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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   Doris Tsao

   284 | Doris Tsao on How the Brain Turns Vision Into the World · Jul 2024

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   Edward Slingerland

   160 | Edward Slingerland on Confucianism, Daoism, and Wu Wei · Aug 2021

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   Edward Tufte

   224 | Edward Tufte on Data, Design, and Truth · Jan 2023

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   Edward Watts

   37 | Edward Watts on the End of the Roman Republic and Lessons for Democracy · Mar 2019

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   Elizabeth Cohen

   199 | Elizabeth Cohen on Time and Other Political Values · May 2022

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   Elizabeth Mynatt

   324 | Elizabeth Mynatt on Universities and the Importance of Basic Research · Aug 2025

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   Elizabeth Strychalski

   157 | Elizabeth Strychalski on Synthetic Cells and the Rules of Biology · Jul 2021

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   Emily Riehl

   146 | Emily Riehl on Topology, Categories, and the Future of Mathematics · May 2021

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   Eric Schwitzgebel

   262 | Eric Schwitzgebel on the Weirdness of the World · Jan 2024

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    Erica Cartmill

    346 | Erica Cartmill on How Human and Animal Minds Think and Play · Mar 2026

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    Frank Lantz

    52 | Frank Lantz on the Logic and Emotion of Games · Jun 2019

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    Frans de Waal

    194 | Frans de Waal on Culture and Gender in Primates · Apr 2022

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    Fyodor Urnov

    112 | Fyodor Urnov on Gene Editing, CRISPR, and Human Engineering · Aug 2020

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    Gavin Schmidt

    276 | Gavin Schmidt on Measuring, Predicting, and Protecting Our Climate · May 2024

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    Ge Wang

    26 | Ge Wang on Artful Design, Computers, and Music · Dec 2018

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    Gizem Gumuskaya

    274 | Gizem Gumuskaya on Building Robots from Human Cells · Apr 2024

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    Gordon Pennycook

    333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them · Oct 2025

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    Hahrie Han

    290 | Hahrie Han on Making Multicultural Democracy Work · Sep 2024

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    Herbert Gintis

    164 | Herbert Gintis on Game Theory, Evolution, and Social Rationality · Sep 2021

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    Hugo Mercier

    233 | Hugo Mercier on Reasoning and Skepticism · Apr 2023

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    Indre Viskontas

    54 | Indre Viskontas on Music and the Brain · Jul 2019

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    J. Eric Oliver

    350 | J. Eric Oliver on the Self and How to Know It · Apr 2026

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    Jacob Barandes

    323 | Jacob Barandes on Indivisible Stochastic Quantum Mechanics · Jul 2025

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    James Evans

    304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science · Feb 2025

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    James Ladyman

    33 | James Ladyman on Reality, Metaphysics, and Complexity · Feb 2019

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    James P. Allison

    303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System · Jan 2025

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    Jason Torchinsky

    109 | Jason Torchinsky on Our Self-Driving Future · Aug 2020

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    Jean-Paul Faguet

    287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History · Aug 2024

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    Jeff Coller

    357 | Jeff Coller on mRNA, Vaccines, and Bespoke Therapeutics · Jun 2026

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    Jeff Lichtman

    298 | Jeff Lichtman on the Wiring Diagram of the Brain · Dec 2024

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    Jenann Ismael

    80 | Jenann Ismael on Connecting Physics to the World of Experience · Jan 2020

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    Jeremy England

    120 | Jeremy England on Biology, Thermodynamics, and the Bible · Oct 2020

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    Jody Azzouni

    178 | Jody Azzouni on What Is and Isn't Real · Jan 2022

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    Joe Walston

    22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth · Nov 2018

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    Joel David Hamkins

    282 | Joel David Hamkins on Puzzles of Reality and Infinity · Jul 2024

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    Johanna Hoffman

    226 | Johanna Hoffman on Speculative Futures of Cities · Feb 2023

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    John Allen Paulos

    216 | John Allen Paulos on Numbers, Narratives, and Numeracy · Oct 2022

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    John Asher Johnson

    204 | John Asher Johnson on Hunting for Exoplanets · Jul 2022

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    John Skrentny

    265 | John Skrentny on How the Economy Mistreats STEM Workers · Feb 2024

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    Jonathan Birch

    292 | Jonathan Birch on Animal Sentience · Oct 2024

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