Open Minded Podcast

By Jacob and Joel

The only philosophy and psychology podcast you need. With Jacob’s curiosity, Joel’s brain, and a variety of knowledgable guests, we discuss life’s questions in the pursuit of the truth (or close to it... more

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How many episodes does Open Minded Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.

Open Minded Podcast episodes:

August 29, 2025#109 Freud vs. Epicurus: Who Really Understood Desire?
Why is the opposable thumb so significant?
Kierkegaard’s abstract and concrete mediums
The psychology of escaping ourselves
The psychology of gossiping
What is Freud’s idea about repression?

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Instagram - @openminded.podcast
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Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h
August 18, 2025#108 Jamais Vu, Height & IQ, Terence McKenna, Overachieving & Heidegger's Dwelling
Expect to learn:
How Your Lifestyle Influences Your Height and IQ
Terence McKenna’s Timewave Zero Explained
What Is Jamais Vu?
Why Do We Live in a Compression Culture?
What to Do If You’re an Overachiever

Compression Culture Article:
https://open.substack.com/pub/maalvika/p/compression-culture-is-making-you?r=1yzcv2&utm_medium=ios

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h 5min
August 12, 2025#107 ScribbleMouth (Zac Zinn) Colour Psychology & The Will To Live
Expect to learn:
How to see more and less of the electromagnetic spectrum
Lessons from Zac’s 100-year-old friend
How to build a strong will to live
The story of Cain and Abel

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h 3min
August 04, 2025#106 Plato’s Republic: Are Evil People Happier?
Expect to learn:
Socrates vs Glaucon debate about morality
If negative emotion and thinking about yourself is the same thing, are positive emotion and thinking about the community the same thing?
Our previous mistakes in dealing with angry people
Autism and why humans love innovation
What Rick Rubin means by source and the art of noticing in his book - the creative act

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h 3min
July 28, 2025#105 The Psychology of Novelty + The Butterfly Effect
Expect to learn:
Why do we desire novel experiences?
Why are we attracted to the thing that damages us?
What is the Hegelian Dialectic?
How Jacob learnt to take action without thinking

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h
July 21, 2025#104 Melvin Poh - Nietzsche and The Black Swan
Melvin Poh is a Malaysian entrepreneur appearing on the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He's also a philosopher, and author of "disconnected philosophy for the digital age" Find his work at https://melvinpoh.com

Expect to learn:
What Nietzsche meant by “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star”
Why material success made Melvin feel empty
What are black swan events, and what is the Machatution Dilemma?
Edward Hopper and the philosophy of loneliness
Why Everyone’s taught Philosophy, Just Not The Right One
Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h 25min
July 14, 2025#103 What Happens When You Choose What Makes You Feel Alive? (The Erotic)
Expect to learn:
How to integrate your shadow
Are relationships just a transaction or is platonic love possible?
What Joel learned from competing in under 23 wheelchair basketball World Cup
Why Dante refers to lust as a wind

The Eurotic Article:
https://open.substack.com/pub/museguided/p/erotic-decisions?r=1z5an3&utm_medium=ios

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h 39min
July 07, 2025#102 Cometan - I Invented a New Religion Because Nothing Else Worked
Cometan is a philosopher, prophet and the founder of a modern religion called Astronism. Astronism has 5000+ active folllowers, and is centered around star worship and transcension. His current PhD specialises in the origins of religion

Expect to learn:
How do you actually create and grow a religion?
What are the principles that defines an Astronist?
What are the Astronist ritual
Why Cometan founded Astronism
...more
51min
June 30, 2025#101 Farsi & Cigssss - What Happens To Music When You Leave Earth?
Farsi is an atmopheric musician who’s art is a balance between melancholy and hope.
Cigssssss (cigarettes and scratchcards) is a spoken word artist, producer, and audio engineer, whose work focuses on social observations

Expect to learn:
What it’s like to experience schizophrenia and psychosis
Why music probably came before language
Why what you listen to distorts your spirit
Is the DMT experience just the changing of your brain state or do you enter a new realm?
Do musicians consume music differently compared to the average person?

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
1h 23min
June 17, 2025#100 What is Youth? What is Health?
Expect to learn:
Why we gave up meaning to get power
How to preserve the spirit of youth
If humans have negativity bias how do we make the positive louder?
Freud and the fake mother that flexes her kids on Facebook

Find us on:
Instagram - @openminded.podcast
TikTok - @openminded.pod
Facebook - @open minded podcast

Jacobs Instagram @Jacobsurreal
Joels Instagram @Joel.Clifton_

Jacob’s clothing line
Instagram @latunya_ofc
Website Latunya.com
Tiktok @Latunya

Joel’s psychology videos
YouTube - Joel Clifton
...more
55min

FAQs about Open Minded Podcast:

How many episodes does Open Minded Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 109 episodes available.