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Episode 154: Steve Stewart-Williams - How Evolution Shaped Male And Female Minds
Jun 4, 2026
1h 13m 36s
Episode 153: Kathryn Mannix - Lessons From The Dying
Feb 6, 2026
53m 58s
Episode 152: Jonathan Zimmerman - The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Oct 31, 2025
47m 16s
Episode 151: Judith Thurman - Writing at "The New Yorker"
Oct 17, 2025
45m 01s
Episode 150: Liesbeth van der Horst - How To Resist Fascism
Sep 26, 2025
49m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/4/26 | ![]() Episode 154: Steve Stewart-Williams - How Evolution Shaped Male And Female Minds✨ | evolutionary psychologysex differences+4 | Steve Stewart-Williams | The Ape that Understood the UniverseA Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women | — | evolutionpsychology+5 | — | 1h 13m 36s | |
| 2/6/26 | ![]() Episode 153: Kathryn Mannix - Lessons From The Dying✨ | palliative caredying+4 | Kathryn Mannix | With The End In Mind | — | palliative caredying+6 | — | 53m 58s | |
| 10/31/25 | ![]() Episode 152: Jonathan Zimmerman - The Assassination of Charlie Kirk✨ | free speecheducation+5 | Jonathan Zimmerman | University of PennsylvaniaFree Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn+1 | — | free speechCharlie Kirk+5 | — | 47m 16s | |
| 10/17/25 | ![]() Episode 151: Judith Thurman - Writing at "The New Yorker"✨ | writingjournalism+4 | Judith Thurman | The New YorkerIsak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller+2 | Kenya | Judith ThurmanThe New Yorker+8 | — | 45m 01s | |
| 9/26/25 | ![]() Episode 150: Liesbeth van der Horst - How To Resist Fascism✨ | Resistance during WWIIFascism+4 | Liesbeth van der Horst | Verzetsmuseum | AmsterdamCamp Westerbork | Resistance MuseumWWII+5 | — | 49m 26s | |
| 8/1/25 | ![]() Episode 149: Lisa Marchiano - Why Jung Matters✨ | Jungian analysispsychology+4 | Lisa Marchiano | This Jungian LifeOn the Way to the Wedding | — | JungJungian analysis+5 | — | 1h 12m 51s | |
| 3/28/25 | ![]() Episode 148: Walter Robinson - How Journalists Exposed the Catholic Sexual Abuse Story✨ | journalismCatholic Church+4 | Walter Robinson | The Boston GlobeWalter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication+1 | Arizona State University | investigative journalismCatholic sexual abuse+5 | — | 1h 26m 05s | |
| 3/21/25 | ![]() Episode 147: Mark Clifford: Why Is China Afraid of Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai?✨ | ChinaHong Kong+4 | Mark Clifford | Committee for Freedom in Hong KongThe Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic | Hong KongChina | Jimmy LaiMark Clifford+6 | — | 54m 35s | |
| 3/14/25 | ![]() Episode 146: James Hollis - How To Be Who You Are✨ | Jungian psychoanalysispersonal growth+3 | James Hollis | A Life of Meaning | — | Jungian psychoanalysisshadow+5 | — | 1h 01m 19s | |
| 3/7/25 | ![]() Episode 145: Daniel Lieberman - Direct Dopamine To Friends, Not Phones✨ | dopaminemental health+3 | Daniel Lieberman | Hims & HersThe Molecule of More | — | dopaminemental health+5 | — | 58m 53s | |
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| 2/28/25 | ![]() Episode 144: Orna Donath: The Last Taboo - Women Who Regret Motherhood✨ | motherhoodregret+3 | Orna Donath | Tel Aviv UniversityRegretting Motherhood | — | motherhoodregret+3 | — | 57m 23s | |
| 2/21/25 | ![]() Episode 143: Robert Plomin - The Power of Genes in Human Nature | Robert Plomin is a British-American scientist, a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, and the author of the bestselling book, Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) The history of nature vs nurture debate(15:40) "All parents are nurture-ists - until their second child."(18:54) Identical twin studies(39:16) Lessons from the film "Three Identical Strangers"(41:20) How much influence do parents have on their kids?(58:40) Genes and psychology(01:10:55) A better model for psychology(01:16:35) How should society look, based on the truth and power of genes?(01:27:03) Nucleus genomics in NYC for polygenic information | 1h 30m 09s | ||||||
| 2/14/25 | ![]() Episode 142: Derek Sivers: How To Keep Growing | Derek Sivers is a TED speaker, an essayist, a businessman, a musician, one of my favorite thinkers on the planet, and the author of many books including his most recent, Useful Not True: Whatever Works For You.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) Your actions reveal your values(03:25) Obvious to you, amazing to someone else(05:19) How Derek thinks about money(13:03) Deep happy vs. shallow happy(21:00) Following an innate drive and desire(24:07) 18 months of feeling adrift(30:04) To find direction: read a lot and wait for energy(31:18) The power of heroes and anti-heroes(36:05) Egotists and hedonists(40:00) Changing your mind and keeping your identity small(44:37) Think of yourself as a student, not a preacher(47:42) Personal growth over wealth growth(53:00) Prioritizing openness(56:59) What lifestyles or beliefs is Derek against?(01:04:50) The downside of optimism in Derek's personal life(01:14:24) Dating, marriage, and the role of women in Derek's life(01:23:55) How to save a life with $2,000(01:27:50) Derek's thoughts on philanthropy(01:33:54) "Useful Not True"(01:38:39) A prequel to "How To Live"(01:41:13) "Useful Not True": the truth of many answers and perspectives | 1h 46m 54s | ||||||
| 2/7/25 | ![]() Episode 141: Anna Lembke - Dopamine Nation: Overcoming Modern Addictions | Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist, Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, and the author of "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence."This is a rebroadcast of episode 35, from 2022.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:57) Anna Lembke’s interest in studying addiction(04:34) Defining addiction and the "gremlin theory" of addiction(15:19) Characteristics of an addict(23:48) The stigma around addictions(26:46) Characteristics of a healthy person living today(33:50) The importance and role of struggle in a good life(41:04) The impact of modern addictions on society today(46:54) Habit change ideas and the role of struggle in a good life(52:11) How to know if you're becoming an addict(58:45) The effective and ethical way to address addiction(01:03:58) Workaholism as an addiction(01:20:13) The connection between shame and a “never enough” attitude towards work | 1h 25m 24s | ||||||
| 1/31/25 | ![]() Episode 140: Russell Foster - Sleep: The Most Important Thing You Do | Russell Foster is a sleep expert, a professor of circadian neuroscience, a fellow of the Royal Society, and the author of Life Time.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:55) Views on sleep through time(03:34) Why we have de-prioritized sleep(05:39) Where should sleep rank in our health priorities?(08:22) How do we know we're getting enough sleep?(11:59) The historic and current cost of sleep deprivation(17:44) Why does sleep exist?(21:53) What is happening biologically while people sleep?(27:59) Sleep and mental illness(38:09) What those with mental illness can do to stabilize their sleep(01:00:25) Sleep for new parents(01:03:35) How would a healthy society approach sleep? | 1h 06m 53s | ||||||
| 1/24/25 | ![]() Episode 139: Nick Pollard - The Problem With People-Pleasing | Nick Pollard, "The People Displeaser," is a speaker and life coach who advocates for honest, authentic living through mindful boundaries, free of people-pleasing.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) When Nick's was homicidal and suicidal(04:09) Nick's father(09:10) How Nick got his life together(18:08) Why Nick focuses on people-pleasing(23:25) Symptoms of a people-pleaser(26:44) Why do people become people-pleasers?(31:23) Your rules for life and a personal bill of rights(37:23) Establishing personal boundaries(42:39) Confronting fear and quotes from Jim Hollis(49:16) People-pleasers often have few same-sex friends(57:11) When should former people-pleasers leave relationships?(01:09:15) Nick's relationship deal-breakers | 1h 12m 58s | ||||||
| 1/17/25 | ![]() Episode 138: Pico Iyer - What We Can Learn From Silence | Pico Iyer is a novelist, a travel writer, and the author of many books, including his most recent, "Aflame: Learning From Silence," which is the subject of this conversation.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:00) Intro(00:58) Santa Barbara, June 1990(04:25) The New Camaldoli Hermitage(07:30) Pico's life when he first went to New Camaldoli(11:08) Silence elicits gratitude, what's shared and what's essential(16:10) Intentionally turning off technology(22:39) Creating a wise amount of "cathedral time"(25:53) Embracing silence as a non-religious person(32:03) Leonard Cohen exploring his inner landscape in silence(36:05) How Pico has developed from his 100+ hermitage visits(41:35) Saying no in order to prioritize space for silence(47:07) How to begin a life with more silence and contemplation(50:41) Silence as an antidote to despair(54:36) What Pico has learned from the Dalai Lama | 57m 52s | ||||||
| 1/10/25 | ![]() Episode 137: Orville Schell - Will The Chinese People Ever Be Free? | Orville Schell is an author, a journalist, a China scholar, and the director of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) Orville's entering China in the 1970s(07:10) Was was China like in the 1970s?(10:09) The palpable fear in China in the 1970s(14:55) The details of Mao Zedong the Cultural Revolution(20:40) What preceded Communism in China?(25:32) Why was Communism appealing to Chinese revolutionaries? (30:11) China in the 1970s and how it reopened to the world(37:10) Why did China not become free after the 1980s?(41:39) 1989 and Tiananmen Square(45:28) China in the next few years(52:19) How might China become free?(55:26) Why China matters | 58m 29s | ||||||
| 1/3/25 | ![]() Episode 136: Joseph Goldstein - How Meditation Can Improve Your Life | Joseph Goldstein is an author, the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and is one of the most influential and important figures to bring vipassana meditation practices into the American mainstream.A rebroadcast from 2022.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:45) How Joseph ended up in Asia a young man(04:39) Reason for interest in Buddhism and meditation(08:59) Immersing in the study of the mind(12:41) The Buddha’s teachings(18:52) Joseph's psychological state when first exposed to Buddhism and meditation(21:01) The daily habits, discipline, and rituals to try to achieve Enlightenment(27:14) Deciding to devote his life to meditation(30:11) Communicating to his mother his desire to devote his life to Buddhism(32:59) Metaphysical views pre and post meditation(37:46) Buddhism is non-theistic(40:14) What is the Dharma?(44:48) Integrating Buddhist teachings with practice and The Noble Eightfold Path(53:37) The first step to use mindfulness to ease psychological suffering(01:01:24) Awareness versus the weather pattern of one's mind(01:04:30) Using mindfulness to respond, rather than to react(01:15:37) Dealing with grief(01:24:50) How can we improve our lives by being mindful? | 1h 34m 30s | ||||||
| 12/27/24 | ![]() Episode 135: James Hollis - How to Live a Meaningful Life | James Hollis is a psychoanalyst, one of the world's most prolific Jungian thinkers, and the author of many books, including "Living An Examined Life."A rebroadcast from 2021.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:02) Jim's transition from academia to psychoanalysis(06:24) The decision to pursue psychoanalysis as a full-time profession(10:59) Gathering the courage to pursue psychoanalysis(18:19) What about Jung’s work resonated with Jim?(30:16) Jim's process of helping people navigate the transitionary phases of their lives(41:31) The most pressing issues Jim sees facing Americans(48:24) The primary blockers to growth and self-healing(51:54) Discerning the difference fears you should avoid and fears you should face(57:01) Exhausted relationships vs. relationships that need endurance(01:09:02) The ratio of men vs. women seeking counsel and therapy and how it’s changed over the years(01:13:21) Why most men tend to suppress their innermost emotions(01:19:49) Jim's explanation of Joseph Campbell’s ‘hero’s journey’(01:25:31) How to live an examined, authentic life | 1h 28m 42s | ||||||
| 12/20/24 | ![]() Episode 134: Elizabeth Economy: Communist China's History in 60 Minutes | Elizabeth Economy is a political scientist, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a China expert, and the author of multiple books, including "The World According to China" and "The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State."------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) Xi Jinping's father's story(07:16) The Cultural Revolution(12:02) "China's Holocaust" between 1950's-1970's(13:10) Why Marxism resonated in China(21:43) Darker aspects of the Cultural Revolution(33:48) The rise of Xi Jinping and the rise of China's economy(38:33) The meme of Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh(41:43) Xi Jinping's personality and vision for China(46:27) The near-term future of U.S-China relations(53:00) What America can do to win Cold War 2.0 | 56m 13s | ||||||
| 12/13/24 | ![]() Episode 133: James Holland - D-Day, WWII, and What We Owe Our Veterans | James Holland is a historian and the author of many books, including Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:46) The state of the world in June 1944(14:48) What was D-Day like for an average Allied soldier(21:13) Is D-Day the most important military conflict in history?(27:01) "Steel not flesh"(32:43) The Atlantic Wall(41:08) Cooperation and morale among the Allied troops(45:31) Dick Winters and men like him(51:15) Why James has committed so much of his life to WWII history(54:45) How can we best honor and remember veterans? | 1h 01m 10s | ||||||
| 12/6/24 | ![]() Episode 132: Noam Dworman - Comedy, Free Speech, and Creating The Comedy Cellar | Noam Dworman is a businessman, the co-host of the podcast "Live From The Table," and the owner of the world-famous Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, NYC.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:59) How The Comedy Cellar came to be(02:38) Noam's dad, Manny(07:05) Why did Manny start The Comedy Cellar?(10:42) Notable comics early at The Comedy Cellar(12:00) The way to fame for comics pre-internet(14:32) Identifying comedic talent(18:36) Patrice O'Neal(24:12) How Noam took over The Comedy Cellar(27:37) The scene at The Comedy Cellar in early 2000's(29:52) Why The Comedy Cellar is so popular(32:19) The design of The Comedy Cellar venue(36:58) Quotes from Noam about free speech(38:11) Louis CK, free speech, and woke culture(43:58) How the left has changed regarding free speech(47:22) Comedy as a refuge(50:23) Defining wokeness and a story about Noam's daughter(56:30) The state of wokeness and cancel culture(59:02) Comedians and intellectuals with courage(01:02:58) What's next for Noam and The Comedy Cellar | 1h 04m 32s | ||||||
| 11/29/24 | ![]() Episode 131: Sir Richard Evans - How the Nazis Rose to Power | Sir Richard Evans is a historian, and the author of many books, including The Third Reich Trilogy, The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914, and Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich, which is the primary focus of this conversation.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) The young Hitler(04:11) The Nazis were conservative, middle class Germans(10:20) How Hitler rose, his talents as a speaker(19:52) The Reichstag Fire and The Enabling Act(27:57) The romantic and personal life of Hitler(31:39) Hitler's romantic interest in Joseph Goebbels's wife(35:52) Demythologizing the Nazis: a story of Himmler in the sauna(39:27) "Ordinary Men" by Christopher R. Browning(44:50) The story of Dr. Karl Brandt(49:34) Why history and studying the Nazis matters(52:19) Threats to freedom and democracy in the modern world(54:22) Donald Trump is not a fascist | 58m 24s | ||||||
| 11/22/24 | ![]() Episode 130: Glenn Loury - My American Dream Story | Glenn Loury is an economist, a professor at Brown University, a podcaster, an essayist, and is the author of "Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative" and the essay "The Case for Black Patriotism."A rebroadcast from 2022.------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:01) Get to know Glenn Loury(03:56) South Side of Chicago culture when Glenn was a boy(06:11) Fatherhood at 18, working at RR Donnelley & Sons, and Mr. Andres(15:01) Opportunity launches Glenn to Northwestern and MIT(19:34) The culture and opportunity of MIT(28:48) The first African-American tenured economics professor in Harvard, at 33(37:30) Glenn's interest in politics and his heterodox political philosophy(47:44) A memorable incident with Glenn's uncle Alfred(55:35) How Glenn's conservatism informs his views on the campus(01:01:57) Glenn's defense of Western culture(01:06:43) "The Case for Black Patriotism"(01:23:17) An American Living "The American Dream" | 1h 24m 38s | ||||||
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