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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   Carol Ember

   #887 Carol Ember: Tight and Loose Cultures, Sexuality, Gender Differences, and Cultural Databases · Jan 2024

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   Carolyn Kraft

   #1296 Carolyn Kraft: Discussing the Ethics and Legality of Sex Work · Aug 2026

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   Carrie Mongle

   #860 Carrie Mongle: Hominin Phylogeny, and Micro and Macroevolution · Nov 2023

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   Cas Soper

   #653 Cas Soper - The Evolution of Life Worth Living: Why we choose to live · Jul 2022

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   Casper Hesp

   #1316 Casper Hesp: Active Inference, Affect, Culture, and Phenomenology · Oct 2026

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   Catarina Dutilh Novaes

   #773 Catarina Dutilh Novaes: Argumentation, Reason, and Disinformation · Apr 2023

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   Catherine Molho

   #690 Catherine Molho: Norms, Punishment, Moral Emotions, Disgust, and Interdependence · Oct 2022

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   Cecilia Heyes

   #209 Cecilia Heyes: Cultural Evolutionary Psychology, Imitation, And Mindreading · Jul 2019

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   Cecilie Traberg

   #874 Cecilie Traberg: Misinformation, Debunking, Prebunking, and Inoculation Approaches · Dec 2023

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    Channa Prakash

    #967 Channa Prakash: Gene Editing in Plants, GMOs, Organic Agriculture, and Environmental Activism · Jul 2024

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    Charles Lineweaver

    #183 Charles Lineweaver: Astrobiology, And What Is Life · May 2019

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    Charles Roseman

    #928 Charles Roseman: The Evolution of Complex Traits, Hereditarianism, and Understanding Sex · Apr 2024

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    Charmaine Borg

    #1303 Charmaine Borg: Sexual Arousal, Sexual Disgust, and Sexual Dysfunction · Sep 2026

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    Chris Knight

    #567 Chris Knight: The Cultural and Social Bases of Language · Dec 2021

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    Chris Letheby

    #598 Chris Letheby: Philosophy of Psychedelics · Mar 2022

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    Chris Ranalli

    #1238 Chris Ranalli: What Is Indoctrination? · Apr 2026

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    Christian Hoffmann

    #509 Christian Hoffmann: Social Media, Fake News, and Political Polarization · Aug 2021

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    Christian Tryon

    #1326 Christian Tryon: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens, and the Middle to Later Stone Age Transition · Oct 2026

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    Christophe Heintz

    #367 Christophe Heintz: Adaptive Cognition, Cognitive History, and Science · Sep 2020

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    Christopher Bail

    #452 Christopher Bail - Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing · Apr 2021

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    Christopher Burris

    #737 Christopher Burris - Evil in Mind: The Psychology of Harming Others · Jan 2023

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    Christopher Federico

    #1079 Christopher Federico: Political Preferences, Belief Systems, Collective Narcissism, & More · Apr 2025

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    Christopher Freiman

    #403 Christopher Freiman - Why It's OK to Ignore Politics · Dec 2020

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    Christopher Holden

    #443 Christopher Holden: The HEXACO, Romantic Relationships, Mate Retention, Humor, and Self-esteem · Mar 2021

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    Christopher Hoyt

    #1059 Christopher Hoyt: Wittgenstein, Philosophy of Mind, and Religion · Feb 2025

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    Christopher Krupenye

    #688 Christopher Krupenye: Primatology, Theory of Mind, False Beliefs, and Sharing Behavior · Oct 2022

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    Christopher Kuzawa

    #537 Christopher Kuzawa: Developmental Plasticity, Life History, and Epigenetics · Oct 2021

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    Clark McCauley

    #199 Clark McCauley: The Psychology of Political Radicalization · Jul 2019

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    Claudio Tennie

    #849 Claudio Tennie: The Differences Between Ape Culture and Human Culture · 2 episodes

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    Cláudia Passos Ferreira

    #1070 Cláudia Passos Ferreira: The Development of Consciousness and Morality · Mar 2025

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    Cody Moser

    #1094 Cody Moser: Collective Intelligence and Cultural Innovation · May 2025

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    Colin Holbrook

    #345 Colin Holbrook: Threat, And Human-Robot Interaction (Part 1) · 2 episodes

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    Conor Cunningham

    #790 Conor Cunningham: Theology, Nihilism, and Evolutionary Theory · Jun 2023

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    Coralie Chevallier

    #853 Coralie Chevallier: The Psychological Effects of Living in Harsh and Unpredictable Environments · Oct 2023

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    Costica Bradatan

    #1064 Costica Bradatan - In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility · Feb 2025

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    Cristina Baciu

    #945 Cristina Baciu: When and How E-Mentoring Works · May 2024

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    Cristina Bicchieri

    #1210 Cristina Bicchieri: What Are Social Norms, and How do They Change? · Feb 2026

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    Cristina Moya

    #726 Cristina Moya: Ethnic Categories, and Social Effects on Reproduction · Jan 2023

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    Cristine Legare

    #326 Cristine Legare: Child Development, Culture, And Scientific Reasoning · Apr 2020

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    Crystal Lee

    #506 Crystal Lee: Data Visualizations, Online Misinformation, and the Covid-19 Pandemic · Aug 2021

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