# The Big Think Interview

A podcast by Big Think. Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content -- with thousands of videos helping you get smarter, faster. Get actionable lessons from the world’s greatest thinkers & doers. Our experts are either disrupting or leading their respective fields. We aim to help you explore the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century, so you can apply them to the questions and challenges in your own life.

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## Latest episodes

- [Screens made belonging easy and selfhood nearly impossible | Luke Burgis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/8580a89c2560) (2026-10-23, 77 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8818062060.mp3
- [Pantheism: A third way between religion and atheism | Jack Symes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/864978f0d987) (2026-10-16, 65 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7009816725.mp3
- [The theory that connects the origin of life to the rise of intelligence | Blaise Aguera](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/2ec8e3cc948d) (2026-10-09, 84 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2110404930.mp3
- [The political philosophy under attack from both the left and the right | Jonathan Rauch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/91e6a57bf285) (2026-10-02, 90 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1431065071.mp3
- [The minimum viable intervention for a happier life | Tal Ben-Shahar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/a0924b1551d5) (2026-09-25, 82 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7676027150.mp3
- [The lost art of rhetoric, from a 2x debate world champion | Bo Seo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/4380ceb0de81) (2026-09-18, 71 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2928522819.mp3
- [The science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation and menopause | Jen Gunter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/5a0e7161ad4c) (2026-09-11, 75 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2757985583.mp3
- [The invisible forces that create talent and elite performance | Daniel Coyle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/cf9e1a6a2043) (2026-09-04, 85 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4075378455.mp3
- [The world's greatest mathematician explains 6 essential concepts of math | Terence Tao](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/900f70094999) (2026-08-28, 84 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2702646433.mp3
- [The #1 predictor of relationships that are doomed to fail | Julie & John Gottman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/7dce9bcfd836) (2026-08-21, 62 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6843882235.mp3
- [Psychologist: The blueprint for developing a healthy relationship with your emotions | Lisa Damour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/2a821c590885) (2026-08-14, 67 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7891445110.mp3
- [Young people say their lives feel fake. Here’s why | Arthur Brooks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/78411dd53f22) (2026-08-07, 114 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8056165133.mp3
- [Giulia Enders: The old-fashioned mindset that gets in the way of our healing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/30c29708c2ec) (2026-07-31, 68 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5628291865.mp3
- [A philosopher's guide to escaping your own echo chamber](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/47b84df0075b) (2026-07-24, 45 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9556669404.mp3
- [Paul Bloom: The psychology of morality, perversion, and revenge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/1c672260e920) (2026-07-17, 68 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7685668439.mp3
- [The myth of the cult of genius, in 48 minutes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/890cb14d233c) (2026-07-10, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9068230448.mp3
- [250 million years of dinosaur history, in 104 minutes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/873a05d6cbe7) (2026-07-03, 105 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7733495924.mp3
- [A neuroscientist’s guide to protecting your brain, in 58 minutes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/d38b13ca31f0) (2026-06-26, 59 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7059774504.mp3
- [Tim Spector: The science of the gut microbiome and chronic inflammation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/627777ec2e43) (2026-06-19, 74 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6670233620.mp3
- [The 3-part habit loop your brain is running 40% of the time | Charles Duhigg](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/d2fa0dfd3b88) (2026-06-12, 88 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1672561046.mp3
- [Vanessa Van Edwards: 7 cues that make you instantly more likable](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/6173c492f9e5) (2026-06-05, 58 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4600130843.mp3
- [The difference between creative people and you: Tolerance for useful restriction | David Epstein](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/c589a89e2c7c) (2026-05-29, 62 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3348190115.mp3
- [The quantum realm, the cosmological realm, and the multiverse, in 69 minutes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/2d5aa3fa6b8f) (2026-05-22, 70 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2073133760.mp3
- [Bessel van der Kolk: The body’s silent record of trauma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/bca3d2a90e44) (2026-05-19, 60 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2232186649.mp3
- [Michael Spitzer: How music rewires the brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/cae5967158cc) (2026-05-08, 60 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6621056907.mp3
- [Nicole LePera: The child who learned to disappear is still running your adult relationships](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/de6cbc20edb4) (2026-05-01, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3432454670.mp3
- [Mark Manson: How to pull yourself out of a cheap dopamine spiral](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/25c45cf63a1e) (2026-04-24, 69 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3522788556.mp3
- [Brad Stulberg: Getting 1% better every day is mathematically impossible. Do this instead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/7474e08deae8) (2026-04-17, 53 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7689942572.mp3
- [Rachel Yehuda: Your brain changes after trauma. Science can reverse it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/5fac6c405337) (2026-04-14, 50 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8161744685.mp3
- [David Linden: The bizarre phenomena that medicine struggles to explain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/e3a6190dc250) (2026-04-03, 68 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4236237073.mp3
- [Michelle Thaller: Modern physics is forcing us to rethink existence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/2515708589ab) (2026-03-27, 77 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9177960746.mp3
- [Jim Al-Khalili: Quantum entanglement and the illusion of time, in 79 minutes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/6c242d3608a8) (2026-03-13, 80 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2674682510.mp3
- [How experimental archaeologists are resurrecting our forgotten past](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/ce38c6a27c90) (2026-03-06, 54 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4618523115.mp3
- [Alain de Botton: The uncomfortable question you should ask on every first date](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/0c553d134e0b) (2026-02-27, 59 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5366426788.mp3
- [Jill Tarter: Why SETI might be our most humbling science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/8d63d7da3fd8) (2026-02-20, 64 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3961329867.mp3
- [The most important piece of technology in your lifetime is this tiny chip](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/95b38749c72c) (2026-02-13, 55 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5283215353.mp3
- [The real reasons young men are checking out of society | Richard Reeves: Full Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/6181f95aa3aa) (2025-11-18, 98 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6209256784.mp3
- [Hollywood lied to you about Ancient Rome. Here’s the truth | Mary Beard: Full Interview](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/de827baa7337) (2025-11-13, 79 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6519166651.mp3
- [The Universe in 90 minutes: Time, free will, God, & more | Sean Carroll](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/00a10fd7dd54) (2024-12-19, 94 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4609295012.mp3
- [Sean B. Carroll - Full Interview on Our Planet, Humans, and Chance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/bdd7bb70d211) (2024-12-19, 76 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5726703725.mp3
- [6 ways to heal trauma without medication | Bessel van der Kolk | Big Think](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/f965c96e2700) (2024-11-14, 9 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3068414156.mp3
- [What is trauma? The author of “The Body Keeps the Score” explains | Bessel van der Kolk | Big Think](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/fd91da8df500) (2024-11-14, 8 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4828994049.mp3
- [Train for any argument with Harvard’s former debate coach | Bo Seo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/d75cc808e8d0) (2024-11-14, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/1101e2880/podcast/play/116825498/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-12%2F419883281-44100-2-5492fe95b3dd9599.mp3
- [The “heroic dose” of psychedelics, according to Johns Hopkins | Dr. Matthew Johnson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/3d1054ba2c25) (2024-11-14, 12 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO3477459180.mp3
- [Male inequality, explained by an expert | Richard Reeves](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/14870a08bf55) (2024-11-14, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5857778252.mp3
- [Why the world is going crazy—and how to win back our minds | Jamie Wheal | Big Think](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6797911690/a285a0758d3f) (2024-11-14, 8 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5594116392.mp3

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