Freddie DeBoer: The Cult of SmartGeneral:Freddie’s Substack: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/Freddie’s website: https://fredrikdeboer.com/The Cult of Smart available here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250224491/thecultofsmartFol

Episode 144 - A Stoic Captain Hook: Tom Nash

Sep 25th, 2023 1h 18m

Podcast notes: Tom NashGeneral:Tom’s website: https://www.tomnash.com/Tom’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_nash_the_perks_of_being_a_pirate_jan_2019?language=enFollow: Twitter: https://twitter.com/DjHookieInstagram: https://www

Episode 143 - Christoph - The Culture of Twitter

Jul 11th, 2023 1h 35m

General: Find Christoph on Twitter @Halalcoholism https://twitter.com/Halalcoholism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorReferences: Johnathan Haidt on the podcast. https://www.stitcher.com/show/tea-for-two-with-iona-italia

Episode 142 - Claire Lehmann - Riding Out the Media Storm

May 1st, 2023 1h 6m

Riding Out the Media Storm: Claire Lehmann General:Claire’s writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/clairelehmann/And for The Australian: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/claire-lehmannFollow:Instagram: https://www.ins

Episode 141 - Kat Rosenfield - Memories of Murder

Mar 13th, 2023 1h 7m

General:Kat’s latest novel, You Must Remember This, from Harper Collins. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-must-remember-this-kat-rosenfield?variant=40371773407266 The novel will be released in the UK on the 2 March 2023 and can b

Episode 140 - Nev March - History and Mystery

Feb 19th, 2023 1h 13m

General: Murder In Old Bombay. Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries Book One. From Macmillan books. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250269546/murderinoldbombayAnd on audio https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Murder-in-Old-Bombay-Audiobook/1250775

139 - Alice Dreger: Unusual Bodies

Jan 5th, 2023 1h 22m

Podcast Notes: Alice DregerGeneral:The Index Case by Molly Macallen, the first novel in the Maddy Shanks series. Published on Lulu.Visit Alice’s website: https://alicedreger.com/ Follow:Follow Alice on Twitter https://twitter.com/AliceD

137 - Akiva Cohen: The Great Chess Cheating Scandal

Jan 4th, 2023 1h 9m

137 - Akiva Cohen: The Great Chess Cheating Scandal by Iona Italia

138 - Rio Veradonir - Nowt as Queer as Folk

Dec 22nd, 2022 1h 15m

Information about Rio:https://www.queermajority.com/about-the-editor-sub/about-the-editor-rvhttps://areomagazine.com/author/rioveradonir/Bi Foundation: https://www.bisexuality.org/ Queer Majority: https://www.queermajority.com/ Bi.org: htt

136 - John Mullan: Jane Austen's Genius

Nov 27th, 2022 1h 24m

GeneralVisit John’s academic webpage for more information on his publications:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/people/john-mullan John’s book ‘What Matters in Jane Austen: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved’:https://www.amazon.com/What-Matters-Ja

135 - Brett Hall - Infinite Rationality

Oct 30th, 2022 1h 38m

GeneralVisit Brett’s website, where you can find his blog and much more:https://www.bretthall.org/Follow Brett on Twitter:https://twitter.com/TokteacherSubscribe to Brett’s YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/channel/UCmP5H2rF-ER33a58Z

134 - Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon

Oct 16th, 2022 1h 42m

GeneralVisit Richard’s website to find out more about him and how to buy his books, including the main subject of this conversation, Richard’s award-winning 2002 novel ‘Altered Carbon’:https://www.richardkmorgan.com/ ReferencesAbout Ri

133 - Louise Perry - The Case Against the Sexual Revolution

Sep 30th, 2022 54m 39s

GeneralVisit Louise’s website: https://www.louisemperry.co.uk/ Buy Louise’s book ‘The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century’: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994 Follow

132 - Andrew Curran - Who's Black and Why?

Aug 28th, 2022 1h 34m

GeneralVisit Andrew’s website: https://www.andrewscurran.com/Find out more about Andrew’s books, including ‘The Anatomy of Blackness: Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment’ and his co-edited, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., volume ‘Wh

131 - Steven Pinker - Rationality

Jul 5th, 2022 1h 30m

GeneralVisit Steven’s website, which includes information about all his books, including his latest, ‘Rationality’, and how to purchase them:https://stevenpinker.com/ Follow Steven on Twitter:https://twitter.com/sapinker Timestamps

130 - Mark Schatzker - The Lost Wisdom of Eating Well

Jun 14th, 2022 1h 31m

GeneralVisit Mark’s website, where you can find out more information about his books, including how to purchase them: https://www.markschatzker.com/ Follow Mark on Twitter:https://twitter.com/markschatzker ReferencesMark’s paper, co-

129 - Matt Johnson - The War in Ukraine

Jun 5th, 2022 1h 13m

GeneralFollow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattjj89 Some of Matt’s previous writing and speaking about Ukraine:https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-forget-nato-ukraine-s-problem-is-russian-imperialism-1.10576686https://are

128 - Katy Barnett and Jeremy Gans - The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law

Jun 5th, 2022 1h 27m

GeneralBuy Katy and Jeremy’s book ‘Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law’: https://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Pigs-Wonderful-History-Animal-ebook/dp/B09CGQDNGD Katy’s academic webpage: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/

127 - Arvid Agren - The Gene's-Eye View

May 15th, 2022 1h 22m

GeneralArvid’s website:https://arvidagren.com/ Buy Arvid’s book ‘The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution’:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-genes-eye-view-of-evolution-9780198862260?cc=us&lang=en Follow Arvid on Twitter:https://twit

126 - Simon Prentis - How Language Made Us Human

May 15th, 2022 1h 15m

GeneralVisit Simon’s website for information about him and to buy his book ‘SPEECH! How Language Made Us Human’:https://www.simonprentis.net/ Follow Simon on Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/memesovergenes ReferencesTwo for Tea in

125 - Arjun Moorthy - Revolutionising the News

Apr 17th, 2022 1h 10m

GeneralFollow Arjun on Twitter:https://twitter.com/juicemoorthyThe Factual:https://www.thefactual.com/?lp=newReferencesMatthew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep’:https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144324/ Timestam

124 - Oliver Burkeman - Time Management for Mortals

Apr 10th, 2022 1h 11m

Visit Oliver’s website:https://www.oliverburkeman.com/ Follow Oliver on Twitter:https://twitter.com/oliverburkeman Oliver’s most recent book ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’:https://www.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Ma

123 - Matt Ridley - The Origins of COVID-19

Apr 3rd, 2022 1h 28m

GeneralBuy Matt and Alina Chan’s book ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19’:https://www.amazon.com/Viral-Search-COVID-19-Matt-Ridley/dp/006313912X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GSU5N0P40R26&keywords=matt+ridley&qid=1648046232&sprefix=matt+ridley

122 - Alex Korb - Conquering Depression

Mar 27th, 2022 1h 26m

GeneralAlex’s website:https://alexkorbphd.com/ Follow Alex on Twitter:https://twitter.com/alexkorbphd Buy Alex’s book ‘The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time’:https://www.a

121 - Nicholas Christakis - Living Through the Plague

Mar 3rd, 2022 58m 4s

GeneralFollow Nicholas on Twitter:https://twitter.com/NAChristakis The Human Nature Lab at Yale University, of which Nicholas is the director:https://www.humannaturelab.net/ Buy Nicholas’ books, including his latest, ‘Apollo’s Arrow: Th