The Dissenter

My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

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Every guest on The Dissenter

1078 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Michael Levin

   #1033 Michael Levin: Self, Collective Intelligence, Cognition, Life after Death, & More · Dec 2024

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   Roman Yampolskiy

   #523 Roman Yampolskiy: AI, Security, Controllability, and the Singularity · Sep 2021

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   Sean Carroll

   #602 Sean Carroll - A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You · Mar 2022

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   Daniel Lieberman

   #279 Daniel Lieberman: The Evolution of Bipedalism, and Modern Evolutionary Mismatch · Jan 2020

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   Robert Pantano

   #1266 Robert Pantano (Pursuit of Wonder): The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness · Jun 2026

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   Paul Eastwick

   #1270 Paul Eastwick: Evolutionary Psychology Is Wrong About Mating · 3 episodes

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   Joseph Henrich

   #827 Joseph Henrich: Cross-Cultural Research, Intelligence, Mating Systems, and Religion · 3 episodes

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   Steve Keen

   #1306 Steve Keen: The Existential Risk of Climate Change, and the War in Iran · 2 episodes

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   Richard Haier

   #160 Richard Haier: The Neuroscience of Intelligence · Apr 2019

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    Richard Wolff

    #1221 Richard Wolff: Marxism, Dialectical Materialism, and Science · 4 episodes

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    Donald Hoffman

    #756 Donald Hoffman: The Case Against Reality, and the Interface Theory of Perception · 2 episodes

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    Robin Hanson

    Robin Hanson Part 3: Changing Behavior, Modern Life, Capitalism, Social Progress · 3 episodes

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    David Buss

    #510 David Buss - When Men Behave Badly; Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault (Part 2) · 2 episodes

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    Philip Goff

    #162 Philip Goff: Materialism, Consciousness, And The Nature of Reality · Apr 2019

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    Richard Wrangham

    #151 Richard Wrangham: The Goodness Paradox, Human Self-Domestication and Aggression · Mar 2019

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    Peter Singer

    #196 Peter Singer: Ethics, Veganism, And Effective Altruism · Jun 2019

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    Karl Friston

    #1066 Karl Friston: The Free Energy Principle, Culture, 4E Cognition, and Physics · 2 episodes

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    Ann Druyan

    #366 Ann Druyan - Cosmos: Possible Worlds · Sep 2020

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    Scott Barry Kaufman

    #341 Scott Barry Kaufman - Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization · Jun 2020

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    William von Hippel

    #1230 William von Hippel: Autonomy, Connection, and Why We Need Both to Find Happiness · 2 episodes

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    J Michael Bailey

    #575 J. Michael Bailey: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Arousal, and Gender Identity · Jan 2022

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    Chris Von Rueden

    #662 Christopher von Rueden: Leadership and Hierarchy from an Evolutionary Perspective · Aug 2022

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    W Keith Campbell

    #447 W. Keith Campbell: The New Science of Narcissism · Mar 2021

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    Debra Lieberman

    #1078 Debra Lieberman: The Psychology of Disgust, Gratitude, and Emotional Tears · Mar 2025

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    Jonathan Anomaly

    #330 Jonathan Anomaly - Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement · May 2020

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    Lionel Page

    #712 Lionel Page - Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do · Dec 2022

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    David Pinsof

    #1044 David Pinsof: The Psychology of Incentives and Opinions · 2 episodes

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    William Costello

    #660 William Costello: The Psychology of Involuntary Celibates (Incels) · Aug 2022

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    Mads Larsen

    #1092 Mads Larsen: Mating Ideologies, Dating Dysfunction, and Demographic Collapse · May 2025

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    Marissa Harrison

    #813 Marissa Harrison - Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers · Jul 2023

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    Andrew Thomas

    #569 Andrew Thomas: Ovulation, Mate Preferences, and Mating Strategies · 2 episodes

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    Justin Mogilski

    #792 Justin Mogilski: Satisfaction and Maintenance in Monogamous and Non-Monogamous Relationships · Jun 2023

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    Robert Sapolsky

    #848 Robert Sapolsky - Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will · 3 episodes

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    Nancy Segal

    #50 Nancy Segal: Accidental Brothers, Twin Studies, Nature and Nurture, Epigenetics & More · Apr 2019

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    Cory Clark

    #220 Cory Clark & Bo Winegard: The Biggest Issues in Psychology · 2 episodes

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    Rob Brooks

    #563 Robert Brooks Artificial Intimacy: Virtual Friends, Digital Lovers, and Algorithmic Matchmakers · Dec 2021

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    Anil Seth

    #871 Anil Seth - Being You: A New Science of Consciousness · Dec 2023

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    Chris Ferrie

    #814 Christopher Ferrie - Quantum Bullsh*t: How to Ruin Your Life with Advice from Quantum Physics · Jul 2023

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    Ed Hagen

    #1218 Edward Hagen: Is Sex Binary? · 2 episodes

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    Valerie Fridland

    #824 Valerie Fridland - Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English · Aug 2023

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