Decoding the Gurus
A psychologist and an anthropologist try to make sense of the world's greatest self-declared Gurus.
Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
Show overview
Decoding the Gurus has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 266 episodes, alongside 86 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 450 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 48 min and 2h 20m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 43 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 61 episodes published. Published by Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne.
From the publisher
An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur? Join us and let's find out!