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EP 276 Carolyn Dicey Jennings on Attention and Mental Control

Posted December 19, 202401:36:21

Jim talks with philosopher and cognitive scientist Carolyn Dicey Jennings about her book Attention and Mental Control. They discuss mental control...

EP 275 Rachel Winkler on Mass Deportation

Posted December 17, 202401:07:17

Jim talks with lawyer and former DHS policy person Rachel Winkler about Trump's promise to carry out a large-scale deportation operation. They discuss...

EP 274 Richard Overy on Why War?

Posted December 13, 202400:59:21

Jim talks with historian Richard Overy about his new book Why War? They discuss historians' shyness in thinking about the nature of war, a correspondence...

EP 273 Gregg Henriques on the Unified Theory of Knowledge

Posted December 3, 202401:34:44

Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his new book UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge. They discuss the problem the book addresses, 3 vectors of...

EP 272 Loribeth Ford Jarrell on Bespoke Education

Posted November 19, 202401:17:12

Jim talks with Loribeth Ford Jarrell, the director of Sumplicity Math, a mathematics enrichment program for children. They discuss working with the...