The Dissenter

A podcast by Ricardo Lopes

1046 Episodes

  1. #1018 Brian Leiter & Jaime Edwards: The Life and Ideas of Marx

    Published: 11/11/2024

  2. #1017 Erica Cartmill: The Evolution of Ape Gestures and Human Language

    Published: 11/8/2024

  3. #1016 Gail Dines: Is Pornography Harmful?

    Published: 11/7/2024

  4. #1015 Julia Hermann: The Ethics of Ectogestative Technology

    Published: 11/4/2024

  5. #1014 Walter Scheirer: A History of Fake Things on the Internet

    Published: 11/1/2024

  6. #1013 Aaron Lukaszewski: An Evolutionary Approach to Personality

    Published: 10/31/2024

  7. #1012 Lance Grande - The Evolution of Religions: A History of Related Traditions

    Published: 10/28/2024

  8. #1011 Will Storr - The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It

    Published: 10/25/2024

  9. #1010 Michael Price: The Biocultural Evolution of Religion, and Universal Darwinism

    Published: 10/24/2024

  10. #1009 Jaroslava Valentova: Sexual Orientation, Gender Expression, and Physical Attractiveness

    Published: 10/21/2024

  11. #1008 Paul Smaldino: Modeling Social Behavior

    Published: 10/18/2024

  12. #1007 Brian Talbot: The End of Epistemology As We Know It

    Published: 10/17/2024

  13. #1006 Anna Alexandrova - Limits of the Numerical: The Abuses and Uses of Quantification

    Published: 10/14/2024

  14. #1005 Joshua May - Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science

    Published: 10/11/2024

  15. #1004 Lawrence Anton - Antinatalism: Birth, Death, Consent, and Extinction

    Published: 10/10/2024

  16. #1003 Andy Clark - The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

    Published: 10/7/2024

  17. #1002 Zion Lights: Extinction Rebellion, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, and Ethical Parenting

    Published: 10/4/2024

  18. #1001 Edward Hall: The Philosophy of Causation, and the Structure of Reality

    Published: 10/3/2024

  19. #1000 Karl Friston: The Free Energy Principle and Active Inference: From Physics to Mind

    Published: 9/30/2024

  20. #999 Tobias Gerstenberg: How We Think About Causality and Moral Responsibility

    Published: 9/27/2024

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My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.