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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   Bonnie Bassler

   361 | Bonnie Bassler on How Bacteria Talk and Work Together · Jul 2026

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   Branden Fitelson

   315 | Branden Fitelson on the Logic and Use of Probability · May 2025

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   Brandon Ogbunu

   296 | Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution · Nov 2024

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   Brendan Nyhan

   250 | Brendan Nyhan on Navigating the Information Ecosystem · Sep 2023

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   Brian Lowery

   239 | Brian Lowery on the Social Self · Jun 2023

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   Bryan Van Norden

   319 | Bryan Van Norden on Philosophy From the Rest of the World · Jun 2025

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   Camilla Pang

   180 | Camilla Pang on Instructions for Being Human · Jan 2022

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   Cari Cesarotti

   289 | Cari Cesarotti on the Next Generation of Particle Experiments · Sep 2024

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   Carl Bergstrom

   108 | Carl Bergstrom on Information, Disinformation, and Bullshit · Aug 2020

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    Catherine Brinkley

    197 | Catherine Brinkley on the Science of Cities · May 2022

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    Catherine D'Ignazio

    156 | Catherine D'Ignazio on Data, Objectivity, and Bias · Jul 2021

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    Chandra Sripada

    363 | Chandra Sripada on How LLMs and Humans are Cognitive Cousins · Aug 2026

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    Charis Kubrin

    152 | Charis Kubrin on Criminology, Incarceration, and Hip-Hop · Jun 2021

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    Charlie Jane Anders

    142 | Charlie Jane Anders on Stories and How to Write Them · Apr 2021

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    Chiara Marletto

    167 | Chiara Marletto on Constructor Theory, Physics, and Possibility · Oct 2021

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    Chiara Mingarelli

    212 | Chiara Mingarelli on Searching for Black Holes with Pulsars · Sep 2022

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    Chris Kempes

    302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution · Jan 2025

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    Chris Quigg

    263 | Chris Quigg on Symmetry and the Birth of the Standard Model · Jan 2024

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    Christian List

    354 | Christian List on Free Will and Levels of Reality · May 2026

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    Christoph Adami

    266 | Christoph Adami on How Information Makes Sense of Biology · Feb 2024

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    Claudia de Rham

    271 | Claudia de Rham on Modifying General Relativity · Apr 2024

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    Clifford Johnson

    18 | Clifford Johnson on What's So Great About Superstring Theory · Oct 2018

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    Coleen Murphy

    16 | Coleen Murphy on Aging, Biology, and the Future · Oct 2018

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    Dani Bassett

    219 | Dani Bassett and Perry Zurn on the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Curiosity · Nov 2022

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    Daniel Harlow

    349 | Daniel Harlow on What Quantum Gravity Teaches Us About Quantum Mechanics · Mar 2026

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    Daniel Whiteson

    334 | Daniel Whiteson on the Physics of and by Aliens · Nov 2025

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    David Albert

    36 | David Albert on Quantum Measurement and the Problems with Many-Worlds · Mar 2019

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    David Baltimore

    101 | David Baltimore on the Mysteries of Viruses · Jun 2020

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    David Goyer

    172 | David Goyer on Televising the Fall of the Galactic Empire · Nov 2021

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    David Haig

    125 | David Haig on the Evolution of Meaning from Darwin to Derrida · Nov 2020

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    David Kaiser

    90 | David Kaiser on Science, Money, and Power · Mar 2020

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    David Poeppel

    15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain · Sep 2018

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    David Rosen

    104 | David Rosen and Scott Miles on the Neuroscience of Music and Creativity · Jul 2020

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    David Stasavage

    126 | David Stasavage on the Origin and History of Democracy · Dec 2020

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    David Stuart

    246 | David Stuart on Time and Science in Maya Civilization · Aug 2023

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    David Tong

    321 | David Tong on Open Questions in Quantum Field Theory · Jul 2025

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    David Wallace

    158 | David Wallace on the Arrow of Time · Aug 2021

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    Dean Buonomano

    140 | Dean Buonomano on Time, Reality, and the Brain · Mar 2021

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    Derek Leben

    30 | Derek Leben on Ethics for Robots and Artificial Intelligences · Jan 2019

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    Dmitri Tymoczko

    332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music · Oct 2025

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