Within Reason

For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Every guest on Within Reason

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

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   Douglas Murray

   #11 — Douglas Murray | Gender and Activism · Nov 2019

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   Sean Carroll

   #140 Sean Carroll - The Limits of Scientific Explanation · Jan 2026

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   Brian Greene

   #101 Brian Greene - String Theory, Fine Tuning, and Divine Design · Apr 2025

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   Rory Sutherland

   #78 Rory Sutherland - Why Logical Thinking is Illogical · Jul 2024

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   David Pakman

   #109 David Pakman - The New Threat Donald Trump Poses to America · Jun 2025

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   Sam Harris

   #144 Sam Harris - Spirituality for Atheists. · 2 episodes

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   Annaka Harris

   #104 Annaka Harris - Is Consciousness Fundamental? · May 2025

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   John Vervaeke

   #46 John Vervaeke - Escaping the Meaning Crisis · Dec 2023

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   David Wolpe

   #74 Rabbi David Wolpe - What is Judaism? · Jun 2024

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    Philip Goff

    #130 Philip Goff - Why I'm a Heretical Christian · 2 episodes

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    Peter Singer

    #31 Peter Singer - The Limits of Utilitarianism · 2 episodes

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    Richard Dawkins

    #51 Richard Dawkins - Religion is (Still) Appalling · 2 episodes

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    Nick Bostrom

    #81 Nick Bostrom - How To Prevent AI Catastrophe · Sep 2024

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    Alain de Botton

    #136 Why Did The World Get So Ugly? - Alain de Botton · Dec 2025

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    Joe Folley

    #118 Joe Folley - Everything You Need to Know About Logic · 3 episodes

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    Konstantin Kisin

    #23 Konstantin Kisin - Free Speech and Reparations · Mar 2023

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    Andrew Doyle

    #39 Andrew Doyle - The New Puritans · Aug 2023

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    Robert Greene

    #122 Robert Greene - Near-Death Experiences and the Mind Apart From the Brain · Sep 2025

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    Rory Stewart

    #64 Rory Stewart - We Are Addicted to a Sense of Crisis · Apr 2024

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    Coleman Hughes

    #66 Coleman Hughes - Should We Take Race Out of Politics? · May 2024

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    Robert Sapolsky

    #55 Robert Sapolsky - Free Will Doesn't Exist. Now What? · Feb 2024

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    Anil Seth

    #34 Anil Seth - A New Science of Consciousness · Jun 2023

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    Sabine Hossenfelder

    #113 Sabine Hossenfelder - Superdeterminism: Why Are Physicists Scared of It? · Jul 2025

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    Iain McGilchrist

    #69 Iain McGilchrist - The Mind is More Than a Machine · May 2024

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    Michael Knowles

    #58 Michael Knowles - Is America a Christian Nation? · Mar 2024

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    Michael Pollan

    #166 Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan · Sep 2026

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    Rainn Wilson

    #90 Rainn Wilson - Reclaiming Spirituality From Traditional Religion · Dec 2024

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    David Deutsch

    #102 David Deutsch - You're Not Smarter Than a Caveman · 2 episodes

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    Penn Badgley

    #99 Penn Badgley - My Religious Conflicts With Playing a Killer · Mar 2025

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    Ayaan Hirsi Ali

    #88 Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Why I Converted To Christianity · Nov 2024

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    Bart Ehrman

    #92 Bart Ehrman - The Dark Side of Christmas · 4 episodes

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    Carl Robichaud

    #38 Carl Robichaud - Will There Be A Nuclear War? · Jul 2023

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    David Benatar

    #12 — David Benatar | Is It Immoral To Have Children? · Apr 2020

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    Hank Green

    #133 Hank Green on God, Science, and Consciousness · Dec 2025

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    Michael Sandel

    #15 — Michael Sandel | The Tyranny of Merit · Sep 2020

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    Ross Douthat

    #163 Religion is an Obligation - Ross Douthat · Jul 2026

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    Thomas Metzinger

    #147 What is PURE Consciousness? - Thomas Metzinger · Mar 2026

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    Toby Ord

    #131 Toby Ord - Will AI Destroy Humanity? · Nov 2025

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    Will MacAskill

    #129 Will MacAskill - We're Not Ready for Artificial General Intelligence · Nov 2025

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    AC Grayling

    #63 A.C. Grayling - Who Will Own the Moon? · Apr 2024

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