The Fred Pinto Podcast

Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, co-host of The Rest Is History podcast, and the author of In the Shadow of the Sword and Dominion.

(00:00:00) In this episode
(00:04:39)  Intro
(00:04:59) Chapter 1: Chiselling the Marble of Dominion
(00:18:01) Chapter 2: The Roman Reality
(00:31:39) Chapter 3: The Protestant Influence
(00:51:21) Chapter 4: Break with Tradition?
(01:03:24) Chapter 5: The Holy Culture War
(01:17:03) Outro 

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Dr. Yoram Hazony is the President of the Herzl Institute, Chairman of the Edmond Burke Foundation, and the award-winning author of The Virtue of Nationalism and The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture.

(00:00:00) In this episode

(00:01:28) Chapter 1: The Cultural Revolution in the 21st Century

(00:24:20) Chapter 2: The Old Testament as Philosophy

(00:32:38) Chapter 3: Learning through Metaphors

(00:47:43) Chapter 4: The Ethics of Shepherds

(01:02:36) Chapter 5: The Virtue of Nationalism

(01:17:19) Outro

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Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist, public speaker, and author of The Science Delusion and Science and Spiritual Practices, among other books.

(00:00:00) In this episode

(00:00:19) Intro

(00:03:47) Chapter 1: One Free Miracle

(00:11:45) Chapter 2: Living in a Material World

(00:17:10) Chapter 3: A Trinitarian Metaphysics

(00:26:33) Chapter 4: Nature’s Purposes

(00:40:10) Chapter 5: Why Does Spirituality Work?

(01:01:08) Chapter 6: Breaking Dogmas

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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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