Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcast host and musician. He is the author of The End of Race Politics, and is a regular contributor to The Free Press.

(00:00:00) In this episode
(00:00:22) Intro
(00:05:50) Chapter 1: Making Sense
(00:11:14) Chapter 2: The New Race Politics
(00:36:18) Chapter 3: Identity: Race or Values?
(00:46:05) Chapter 4: Race Politics in Corporate America
(01:02:41) Chapter 5: The Victimhood Trap
(01:09:23) Chapter 6: Rationalizing Religion

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Dr. Steven Pinker is Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, whose books include The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, Enlightenment Now, and Rationality. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

(00:00:00) In this episode

(00:00:11) Intro

(00:03:17) Chapter 1: Revisiting the Blank Slate

(00:11:53) Chapter 2: Ideology, Progress, and Intellectual Resistance

(00:21:11) Chapter 3: Is Rationality Uncool?

(00:36:28) Chapter 4: Reason as a Moral Virtue

(00:45:30) Chapter 5: Our Mismatch with the Modern World

(00:52:12) Chapter 6: AI, Music, and Constructive Optimism

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Dr. Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and the best-selling author of The Narcissism Epidemic and Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents – and What They Mean for America’s Future.

(00:00:00) In this episode
(00:00:12) Intro
(00:05:36) Chapter 1: Today’s Mental Health Epidemic
(00:13:51) Chapter 2: The Rise of Individualism
(00:24:43) Chapter 3: The Silent Generation
(00:29:50) Chapter 4: The Baby Boomers
(00:33:43) Chapter 5: Generation X
(00:43:10) Chapter 6: Millennials
(00:50:27) Chapter 7: Gen Z

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Dr. Michael Mannino teaches at the Institute for Data Science and Computing at the University of Miami and is the Chief Science Officer at the Flow Research Collective.

(00:00:00) In this episode

(00:00:06) Intro

(00:04:30) Chapter 1: Neuroscience and Philosophy

(00:18:40) Chapter 2: Mind Body Connection

(00:28:26) Chapter 3: Levels of Embodied Consciousness

(00:46:17) Chapter 4: The Cognitive Benefits of Movement

(01:04:27) Chapter 5: Achieving Group Flow

(01:21:37 ) Chapter 6: The Neuroscience of Spirituality

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Steven Kotler is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning journalist, and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. His books include Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, and The Art of Impossible.

- Chapters -

(00:00:00) In this episode
(00:00:11) Intro
(00:02:58) Chapter 1: What is Flow?
(00:24:11) Chapter 2: Calibrating Challenges
(00:33:47) Chapter 3: Purpose and Flow
(00:41:14) Chapter 4: Chapter 4: The Neurobiology of Wisdom

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James Altucher is an entrepreneur, investor, best-selling author, and host of The James Altucher Show.

- Chapters -

(00:00:00) In this episode…

(00:00:15) - Intro

(00:06:27) Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship: a Series of Experiments

(00:23:21) Chapter 2: Reinvention and Problem-Solving

(00:46:49) Chapter 3: The Spokes and Wheel Approach

(01:02:02) Chapter 4: AI’s Creativity Revolution

(01:11:03) Chapter 5: The Decline of Cities

(01:19:29) Chapter 6: The Chess Game of Life

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Claude Silver is the Chief Heart Officer at VaynerX.

- Chapters -

(00:00:00) In this episode…

(00:00:16) Intro

(00:02:31) Chapter 1: Queen of Hearts

(00:16:32) Chapter 2: Caring with High Standards

(00:28:18) Chapter 3: Purpose and Grit

(00:38:05) Chapter 4: Empathetic truth-telling

(00:43:43) Chapter 5: Of Chops and Culture

(00:54:08) Chapter 6: The Balanced Life

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Jonathan Pageau is a religious iconographer, public speaker, and host of The Symbolic World podcast.

- Chapters -

(00:00:00) In this episode…

(00:00:07) Intro

(00:01:44) Chapter 1: The First Purpose

(00:04:49) Chapter 2: Art and Meaning

(00:14:40) Chapter 3: The Indifferent Universe

(00:34:20) Chapter 4: On Miracles

(00:43:44) Chapter 5: Fundamentalisms, Old and New

(00:55:01) Chapter 6: Religion and Politics

(01:08:34) Chapter 7: Purpose Externalities

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