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.

Website

Every guest on The Dissenter

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

1. —
   Lydia Moland

   #962 Lydia Moland: The Abolitionism and Feminism of Lydia Maria Child · 2 episodes

   0 votes

   Never again
2. —
   Lyle Steadman

   #426 Lyle Steadman: Society, Kinship, Tradition, Ancestor Worship, and Religion · Feb 2021

   0 votes

   Never again
3. —
   Lyn Wadley

   #266 Lyn Wadley: Archaeology, And The Evolution of Human Cognition · Dec 2019

   0 votes

   Never again
4. —
   Lynda Boothroyd

   #1254 Lynda Boothroyd: How Culture and the Media Shape Gender Differences and Mate Preferences · May 2026

   0 votes

   Never again
5. —
   Léo Fitouchi

   #861 Léo Fitouchi: Moral Emotions, Punishment, and Puritanical Morality · Nov 2023

   0 votes

   Never again
6. —
   Maleen Thiele

   #884 Maleen Thiele: Infant Social Learning · Jan 2024

   0 votes

   Never again
7. —
   Mandi Astola

   #1102 Mandi Astola: Character, Virtue, and Vice · May 2025

   0 votes

   Never again
8. —
   Manuel Vargas

   #280 Manuel Vargas: Free Will, Moral Responsibility, And Social Justice · Jan 2020

   0 votes

   Never again
9. —
   Manus Patten
   0 votes

   Never again
10. —
    Marc Bekoff

    #371 Marc Bekoff: Ethology and Animal Conservation · Sep 2020

    0 votes

    Never again
11. —
    Marc Steen

    #1058 Marc Steen: Ethics for People Who Work in Tech · Feb 2025

    0 votes

    Never again
12. —
    Marcela Alonso

    #1183 Marcela Alonso: Sex Work, Feminism, and Relationships · Dec 2025

    0 votes

    Never again
13. —
    Marco Neves

    #502 Marco Neves: História do Português Desde o Big Bang · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
14. —
    Marianna Ganapini

    #586 Marianna Ganapini: Beliefs, Confabulations, Rationalizations, and AI Systems · Feb 2022

    0 votes

    Never again
15. —
    Marianne Brandon

    #241 Marianne Brandon: Sex Robots And Human Sexuality · Oct 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
16. —
    Marina Dubova

    #1212 Marina Dubova: The Cognitive Foundations of Science · Feb 2026

    0 votes

    Never again
17. —
    Marina García-Granero

    #1071 Marina García-Granero: Nietzsche, the Genealogical Method, the Death of God, and Nihilism · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
18. —
    Marjorie Prokosch

    #681 Marjorie Prokosch: Harshness, the Immune System, and Climate Change · Sep 2022

    0 votes

    Never again
19. —
    Mark Alfano

    #1177 Mark Alfano: Nietzsche on Virtue · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
20. —
    Mark Coeckelbergh

    #825 Mark Coeckelbergh - Self-Improvement: Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence · Aug 2023

    0 votes

    Never again
21. —
    Mark Sheskin

    #255 Mark Sheskin: Moral Developmental Psychology · Nov 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
22. —
    Mark Silcox

    #258 Mark Silcox: The Experience Machine, Simulation, And Videogames · Nov 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
23. —
    Mark Stoneking

    #490 Mark Stoneking: Evolutionary Genetics, The Mitochondrial Eve, and Out of Africa Migrations · Jul 2021

    0 votes

    Never again
24. —
    Mark Wicclair

    #1197 Mark Wicclair: Conscientious Objection in Medicine · Jan 2026

    0 votes

    Never again
25. —
    Marlene Zuk

    #1324 Marlene Zuk - Outsider Animals: Learning from the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives · Oct 2026

    0 votes

    Never again
26. —
    Martin Lang

    #722 Martin Lang: Rituals, Synchrony, Moralizing Gods, and the Study of Religion · Dec 2022

    0 votes

    Never again
27. —
    Martin Schaefer

    #67 Martin Schaefer: The Right Way to Preserve Biodiversity · May 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
28. —
    Mary Beth Willard

    #582 Mary Beth Willard: Why It’s OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists · Feb 2022

    0 votes

    Never again
29. —
    Mary Knight

    #1267 Mary Knight: Infidelity, Relationships with Escorts, and Intimacy · Jun 2026

    0 votes

    Never again
30. —
    Mary Shenk

    #1051 Mary Shenk: The Sexual Division of Labor, Kinship Systems, Fertility, & More · Jan 2025

    0 votes

    Never again
31. —
    Marya Schechtman

    #741 Marya Schechtman: The Philosophy of the Self and Personal Identity · Feb 2023

    0 votes

    Never again
32. —
    Maryanne Fisher

    #217 Maryanne Fisher: Evolutionary Psychology, Women, And Feminism · Aug 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
33. —
    Masahiro Morioka

    #643 Masahiro Morioka - Manga Introduction to Philosophy; Life, Death, Time, and the Meaning of Life · Jun 2022

    0 votes

    Never again
34. —
    Matt McGue

    #13 Matt McGue: MISTRA, Twin Studies, Gender Differences, Race and Ancestry · Feb 2019

    0 votes

    Never again
35. —
    Matteo Colombo

    #765 Matteo Colombo: Philosophy, Levels of Explanation in Cognitive Science, and Values in Science · Apr 2023

    0 votes

    Never again
36. —
    Matthew Browne
    0 votes

    Never again
37. —
    Matthew Lindauer

    #1290 Matthew Lindauer: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts · Aug 2026

    0 votes

    Never again
38. —
    Matti Häyry

    #1141 Matti Häyry: Cloning and Antinatalism · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
39. —
    Mattia Riccardi

    #635 Mattia Riccardi: Nietzsche’s Philosophical Psychology · 2 episodes

    0 votes

    Never again
40. —
    Mauricio Suárez

    #1215 Mauricio Suárez - Inference and Representation: A Study in Modeling Science · Feb 2026

    0 votes

    Never again