Spellbound

2DWG explain why equality and freedom are forever at odds. Is there an ideal balance in society? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shootout between the top 3 personality tests. Is one more reliable, or should you take all three? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone makes assumptions, here’s six stubborn biases affecting your decisions right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is entropy and why does it exist? 2DWG explain the history of thermodynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The implications of teaching kids good behavior via Santa Clause + a hilarious list of miracles Saint Nick allegedly performed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An evolutionary breakdown of humans, from Australopithecus, to Homo erectus, heidelbergensis, and sapiens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julian and Andrew ask what Earth will look like 20, 50 and 100 years from now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julian and Andrew contemplate five big questions about space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julian and Andrew talk about the evolution of our favorite holidays throughout recorded history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys ask: If Columbus, Lincoln, and Hitler had never existed, how would the world have been different? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys on the origins of the Phoenician alphabet and syllabic writing as we know it today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New scientific findings suggest our actions are predetermined. Two Damn White Guys ask: Does Free Will exist? Or only Free Won’t? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys (Julian & Andrew) debate the morality of factory farming and animal testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys (Julian & Andrew) on the past, present, and future of the East (India and China) in 40 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julian and Andrew talk global population and consumption. Can Two Damn White Guys answer this ageless question? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Economist and New York Times Bestselling Author, Tyler Cowen, on Stubborn Attachments, how stories can inspire questions that make life better for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julian and Andrew discuss the origins of biological sex, its evolutionary purpose, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys on the origins of money, taxes, interest + how global economies interact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Philosopher, historian, and author Matthew Stewart on wealth distribution + the origins of deism in the American Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys on the origin of language + best practices for effective communication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientist and Best Selling Author, Michael Shermer, on the basis of superstition + what to expect if you’re cloned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew Rader (PhD, MIT) talks happiness on a chemical level. Julian reviews the World Happiness Report’s criteria for happy societies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Snopes Founder David Mikkelson on the nature of bias and the inner-workings of its fact checking process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Agricultural scientist and USDA advisor Alison Van Eenennaam makes an unconventional case for conventionally grown produce and meat + their environmental trade-offs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World renowned cell biologist and best-selling author of The Longevity Diet, Valter Longo, talks about his 30-year effort to rid the world of fad dieting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two Damn White Guys on the origins of boredom + boredom as the impetus for evolution and self-improvement in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Political Scientist and NY Times Bestselling Author Ian Bremmer breaks down the stark difference between these two buzz words and demonstrates the positive effects free trade has had on the world at large. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Canadian lawyer Mark Bourrie discusses Canada’s recent legalization of cannabis and whether or not it should be treated like a drug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew Rader breaks down the logic behind the concept of reality as a simulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Ray on the importance of — and the road map to — mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MIT Professor/NY Time Best Selling Author Daron Acemoglu on inclusive and extractive institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ramona Pringle, journalist and professor of interactive media for Ryerson University talks about your personal data, who has it, and how they want to use it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Award winning ABC journalist and author of NY Times Bestseller, 10% Happier on the science behind meditation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quillette Founder/Editor-in-Chief Claire Lehmann on sexism, racism + other matters of cultural diversity and uniformity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part III in our civilization series. Discussing Aldous Huxley's 1933 novel which depicts an advanced technological society dependent on social conditioning and hierarchy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cognitive Scientist Lera Boroditsky breaks down the logic behind various world languages and demonstrates its influence on their speakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Agility Robotics CTO Jonathan Hurst on building humanoid robots and how we'll interact with them in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Green Anarchist John Zerzan & Aerospace Engineer Andrew Rader debate the ultimate implications of civilization and technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Zerzan on the origins of Civilization and what we can learn from life before it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JS and Dr. Ray discuss the psychological and biological differences between men and women and how we can harmonize our energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Psychologist Dr. Ray on the decline of masculinity in men over the last century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Exploring miracles and morality according to the Old Testament, through the lens of cultural memory, with world-renowned Bible scholar Ron Hendel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aerospace Engineer / Author Andrew Rader on the challenges that face us in colonizing Mars and other worlds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guggenheim Fellowship Award recipient/Author, Richard Panek on everything we know (and don't know) about dark energy and dark matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author and Professor of Islamic Studies at Notre Dame, Gabriel Said Reynolds on the similarities between the Quran and the Bible, and where they diverge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Were Adam and Eve the world's first agriculturalists? Dr. Richard Elliott Friedman on this fascinating interpretation of the Genesis origin story, as found in Daniel Quinn's classic novel, Ishmael. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Times Bestselling Author Peggy Orenstein on the past, present, and future of feminism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World renowned expert Dr. Janja Lalich on cults. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temple Grandin on autism and why the world needs it more than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Evergreen professor and evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein on evolution, racism, and echo chambers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices