karen Armstrong (theologian) – the art of getting outside of yourself

I’ve spent more of my life than most people I know immersed by choice in what my guest tod... more

07 Dec 2019

51 MINS

51:37

07 Dec 2019


#223

222. Deborah Levy (writer) – it's those thoughts that are slightly awkward that need an airing

While reading [Deborah Levy] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Levy) ’s novel [THE MA... more

30 Nov 2019

44 MINS

44:34

30 Nov 2019


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221. Yancey Strickler (Kickstarter co-founder) – you, me, us: now and in the future

The phrase “common sense” can be misleading. The way we use it in casual conversation, it ... more

23 Nov 2019

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:08

23 Nov 2019


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220. Elif Shafak (writer) – the cemetery of the companionless

“Maybe the opposite of goodness is not evil. Maybe the opposite of goodness is, in fact, n... more

16 Nov 2019

59 MINS

59:39

16 Nov 2019