Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you've come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more.

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Every guest on Sean Carroll's Mindscape

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

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   Rick Beato

   208 | Rick Beato on the Theory of Popular Music · Aug 2022

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   Michael Levin

   132 | Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self · Feb 2021

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   Janna Levin

   27 | Janna Levin on Black Holes, Chaos, and the Narrative of Science · Dec 2018

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   Adam Frank

   259 | Adam Frank on What Aliens Might Be Like · Dec 2023

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   Kathryn Paige Harden

   165 | Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness · Sep 2021

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   Brian Greene

   31 | Brian Greene on the Multiverse, Inflation, and the String Theory Landscape · Jan 2019

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   Ezra Klein

   81 | Ezra Klein on Politics, Polarization, and Identity · Jan 2020

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   C. Thi Nguyen

   169 | C. Thi Nguyen on Games, Art, Values, and Agency · Oct 2021

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   David Reich

   179 | David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity · Jan 2022

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    Nick Lane

    198 | Nick Lane on Powering Biology · May 2022

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    Joseph Henrich

    128 | Joseph Henrich on the Weirdness of the West · Jan 2021

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    Tyler Cowen

    19 | Tyler Cowen on Maximizing Growth and Thinking for the Future · Oct 2018

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    Francois Chollet

    280 | François Chollet on Deep Learning and the Meaning of Intelligence · Jun 2024

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    Lisa Feldman Barrett

    123 | Lisa Feldman Barrett on Emotions, Actions, and the Brain · Nov 2020

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    Stephen Wolfram

    155 | Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics · Jul 2021

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    Max Tegmark

    75 | Max Tegmark on Reality, Simulation, and the Multiverse · Dec 2019

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    Andrew Strominger

    222 | Andrew Strominger on Quantum Gravity and the Real World · Jan 2023

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    Betül Kaçar

    166 | Betül Kaçar on Paleogenomics and Ancient Life · Sep 2021

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    Kate Darling

    46 | Kate Darling on Our Connections with Robots · May 2019

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    John Danaher

    97 | John Danaher on Our Coming Automated Utopia · May 2020

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    Annaka Harris

    311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental · Apr 2025

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    Liv Boeree

    6 | Liv Boeree on Poker, Aliens, and Thinking in Probabilities · Jul 2018

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    Martin Rees

    86 | Martin Rees on Threats to Humanity, Prospects for Posthumanity, and Life in the Universe · Mar 2020

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    Philip Goff

    71 | Philip Goff on Consciousness Everywhere · Nov 2019

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    Niall Ferguson

    145 | Niall Ferguson on Histories, Networks, and Catastrophes · May 2021

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    Cumrun Vafa

    277 | Cumrun Vafa on the Universe According to String Theory · May 2024

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    Rob Reid

    55 | A Conversation with Rob Reid on Quantum Mechanics and Many Worlds · Jul 2019

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    Jordan Ellenberg

    151 | Jordan Ellenberg on the Mathematics of Political Boundaries · Jun 2021

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    Frank Wilczek

    130 | Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of Fundamental Physics · Jan 2021

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    Natalya Bailey

    42 | Natalya Bailey on Navigating Earth Orbit and Beyond · Apr 2019

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    Avi Loeb

    131 | Avi Loeb on Taking Aliens Seriously · Jan 2021

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    Scott Aaronson

    99 | Scott Aaronson on Complexity, Computation, and Quantum Gravity · Jun 2020

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    David Eagleman

    122 | David Eagleman on Tapping Into the Livewired Brain · Nov 2020

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    Peter Singer

    351 | Peter Singer on Maximizing Good for All Sentient Creatures · Apr 2026

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    Karl Friston

    87 | Karl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free Energy · Mar 2020

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    Richard Dawkins

    195 | Richard Dawkins on Flight and Other Evolutionary Achievements · May 2022

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    Roger Penrose

    28 | Roger Penrose on Spacetime, Consciousness, and the Universe · Jan 2019

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    Nick Bostrom

    111 | Nick Bostrom on Anthropic Selection and Living in a Simulation · Aug 2020

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    Lee Smolin

    149 | Lee Smolin on Time, Philosophy, and the Nature of Reality · May 2021

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    Scott Barry Kaufman

    91 | Scott Barry Kaufman on the Psychology of Transcendence · Apr 2020

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