Next episode update!
Added 2024-01-26 04:14:06 +0000 UTCAfter a long journey with plenty of skiing, onsen enjoying, whiskey drinking, and good food eating, tragedy has struck our beloved elderly host Matt. He got a bug and is currently recuperating... so afraid there was no recording this week. Hopefully the negative ion generator Chris sent to him will help to restore his chakra levels so he is fit to record again next week but until then we ask that you all channel your positive energies to restore his frail constitution.
In other words... we will be back next week with the Sean Carroll episode and then shortly after that Sam Harris Round 2. Oh and some other topics we are likely to cover in opening segments include: Bret Weinstein & his dream team, Yuval Noah Harari triggering philosophers, and a tiny little rant about the Western Buddhists and attachment issues.
Have a good weekend y'all!
Comments
Someone posted on the DTG subreddit a debate between Sam and Dan Carlin from 2016, and it's very good because Dan really presses Sam hard on his worldview. Old, but it seems like it does a good job of showing in more detail Sam's views on Islam etc. and what he's relying on/assuming. Dan is more of an isolationist apparently, and I would suspect that Matt/Chris would actually be more empathetic to Sam's views when it comes to the role of the US in world affairs (Ukraine, Bosnia, Rwanda, e.g). There is a transcript as well as audio link here. Seems like a good prep podcast for the upcoming discussion with Sam. https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/shouldering-the-burden-of-history
Maytree
2024-02-05 19:12:22 +0000 UTCIs he tenderly caring for you or hastening your demise?
Linda Sears
2024-01-27 13:55:58 +0000 UTCAll the succulents are shrivelling, I just know it.
Heather Geverding
2024-01-27 12:51:14 +0000 UTCThis image shows Chris tenderly caring for me when all he does is hassle me from my sick bed to make more content. FAKE NEWS!
Guruspod 2
2024-01-27 11:34:56 +0000 UTCFrom guzzling nootropics to death's door. The two cannot be unconnected.
Robert Andrews
2024-01-27 11:33:19 +0000 UTCPoor Matt! I hope you feel better soon. This image makes you look like you are at death’s door. Oh, and whatever he says, don’t let Chris leech your blood. It doesn’t help.
Linda Sears
2024-01-26 13:05:35 +0000 UTCYou must be an otherlander... state-of-the-art Australian medical facilities have far more beer
Artemis Green
2024-01-26 10:29:20 +0000 UTCAlso pleeeeease Chris I know this is an incredibly cheeky thing to ask but can I bow and scrape and ask you to consider holding Sam over a barrel for his comments about Islam being an inherently violent, macho religion while Christianity is for girls (I think he actually said p*ssies but anyway). I am in a protracted discussion with a friend who has started listening to Sam b/c the friend and Sam think similarly on a particular issue... my friend has started to go down the rabbit hole and started parroting Sam's take about Islam being unusually violent, hateful, inclined toward conquest & oppression etc. I would love to see Sam defend his claims in light of the historical evidence that Christianity is quite literally a world religion because of its association with and utility to violent imperialism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great_and_Christianity - and that's before we even get to crusades, pogroms and inquisitions!! Admittedly I am trying very sneakily to win my friend over but I do think there would be genuine value in holding him to account b/c anyone with even a basic understanding of religious history can see the issues with his argument.
Artemis Green
2024-01-26 10:27:56 +0000 UTCChris, how did you get into Noam Chomsky's house?? Do we need to stage an intervention, or maybe call the relevant authorities?
Artemis Green
2024-01-26 10:10:19 +0000 UTCYou guys are working hard! Is Sam Harris coming on again to reply or is it another decoding of Sam? Either way, those are always fun!
Adrian Li
2024-01-26 09:30:43 +0000 UTCYou've been debating consciousness again! Don't do it!
Ymirsdreams
2024-01-26 08:26:12 +0000 UTCNice illustration of ren faire nurse Hasan streaming Doc Browne’s convalescence from a state-of-the-art Australian medical facility.
Rasterisk
2024-01-26 07:24:30 +0000 UTCAs the grandfatherly èminence grise of the podcasting world, it’s so important for Matt to take care of himself! Please remind him to wear extra layers under his cardigan sweaters AT ALL TIMES.
Eric Quirk
2024-01-26 06:44:13 +0000 UTCHow did they get Guy Pearce and Christopher Lloyd to pose for this picture!?
Kevin Nyberg
2024-01-26 05:42:07 +0000 UTCIt's pretty sunny in QLD at the moment, get that taint sun
HustleTron9000
2024-01-26 04:50:40 +0000 UTCI was about to say the same. Hilarious!!
Cesare, But Def Not A Borgia
2024-01-26 04:28:20 +0000 UTCPoor old guy, he looks so confused
Lillie
2024-01-26 04:27:44 +0000 UTC😂oh my god, that picture 😂
Lillie
2024-01-26 04:26:08 +0000 UTC
