The Dissenter

A podcast by Ricardo Lopes

975 Episodes

  1. #867 Jeroen Hopster, Julia Hermann & Ibo van de Poel: Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies

    Published: 11/30/2023

  2. #866 Vibeke Ottesen: The Evolution of Human Violence, Juvenile Crime, and Abortion

    Published: 11/27/2023

  3. #865 Neil Van Leeuwen - Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity

    Published: 11/24/2023

  4. #864 Colin DeYoung: Personality and Psychopathology

    Published: 11/23/2023

  5. #863 Diane O'Leary: Philosophy, Medicine, Mind-Body Dualism, and Psychiatry

    Published: 11/20/2023

  6. #862 Lisa Bortolotti: Why Delusions Matter

    Published: 11/17/2023

  7. #861 Léo Fitouchi: Moral Emotions, Punishment, and Puritanical Morality

    Published: 11/16/2023

  8. #860 Carrie Mongle: Hominin Phylogeny, and Micro and Macroevolution

    Published: 11/13/2023

  9. #859 Anna Riedl: Historical Map of the Cognitive Sciences, and the Great Rationality Debate

    Published: 11/10/2023

  10. #858 Jessica Nowicki: The Evolution of Prosocial Behavior, Pair Bonding, and Empathy

    Published: 11/9/2023

  11. #857 Amy Arnsten: The Prefrontal Cortex, and How It Responds to Stress

    Published: 11/6/2023

  12. #856 Frank Keil: The Development of Causal Thinking, Explanation, and the Institution of Science

    Published: 11/3/2023

  13. #855 Luciano Floridi - The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Published: 11/2/2023

  14. #854 Naomi Oreskes - The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market

    Published: 10/30/2023

  15. #853 Coralie Chevallier: The Psychological Effects of Living in Harsh and Unpredictable Environments

    Published: 10/27/2023

  16. #852 Oded Galor - The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

    Published: 10/26/2023

  17. #851 Alecia Carter: Thanatology, Animal Personality, Comparative Psychology, and Culture

    Published: 10/23/2023

  18. #850 James McCann - Maize and Grace: A History of Africa’s Encounter with a New World Crop

    Published: 10/20/2023

  19. #849 Claudio Tennie: The Differences Between Ape Culture and Human Culture

    Published: 10/19/2023

  20. #848 Robert Sapolsky - Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

    Published: 10/16/2023

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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.