The Rewired Soul

Virginia Heffernan is one of the top journalists out there covering tech, culture, politics, science, and everything in between. But aside from being an amazing author, she's also been sober since 2011. In this episode, we chat with Virginia about her experience with addiction, getting sober, and how she copes in this hectic world while covering such stressful topics.

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Today's guests are Barbara Hofer and Gale Sinatra to talk about their new book on science denial. This is a major issue in the world today, and Barbara and Gale have been researching the psychology behind why this happens and what we can do about it.

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Today's guest is none other than John McWhorter, and we discuss topics from his brand new book Woke Racism. There are many misconceptions about John and his views that we discuss in this episode. We talk about how wokeness is harming black people, how people are having to self-censor, microaggressions, and the best ways to protest.

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Women are dying around the country due to major issues within our healthcare system due to sexism and racism. In Anushay Hossain's new book, she discusses how this happens, why it's happening, and what we can do about it. We chat with her about these issues as well as how women can advocate for themselves to receive better care.

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Today's guest is philosopher David L. Smith to discuss his brand new book Making Monsters. He helps us understand some of the psychology behind dehumanization, and what we can do about it. Along with these discussions, we also chat about how to talk with others while maintaining our cool to hopefully change minds and bring more compassion to the conversations.

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Today's guest is the historian and author, Kathleen Belew to discuss her new book A Field Guide to White Supremacy. The book is a collection of writings from a variety of academics discussing how and white supremacy happens, and what we can do about it. In this conversation, we discuss how white supremacy is intertwined with capitalism, how the movement takes advantage of people, and potential changes to the AP style guide.

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We talk about being skeptical and using critical thinking all the time, but can it help with our mental health? Today, we chat with Rebecca Watson from Skepchick about how she uses skepticism and these thinking strategies to manage her mental health. We also talk about debunking bad science, psychics, and more.

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There's a massive supply chain crisis right now, but most of us don't know why it's happening. Today's guest is a tech journalist for the Wall Street Journal and the author of the new book Arriving Today, Christopher Mims. He breaks down the supply chain crisis, and we chat about supply chain workers, Amazon, the future of automation and more.

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Today, we speak with Dr. Traci Baxley about her new book Social Justice Parenting. Not only does this book discuss how we talk with our kids about racism, sexism, and inequality, but it helps us know how we can stop parenting from a place of fear. Traci's book covers mental health, why we need to be introspective parents, and how we can teach our kids to advocate for themselves in a healthy way.

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What is consciousness and why does the research in this field matter? In this episode, we chat with Anil Seth who is one of the leading researchers of consciousness, and we discuss his brand new book. We have a conversation about how we define consciousness, what psychedelics can teach us about the topic, if AI is going to take over the world, and why our cats stare into the void.

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