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https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2019/09/09/63-s...
Can't think of a specific episode, but all the controversial ideas discussed in the Red Scare podcast have really twisted around my brain (and put words to things I thought only I were alone in observing) recently.
Other podcasts come and fall by the wayside, but I'll always look forward to the next episode of In Our Time ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot ). I'm excited to try others listed here that are new to me, though.
Matthew Walker, PhD on sleep - part I and II on The Peter Attia Drive podcast. It was really a wake up call for sleep hygeine, and prompted me to get a sleep study, which has changed my life after getting a sleep device.
I really enjoyed his book Why We Sleep, but I think it important to inform people about the criticisms that have been been raised against some of his claims [0]. If you listen to him remember to take claims with a grain of salt. HN discussion from two months ago [1]. The thesis is still solid though: sleep is incredibly important for your health. [0] https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.…
Came across it on a Marc Maron WTF episode..which is also great (WTF podcast)
https://samharris.org/podcasts/175-leaving-faith/
It's a major social/political issue of our time with no obvious/imminent end in sight and I recommend the episode to everyone.
Other podcasts come and fall by the wayside, but I'll always look forward to the next episode of In Our Time ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot ). I'm excited to try others listed here that are new to me, though.
I also listen to In our time. But maybe it is because I am not native English speaker, but I find the host quite rude to the experts, often interrupts them unnecessarily etc?
I love In Our Time. Broadcast since 1998, a podcast since 2004, over 800 episodes. And almost every single one is pure gold.
Other podcasts come and fall by the wayside, but I'll always look forward to the next episode of In Our Time ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot ). I'm excited to try others listed here that are new to me, though.
I also listen to In our time. But maybe it is because I am not native English speaker, but I find the host quite rude to the experts, often interrupts them unnecessarily etc?
Can't think of a specific episode, but all the controversial ideas discussed in the Red Scare podcast have really twisted around my brain (and put words to things I thought only I were alone in observing) recently.
ideas about what? i'm dimly familiar with it, or at least the hosts, but haven't listened to it.
I'm catching up on Knowledge Project (which is quite a listen) so these are not from 2019, I just happened to listen to them last year. The ones that had the most impact are:
- Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us? My Conversation with Gary Taubes [1]. I got interested in this subject following the NYT expose on how sugar lobby shifted blame onto fat [2]. This builds up on that for me.
- Survival of the Kindest: Dacher Keltner Reveals the New Rules of Power [3] This may be a selection bias as I had a feeling "survival of the fittest" is perhaps productive in short run but would end with species of one. Imho, the way to succeed is to collaborate and share knowledge else we may never have survived hunter gathering phase. So this episode resonated with me.
A16Z's Incenting Innovation Inside Loonshots to Moonshots [4]. Having been through a significant cultural shift at my organization, the analogy of water freezing at 32F and hysteresis to explain how company culture could change dynamically or how in the same organization there are pockets that could be at two extremes on a spectrum, was quite spot on.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHkcs3kG44
[1] https://fs.blog/2017/11/gary-taubes-sugar/
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-in...
[3] https://fs.blog/2018/03/dacher-keltner-power/
[4] https://a16z.com/2019/03/24/loonshots-moonshots-incentives-o...