Show overview
Society and Culture – Complex Candor launched in 2024 and has put out 10 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 40m and 1h 57m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2024, with 9 episodes published. Published by Sam and Vox.
From the publisher
Discussions about philosophy, psychology, and sociology through the lens of systems thinking.
Latest Episodes
Game Theory
Sam and Vox investigate the art of decision-making through game theory; how to navigate rules, players, and payouts to make smarter choices. We’ll explore classic game theory scenarios, the psychology behind decisions, and why emotions like pride can shift the game.
Language II: Slogans, Mantras, & Chants
What we repeat, and what we hear repeatedly, we internalize. Slogans and jingles become ingrained in our psyche, for good or for ill. How are you using or being used by this powerful mechanism? Sam and Vox explore it.
Truth
The search for truth is paramount in the quest for a noble and meaningful life. For something of such grave importance though, we can't always define truth, or decide how to assess it, or even recognize it when it slaps us in the face. Sam and Vox speak about it. Truthfully.
Reason
Except for rare moments of an "empty" mind, during every waking minute we are processing our experiences in relation to our values and instincts. Reason is how we mentally engage with the wider world. Sam and Vox dig into this rich topic.
Art & Human Expression
Sam and Vox delve into the concept of art: why we create it, why we admire it, and how it has evolved over the centuries within a world of inexorably advancing technology.
Wisdom
Sam and Vox consider a variety of quotes about wisdom from great thinkers throughout history.
Grand Industry
The interrelationship between industry, institutions, and populations -- how they've developed, and what changes we might expect to see in the future of industrial production -- is the subject of this discussion.
Motivation
An exploration of how intentionality affects outcomes, and the steps we can take to develop a healthy sense of purpose.
Civilization
What are the criteria, and the binding agents that turn a group of people from simply a population into something that can be deemed a civilization? Why might that be a desirable state? What are the obstacles we encounter in attempting to produce ever more advanced civilizations? Sam and Vox talk about it all here.
Physical Wellness
A dialogue about health; how to promote and maintain it, and some of the challenges to doing so.