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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   Stuart Bartlett

   106 | Stuart Bartlett on What "Life" Means · Jul 2020

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   Stuart Firestein

   364 | Stuart Firestein on How Science Relies on Ignorance and Failure · Aug 2026

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   Suresh Naidu

   84 | Suresh Naidu on Capitalism, Monopsony, and Inequality · Feb 2020

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   Tai-Danae Bradley

   174 | Tai-Danae Bradley on Algebra, Topology, Language, and Entropy · Nov 2021

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   Tara Smith

   Tara Smith on Coronavirus, Pandemics, and What We Can Do · Mar 2020

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   Teresa Bejan

   116 | Teresa Bejan on Free Speech, Civility, and Toleration · Sep 2020

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   Thomas Hertog

   236 | Thomas Hertog on Quantum Cosmology and Hawking's Final Theory · May 2023

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   Thomas Levenson

   312 | Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs · Apr 2025

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   Timiebi Aganaba

   213 | Timiebi Aganaba on Law and Governance in Space · Oct 2022

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    Tina Eliassi-Rad

    301 | Tina Eliassi-Rad on Al, Networks, and Epistemic Instability · Jan 2025

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    Tobias Warnecke

    234 | Tobias Warnecke on Cellular Structure and Evolution · Apr 2023

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    Tom Griffiths

    343 | Tom Griffiths on The Laws of Thought · Feb 2026

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    Vitor Cardoso

    365 | Vitor Cardoso on Why Black Holes Are Special · Aug 2026

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    W. Brian Arthur

    161 | W. Brian Arthur on Complexity Economics · Aug 2021

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    Will Wilkinson

    66 | Will Wilkinson on Partisan Polarization and the Urban/Rural Divide · Sep 2019

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    William Egginton

    254 | William Egginton on Kant, Heisenberg, and Borges · Oct 2023

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    William Ratcliff

    175 | William Ratcliff on Multicellularity, Physics, and Evolution · Nov 2021

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    Yejin Choi

    248 | Yejin Choi on AI and Common Sense · Aug 2023

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    Ziya Tong

    133 | Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See · Feb 2021

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    Alvin E. Roth

    353 | Alvin Roth on the Economics of Morally Contested Markets · May 2026

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    Kenji Lopez-Alt

    103 | J. Kenji López-Alt on Cooking As and With Science · Jun 2020

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    Sam Bowles

    247 | Samuel Bowles on Economics, Cooperation, and Inequality · Aug 2023

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    Sara Walker

    79 | Sara Imari Walker on Information and the Origin of Life · Jan 2020

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    J. Doyne Farmer

    293 | Doyne Farmer on Chaos, Crashes, and Economic Complexity · Oct 2024

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    Will MacAskill

    207 | William MacAskill on Maximizing Good in the Present and Future · Aug 2022

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