The Dissenter

A podcast by Ricardo Lopes

975 Episodes

  1. #828 Greger Larson: Animal Domestication and Human Evolution

    Published: 8/31/2023
  2. #827 Joseph Henrich: Cross-Cultural Research, Intelligence, Mating Systems, and Religion

    Published: 8/28/2023
  3. #826 Eric Funkhouser: The Signaling Functions of Beliefs, and Self-Deception

    Published: 8/25/2023
  4. #825 Mark Coeckelbergh - Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    Published: 8/24/2023
  5. #824 Valerie Fridland - Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English

    Published: 8/21/2023
  6. #823 Owen Flanagan: Against Happiness

    Published: 8/18/2023
  7. #822 Christian Miller: The Virtues of Generosity and Patience

    Published: 8/17/2023
  8. #821 Rebecka Hahnel-Peeters: Who Accepts Rape Myths, and Why?

    Published: 8/14/2023
  9. #820 Joseph Errington: The History of Linguistics, Colonialism, and Language Ideologies

    Published: 8/11/2023
  10. #819 Geoffrey West - Scale; Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

    Published: 8/10/2023
  11. #818 Tibor Rutar: The Rise, Benefits, and Challenges of Liberal Democracies

    Published: 8/7/2023
  12. I Need Help (5 and ½ Years of The Dissenter)

    Published: 8/5/2023
  13. #817 Raymond Hames: Hunting, Mating Systems, Warfare, and Evolutionary Anthropology

    Published: 8/4/2023
  14. #816 Gareth Leng - The Matter of Facts: Skepticism, Persuasion, and Evidence in Science

    Published: 8/3/2023
  15. #815 Rebecca Sear: Demography, Family Structures, National IQs, and the Evolutionary Social Sciences

    Published: 7/31/2023
  16. #814 Christopher Ferrie - Quantum Bullsh*t: How to Ruin Your Life with Advice from Quantum Physics

    Published: 7/28/2023
  17. #813 Marissa Harrison - Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers

    Published: 7/27/2023
  18. #812 Mélusine Boon-Falleur: The Impact of Resources on Psychology, and Climate Change

    Published: 7/24/2023
  19. #811 Elijah Millgram: Practical Reasoning and Ethics

    Published: 7/21/2023
  20. #810 Jeff McMahan: Threats to Academic Freedom, and the Journal of Controversial Ideas

    Published: 7/20/2023

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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.