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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-Jun-17 17:13 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 analysis that links big abstract questions to concrete consequences in politics, culture, science, and everyday life. A major throughline is artificial intelligence: discussions range from whether advanced systems could be conscious and controllable, to how AI might reshape labor markets, inequality, warfare, geopolitics, and governance. Several episodes focus on the incentives and institutions surrounding AI—lobbying, corporate safety practices, cybersecurity, and the possibility of international coordination—while others treat AI as a cultural force, raising questions about meaning, creativity, and even quasi-religious attitudes toward technological “successors.”

Another cluster explores foundations of knowledge: mathematics and logic (including limits of proof), the search for unified physics, and the nature of consciousness, dreams, and mystical experience. These inquiries often connect to debates about expertise, misinformation, prediction, privacy, and the ways algorithms and media environments shape belief and behavior.

Public life and power are recurring subjects. There are historically grounded examinations of political systems, espionage and state security, political short-termism, trade wars, and current conflicts. Ethical controversies appear in debates over assisted dying, drug legalization, wealth concentration and oligarchy, and rights-based questions such as housing as a human right and language loss as a cultural emergency.

Culture and the arts serve as another lens: political novels and films are used to think through propaganda, authoritarianism, feminism, utopias and dystopias, journalism, and moral compromise in public entertainment. Alongside these, episodes address well-being and social connection—attachment styles, loneliness, rituals, rumination, disability and accessibility, and how communities organize for social change—often blending research with personal narrative and practical frameworks.

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