Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in your life, or are looking for non-BS self-improvement, then we think you'll love this podcast! Each week we invite a brilliant guest to bring four important ideas to discuss for an in-depth conversation. Topics include psychology, society, behavior change, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, math, economics, self-help, mental health, and technology. We focus on ideas that can be applied right now to make your life better or to help you better understand yourself and the world, aiming to teach you the best mental tools to enhance your learning, self-improvement efforts, and decision-making. • We take on important, thorny questions like: • What's the best way to help a friend or loved one going through a difficult time? How can we make our worldviews more accurate? How can we hone the accuracy

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Every guest on Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

304 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Stephanie Harrison
Rethinking our assumptions about happiness (with Stephanie Harrison) · Mar 2025

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Gabriel Alfour
Is AI going to ruin everything? (with Gabriel Alfour) · Jul 2025

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Israa Nasir
When does productivity become toxic? (with Israa Nasir) · Nov 2024

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Noor Siddiqui
Genomics and Health Outcomes (with Noor Siddiqui) · Jul 2021

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Rob Haisfield
User Engagement and Expert Intuition (with Rob Haisfield) · Jun 2021

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Robert Miles
AI Safety and Solutions (with Robert Miles) · May 2021

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Christian Miller
Are we in an honesty crisis? (with Christian B. Miller) · Apr 2026

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Helen Pearson
The Hidden History of Evidence-Based Everything (with Helen Pearson) · Jun 2026

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Robert Rosenkranz
Contempt-free public discourse (with Robert Rosenkranz) · Oct 2025

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Sarah Rose Siskind
Psychedelics and Comedy (with Sarah Rose Siskind) · Oct 2020

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Andres Gomez-Emilsson
Major and minor scales of consciousness (with Andrés Gomez Emilsson) · Oct 2021

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Daniella Mestyanek Young
Escaping a cult: physically, mentally, and emotionally (with Daniella Mestyanek Young) · Nov 2023

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Dean Spears
How much does global population decline matter? (with Dean Spears) · Jul 2025

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Isabelle Boemeke
Why aren't we relying on nuclear power? (with Isabelle Boemeke) · Dec 2025

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Colin DeYoung
Are personality types a statistical mirage? (with Colin DeYoung) · Jan 2026

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Steven Hayes
Can averages explain a human life? (with Steven C. Hayes) · Mar 2026

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Daniel M. Ingram
Meditation and Ontology (with Daniel Ingram) · Mar 2021

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Kristen Meinzer
What happens when you follow 100 self-help books to the letter? (with Kristen Meinzer) · May 2024

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Michael Taft
Glimpses of enlightenment through nondual meditation (with Michael Taft and Jeremy Stevenson) · Jul 2023

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AJ Crabill
What tools do students really need in order to become successful humans? (with AJ Crabill) · Nov 2023

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Aaron Hamlin
Voting method reform in the US (with Aaron Hamlin) · Aug 2022

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Adam Russell
AI apocalypticism vs. AI optimism (with Adam Russell) · Aug 2024

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Alene Anello
Human bias in the definition of intelligence (with Alene Anello) · Jul 2022

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Alex Armlovich
Why housing costs so much and what can be done about it (with Alex Armlovich) · Jul 2026

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Alexa Tullett
Career science, open science, and inspired science (with Alexa Tullett) · Sep 2022

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Alexander Prescott-Couch
The differences between analytic and continental philosophy (with Alexander Prescott-Couch) · Aug 2022

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Alice Mottola
Cults and Social Needs (with Alice Mottola) · May 2021

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Alyssa Vance
Can the economy grow indefinitely? (with Alyssa Vance) · Jan 2022

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Amber Dawn
The clash between social justice and anti-wokeness (with Amber Dawn and Holly Elmore) · Dec 2021

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Anders Sandberg
Physical limits and the long-term future (with Anders Sandberg) · Aug 2024

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Anna Paley
To be successful, should you focus on your strengths or your weaknesses? (with Anna Paley) · Nov 2021

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Anna Riedl
Rationality and Cognitive Science (with Anna Riedl) · Jul 2021

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Anna Salamon
Lines of Retreat and Incomplete Maps (with Anna Salamon) · Oct 2020

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Anne Wilson
Academic group think, free speech norms, and the psychology of time (with Anne Wilson) · Feb 2024

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Annie Lalla
Bringing your "A-game" to your relationships (with Annie Lalla) · Jun 2025

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Anthony David Adams
Heaven and hell on earth: a trip to the limits of human consciousness (with Anthony David Adams) · Jul 2021

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Arden Koehler
Life Experiments and Philosophical Thinking (with Arden Koehler) · Oct 2020

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Ashley Hodgson
Crumbling institutions, culture wars, and the dismissal economy (with Ashley Hodgson) · Jul 2023

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Aurora Quinn-Elmore
Exploring your shadow and healing your traumas (with Aurora Quinn-Elmore) · Jul 2021

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Ava King
Chinese Culture and Love Addiction (with Ava King) · Jun 2021

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