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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   Jonathan Maynard

   #760 Jonathan Maynard - Ideology and Mass Killing: The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides · Mar 2023

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   Jonathon Crystal

   #214 Jonathon Crystal: Memory and Metacognition in Animal Models · Aug 2019

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   Jordan Moss

   #526 Jordan Moss: The Psychology of the Alt-right and the PC Authoritarians and Liberals · Sep 2021

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   Jordi Camí

   #771 Jordi Camí & Luis Martínez - The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic · Apr 2023

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   Joseph Bulbulia

   #180 Joseph Bulbulia: Religion, Cognition, Ritual, Morality, And Meaning · May 2019

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   Joseph Carroll

   #172 Joseph Carroll: Literary Darwinism, Postmodernism, And The Humanities · May 2019

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   Joseph Errington

   #820 Joseph Errington: The History of Linguistics, Colonialism, and Language Ideologies · Aug 2023

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   Joshua M. Tybur

   #113 Joshua M. Tybur: Disgust, Evolution, Politics, and Social Psychology · Jul 2019

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   Joshua May

   #1005 Joshua May - Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science · Oct 2024

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    Joshua Tucker

    #599 Joshua Tucker: Social Media, Politics, Echo Chambers, and Organizing Political Action Online · Mar 2022

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    João Cancela

    #1060 João Cancela: Atitudes Políticas, Confiança nas Instituições e Populismo em Portugal · Feb 2025

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    João Teixeira

    #1027 João Teixeira: The Evolution, Dispersals, and Interbreeding of Hominins · Dec 2024

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    Julia Hermann

    #1015 Julia Hermann: The Ethics of Ectogestative Technology · Nov 2024

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    Julian De Freitas

    #350 Julian De Freitas: The Self, Morality, And Common Knowledge · Jul 2020

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    Julian Kiverstein

    #1274 Julian Kiverstein: 4E Cognition, Phenomenology, Culture, and Science · Jul 2026

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    Justin Barrett

    #558 Justin Barrett - Thriving with Stone Age Minds; Evo Psych, Christian Faith, and Flourishing · 2 episodes

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    Kah Dantas

    #1194 Kah Dantas: Trabalho Sexual, Marxismo e Feminismo · Dec 2025

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    Karen Kramer

    #555 Karen Kramer: Life History, Parenting, Population Growth, Dipersals, and Mating Systems · Dec 2021

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    Karen Stollznow

    #1098 Karen Stollznow - B*tch: The Journey of a Word · May 2025

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    Karenleigh Overmann

    #375 Karenleigh Overmann: Cognitive Archaeology, Numeracy, and Language · Oct 2020

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    Karoline Wiesner

    #1088 Karoline Wiesner: What Is a Complex System? · Apr 2025

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    Katarina Kovačević

    #907 Katarina Kovačević: Epistemic Responsibility and Strategic Ignorance · Mar 2024

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    Kateřina Lochmanová

    #445 Kateřina Lochmanová: The History and Philosophy of Antinatalism · Mar 2021

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    Katie Rose Hejtmanek

    #1322 Katie Rose Hejtmanek - The Cult of CrossFit: Christianity and the American Exercise Phenomenon · 2 episodes

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    Kay Holekamp

    #355 Kay Holekamp: Hyenas, and the Evolution of General Intelligence · Aug 2020

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    Keegan Kjeldsen

    #1191 Keegan Kjeldsen - Nietzsche's Philosophy: Reason, Truth, Politics & More · Dec 2025

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    Keegan Tatum

    #1244 Keegan Tatum: The Psychology of Politics, and the Reactionary Politics of the Conservatives · Apr 2026

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    Keelah Williams

    #779 Keelah Williams: Stereotypes, Perceptions of Criminal Behavior, and Friendships · May 2023

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    Kerushi Drake
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    Kevin Hong

    #1106 Kevin Hong: Magic, Divination, and Dream Interpretation Across Societies · Jun 2025

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    Kevin Lala

    #1074 Kevin Lala - Evolution Evolving: The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity · Mar 2025

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    Kevin Lomangino

    #11 Kevin Lomangino: HealthNewsReview, Health Care News | Notícias de Saúde (320 kbps) · Feb 2019

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    Kim Hill

    #527 Kim Hill: Human Sociality, Human Universals, and Protecting Isolated Societies · Sep 2021

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    Kim Sterelny

    #685 Kim Sterelny - The Pleistocene Social Contract: Culture and Cooperation in Human Evolution · Sep 2022

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    Kimberly Garchar
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    Kirsty Graham

    #450 Kirsty Graham: Gestural Communication in Primates · Apr 2021

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    Kostas Kampourakis

    #1105 Kostas Kampourakis - Trusting Science: Why We Need to Reconsider School Science Teaching · 3 episodes

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    Kristen Hawkes

    #300 Kristen Hawkes: The Grandmother Hypothesis · Feb 2020

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    Kristen Lindquist

    #834 Kristen Lindquist: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Emotions · Sep 2023

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    Kristen Syme

    #498 Kristen Syme: Mental Disorders and Suicide From an Anthropological Perspective · Jul 2021

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