The Dissenter

A podcast by Ricardo Lopes

975 Episodes

  1. #592 Rodolfo Leyva: Neoliberalism, Social Media, Fake News, and Political Polarization

    Published: 2/25/2022
  2. #591 John Petrocelli - The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

    Published: 2/24/2022
  3. #590 Thomas Costello: Authoritarianism on the Right and the Left, and Sexual Objectification

    Published: 2/21/2022
  4. #589 Ashley Thomas: Naïve Sociology, and How Children Think About Hierarchies and Social Relations

    Published: 2/18/2022
  5. #588 Jennifer Lackey: The Epistemology of Groups; Groups Assertions, Groups Lies, and Responsibility

    Published: 2/17/2022
  6. #587 Victoria Dougherty: Nihilism, Horror, Depression, Love, and Writing

    Published: 2/14/2022
  7. #586 Marianna Ganapini: Beliefs, Confabulations, Rationalizations, and AI Systems

    Published: 2/11/2022
  8. #585 Philippe Rochat Moral Acrobatics: How We Avoid Ethical Ambiguity by Thinking in Black and White

    Published: 2/10/2022
  9. #584 William Glod: Why It’s OK to Make Bad Choices

    Published: 2/7/2022
  10. 4 YEARS + SUPPORT

    Published: 2/5/2022
  11. #583 Peter Ditto: Motivated Reasoning, Morality, and Politics

    Published: 2/4/2022
  12. #582 Mary Beth Willard: Why It’s OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists

    Published: 2/3/2022
  13. #581 Robert Larzelere: Parenting Styles, Authoritative Parenting, and Spanking

    Published: 1/31/2022
  14. #580 Emily Kubin: Political Polarization, Dehumanization, and the Media

    Published: 1/28/2022
  15. #579 Valerie Hardcastle: The Self, Consciousness, Pain, and Abnormal Psychology

    Published: 1/27/2022
  16. #578 Drew Bailey: Educational Attainment, Educational Interventions, and Sex Differences

    Published: 1/24/2022
  17. #577 Russell Gray: Language Evolution, Big Gods and Rituals, and Animal Cognition

    Published: 1/21/2022
  18. #576 Tania Reynolds: Male Suffering, Female Same-Sex Relationships, and Moral Reactions to Covid-19

    Published: 1/20/2022
  19. #575 J. Michael Bailey: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Arousal, and Gender Identity

    Published: 1/17/2022
  20. #574 Andreas Jungherr: Online Political Discourse, Digital Media and Politics, and Misinformation

    Published: 1/14/2022

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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.