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SciPhi-Adjacent Podcast Collection

A curated collection of podcasts that sometimes venture into science or philosophy, among many other topics. Also see the Science Podcast Collection and the Philosophy Podcast Collection.

Updated: 2026-Mar-18 17:12 UTC. Podcasts listed: 38. Ordered by date of most recent episode (newest to oldest). AI-generated content is based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions.

Collection summary covering past 30 days of combined episodes (AI-generated):

Across these podcasts, the dominant mode is long-form conversation and essay-style explanation aimed at making complex ideas legible: how we know what we know, what counts as evidence, and how underlying assumptions shape conclusions in science, politics, and everyday life.

A major throughline is frontier science and philosophy, especially questions about time, causality, and the structure of physical law, alongside debates in quantum gravity and the informational or thermodynamic origins of spacetime. Several episodes connect these topics to broader epistemic limits—underdetermination, determinism, and what can or cannot be inferred from observation. Mathematics appears not only as technical knowledge but as a human practice shaped by intuition, learning, and creativity.

Another recurring cluster centers on mind and consciousness: theories of subjective experience, meditation and “pure consciousness,” the neuroscience and history of the brain, and the moral and practical implications of treating mental phenomena as physical, relational, or culturally mediated. Related discussions revisit addiction, anxiety, and responsibility, emphasizing social conditions, trauma, and philosophical models beyond simple “disease vs. moral failing” frames.

Technology and governance are also prominent, with attention to AI scaling constraints, energy demands from data centers, AI safety and alignment, AI’s potential moral status, and risks ranging from power concentration to biosecurity and nuclear stability. Political and historical analysis spans democratic backsliding, war and strategy (notably around Iran and wider world order), the ethics of foreign policy, and long-run dynamics of societal collapse.

Interwoven are cultural and humanities episodes on literature, art, taste, language change, publishing norms, music, architecture, and environmental ideas such as “rights of nature,” often using history to clarify present-day controversies.

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Within Reason Image Conversations with Tyler Image Past Present Future Image Intelligence Squared Image Robert Wright's Nonzero Image Ideas Image The Michael Shermer Show Image 80,000 Hours Podcast Image Point of Inquiry Image Arts & Ideas Image Making Sense with Sam Harris Image Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal Image Know Time Image Conversations with Coleman Image The Gray Area with Sean Illing Image Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria Image Converging Dialogues Image Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds Image Dwarkesh Podcast Image Moral Maze Image Context with Brad Harris Image Lex Fridman Podcast Image Wonder Cabinet Image Big Brains Image Lives Well Lived Image Good Is In The Details Image The Human Podcast Image MULTIVERSES Image

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ANOMALY Image The Neuromantics Image

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Paradigm Image

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Futuremakers Image Four Thought Image

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Rationally Speaking Podcast Image MeaningofLife.tv Image Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS Image

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The Big Idea Image Think Again - a Big Think Podcast Image