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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   Jessica Riskin

   348 | Jessica Riskin on Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Life as Creative Agency · Mar 2026

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   John Quiggin

   205 | John Quiggin on Interest Rates and the Information Economy · Jul 2022

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   Joshua Greene

   176 | Joshua Greene on Morality, Psychology, and Trolley Problems · Dec 2021

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   Kwame Anthony Appiah

   83 | Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity, Stories, and Cosmopolitanism · Feb 2020

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   Lilliana Mason

   305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology · Feb 2025

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   Max Richter

   288 | Max Richter on the Meaning of Classical Music Today · Sep 2024

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   Melanie Mitchell

   68 | Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Common Sense · Oct 2019

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   Rachel Laudan

   147 | Rachel Laudan on Cuisine, Culture, and Empire · May 2021

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   Ramez Naam

   64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future · Sep 2019

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    Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

    340 | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on What Matters and Why It Matters · Jan 2026

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    Shadi Bartsch

    135 | Shadi Bartsch on Plato, Vergil, Confucius, and Modernity · Feb 2021

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    Sherry Turkle

    186 | Sherry Turkle on How Technology Affects Our Humanity · Feb 2022

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    Adam Becker

    59 | Adam Becker on the Curious History of Quantum Mechanics · Aug 2019

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    Adam Bulley

    221 | Adam Bulley on How Mental Time Travel Makes Us Human · Jan 2023

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    Adam Elga

    345 | Adam Elga on Being Rational in a Very Large Universe · Feb 2026

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    Adam Gurri

    344 | Adam Gurri on Liberal Democracy and How to Fight For It · Feb 2026

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    Adam Rutherford

    47 | Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General · May 2019

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    Addy Pross

    294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life · Oct 2024

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    Adrienne Mayor

    40 | Adrienne Mayor on Gods and Robots in Ancient Mythology · Apr 2019

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    Alice Dreger

    3 | Alice Dreger on Sexuality, Truth, and Justice · Jul 2018

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    Alta Charo

    14 | Alta Charo on Bioethics and the Law · Sep 2018

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    Alvy Ray Smith

    325 | Alvy Ray Smith on Pixar, Pixels, and the Great Digital Convergence · Aug 2025

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    Andrea Wulf

    356 | Andrea Wulf on Enlightenment, Nature, Romanticism, and Modernity · Jun 2026

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    Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

    347 | Andrew Guthrie Ferguson on How Your Data Will Be Used Against You · Mar 2026

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    Andrew Jaffe

    335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe · Nov 2025

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    Andrew Leigh

    187 | Andrew Leigh on the Politics of Looming Disasters · Mar 2022

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    Andrew Papachristos

    202 | Andrew Papachristos on the Network Theory of Gun Violence · Jun 2022

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    Andrew Pontzen

    240 | Andrew Pontzen on Simulations and the Universe · Jun 2023

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    Anil Ananthaswamy

    336 | Anil Ananthaswamy on the Mathematics of Neural Nets and AI · Nov 2025

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    Ann-Sophie Barwich

    105 | Ann-Sophie Barwich on the Science and Philosophy of Smell · Jul 2020

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    Anthony Aguirre

    51 | Anthony Aguirre on Cosmology, Zen, Entropy, and Information · Jun 2019

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    Anthony Pinn

    4 | Anthony Pinn on Humanism, Theology, and the Black Community · Jul 2018

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    Antonio Damasio

    44 | Antonio Damasio on Feelings, Thoughts, and the Evolution of Humanity · Apr 2019

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    Antonio Padilla

    214 | Antonio Padilla on Large Numbers and the Scope of the Universe · Oct 2022

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    Arik Kershenbaum

    188 | Arik Kershenbaum on What Aliens Will Be Like · Mar 2022

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    Arvid Ågren

    185 | Arvid Ågren on the Gene's-Eye View of Evolution · Feb 2022

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    Astra Taylor

    57 | Astra Taylor on the Promise and Challenge of Democracy · Jul 2019

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    Barry Loewer

    215 | Barry Loewer on Physics, Counterfactuals, and the Macroworld · Oct 2022

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    Benjamin Breen

    267 | Benjamin Breen on Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and Utopia · Feb 2024

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    Bing Brunton

    352 | Bing Brunton on Connecting the Connectome to the Body · Apr 2026

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