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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   Netta Engelhardt

   115 | Netta Engelhardt on Black Hole Information, Wormholes, and Quantum Gravity · Sep 2020

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   Niayesh Afshordi

   316 | Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper · May 2025

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   Nicole Rust

   317 | Nicole Rust on Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders · Jun 2025

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   Nicole Yunger Halpern

   192 | Nicole Yunger Halpern on Quantum Steampunk Thermodynamics · Apr 2022

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   Nigel Goldenfeld

   163 | Nigel Goldenfeld on Phase Transitions, Criticality, and Biology · Sep 2021

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   Patricia Churchland

   50 | Patricia Churchland on Conscience, Morality, and the Brain · Jun 2019

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   Perry Zurn
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   Peter Dodds

   181 | Peter Dodds on Quantifying the Shape of Stories · Jan 2022

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   Peter Godfrey-Smith

   249 | Peter Godfrey-Smith on Sentience and Octopus Minds · Sep 2023

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    Petter Törnberg

    330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information · Sep 2025

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    Phil Halper
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    Philip Pettit

    322 | Philip Pettit on Language, Agency, Politics, and Freedom · Jul 2025

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    Priya Natarajan

    170 | Priya Natarajan on Galaxies, Black Holes, and Cosmic Anomalies · Oct 2021

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    Quassim Cassam

    61 | Quassim Cassam on Intellectual Vices and What to Do About Them · Aug 2019

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    Rachell Powell

    342 | Rachell Powell on Evolutionary Convergence, Morality, and Mind · Jan 2026

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    Rae Wynn-Grant

    93 | Rae Wynn-Grant on Bears, Humans, and Other Predators · Apr 2020

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    Randall Munroe

    210 | Randall Munroe on Imagining What If...? · Sep 2022

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    Raphael Bousso

    218 | Raphael Bousso on Black Holes and the Holographic Universe · Nov 2022

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    Raphaël Millière

    230 | Raphaël Millière on How Artificial Intelligence Thinks · Mar 2023

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    Raychelle Burks

    29 | Raychelle Burks on the Chemistry of Murder · Jan 2019

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    Ricard Solé

    260 | Ricard Solé on the Space of Cognitions · Jan 2024

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    Roderick Graham

    136 | Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and Cultural Conservatism · Mar 2021

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    Rosemary Braun

    251 | Rosemary Braun on Uncovering Patterns in Biological Complexity · Sep 2023

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    Russ Shafer-Landau

    107 | Russ Shafer-Landau on the Reality of Morality · Jul 2020

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    Ryan Patterson

    338 | Ryan Patterson on the Physics of Neutrinos · Dec 2025

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    Sabine Stanley

    264 | Sabine Stanley on What's Inside Planets · Jan 2024

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    Sahar Heydari Fard

    269 | Sahar Heydari Fard on Complexity, Justice, and Social Dynamics · Mar 2024

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    Sally Haslanger

    182 | Sally Haslanger on Social Construction and Critical Theory · Jan 2022

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    Samir Okasha

    281 | Samir Okasha on the Philosophy of Agency and Evolution · Jul 2024

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    Sanjana Curtis

    261 | Sanjana Curtis on the Origins of the Elements · Jan 2024

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    Sarah Bakewell

    231 | Sarah Bakewell on the History of Humanism · Mar 2023

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    Scott Derrickson

    20 | Scott Derrickson on Cinema, Blockbusters, Horror, and Mystery · Oct 2018

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    Scott Miles
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    Scott Shapiro

    238 | Scott Shapiro on the Technology and Philosophy of Hacking · May 2023

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    Sean B. Carroll

    117 | Sean B. Carroll on Randomness and the Course of Evolution · Oct 2020

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    Simon Conway Morris

    206 | Simon Conway Morris on Evolution, Convergence, and Theism · Aug 2022

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    Simon DeDeo

    150 | Simon DeDeo on How Explanations Work and Why They Sometimes Fail · Jun 2021

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    Skye Cleary

    228 | Skye Cleary on Existentialism and Authenticity · Feb 2023

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    Stefanos Geroulanos

    273 | Stefanos Geroulanos on the Invention of Prehistory · Apr 2024

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    Stephen Greenblatt

    74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics · Nov 2019

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